by Ivory Web | Apr 10, 2009 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Email from brother,Edmonton 30 below,he's hibernating Dogs with sad facestheir mum's packing her suitcasebut just for one nightGot soaked to the skin,walking to the paper shop,just to pay a bill!* Patsy Goodsir describes herself as “A daft granny...
by Ivory Web | Apr 4, 2009 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* Jeffrey Winke is a regular IS&T contributor
by Ivory Web | Apr 2, 2009 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Three mornings Cat up winter tree;crouching black on bare branches,gazing at the sky. Mist smudges daytimeinto grey; trees disappear.Train puffs through the clouds. Sunshine paints the walls.A lark sings on a rooftop;rosy morning...
by Ivory Web | Mar 28, 2009 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Here's a treat from the archives, a recording of Jack Kerouac reading some of his haiku with a background accompaniment of jazz riffs. It all sounds a little corny now but back then (the recording must be late 1950s) this was the epitome of being part of the cool...
by Ivory Web | Mar 26, 2009 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Anne Brooke says she's started worrying about Shakespeare and upside-down haikus. Here's one…A Shakespeare precis:Man is born, and dies.Only love remainsor the memory of sin.* Anne Brooke has recently been surprised by an early spring, which drew her...
