'It looks like a spider crawled through ink and then onto your page, Paul.' I do believe this was not offered as a positive critique of my already burgeoning artistic temperament and technique by my class teacher Mrs Kendrick, but is it how I received it. I thought this was so Cool. My words look … Continue reading incy wincy writer
Tag: Haibun Monday
after the deluge
I sat in the grove of this October beech cathedral, my heart bursting with autumnal spirit-song. Sometimes nature just does that too me. Around me stood those giants, old, gentle and wise. They had seen it all and yet even they were in awe of the river. Millions of tiny droplets leaping from stone to … Continue reading after the deluge
sprinkle think
I write the way I write because I have no choice in the matter other than to get out of the way of the words that wish to come dance this very day in this space. This very moment. Tomorrow will be different and yesterday may inform today but it will never dictate what should … Continue reading sprinkle think
Tree Spirit
Kissing the sky with my mind I sit quietly and stare at the changeling, as she opens. The old beech tree standing there singing in the corner of the field. She is so beautiful, wise, matriarchal in her stature and I love her. There is a deep connection here that always opens up in me … Continue reading Tree Spirit
thank you joseph
Our theme for this week’s haibun is summer! Share with us a summer memory – from a summer love to coping up with the summer heat. Or how about a summer comedy, tragedy or disaster? Being that this is Haibun Monday, please write a haibun based on the prompt, with 1 to 2 … Continue reading thank you joseph
93:20
Hello my poetic friends, this is Björn and today I want you to write a haibun about sport. Sport can be so many things, the things you hate to watch, or what you love. The excitement of winning or the depression of losing. It can be a game of football at the pub or watching … Continue reading 93:20
lemon!
Haibun monday at dVerse and Bjorn is our bartender. I hope you love to spend your time in the kitchen just like me. Today I would like you to consider cooking in your haibun and give us a recipe in your prose. But it should not be the kind you find in a cookbook, but … Continue reading lemon!