pi & anne

So, my book is now available! You can find all the information about it here on my website :).

I received two fantastic submissions in response to my call on social media to share a haiku or tanka about the moon or the night – and both poets will receive a free copy of ‘Don’t Write About The Moon’ <3. Their haiku inspired me to weave them into a haibun. Enjoy reading!

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THICKETS

(John Hawkhead, t.j. zhang, Makoto)

there it is again
that harvest moon in the well
of my whisky glass

John Hawkhead, Presence 50

A hazy Saturday night. My thoughts have pulled me onward, though the shapes ahead are still hard to make out. The landscape breaks into mosaic fragments as I try to reassemble it once more: long, slender poplars overshadow the ground—why do I wander again to the thickets?

in a dream
over a field of irises
the moon

t.j. zhang, kurokuro.art

I halt, watch my breaths in the cold autumn air. What brought me here?

It’s beautiful. This purple, delicate streak in midnight blue, where does it end, where does it begin? Where do I? Let me walk on with hope on my soles.

I hear the grass straightening itself behind me.