Poetry Corner: Renewal

POETRY CORNER

– 1/4/17

Hosted by Kathabela Wilson

Amidst challenging world events, renewal continues, and these wonderful haiku poets have found new growth in the small motions and incidents of life. Poet and artist Sandi Pray, who created the haiga shown below, says it perfectly: ‘No matter the season…growth can be found in the most unexpected places. Sometimes you need to create them yourself.’

~ Kathabela

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Sandi Pray

Haiga 1 by Sandi Pray

Sandi Pray lives in Robbinsville, NC and Saint John, FL. She says: “I split my time between mountains and river”.

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Sun by Mike Duffy

Julie Bloss Kelsey

nature walk
the toddler hands me
a blade of grass

overnight fog
the tai chi class rises
with the sun

Julie Bloss Kelsey writes short poetry from her home in suburban Maryland. She says: “My favorite thing about haiku is that it forces me to slow down and look at the world with fresh eyes, the way little children do.”

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Wizard by Stevie Strang

Paul David Mena

I’m not a superstitious person, but there’s something about a broken wishbone during Thanksgiving dinner that seems ominous. Given the tumultuous year, it seemed especially deflating to everyone at the table: there was one nervous chuckle, followed by total silence.

Thanksgiving hush —
the wishbone
already broken

trying to fix me
my granddaughter
and her magic wand

Paul David Mena lives in Cochituate, Massachusetts. His first piece is a haibun, prose, followed by a haiku. His finale is a wonderful haiku that recalls a real life incident. He says: “About a year ago, my wife and I spent Christmas morning with my daughter, her husband and their two children. They already had plenty of gifts, and my granddaughter Zoe was decked out in a princes outfit, complete with tiara and magic wand. I had just had back surgery in September, so she kept touching me with her wand to ‘fix’ me!”​

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