I never see any good haikus anymore! Thanks for bringing them back. Very well written, and I like how it can mean so many different things depending on the reader.

I love the alliteration in this... the "crashing collapse" and "paper pages ... permeated." Also, the mix of attributes is delightful. It is the pages that are crashing and not the sea. The word choice makes the [book] seem momentous, falling with a crash, as the sea creeps meekly in to insidiously permeate it.

Am I right in thinking that the "Pound" in your title refers to Ezra Pound? If that was intended, I think you've done a great job of using his signature clarity and economy of language.