Description
A Prism of Wings (Antrim House, 2013): softcover book, with glossy full color cover, 54 pgs. The book features 123 haiku, 12 color plates of butterflies by the artist Sarah McQuilkin, and 3 pages of explanatory end notes on the butterfly species referenced in the poems. Book dimensions: 5.5″ x 8.5″.
The delicate haiku in Rebecca Lilly’s A Prism of Wings are vivid in detail, fascinating in philosophy, accurate in science, and gorgeous in coloration. The same can be said for the full-color illustrations that illuminate the book. If you weren’t one before, you will be an aficionado of butterflies and moths when you put down the book.
