Cool Announcement: New Release, A Year Unfolding: haiku by Debbie Strange
My Dear Readers:
I'm happy to share with you this exciting news: NeverEnding Story contributor Debbie Strange just published her new collection of haiku, titled A Year Unfolding, which "celebrates the changing seasons in Canada, with each poem written in Carolingian hand by JS Graustein before digitizing. Strange sews together a rich tapestry of wildlife, landscape, and love. Her poems lead us through the Canadian seasons, sharing the natural flow of a land that is still wild and raw."
Selected Haiku:
moonglow
a thousand jellyfish
in an ocean of sky
lake-light
a line of mergansers
ripples the clouds
on fence posts
the exclamation marks
of raptors
in the pond
a white begonia
and old news
on the tundra
caging a winter sky
caribou bones
Sunday, February 05, 2017
World Haiku Review, January 2017
echolocation . . .
the loves we have lost
and found
Zatsuei Haiku of Merit
Vanguard Haiku Category
the loves we have lost
and found
Zatsuei Haiku of Merit
Vanguard Haiku Category
NeverEnding Story, February 2017
Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu
layers
of this blue life
winnowed
by the hour glass
my furrows deepen
Poetry Nook 5, April 2014
Chen-ou Liu's comments:
Debbie's tanka is rich in imagery and emotionally resonant figurative language tinged with existential angst.
layers
of this blue life
winnowed
by the hour glass
my furrows deepen
Poetry Nook 5, April 2014
Chen-ou Liu's comments:
Debbie's tanka is rich in imagery and emotionally resonant figurative language tinged with existential angst.
Daily Haiku, Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, January 2017
weathered barn
the silence of cobwebs
in moonlight
Honourable Mention
European Haiku Prize 2016
the silence of cobwebs
in moonlight
Honourable Mention
European Haiku Prize 2016
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Haiku Poets of Northern California, 2016 San Francisco International Competition
The 2016 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu and Tanka
dried curls
of gray reindeer moss
crunch softly
underneath our boots . . .
no other sound, but breath
First Place (tie)
Comments by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton, Tanka Judge:
...Next, we stand at the delicate edge of winter where air is crisper, and "reindeer moss" whispers beneath our feet. The color of this tundra is muted. Perhaps the light is also. In response to small, mysterious sounds framed by quiet, the breaths of those within the poem startle and deepen. And we have an opportunity to appreciate what we usually take for granted...
dried curls
of gray reindeer moss
crunch softly
underneath our boots . . .
no other sound, but breath
First Place (tie)
Comments by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton, Tanka Judge:
...Next, we stand at the delicate edge of winter where air is crisper, and "reindeer moss" whispers beneath our feet. The color of this tundra is muted. Perhaps the light is also. In response to small, mysterious sounds framed by quiet, the breaths of those within the poem startle and deepen. And we have an opportunity to appreciate what we usually take for granted...
Creatrix Poetry and Haiku Journal, 2016
Nomination for the Haiku Foundation Touchstone Individual Award 2016:
fly fishing
a rainbow arcs across
evening
Creatrix Number 33, June 2016
fly fishing
a rainbow arcs across
evening
Creatrix Number 33, June 2016
Australian Haiku Society, 2016
Honoured to say that this haiku was included in the PDF booklet featuring poems selected from the prompt!
a broken shell
her words return
in waves
Cattails, September 2016
Jane Reichhold tribute (1937-2016)
The Falling Star - Haiku Anthology, Wild Plum 2016
skipping stones
the expanding ripples
of our universe
first appeared in Wild Plum, Issue 2:1, Spring & Summer 2016
the expanding ripples
of our universe
first appeared in Wild Plum, Issue 2:1, Spring & Summer 2016
NeverEnding Story, January 2017
Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu
blue sea glass
a man of war decays
in the sun
Honourable Mention
2015 World Haiku Contest
Chen-ou Liu's comments:
The juxtaposition of blue sea glass ("physically and chemically weathered" glass found on beaches along bodies of salt water) and a man of war "decay[ing]" makes the contrasts visually and emotionally poignant, sparking the reader's reflection on the meaning of (human) life (in a time of turmoil or chaos).
blue sea glass
a man of war decays
in the sun
Honourable Mention
2015 World Haiku Contest
Chen-ou Liu's comments:
The juxtaposition of blue sea glass ("physically and chemically weathered" glass found on beaches along bodies of salt water) and a man of war "decay[ing]" makes the contrasts visually and emotionally poignant, sparking the reader's reflection on the meaning of (human) life (in a time of turmoil or chaos).
Moonbathing, Issue 15, Fall/Winter 2016
all night long
the wind's elegy
for autumn . . .
in a musty trunk,
unworn baby clothes
the wind's elegy
for autumn . . .
in a musty trunk,
unworn baby clothes
Ink Sweat and Tears - The Poetry and Prose Webzine - December 2016
The Twelve Days of Christmas Feature
Eighth Day (December 29, 2016):
Living Above Ground
not allowed
to have bird feeders
or flowers
on the balcony
I am withering
cars racing
down the main drag
on humid nights
squealing tires anathema
to my wintering heart
unfinished
a skyscraper cages
the harvest moon
freedom comes sooner
for some than for others
beneath
my third floor window
six deer
with snow on their backs
the warm blood of stones
Hedgerow Poems, Number 102, January 2017
Resident Artist
These images were featured in my abstract exhibition, "The Poetry of Light". They explore the subtle and flamboyant nuances of light, reflection and refraction. Though the subjects of these photographs are ordinary objects, such as fabric, jewellery and glass, they are transformed into extraordinary dreamscapes by employing the techniques of illusion and diffusion. None of the work has been digitally manipulated in any way.
These images were featured in my abstract exhibition, "The Poetry of Light". They explore the subtle and flamboyant nuances of light, reflection and refraction. Though the subjects of these photographs are ordinary objects, such as fabric, jewellery and glass, they are transformed into extraordinary dreamscapes by employing the techniques of illusion and diffusion. None of the work has been digitally manipulated in any way.
astral waterfall
evanescent gloaming
helix
lambent heavens
opalescent
veil of grace
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