"Morning in Santiniketan

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Michael Chacko Daniels writes: This is a beautifully handcrafted book of 51 haiku, "Morning in Santiniketan," published by Writers Workshop, Kolkata. In this book of fifty-one haiku, Michael Chacko Daniels' poetic journey starts with “Morning in Santiniketan” in West Bengal, India. Santiniketan, or abode of peace, is a small town in the Indian state of West Bengal. There in the early 1900s, Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore started a progressive school set in a natural environment; his goal was to stimulate joy in learning. The poet explains that "The place and time where each of the fifty-one haiku in this book took form were a Santiniketan for me." ~A Review excerpt~ (From the review by Melanie Daniels (no relation), April 8, 2011, in Hackwriters at the bottom of the following page: http://www.hackwriters.com/Zach.htm) “Each evening a few of us read aloud our favorite haiku from Morning in Santiniketan to each other. When I asked one friend which one was her favorite, she replied that if she sat with any one of these haiku that it would become her favorite. That’s high praise!”

subjects: Haiku,  Santiniketan,  San Francisco,  Marin Headlands,  Monterey County,  Berkeley,  Big Sur,  Pacific Grove

Places: Santiniketan,  San Francisco,  Rodeo Beach,  Poin Bonita,  Marin Headlands,  Sausalito,  Monterey County,  Berkeley Campanile,  Asilomar Boardwalk,  Big Sur,  Pacific Grove,  Don Dahvee Park,  Dwight Way,  Live Oak Park,  Polk Gulch,  Bangor,  Munras Avenue,  Carmel Valley,  San Lorenzo River

Times: 1974-2009