Un gato es un haiku / A Cat Is a Haiku is a bilingual collection of haiku that explores the quiet, mysterious presence of cats in our lives.

In these brief and luminous poems, Elvia Ardalani captures fleeting moments — a paw crossing a room, the hush before dusk, the warmth of fur against the dark — revealing how a cat embodies the essence of haiku itself: attention, stillness, and revelation.

Written in Spanish with English translations, this collection invites readers to slow down and inhabit the subtle poetry of everyday companionship. The cat is not merely a subject but a way of seeing — a breathing instant, a small universe of silence and motion.

Tender, playful, and contemplative, Un gato es un haiku is an ode to presence — and to the animals who quietly teach us how to look.