My thanks to the editor, Gregory Longenecker!
freight train the rags of a vagabond moon
candy floss
hair ice transforms
a rotten branch
Members' Celebratory Haiku:
fox's wedding
this metamorphosis
of light
Also included in this anthology is "The Poet's Journey" by Ellen Brooks, who created and performed a kyogen style dance using haiku composed by the society's members. The dance was performed at the society's fiftieth anniversary dinner held on May 10, 2025, and again at the Haiku Retreat on November 6, 2025. I was over the moon to know that the following two haiku were incorporated into her performance:
my body
becoming weightless . . .
spindrift
yutori
offering my held breath
to the wind
(note: yutori = the Japanese philosophy of creating space (mentally, physically, and emotionally) for joy and longevity)
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