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Haiga of Ion Codrescu

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The Haiku Foundation honors the work of contemporary masters of the dual art of haiga: visual image wedded to haiku. This month’s featured artist is Ion Codrescu.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ion Codrescu lives in Constanţa, Romania. He teaches graphic arts in an art school and history of art at Ovidius University in Constanţa, as an associate professor. Art and poetry are two paths of his life. In 1992 he founded the Constanţa Haiku Society and the Albatross haiku journal, which he published as its editor for a decade. In 1992 and 1994 he organized the Constanţa International Haiku Festival. Between 2004 and 2007 he edited and published the international haiku journal Hermitage. In 2007 he received his Ph.D. in Visual Arts from the National University of Arts in Bucharest with a thesis on “Image and Text in Japanese and Western Haiga Painting.” He is the author of thirteen books of poetry, haiga and essays published in Romania, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia. His poems, poetic prose and essays have received many prizes in Great Britain, Japan, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, France, and the USA, and have been published in 19 other countries. As an artist he has illustrated more than 100 books, magazines and journals. His paintings are housed in private and state collections (Setagaya Art Museum and Gunma Prefectural Museum, Japan) from many countries. All the works in this gallery were created for the book Something Out of Nothing: Original Haiku of North American Poets, Interpreted by Ion Codrescu (Winchester VA: Red Moon Press 2015, ISBN 978-1-936848-35-5).

 

Mary Frederick Ahearn — “roads lost”

Mary Frederick Ahearn — “roads lost”

Text:

     roads lost
     in drifting snow
     re-reading my old journals


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Mimi Ahern — “December evening”

Mimi Ahern — “December evening”

Text:

     December evening
     she erases two more names
     from the address book


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Francine Banwarth — “the river freezes”

Francine Banwarth — “the river freezes”

Text:

     the river freezes . . .
     silence is also
     an answer


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Janelle Barrera — “mockingbirds hush”

Janelle Barrera — “mockingbirds hush”

Text:

     mockingbirds hush
     leaving me a day to pass until
     evening song


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

David Boyer — “the sudden way”

David Boyer — “the sudden way”

Text:

     the sudden way
     spring peepers
     it all works out


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Marjorie Buettner — “after rain”

Marjorie Buettner — “after rain”

Text:

     after rain
     morning light
     liquid


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Allan Burns — “after the owl”

Allan Burns — “after the owl”

Text:

     after the owl
     an owl-shaped hole
     in the clouds


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Pris Campbell — “dragonfly”

Pris Campbell — “dragonfly”

Text:

     dragonfly —
     bearing the sun
     on its wings


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Matthew Caretti — “soup stirring”

Matthew Caretti — “soup stirring”

Text:

     soup stirring
     the thought of
     not thinking


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Terry Ann Carter — “ferry crossing”

Terry Ann Carter — “ferry crossing”

Text:

     ferry crossing
     she plays her cello
     for the gulls


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Margaret Chula — “not seeing it”

Margaret Chula — “not seeing it”

Text:

     not seeing it
     till darkness fills the pond —
     the white carp


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Elsa Colligan — “sea grasses”

Elsa Colligan — “sea grasses”

Text:

     sea grasses
     the way they lean
     into the water


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Carlos Colón — “Zen concert”

Carlos Colón — “Zen concert”

Text:

     Zen concert
     my air guitar slightly
     out of tune


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Wanda Cook — “a hushed rustling”

Wanda Cook — “a hushed rustling”

Text:

     a hushed rustling
     of winter sea grass
     the secret she tells him


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Pamela Cooper — “hanging laundry”

Pamela Cooper — “hanging laundry”

Text:

     hanging laundry —
     my shadow
     blows away


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Cherie Hunter Day — “looking up”

Cherie Hunter Day — “looking up”

Text:

     looking up
     rules of punctuation —
     the green hills


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Raffael de Gruttola — “frozen pond”

Raffael de Gruttola — “frozen pond”

Text:

     frozen pond
     an oak leaf half
     in, half out


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Elehna de Sousa — “island meditation”

Elehna de Sousa — “island meditation”

Text:

     island meditation —
     again and again the shriek
     of an eagle


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Kristen Deming — “dawn swim”

