Expiring like a quivering, vulnerable bird in the dawn’s grey I have become obsessed with how Anne died, three months ago, quivering, vulnerable, like a stricken bird. This little poem is intended to honour her. It is presented on a Haiga background. https://www.graceguts.com/haiga I find it soothing and therapeutic to concoct these..
The unrelenting brutality of grief and the pervasive pall of mourning The verse that emerges in these clumsy attempts at Haiga creation is often bleak, reflecting the unrelenting brutality of grief and the pervasive pall of mourning. Haiga is a Japanese concept describing a refined visual art of combining brush painting, Haiku,and calligraphy. A traditional..
Haiga creation in the midst of grief-driven foreboding Haiga is a Japanese concept describing a refined visual art of combining brush painting, haiku, and calligraphy. A traditional haiga requires all three of these elements. Like the poetic form it accompanies, haiga is based on simple, yet often profound, observations of the everyday world. https://thehaikufoundation.org/juxta/juxta-5-1/juxta-5-1-haiga/..
On love and death Haiga is a style of Japanese art that combines a haiku poem with a painting or drawing, often using calligraphy to integrate the text with the visual art. It’s a visual form of poetry that seeks to capture the essence of the poem through both words and imagery. I use Haiga to frame poetic..
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The Haiku and Haiga Chronicles: Exhaustion, Loss, and Prolonged Sorrow
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..