My Dear Readers:
a wattle seedpod, written by NeverEnding Story contributor Lorin Ford, is The Book of the Week on the THF website. Below is an excerpt from the Forward:
Lorin Ford explains her engagement with haiku in these revealing words:
My response to haiku, when subjected to it, was privately much closer to ‘so what?’ than ‘aha!’. Then one day, I heard this haiku read aloud:
picking up a jellyfish...
my lifeline
clear and deep
– Dhugal Lindsay
[sukuu te-no kurage-ya seimeisen fukaku, written and translated by Dhugal]
The effect was immediate – a physical quiver of recognition. The memory of my original experience was vivid and unmediated by overt authorial presence… This was a happy accident. It made me realise that haiku are meant to be ‘seen through’ by us as readers, to our own experiences in the world.
Selected Haiku
headstone
a leaf crosses out
the I in his name
fish story
a cormorant spreads its wings
w i d e r
rusted hinge
the butterfly's wings
close, open ...
low tide --
bits and pieces of her
wedding china
winter beach --
i throw a stick
for no dog
You can read the entire book here
Enjoy the read.
Chen-ou
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