Kristen Deming — “dawn swim”

Text:

     dawn swim —
     making a butterfly of water
     of light


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Diane Descôteaux — “wind and blowing snow”

Diane Descôteaux — “wind and blowing snow”

Text:

     wind and blowing snow
     this swirling up of white fields —
     the first of the year


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

George Dorsty — “winter twilight”

George Dorsty — “winter twilight”

Text:

     winter twilight
     my veins turn
     a deeper blue


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

John J. Dunphy — “my Zen garden”

John J. Dunphy — “my Zen garden”

Text:

     my Zen garden
     a new sand pattern left by
     the neighbor’s cat


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

David Elliott — “winter solstice”

David Elliott — “winter solstice”

Text:

     winter solstice —
     letting the candle burn
     all the way down


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Robert Epstein — “raku moon”

Robert Epstein — “raku moon”

Text:

     raku moon
     the cracks in everything
     let the light in


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Seren Fargo — “late thaw”

Seren Fargo — “late thaw”

Text:

     late thaw —
     a hawk leans further
     toward its target


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Ignatius Fay — “headlights”

Ignatius Fay — “headlights”

Text:

     headlights out
     of snowy darkness
     the last thing she said


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Bruce G. Feingold — “old enough”

Bruce G. Feingold — “old enough”

Text:

     old enough
     just to listen
     trout rising


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Sylvia Forges-Ryan — “learning at last”

Sylvia Forges-Ryan — “learning at last”

Text:

     learning at last
     how to let go
     dandelion puffs


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Terri L. French — “snow fall”

Terri L. French — “snow fall”

Text:

     snow fall . . .
     the click of knitting needles
     into the night


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Garry Gay — “seal voices”

Garry Gay — “seal voices”

Text:

     seal voices
     carry from the rocks . . .
     the fog


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Barry George — “gull’s cry”

Barry George — “gull’s cry”

Text:

     gull’s cry —
     my thoughts
     far inland, too


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Merrill Ann Gonzales — “sweeping snow”

Merrill Ann Gonzales — “sweeping snow”

Text:

     sweeping snow
     the path welcomes
     once again


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

William Hart — “cloud glutton”

William Hart — “cloud glutton”

Text:

     cloud glutton
     you swallow a mountain
     then fall asleep


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Gary Hotham — “the pond’s bottom”

Gary Hotham — “the pond’s bottom”

Text:

     the pond’s bottom
     everything that sinks
     in water


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Louise Howerow — “wind gusting”

Louise Howerow — “wind gusting”

Text:

     wind gusting
     across the lake
     a loon’s tremolo


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Jeanne Jorgensen — “how gracefully”

Jeanne Jorgensen — “how gracefully”

Text:

     how gracefully
     the aged dancer skates
     alone this winter


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Jim Kacian — “time”

Jim Kacian — “time”

Text:

     time in the dark the longer


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Larry Kimmel — “in snow”

Larry Kimmel — “in snow”

Text:

     in snow
     and stony silence, her name
     graven in granite


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

David Lanoue — “two glasses”

David Lanoue — “two glasses”

Text:

     two glasses of wine closer to softness


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Catherine J. S. Lee — “on crow calls”

Catherine J. S. Lee — “on crow calls”

Text:

     one crow calls
     and then another . . .
     morning fog


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Rebecca Lilly — “silence”

Rebecca Lilly — “silence”

Text:

     silence behind
     the sound of wind over grasses —
     some gap in myself


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Greg Longenecker — “hazy moon”

Greg Longenecker — “hazy moon”

Text:

     hazy moon
     she drifts in and out
     of my dreams


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Patricia J. Machmiller — “at the waterfall”

Patricia J. Machmiller — “at the waterfall”

Text:

     at the waterfall
     sometimes I find an answer
     sometimes . . . the wind


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Carole MacRury — “mountain cabin”

Carole MacRury — “mountain cabin”

Text:

     mountain cabin
     the moon and a mouse
     to welcome me


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Annette Makino — “solo hike”

Annette Makino — “solo hike”

Text:

     solo hike
     slowly catching up
     to myself


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Scott Mason — “backyard reverie”

Scott Mason — “backyard reverie”

