Doreen King
Letter
About Memory... I think that sometimes it’s OK to recall events and places and so on when writing haiku. After all, this is what some forms of meditation (and contemplation) are all about. I love the sudden joy of the ‘moment’ when (I think) a haiku begins to form. This might be a direct response to the present situation, but it might also be a way of looking at memories.
fast flowing river
that rock
always being washed
Eric Speight referred to the use of memory in haiku (BS 12/2) as have others. Growing older (and hopefully wiser) is to draw on the experience of life. Old memories can reveal new (and fresh) haiku. Furthermore, found poems are just that, and they may be found in material written years ago.
bumble bee
bumps into me
and falls into a flowerlongest night
shortest day
and the cat still doesn’t move
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