the unforgivable otherness of flowers . .
.
(my first attempt at a wet-felted flower didn’t turn out very well: unforgivable!)
‘unforgivable’ 83/100 haikufeltings
‘not quite’ 82/100 #haikufeltings
not quite
female …
doll
‘rockpools’ 81/100 #haikufeltings
worlds within worlds . . .
rockpools holding
the restless sea
‘clock repairs’ 80/100 #haikufeltings
clock repairs
the watchmaker slows down
the minute hand
‘the unknown’ 79/100 #haikufeltings
quiet hour lighting the unknown
‘candied fruit’ 78/100 #haikufeltings
candied fruit . . . preserving my sanity
‘olives’ 77/100 #haikufeltings
air-dried olives—
her advice to avoid
the sun
(this is the wet-felted bowl drying. It ended up with more wrinkles than I wanted for it, so I may needle felt it tomorrow)
‘the smell’ 76/100 #haikufeltings
the smell
of golden wheat fields . . .
millstone
Photo of the first stage of wet-felting a bowl!
‘chains’ 75/100 #haikufeltings
chains or wilderness . . .
life choices of the unfinished
bear
.
‘from my window’ 74/100 #haikufeltings
from my window
the path to
the woods
‘dawn’ 73/100 #haikufeltings
dawn …
what is life
but light
‘brass pedestal’ 72/100 #haikufeltings
brass pedestal
the ceiling fan’s
hum
‘sugar wool’ 71/100 #haikufeltings
sugar wool—
in the long queue
short tempers
‘summer night’s dream’ 70/100 #haikufeltings
summer night’s dream—
and on the eighth day
she made a bear
‘evening hour—’ 69/100 #haikufeltings
evening hour—
sound of the wind
from the mountain
.
This is a later stage of the felting
‘Alpine air’ 68/100 #haikufeltings
Alpine air—
scent of the bubbling
stream
‘old flame’ 67/100 #haikufeltings
the old flame’s
swirling skirts …
summer’s day
‘bouncing light’ 66/100 #haikufeltings
bouncing light
togetherness in a group
portrait
‘cooling down’ 65/100 #haikufeltings
cooling down
the weight of this heat
.
‘summer grass’ 64/100 #haikufeltings
summer grass
the tortoise overtakes
the hare
.
I am planning a tortoise race this Saturday and these are the badges I've made for the tortoises (suspiciously similar to the two local football clubs 🙂 ).
‘blues song’ 63/100 #haikufeltings
blues song
the barmaid wipes
her tears
‘summer solstice’ 62/100 #haikufeltings
summer solstice
the delayed train
of thought
‘swamps and floodplains’ 61/100 #haikufeltings
swamps and floodplains
the carved basalt head
covered in wool
‘strong current’ 60/100 #haikufeltings
strong current
a chunk of earth floats out
to sea
‘morning post’ 59/100 #haikufeltings
morning post
scent of the letter marked
X
‘wisdom?’ 58/100 #haikufeltings
wisdom?
even a philosopher
gets spots
‘dawn walk’ 57/100 #haikufeltings
dawn walk—
fragrance of silk white
peonies
‘dense thicket’ 56/100 #haikufeltings
dense thicket
the wounded doe runs
for cover
In ‘Hedgerow’
Pleased to see my haiku in issue 127 of ‘Hedgerow’ edited by Caroline Skanne! Thank you Caroline!
In ‘Peonies’
Three of my haiku were translated into Bulgarian and included in the anthology Peonies edited by Iliyana Stoyanova! Thank you, Iliyana!