Text:

     backyard reverie
     the expanding cosmos
     of watermelon seeds


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Ben Moeller-Gaa — “koi pond”

Ben Moeller-Gaa — “koi pond”

Text:

     koi pond
     removing the weight
     of my backpack


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Beverly Acuff Momoi — “always making”

Beverly Acuff Momoi — “always making”

Text:

     always making
     something out of nothing
     the brilliance of crows


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

k j munro — “two years past”

k j munro — “two years past”

Text:

     two years past
     the earthquake
     tremors in her voice


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Elliot Nicely — “the silence”

Elliot Nicely — “the silence”

Text:

     the silence
     that follows each
     of the first raindrops


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Nancy Nitrio — “approaching storm”

Nancy Nitrio — “approaching storm”

Text:

     approaching storm —
     the silver flash
     of turning pigeons


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Ellen Olinger — “after the stores”

Ellen Olinger — “after the stores”

Text:

     after the stores
     ornamental grasses
     in snow


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Marian Olson — “even clouds”

Marian Olson — “even clouds”

Text:

     even clouds
     touch and part
     I remind myself


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Renée Owen — “night cicadas”

Renée Owen — “night cicadas”

Text:

     night cicadas
     all through the hours
     if only, if only


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

James Paulson — “leaves turning”

James Paulson — “leaves turning”

Text:

     leaves turning
     my heart tries out
     a new rhythm


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Bill Pauly — “a moth”

Bill Pauly — “a moth”

Text:

     a moth flies through my breath in moonlight


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Carol Purington — “winter solstice”

Carol Purington — “winter solstice”

Text:

     winter solstice —
     the road narrows
     into one-way


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Edward J. Rielly — “empty bird’s nest”

Edward J. Rielly — “empty bird’s nest”

Text:

     empty bird’s nest
     on the window sill
     of the old nursery


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Chad Lee Robinson — “darkening sky”

Chad Lee Robinson — “darkening sky”

Text:

     darkening sky . . .
     horses gather the sound
     of thunder


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Michele Root-Bernstein — “sandpipers”

Michele Root-Bernstein — “sandpipers”

Text:

     sandpipers
     an answer short
     of the sea


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Ce Rosenow — “dipping swallow”

Ce Rosenow — “dipping swallow”

Text:

     dipping swallow
     in the curve of the foothill
     evening fog


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Dave Russo — “autumn rain”

Dave Russo — “autumn rain”

Text:

     autumn rain
     so many ghosts
     dead and alive


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

John Russo — “old calendar”

John Russo — “old calendar”

Text:

     old calendar
     last year
     she was here


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Dan Schwerin — “dark matter”

Dan Schwerin — “dark matter”

Text:

     dark matter
     but consider
     the lilies


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Guy Simser — “choosing”

Guy Simser — “choosing”

Text:

     choosing
     the artist’s ink colour
     crocus nib


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

John Stevenson — “November dusk”

John Stevenson — “November dusk”

Text:

     November dusk
     invitations
     from the crows


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Richard Stevenson — “driveway clear”

Richard Stevenson — “driveway clear”

Text:

     driveway clear —
     a great horned owl
     calls my name


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

George Swede — “town dump”

George Swede — “town dump”

Text:

     town dump
     I find a still-
     beating heart


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Angela Terry — “autumn morning”

Angela Terry — “autumn morning”

Text:

     autumn morning
     the blackbird’s song lost
     in the tide


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Julie Warther — “sun-soaked chrysalis”

Julie Warther — “sun-soaked chrysalis”

Text:

     sun-soaked chrysalis
     the effort
     no one sees


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Neal Whitman — “crescent moon”

Neal Whitman — “crescent moon”

Text:

     crescent moon
     from an open window
     a flute arabesque


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Billie Wilson — “an open book”

Billie Wilson — “an open book”

Text:

     an open book
     on the old porch swing —
     first fireflies


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Jeff Winke — “dark wind”

Jeff Winke — “dark wind”

Text:

     dark wind
     obscures
     a full moon


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

Alison Woolpert — “winter sky”

Alison Woolpert — “winter sky”

Text:

     winter sky
     the released doves circle once
     then are gone


Media: ink on paper
Size: 210 × 297 millimeters (8.27 × 11.69 inches)

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