Carpe Diem Haiku – Usurai (thin ice)
Carpe Diem kigo is thin ice – Usurai (thin ice). The picture below I took this autumn, but ice can be thin then also after a cold night. after cold […]
Carpe Diem kigo is thin ice – Usurai (thin ice). The picture below I took this autumn, but ice can be thin then also after a cold night. after cold […]
A picture prompt for Līgo Haībun got me inspired to write about wolves. Relentlessly the pack of wolves hunt the young elk through the winter forest. With a temperature far […]
Inspired by Haiku-heights breeze I created this haiga from a winter picture I took last year. Whiffle is such a nice word inspired by breeze. not a whiffle skies cut […]
Today the Carpe Diem Prompt is Saekaeru (returning cold), which got me thinking about cranes and how they contiune the spring rituals despite a returning cold. The woodblock below is […]
Carpe Diem today is classical Kigo Risshun, coming of spring. This is so close to my heart, but we are not yet at spring here. This little picture from of […]
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis