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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.
