Saturday, July 30, 2022

#haikutraveldiary 2

Never have I ever been away from home for so long without making the new place my home; yet home away from home, thrice, an extended travel, not exactly a vacation, being not rushing, sudden or slowcooked multiserendipitous layered plans to connect and reconnect, one afternoon or evening or drink at a time (lord, the English can drink!), enough, never enough, overenough, forestalling the future, calculating did my bus and train and walk offset the flights, can we be divided and connected at once?

 
garden's modest luxury
the billion bricks of industry
warmth of a small country
 
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We are four days away from our return to "ordinary" life, which won't be very much like the last 20 years of life, so let me not forget what this interlude begat. Here are the daily haikus, picking up from where I left off two weeks ago. (This is also where I figure out which days I missed.)


 Day 29

 
little fish in a big sea
I resist putting my face under
acclimation takes time 
 
 
Day 28 
"Arrogant in Victory, Sullen in Defeat" - The Grant Family Motto

granted you are well practiced granted I’m always a half pint behind but tonight I’m granted a win 

 


Day 27 

salt-sticky grips on
this solar-spurred cycle 
the right speed to see
 
 
 
 
 
Day 26
 
seven dials eight miles 
eleven women score four 
big windows brighton our day
 
 


 
Day 22 
 
blue light and beer 
a proper night out 
we were not reserved  
 
 
 

Day 21 
 
evening speed 
past the kittiwakes’ racket 
hair shrieks its joy
 
 
 
 
 
 
Day 19
 
10 hours of driving
45 minutes of  Flowers for Algernon
worf it, bruv
 
 

Day 18 
 
copied cut and stitched 
on a plane 1996 
I recollect myself 
 
 
 
 
 
Day 17 
 
whenever they come to worship 
the church of eternal friendship 
is waiting 
 
 
 
 
 

Day 16
slow span of channel 
sun from end to end 
my only halo 
 
 

 
Day 15 
 
so much 
sheep shit 
we hardly notice 
 
 
 
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I'm late posting but I appreciate the space that my blog and  Poetry Friday make for whatever each of us wants to share.  Thanks to Marcie Atkins (another haikuist) for rounding us up this week!
 


Friday, July 15, 2022

#haikutraveldiary

 

Greetings from Seaford, on the south coast of England!  Wherever I am, wherever you are, there is a climate crisis. Would you like some good news to go with your bad news?  Try THE FIX newsletter from grist.com.  Here's the "Joy Issue."

We have been in France and now will be in the UK for all of July, catching up with our family and friends here after two years apart. In a bid to keep writing, I set myself a "reasonable" goal to write one haiku each day...and then remembered how challenging it is to write a really effective haiku.  

As I reviewed the "rules" for modern haiku here and there, I found my way to this helpful overview.  I've tried to keep it in mind and I'm thoroughly happy with...about 20% of these.  They do make a nice album, though, combined with the photos I've taken. Here are the last handful; you can see the rest on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heidimordhorst

Day 14 

white sheep white swans white horse 

concentric greens 

we walk behind the cows


Day 13  (for Juliet Cox)

butterfly on my dinner plate 

goats in the gully 

a little mild peril