THE RIBS OF DRAGONFLY. Willmot, Rod. Windsor, Black Moss Press, c1984. 93pp, paper, $9.95, ISBN 0-88753-121-0. Grades 11 and up Reviewed by Warner Winter Volume 14 Number 2 1986 March The Ribs of Dragonfly is what its author calls "a novella with haiku," a form the Japanese call a "haibun." It is divided into nine parts to coincide with the nine-month season in which Willmot can put a canoe into water. Each part is further sub-divided into three: a prelude, a journal-like section dealing with meditations on seasonal changes and variations in the relationship between a man and his wife, and finally the haiku (written to correspond with each rib of the poet's canoe). The book is short, and Willmot, working in a quiet mode, shows as well as anyone that it is not necessary to shout to make a significant sound. But the style is self-conscious and the Orientalism stands out. The Ribs of Dragonfly will have a limited appeal, except for those who like their writing highly polished and concentrated on landscape, seasons, and mystic reverie. Warner Winter, Emery C.I., North York, Ont.