by Ivory Web | Mar 28, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
ocean breezea half step laterscent of lime thundersnoweach daughterhugs a leg new furrowa shimmeron rose quartz first camp nighttwo small boysso awake* Bill Cooper is Distinguished University Professor and President Emeritus at the University of...
by Ivory Web | Mar 12, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
over café au lait open-throated laughterand a perfume you can taste~ ~ ~ ~ ~cicada afternoon –in the sanctuary’s coolnessstained-glass parables~ ~ ~ ~ ~suddenly (purple freckles on her lavender-clad breasts) a shower* Larry Kimmel is a US poet...
by Ivory Web | Mar 6, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Cochise's StrongholdCochise was a Chiricahua Apache leader who took up armsin 1861 against an encroaching US Army. He died a naturaldeath in 1874 and was buried in his favourite place of retreat,now called Cochise Stronghold, in the Dragoon Mountains...
by Ivory Web | Jan 28, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
cranberry boga honeybee drainsthe pink flower darkening skyorange leavesa deeper glow green teathe tasteof distant stone slanting sunred ivyon grey stone* William (Bill) Cooper is the Distinguished University Professor and President Emeritus,...
by Ivory Web | Jan 23, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Alone with his thoughtsenjoying the Autumn sun,he closes his eyes.* Regular IS&T contributor Patsy Goodsir was in Oban at the end of last year and composed this haiku after seeing this scene.
by Ivory Web | Jan 14, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Here's a collection of shorter pieces to ease us all gently into the weekend…Quite early one morning‘Y’ Tumblehalf past tena black and whitewaitresshaiku’s the menu‘black pudding, mushrooms or tomato’as shepherd alcoholicswarn of...
