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| deep wood and clouds |
the tailgater
gesticulating
gun metal clouds
Claire Vogel Camargo
Claire says:
"Driving in heavy traffic one cloudy afternoon, amidst laid-on car horns, screeching tires, and cars cutting in front, this haiku was born. Road rage incidents are increasing. A guy even followed me off the freeway years ago. The fright of another honking, tailgating, menacing guy remains with me."
Claire's choice of a favourite haiku is by Rachel Sutcliffe:
deep woods happy to just be
Rachel Sutcliffe
Per Diem, The Haiku Foundation, October 2018
photo:
Claire says:
"Rachel Sutcliffe’s poetry can be wrenching. Having died much too early, suffering debilitating illness, Rachel wrote with an exquisiteness of expression; in a way that touched the raw ends and receptors in my mind, heart, and soul. Her poems bring me right into her pain, illness experiences, and feelings about life. Her monoku I chose to share stood out to me. In it, I can feel her sustaining and last gratitude maybe, but I also feel a message of positivity for the living."
“Waiting for Godot”:
Vladimir: “Extraordinary the tricks that memory plays.”
“Withnail and I”
I: “Get out of it for awhile. Get into the countryside. Rejuvenate.”
NOTES:
the soft brush
of our hands folding sheets
cherry blossoms
Claire Vogel Camargo
Masters of Japanese Prints: Haiku (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)
More about the live and online events:
adoption
re-coloring
a future
Claire Vogel Camargo
HAIKU DIALOGUE – ink ed. kjmunro (July 2019)
“Adoption or fostering is a gift to a child bereft of family, and of care and diligence, and love. Wonderful poem.” Alan Summers (adopted)
just widowed
all she accomplishes
without him
Claire Vogel Camargo
International Women’s Haiku Festival: Two Haiku by Claire Vogel Camargo
March 2018
Rachel Sutcliffe
(6 November 1977 – 23 January 2019)
Rachel Sutcliffe
Flying Free: A Poetic Response to Illness
(Misfit Books Press 2018)
free download:
Poetry Corner: Seeing the World Differently
Hosted by Kathabela Wilson
October 2018
Rachel Sutcliffe
“Simple seasonal changes can also be seen at a deeper level as lessons worth learning in life.”
Halloween party
the surgeon
takes his skeleton
Rachel Sutcliffe
Half A Rainbow
Haiku Nook: An Anthology
Dedicated to Rachel Sutcliffe (1977-2019)
& Haiku Nook G+
Edited by Jacob Salzer
Proceeds will be donated to Leeds Clinical Immunology Research Fund, Leeds Cares at St. James's University Hospital.
Wow, so many moving haiku and interesting links in this one, thanks to
ReplyDeleteCamargo, Sutcliffe and Summers.
Many thanks!
Deletewarmest regards,
Alan
Alan Summers
editor, MahMight haiku journal
Thank you so much, Bee Jay! Appreciate your reading my words. And to Alan for the opportunity and welcoming!
Deletewarmly,
Claire