Tag: life

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Life Unfurls

Tina Stewart Brakebill

Recently, I had the honor of being chosen by Elisa Ang as the Featured Writer for Pure Haiku’s  Unfurling theme. When Elisa explained why she chose me, she noted that

the writer expresses life’s journey–from the time it springs forth to the time it bids farewell in profoundly creative way…” 

I absolutely love that she got what I was trying to do! So one last thank you to Freya and Elisa and a new thank you to Colleen’s Poet’s Choice Challenge for providing me the opportunity to present the five haiku as the fluid set I imagined them to be. 

 

naïve, dawn springs forth

suckled by the morning dew

to create new life

 

ensnared by margins  

feral and tempestuous

verdant youth rebels 

 

patterns and fresh shapes

once green but now withering

nature’s grand design 

 

childhood memories

flutter like lace in a breeze  

setting my mind free

  

an echo repeats

revealing infinity

but still our time ends 

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Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

For Sue (a Haiku)

Tina Stewart Brakebill

Unmet but felt met

Leaving this world as she lived

Lifting with her words

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Author’s Photo 

I never met Sue Vincent, but when I learned she was ill, I wept. And when I logged into Word Press today (after several days absence) and learned she was gone, I wept again. Tears are blurring my view even now. We often never know the ways we affect other people’s lives but I’m glad I got to say “thank you” before she departed. She made me believe that my silly little poems sometimes mattered. And her work was beautiful until the very end. I hope she knew how much she mattered. If you have not, take the time to read Swift Passage.

Like Sue, it’s beautiful.