Frameless Sky, Issue 18, June 2023

Honoured to be the "Take the Challenge" winner with the following artwork chosen by Emma Arthur Alexander to accompany her featured haiku:

The following haiku/senryu, tanka/kyoka, and cherita were incorporated into the featured artist's photographs, and selected by guest editor Vandana Parashar on the theme of "family":

basement apartment

mom collects what light

she can

I run

my fingers along

your spine . . .

how familiar,

the scent of you

oh, sister

how I miss

the colour

and music

you brought

into our lives

 

Christine L. Villa Tanka Art Presentation, April 1, 2023

Delighted that the editor of Frameless Sky included the following three tanka art in her presentation!

Interpretive tanka art example:

(note: this tanka was the winner of the 2022 British Haiku Society Awards)

Illustrative tanka art example:

(note this tanka was the winner of the Drifting Sands Monuments No. 1 Contest)

Associative tanka art example:

(note: this tanka was the Editor's Choice for Cattails, October 2020)

Frameless Sky, Issue 17, December 2022

 

Frameless Sky, Issue 16, June 2022

This issue is dedicated to the people of Ukraine. Eighty percent of the proceeds will be donated to "Donate to Help Children in Ukraine/Save the Children".  

Honoured to be the featured poet for the "Take the Challenge" contest for this issue. I chose Julie Schwerin's lovely artwork to accompany the following haiku: 

refugees forced

to leave their homes . . .

unused aerie

The following haiga are also included in this issue:

 

Frameless Sky, Issue 15, December 2021

Honoured to be the "Take the Challenge" winner with the following artwork chosen by Elisa Theriana to accompany her featured haiku:

 

Frameless Sky, Issue 14, June 2021

bamboo flute

I trade my breath

with the wind

a newborn's smile the earth tilts

blackout

city streets illumined

by blossoms

 

Frameless Sky, Issue 13, December 2020

ancient track

many feet still know

the way

lowering sky

no rainbow yet

to lift me up

 

Into the Warp and Woof: Best of Frameless Sky, Volume 1, 2020

Thrilled to be included among the poets and artists featured in issues 1 - 10. My thanks to the editor, Chrissi Villa!


poppy field
the way you rattle me
with your stare


ever-changing
this topography
of hills and dales . . .
our ageing bodies
fit together, still


Honoured to have six photographs from my "Looking Softly Upon the World" series (featured in Issue 9), paired with work by the following fine poets: Kath Abela Wilson, Linda Jeannette Ward, Julie Warther, David Terelinck, Tia Haynes, and Adelaide B. Shaw. 

Frameless Sky, Issue 12, June 2020

prairie meadow
we are still chasing
summer dreams


robin migration
the promises we make
to keep in touch


a deserted beach
strewn with seashells
and echoes
why do I always wait
for you to fill my sails

Frameless Sky, Issue 11, December 2019

Honoured to be the featured poet for the "Take the Challenge" contest for this issue. I chose Gregory Piko's lovely photograph to accompany this haiku:


redwoods . . .
a squirrel interrupts
our communion


I was also thrilled to be have my haiga video, "Watercoloured Words" included in this issue. It first appeared as part of the Haiku Foundation HaikuLife Film Festival in 2018.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bzkOv-1-SYwA&feature=youtu.be

Frameless Sky, Issue 10, June 2019

passing train how quickly we forget our promises


demolition . . .
sunlight where shade
used to be


rose hip tea . . .
the dawn steeped
in birdsong


Honoured to be the "Take the Challenge" winner with the following artwork chosen by David Terelinck to accompany his featured haiku:

Frameless Sky, Issue 9, December 2018

Featured Artist - Frameless Sky, Issue 9


I'm thrilled to be the featured artist for this issue of Frameless Sky! My gratitude goes out to Christine Villa for curating and editing a fine selection of haiku, senryu, tanka, and cherita to accompany my artwork. This series is called "Looking Softly Upon The World", and it is comprised of seasonal soft focus photographs:

https://framelesssky.weebly.com/artwork.html


Please enjoy the following link for a sneak preview of the DVD:

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=4fquKJnqFbg&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZg5gSqc1Uo8%26feature%3Dshare


To purchase the DVD:

https://framelesssky.weebly.com/purchase.html

Cover Photograph:

Interior Photographs: