by Helen Ivory | Dec 1, 2020 | Featured, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, Poetry
Haiku in the hope of an easing of lockdown Sunrise early May all flame and pale duck egg blue; Clouds of lilac grey Just before sunrise – a muted bloom of russet On the chilly ground Above the skyline blazing – the risen sun like a young god Tree trunks...
by Helen Ivory | Aug 7, 2020 | Featured, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, Poetry
* you gone I dream I’m chasing darkness through our castle * souvenir scarf in ocean-green I wrap Australia around my neck * alone on a foreign shore silver gulls dine with me Yvonne Amey received her MFA from the University of...
by Helen Ivory | Jul 21, 2020 | Featured, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, Poetry
* sparrows at work on the skylight * laptops sending handshakes from kitchen table * edges of dawn.. goodbyes litter sidewalks * internet dooms day scrolling in lockdown Gopal Lahiri is a Kolkata- based bilingual poet, critic,...
by Helen Ivory | Apr 25, 2020 | Featured, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, Poetry
* the tattered scarecrow: a raven perches on its shoulder * fireflies . . . sparks from a hammer on the anvil * spring dust sparrows squabble in the forenoon * a dry leaf on the ground . . . a death’s head moth * a silent gong inside the pagoda . . ....
by Helen Ivory | Mar 19, 2020 | Featured, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, Poetry
Hooking Up Civilization writ large shouts “all roads lead to Rome.” Civilization writ small builds the roads. The paper clip’s one of the latter, a civilizational bit player that resembles all the other clips swimming in the jar. Its...
