Step into a garden of quiet revelations.

In The 12 Veils of Hope, acclaimed poet and actress Masiela Lusha weaves 137 haiku into a singular meditation on longing, memory, and the radiant stillness we call hope. Each poem is a keyhole—slender, brief—yet within, an entire world waits to be glimpsed.

Structured through twelve elemental stages—from Seed to Horizon—this collection invites you to witness the fragile beauty of becoming. Cloudberries taste of sky, shadows wait in doorways, raindrops tremble on the lip of a leaf. Here, grief and wonder are twin petals, turning toward the same unseen sun.

Lusha’s haiku are both a return and a revelation. Rooted in the ancient rhythms of Japanese poetry, her voice is distinctly modern: raw yet tender, sharp with insight, softened by reverence. Each line offers a breath—a pause—and in that breath, a subtle shift: a word snagging the heart, a silence deepening the soul.

This is not a book to be devoured. It is a book to be lived with. To be returned to. Like the flicker of light at dusk, its resonance lingers long after the page is turned.

If you have ever needed a word to hold in the dark, The 12 Veils of Hope will find you.

Hold still. Look again. Something warm is waiting.