last rays of the sun... <br />dog-eared Where the Wild Things Are <br />spread out on my desk <br /> <br /> <br />Note: Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most important children's book artist of the 20th century, died at the age of 83 yesterday. His genre-breaking and career-making book, Where the Wild Things Are, was published in 1963, the year I was born.<br /><br />Chenou Liu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-memorial-haiku-for-maurice-sendak/