When you write a haiku, word it so what you felt when you experienced it comes through clearly, even if you don’t describe the feelings. The reader needs to know how it felt, what emotions were stirred. winter stars reaching to grasp a handful so far away Looking into the clear night sky is awe inspiring and can be felt even when someone else is … Continue reading Feeling
Where does haiku inspiration come from? That’s a good question. When I began writing haiku, I began by reading a lot of it. Basho, Buson, and other celebrated writers, and amateur writers as well. My haiku inspiration comes from life. Just simply, everyday life. Things I see, things I do, things that happen to me. Take for instance, these two that I wrote recently: warmth … Continue reading haiku inspiration
Sometimes I do certain things with as few outside distractions as I can manage just to get immersed in the experience and enjoy it as much as I can. This morning I sat at my kitchen table and ate some trail mix. Just that, just eat trail mix. The trail mix that I currently have has almonds in it and I’ve never really enjoyed them. … Continue reading Distractions
It seems I’ve been here before. This place, where I feel it’s time to make a change, and I’m just not sure which way to go. The other blog ideas that I have tried have not worked so well, have not attracted many readers, and so, here we are, at a crossroad. Unfortunately, my personal interests are not those of the majority of blog readers. … Continue reading Crossroads
Wind in the Trees, a haiku journal 