Hosts: Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh
22nd September 2022
We have Kat Lehman with us, once again!
Squirrel A Way
I search for hidden deer and a place to sit next to audible water. Try to find my mind again. Maybe a new bird. I sort the major from the minor, the shakers from the shaken. Dodge the falling acorns. But what really rules my moment is this disintegrating leaf. The autumn maple feeds its future vernal self with a little left over to share with the other trees. It surrenders everything for a hope in the unknown. Without it, the rest falls apart.
worm cycle
the crowdsourcing
of pink petals
Kat Lehmann
Modern Haiku 53:1 (2022)
I read this beautiful haibun several times. Like classical music - the more I listened the more it yielded. From you, we want a haibun that's loaded with *haikai prose* - which is tight prose - following the principle of less is more and cap it with an effective haiku - not just any old haiku ... :))
As always, a good haibun will find its way into the next issue of our fabulous journal. Firdaus and I are eagerly looking forward to reading your haibun.
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