A collection of haiku offered by Roshi Joan Halifax.
Category: Poetry
A Year of Kō: 3rd Sekki
3rd Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, LAILA BRAHMBHATT, WILLIAM KILGORE
Gary Keenan – Big Day
Writing from the Colombian Andes, poet Gary Keenan's poem "Big Day" is a chaotic cacophony collapsing into the soft rosy amber of stillness.
Roderick Wilson – Practicing Resurrection
New York poet Roderick Wilson wipes the snow from the threadbare conclusion of wintertime, on the cusp of transition.
A Year of Kō: 2nd Sekki
2nd Sekki poems by FRANCES SCOTT, IRENE APOSTOLERIS and SARAH GILL.
Homa Mojadidi – Submission
Afghan-American poet Homa Mojadidi manifests the magnitude and all-encompassing power of reverence and divinity with her poem "Submission".
Wislawa Szymborska – Conversation with a Stone
Have you ever tried to have a conversation with a stone? How did it go?
Wanda VanderStoop – Chemin Poulin, Qc
"Chemin Poulin, Qc" by poet Wanda VanderStoop tantalizes the senses with lush earthiness brimming with abundance and life.
Elizabeth Bishop – Little Exercise
Written when she was living in Key West in the 1930s and 40s, Bishop was inspired by the uneasy beauty of the tropical storms there.
A Year of Kō: 1st Sekki
1st Sekki poems by JAMES PENHA, ELENA BRENNEMAN and BRAM B. BRIGGANCE