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.
I am honored to have been chosen by the artist Alisa Ang as the featured writer for the theme of Unfurling. Many thanks to Alisa and Freya. Please click over to Pure Haiku to read my haiku as well as the many other beautiful and thought provoking pieces.
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.
Tina Stewart Brakebill 