by Helen Ivory | May 13, 2018 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* late autumn places a universe in my hands a cup of hot tea * last night’s brown-crisped leaves scudding down the cul-de-sac autumn’s dry rain stick * the right to silence after hectic winds disrupt the first daffodils * through a telescope the ragged...
by Helen Ivory | Apr 29, 2018 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
spring notes first thaw dwarf rhododendrons colour the slope * spring offering the path to the shrine covered in primulas * the sky’s scarlet rim as if someone ordered it lights up the pines * gun metal sky the...
by Helen Ivory | Apr 14, 2018 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* fledglings leaving a robin’s nest broken * his car peals out of the driveway shattered ice * a frenzy of finches at the feeder: disquiet, here * prayers on her pearl rosary a frayed noose * a lone hummingbird at the feeder suddenly spring ...
by Helen Ivory | Apr 8, 2018 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
North Mayo Haiku Our latest clearing – Nephin keeping its distance travels with us still. Wild roses, raindrops; the stone quarry stands open to blossom and fall. A ditched toilet bowl, a streamlet flowing through it high on...
by Helen Ivory | Feb 12, 2018 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* the winter sun warms her bedclothes – open window * rustling leaves in the bare forest … unwanted girl * snowflakes… ducklings quack about the lake * a crow’s feather turned over by the wind night glow * twilight settles on the frozen river...
by Helen Ivory | Jan 8, 2018 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
* critters scurry preparing for winter a nut cracks my skull * shadows deepen as autumn nears time to close the door * a rainy day falls from the sky barefooting it Ann Christine Tabaka lives in Delaware. She is a published poet and artist....
