March 2, 2010

Haiga 317


Haiku by Stanford Forrrester. He is a poet, the past president of the Haiku Society of America, and the editor of bottle rocket: a collection of short verse. His work has been published six countries and have appeared in 17 anthologies.

I am not so much a fan of so-called Zen inspired haiku: it tends to limit the domain from where haiku springs. However, there are a few I like. Stanford san offers some of that.

Whatever one's faith is, how one views and appreciates the world and one's life becomes a good starting point of haiku. Haiku is not the divine words, but rather the human words.

1 comment:

Ralf Bröker said...

And only one haiga is needed to show me how long my way will be.

Best wishes
Ralf