I posted Five Haiku, published in THIS ENDURING GIFT – A Flowering of Fairfield Poetry, 2010. They were selected by editor Freddy Fonseca from: 13 Ways to Write Haiku: A Poet’s Dozen, originally published in The Dryland Fish, An Anthology of Contemporary Iowa Poets, 2003, edited by Matthew MacLeod. The 5 haiku already selected were: Defined, Translated, The Fall, Winter Memo, and Forest Flowers, numbers I, IV, VII, XI, and VIII, respectively. Rather than present the remaining 8 haiku, here is the complete collection in their original order.
13 Ways to Write Haiku: A Poet’s Dozen
I
Defined
3 lines, 2 spaces,
17 feet to walk thru;
then, the unending
II
Discovered
a poem unfolds
as words take their place in line
this one’s a haiku
III
Transformed
Caterpillars spin
increments of commitment;
Butterflies fly free!
IV
Translated
(Inspired by Gareth Jones–Roberts’ painting “Egrets in Morning Light”)
on the edge of space
two egrets in morning light
woken from a dream
V
Galiano Island
West Coast Island Time
Nothing Moves, Nothing Changes;
Roosters Crow At Noon!
VI
Cliffhouse Deck at Dusk
Inspired during a visit to Galiano Island
Tiny bells call me
Arbutus blossoms falling
Sounding the Silence
VII
The Fall
sudden drop of leaves
a negligée to the floor
trees stand stark naked
VIII
Forest Flowers
tiny white flowers
a constellation of stars
so low yet so high
IX
Be Spring
Brown Branch Bursting Buds
Beneath Benevolent Beams
Boughs Bearing Beauty
X
I Wonder
Do trees have a say
When to drop anchors away
As ripe acorns fall?
XI
Winter Memo
On seeing snowflakes
written on a piece of bark
I copied this down
XII
Foggy Perception
a yellow raincoat
from out of a thick white fog
appears to be seen
XIII
Concrete Impression
cement truck droppings
on the road solidified
········like elephant dung
© Ken Chawkin
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