All posts by Stella Pierides

Stella Pierides, British poet, writer and artist of Greek descent. Books include: Of This World (2017) and In the Garden of Absence (2012), both Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award winners, and Feeding the Doves (2013). Stella served on The Haiku Foundation Board of Directors. She concieved and co ordinated the feature Haiku for Parkinson's for The Haiku Foundation.

‘not breathing’ 20/100 #100daysnewthings

not breathing—

scent of plastic

in the air

Wuerzburg,Der Grosser Sitzende,haiga,

20/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings #EarthDay

I read we even breathe plastics!

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/22/health/microplastics-land-and-air-pollution-intl/index.html

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I took this photo during a recent visit to Wuerzburg. It is the Großer Sitzende (Big Seated), north side of Wuerzburg Cathedral, a work by Maria Lehnen.

‘gut bacteria’ 9/100 #100daysnewthings