In the Garden of Absence
Thames Barrier
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'blood moon' #28 October 2012
'daily grind' photo haiga #21 October 2012
'pastime' #11 October 2012 and 92/100 Days of Summer
'writing on the wall' #9 October 2012
'can't be serious!' #8c October 2012
Where the Light Gets in (Posted in Haiku Matters 22 May 2013)

Where the Light Gets in (Posted in Haiku Matters 22 May 2013)

Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, created her first pierced form in 1931, the year she gave birth to her child. Jeanette Winterson, appraising Hepworth’s creation in her essay “The Hole of Life,” sees this as a breakthrough not only in art, but also in the understanding of human existence. Pointing to the advances in science – in [...]

Blind Spots (Posted in Haiku Matters 18 May 2013)

Blind Spots (Posted in Haiku Matters 18 May 2013)

This post is about blind spots, shadows, and the darkness in our minds as readers (and writers). It appeared on Haiku Matters, the blog of Gean Tree Press, and can be read here There are corners and alleys in texts into which we, as readers, may be sidetracked, trapped, and lose our way. The best [...]

With an Open Mind (/Map) (Posted in Haiku Matters 13 May 2013)

With an Open Mind (/Map) (Posted in Haiku Matters 13 May 2013)

Map-making has been traced back to the earliest of times. Maps help us orient, know our location, what other places there are, how to get there, what landmarks to look out for, depict how places are interconnected. They also help us with perspective-taking: we can picture our place as seen from someone else’s viewpoint, and [...]

Opening the Heart (Posted in Haiku Matters! 7 May 2013)

Opening the Heart (Posted in Haiku Matters! 7 May 2013)

Randy Brooks in his essay “Genesis of Haiku: Where do Haiku Come From?” quotes Makoto Ueda explaining in Modern Japanese Haiku, “Any poem demands a measure of active participation on the part of the reader, but this is especially true of haiku. With only slight exaggeration it might be said that the haiku poet completes [...]

Review: In the Garden of Absence

Review: In the Garden of Absence

Delighted to see the new issue of Frogpond, the Journal of the Haiku Society of America, 36-1, Spring 2013, in my letterbox. Among great haiku, senryu, haibun, essays and reviews a nice surprise: in the section “Briefly Reviewed” a positive note on my own book “In the Garden of Absence”! The review can be read [...]

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