A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition William Arthur Ward
Tag: Haiku
Everything Under the Sun
Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows Helen Keller
Black & White Abandon
Reading haiku is like viewing a photograph or a painting. A haiku is a moment of time, isolated, and held up for viewing.Harley King silhouettes of herdeep, bold pools of inky blackfeatureless, I drown ebony branchesstalled in heavenly ascentdusted by still snow A haiku has a special season word (the kigo) to represent the season … Continue reading Black & White Abandon
Fall in Transition
the love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. this is the unspoken creed of haiku poets. r.h. blyth bombard streaking kiteprey erupts in russet leavesblink from tail to talon the water babblesseasons impasse gravels tonescold winter silence haiku was given its current name by the japanese … Continue reading Fall in Transition
Galaxy in a Tea Cup
Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.SantÅka Taneda a droplet of milkspirals within moving rockheavenly rivers renewal of hopeJanuary is defeatevery year must end The haiku developed from the hokku, the opening three lines of a longer poem known as a tanka. … Continue reading Galaxy in a Tea Cup