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 …

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 …

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.Santōka 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. …

Revenge & Defeat

Naani: last place I look All I have ever knownFits inside my headSo that thing I'm looking formust be in here somewhere Lune: perspective loss loss is depressingbut defeatcan begin new life Fib: sow the seeds HandsDownDefeatFingers soilplanting seeds deeplyWere we harvest fresh grown revenge Hay(na)ku: bridges on fire bridgedaffluent streamsNow scorched earth Abbreviated Haiku: …

Short Bursts

Couplet: motivation Once you get in the swingTry not to fall off the thing Quatrain: time to mutilate A short sudden burstExtinguishes the flameIn order to deny a thirstWe alter a given name Abbr(eviated) Haiku: abbr(eviation) to save timeabbr(eviation)is abbr Lune: underdeveloped single image shotwill belieno depth beyond shape Haiku: holiday pics tacky summer glosssnaps …