This breathtaking haiku has reminded me that I need to make sure I blog a little more frequently. Things are very much in flux for me at the moment, but when I come across a haiku as quietly confident and subtly evocative as this, it pulls me back to poetry, to the haiku form and how grounding it can be to read, and to write. You can find Simon Chard’s poem in the Haiku Calendar 2024 (Snapshot Press) and his e-book is available to read on their website (for free I might add).
Now I’m about to log on to a Zoom meeting of the Yorks/Lancs haiku group and hopefully get a bit of inspiration. Sometimes it’s important to have that sense of community.