ten-thirty at night

March 10, 2024

← in the blazing dawn

HAIGA - ILLUSTRATED HAIKU

In the haiku moment, the image almost always comes before the words. While I am putting the words together, I sometimes find myself recreating the image with a drawing, a sketch, a small watercolor. At other times, I am struck by a scene in life or in nature and I capture it with a photograph.

Some haiku feel complete with just the words; others feel complete when image and words work together to form a whole. I imagine there will be times when the image, or images, work perfectly with no words at all…

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