Tag Archives: haiku

Prime Directive

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Francois Lachance

William J. HigginsonThe Haiku Handbook Opener: The primary purpose of reading and writing haiku is sharing moments of our lives that have moved us, pieces of experience and perception that we offer or receive as gifts. Received. And so for … Continue reading →

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Winter Haiku

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Summer solstice reading:Liz Howard, “Archaeology”The Capillano Review I enter your book and someone laughsA pile of sentences to bring in for the winter Winter solstice reading: After Luke Bedford: icy fogransackingcampgrounds Lines from THE FOG by Luke Bradford icy fog … Continue reading →

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Cercis canadensis

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Francois Lachance

View of our Eastern Redbud in its fall beauty. A friend reminded me of the joyful colour of the redbud in the fall. It is truly magnificent in the spring with its bloom of tiny pink flowers along the branches … Continue reading →

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The Right Not to Be Linked

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Saw this today at Haiku Bandit Society (and crafted a very haiku-like comment limited to 256 characters) https://haikubanditsociety.blogspot.com/2020/04/vestager-its-not-choice-between.html I hereby link via blog entry to CBC interview with privacy rights expert Brenda McPhail https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/contact-tracing-for-covid-19-risks-erasing-civil-liberties-says-expert-1.5532117 Comparing Canadian and European situations I … Continue reading →

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Three Sparks and a Flare

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Francois Lachance

This haiku derives some of its poignancy from its being a death poem. Chine-jo was a pupil of Bashō. As one collects and reads the various English versions, the mention of the kinship with the firefly comes and goes but … Continue reading →

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Intersection of Temporalities

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Francois Lachance

To the writing belongs one time series. In Wabi Sabi, a book by Mark Reibstein with art by Ed Young, there “are Japanese haiku that appear decoratively throughout the book.” They are also gathered at the end with transliterations and … Continue reading →

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Purrfect Pun

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Francois Lachance

In the age of cat videos, one comes across an apt little bit of verse from John S. Crosbie in Crosbie’s Book of Punned Haiku. (New York: Workman Publishing, 1979). There is nothing worse Than poems about cute cats It … Continue reading →

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After Yates

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Our version, not quite accepting the syllable count … Porcupine dying Tobacco accepting Quill decorating She prefaces a number of poems To a non-native that cosmic precedent, haikai, offers a medium through which to imagine and attempt to express the … Continue reading →

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The Print, The Step

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Two lines from #121 in Daryl Hine &: A Serial Poem […] As if each moment were a monument […] Not every happening qualifies as an event. Two lines that bring to mind for me the subtle art of Jeff … Continue reading →

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Disappearing Act

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Got you covered. All day long wearing a hat that wasn’t on my head. Jack Kerouac American Haikus And so for day 1806 23.11.2011

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