The origins of the haiku (pronounced "high-coo" with equal emphasis on each syllable) go back to the 12th century in Japan, where poets, often in groups, would improvise verses which would eventually create very long poems. It wasn’t till the 16th century that ordinary Japanese folk became interested in the arts, and it was Matsuo Basho who is credited with developing and making popular the little poems which later became known as haiku.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

No.7

A new art blog begins on Sunday 1st March
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cloudless spring night
a stone thrown into the pond
shatters the moon

struck by a small branch
the hedgehog retreats
into himself
at the foot clinic
embarrassment
an odd pair of socks



in the moonlight 
the sycamore's shadow 
above my bed
in the mirror shop
a dozen images
confirm my ageing
Sunday morning
my reflection follows me 
round the boating pond

unconsecrated
the unmarked graves of paupers
concealed behind trees

three tin openers
lie mangled - defeated 
by a can of soup

the old house empty
our tiny footprints still there
on the concrete path

on the common
two old men among the boys
flying their kites

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