In our new world of shared grief and absurd wonder Anne McBryde and I are drawn to Haiku, Tanka, and Haiga, an aesthetic that is also reflected in Anne’s personalized Ikebana art

Taigu Ryokan was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet of the Edo period, known for his unconventional lifestyle and unadorned, deeply personal poetry.

https://allpoetry.com/Taigu-Ryokan

Haiku’s more visual cousin, the haiga, unites a haiku poem, written in calligraphy, with a simple painting.

https://poets.org/text/haiga-haiku-calligraphy-and-painting

In our new world of shared grief and absurd wonder Anne McBryde and I are drawn to Haiku, Tanka, and Haiga, an aesthetic that is also reflected in Anne’s personalized Ikebana art.

https://robertmcbrydeauthor.com/anne-is-the-true-artist…/

Anne has been stricken with a form of sudden-onset brain cancer called glioblastoma. She had a large tumour removed from her brain in a major operation, but her cancer is very aggressive and incurable.

https://robertmcbrydeauthor.com/my-wife-anne-has-brain…/