the ewe and her lambs
a meandering track
of bluebells
~
treading on tree roots
we walk an uphill path
starred with May blossom…
the green greener
for the blue
~
Summer’s Day
the braid of our lives…
as swallows weave
morning’s seamless blue,
we renew our vows
~
to the ends
of the earth…
white butterfly
~
oak leaves
a swaying canopy
of light and shade,
your vows, then mine –
the pipes of an unknown bird
~
flurries of blossom…
opening and closing
the butterfly’s wings
~
Claire
1.5.2011
Simply Haiku spring 2011, volume 9, number 1, went online yesterday. The journal appears to have had a makeover and is beautifully laid out and easy to navigate with lots of wonderful poetry, reviews and articles http://simplyhaiku.theartofhaiku.com/ I have five haiku here:
http://simplyhaiku.theartofhaiku.com/simply-haiku/claire-everett.html and three tanka:
http://simplyhaiku.theartofhaiku.com/simply-tanka.html
There is also information about the We Are All Japan project here:
http://wearealljapan.blogspot.com/
bullfinch pair by Amy Claire Rose - aged 13
Due to a family crisis posts may be a little sporadic in the days to come. Amy and I will endeavour to keep Skimming the Water (http://skimmingthewater2011.wordpress.com/ )going, although last week’s poems were few and far between. I will also try to continue to archive my tanka at http://thosethr3words.wordpress.com/ At the Edge of Dreams
I will try to keep you updated as far as possible.
One piece of good news.. I have been selected as one of the contributing poets for the spring/summer 2011 cycle of Daily Haiku: http://www.dailyhaiku.org/
Thank you to all who have sent lovely messages etc on Twitter. Your kind words, prayers and good wishes are a great source of strength at this difficult time.
Claire
I was honoured to have Kuniharu Shimizu turn three of my haiku into beautiful haiga art pieces on his website here:
http://seehaikuhere.blogspot.com/2011/03/haiku-527-claire-everett-haiku-1.html
http://seehaikuhere.blogspot.com/2011/03/haiga-528-claire-everett-haiku-2.html
http://seehaikuhere.blogspot.com/2011/03/haiga-529-claire-everett-haiku-3.html
Kuni_san’s work is a treat to all lovers of haiku and haiga and I recommend visiting the website regularly, particularly in the light of the recent terrible events in Japan, as this master of haiga is creating some beautiful pieces for posterity, http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2l04309Kx8k/TYfrik-nZ_I/AAAAAAAABQg/q0zGMWTUl40/s1600/natori.jpg for instance…
Meanwhile, here in County Durham UK, we are grateful for the long-awaited arrival of spring.
being human
I see spring flowers
paling as they bloom…
tear-stained
the face of morning
Claire
March 2011
throw back
this sheet of sky…
sun breaks
in the rushing of the weir
earth breathes underfoot
hollow
the hush of the reeds
when we speak her name,
wet our lips with her fruits
and share her grain
her smile
is a patterning
of flame on water …
singing in her veins
she takes the offering
who remembers
the long forgotten dead?..
a breeze stirs
the willow catkins
a thousand distant suns
every cell of green
grows in inhalation
whose blood is this…
coursing in my temples
in the hooves of horses?
This weekend a nest box camera was installed in our nest box that is fixed to our willow tree at the back of our garden. Sunday evening, we switched it on, and there was a blue tit roosting inside!
the following day, monday , the blue tit did not roost overnight but we did see a blue tit inspecting the box during the day.
but last night, he (or she) entered the box earlier than usual, about 4.30pm , and appeared to be searching the box all over before settling to sleep. I am hoping she was seeing if it was suitable for nesting.
to see a video of the blue tit in the nest box see here http://tinyurl.com/456f4b7
