On Writing and Power
We invite you to join us for Dear Reader: Letters as Inspiration for Creative Writing, session two. Workshop participants will read their letters along with local writers and poets during an evening of reading and conversation. With guests authors Nilofar Shidmehr and...
Not-so-pretty haiku: Pink rain
Instalment #4 of not-so-pretty cherry blossoms by our writer-in-residence, Isabella Mori: “Of course these cherry blossoms are pretty, and when the late April wind has them drift through the air and form a delicious pink carpet, how can they not delight? And yet … “
Not-so-pretty haiku: The old tree
Guest post by Isabella Mori Instalment #3 of not-so-pretty cherry blossom haiku: Every day I spend at Historic Joy Kogawa House, I sit at a desk that looks directly at the famous cherry tree in the backyard. It probably won’t survive much longer. In the storm last...
More Not-So-Pretty Haiku: Impermanence
“Instalment #2 of not-so-pretty cherry blossom haiku: Blossom petals on the ground always create a little anxious ambivalence in me…” Guest post by Isabella Mori.
The Rougher Side Of Cherry Blossoms
Guest Post by Isabella Mori. “…People think of cherry blossoms when they think of haiku. I do, too – but so much so that I’ve lost my taste for pretty cherry blossom…”