Haiku and the Third Table I would like to take as an object the entire object of haiku, considering haiku as a genre — not a collection of objects but an indeterminate, withheld object that no matter how many times it is examined in all of the sensual properties and perspectives of all the poems … [Read more...]
Creative Blooms 6: With Risk
Without risk there can be no honest passion; no way to meet with what is beyond oneself. With risk often comes wounds; a truism of love, if not of bungee-jumping. Below, a few quotes on the topic, drawn from contemporary literature: We need people in our lives with whom … [Read more...]
re:Virals 176
Welcome to re:Virals, The Haiku Foundation’s weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week’s poem was turning away from the pear tree... turning back — Roberta Beary, The Unworn Necklace Snapshot Press (2007) … [Read more...]
re:Virals 175
Welcome to re:Virals, The Haiku Foundation’s weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week’s poem was a line borrowed from another poet spring rain — paul m., Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years … [Read more...]
HaikuLife 2018 Reprised: Caretaker 1 & 2
Each day on the Troutswirl blog we will reprise a film featured in HaikuLife 2018, The Haiku Foundation’s haiku film festival, the only one of its kind. Today’s film: Roberta Beary pairs her piquant poems with art by her brother Kevin in this thematic slide show. Presented here during HaikuLife … [Read more...]
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