cubicle curtain of falling leaves her whites yellow too
Marcie Wessels
Marcie’s STATEMENT:
"My friend has been battling stage four breast cancer. Over the past three years, I’ve accompanied her to appointments and been privy to some difficult conversations. Watching her decline has been hard. Every time we say goodbye, I wonder if it will be our last visit."
artwork by Marcie Wessels
Marcie’s FAVORITE HAIKU BY ANOTHER AUTHOR:
insomnia…
night rummages through me
looking for lost keys and loose change
Keith Polette
from The New World haiku collection
See Notes further down
Marcie says:
WHY I LIKE “insomnia” by Keith Polette
'I love the personification of night. The verb “rummages” is a brilliant descriptor for the way so many of us insomniacs relive our failures in the middle of the night. I admire the long phrasing of the second and third lines and the internal musicality from the repetition of the “L” sound."
WITHNAIL AND GODOT QUOTES:
"I’ve chosen the following quotes from Withnail and I and Waiting for Godot. They must be read together, in their entirety, and in order. They speak to the human condition and reflect my appreciation for the camaraderie that I’ve found in the #haiku community during the pandemic."
WITHNAIL AND I:
Look at that, look at that. Accident black spot. These aren't accidents. They're throwing themselves into the road gladly. Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness. [to a pedestrian] Throw yourself into the road, darling, you haven't got a chance.
POZZO: I, too, would be happy to meet him. The more people I meet, the happier I become. From the meanest creature, one departs wiser, richer, more conscious of one's blessings. Even you . . . (he looks at them ostentatiously in turn to make it clear they are both meant) . . . even you, who knows, will have added to my store.
Notes:
Marcie Wessels is the author of Pirate’s Lullaby: Mutiny at Bedtime (Doubleday BFYR, 2015); as well as The Boy Who Thought Outside The Box (Sterling Publishing, March, 2020) named Best Informational Book for Young Readers by Chicago Public Library.
re:
Pirate’s Lullaby: Mutiny at Bedtime
Take a peek at the illustrator’s amazing process
Pirate's take over studio...
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Please do check out haiku by Marcie Wessels on Twitter
@MarcieDWessels
crying baby
the midnight ache
in these dried-up breasts
Marcie Wessels 2021
And Instagram for haiga and shahai
Marcie Wessels (@mwessels)
Keith Polette
Keith Polette's haibun collection:
Winner of a Merit Book Award, 2020, Haiku Society of America, and Shortlisted, 2020 Touchstone Distinguished Books Award (The Haiku Foundation)
Haiku Society of America
Merit Books Awards for 2021
Ce Rosenow and Bryan Rickert, judges
Best Haibun Book:
Keith Polette. Pilgrimage. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2020.
Keith Polette’s book is filled with intensity, imagery, and artistry. He draws us into his work using descriptive and poetic language, making us feel the moment with all our senses and immersing us into a fantastic and sometimes surreal world. It is an excellent collection of haibun.
Also see:
The New World
And finally, check out:
three one-line haiku by Keith Polette
three one-line haiku by Keith Polette
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