Printed and bound in New England
5” x 7.5”; 92 pages
Soft cover with lay-flat binding
Signed

Design by Emily Sheffer
Published by Dust Collective 2026

Chaconne is a collection of haiku by Diane Alleva Cáceres, tracing the emotional aftermath of her mother’s stroke and onset of vascular dementia. Included throughout the book are drawings by her mother, a lifelong artist.

While grief is a constant thread, Chaconne reveals a wider spectrum: the rawness of a changed life, the fragile beauty of connection, and the truths of a new reality. Through its spare, attentive language, the collection offers a powerful meditation on love, memory, and the ways we navigate change.

the sea

its breath

fills her

river birch boughs

years of not quite

touching