a tribute to Mondrian
in an OPEN(organic) captalised FORM of adapted haiga VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
footsteps
in the streets -
echos of distant youth
I think
so I paint,
I imagine and pen-
mix in a hiku
to make
a haiga-like zen
ART&POETRY combined
My example in hotspot link as a TRISTCH HIKU
footsteps
in the streets -
echos of distant youth
(See the haiku text embedded in the image above. For a high resolution image, see cinemaspirit.info/heaven/.)*
Haiga for the Heavenbound
By Mark D. Stucky
We search for the source
flowing with living water
and find our new home
*(About this work: This ecological/spiritual haiga--an image integrated with haiku text--was inspired by Revelation 22:1, “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.” The image of harsh desert with threatening storm clouds, crystal glass filled with water, and water-nourished paradise is a highly edited collage of four individual stock photos and contains a dozen separate layers in the original Photoshop file. This was first published in Small Town Anthology IX: Southwest Michigan’s Tournament of Writers 2023, Vicksburg Cultural Arts Center, 2023, p. 365. See also my poems “Bringing Heaven to Earth” and “Resurrection iBodies.”)
HAIGA is a vertical hiku combined with related artwork per link above
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footsteps
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hiku images
frozen into epigrams-
tripping off a brush
| Year Posted 2010
baby hedgehog save
my cat was batting... beating
a grandson rescue
A family of 5, 4 plus mum. My cat was giving the one in the image a rough time and was rescued by my grandson. Happy to say it was not harmed.
haiga
herb Robert
geranium robertianum
summer wildflower
of the moment
solitary potter wasp
shot captured
my rambling rose
a delicate pink beauty
life shared
natures natural lace
three millimetres in length
a true bug lace dressed
confounded again
Croesus latitarsus
birch sawfly larvae
Found these Birch sawfly larvae (8th June 2018), on a self-seeded Silver birch sapling growing on the upper bank of my pond. Not sure but I think the bright colours could mean they are unpalatable?
haikai
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touched by a zephyr
evoked memories your breath
warm summer days
-
finding the balance
on a hot sunshiny day
dappled shadows
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my garden bench
i share with untidy guests
bird droppings sun baked
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summer storm threatens
yet not a cloud in the sky
wise are the insects
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a distant rumble
the summer storm passed us by
wildlife exploded
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ere the season
a garden... a way of life
a summer reward
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i found the balance
albeit it with rocks patience
a warm zephyr kiss
haiku
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a hunting spider
a hunting zebra spider
a neighbour
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thirty-six... shortlist
twenty threatened with N/A
that leaves four before
a premature end but
I will bear in mind twenty
Only 4 possible n/a's and 2 positive, thank you all for your response. Mick
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