Haiku Friday!

#422

My cigarette glows

Without my lips touching it,

—A steady spring breeze.

Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright

Guilty Conscience by Jamie Tate won the

2004 Southern Breeze "Lallah Award" for Most Innovative

from the Mississippi Art Colony.

(Psst - I think the art looks like the end of a cigarette.) ~Maggie

Haiku Friday!

#3

Keep straight down this block,
Then turn right where you will find
A peach tree blooming.

Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright (Arcade, 1998)

Mixed media collage titled Coming Together by Mississippian Charles Crossley.

Mr. Crossley's recent works are on exhibit
at
The Lauren Rogers Museum
from
March 15 - May 17, 2009 in the Stairwell Gallery! ~ Maggie

Haiku Friday!

#730

From the cherry tree
To the roof of the red barn,
A cloud of sparrows flew.

Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright (Arcade, 1998)

Acrylic by Mississippian Rick Anderson titled Red House. ~Maggie

Haiku Friday!

#97

In the setting sun,
Each tree bud is clinging fast
To drying raindrops.

Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright (Arcade, 1998)

Mixed media collage by Texan Cheryl McClure titled The Rain Came. ~ Maggie

Haiku Friday!

#334
A lakeshore circus:
An elephant trumpeting
Waves on blue water.

Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright (Arcade, 1998)

Note: The artwork titled A Fresh Wave is by Mississippi artist Antoinette Badenhorst.

The photograph is taken by Koos Badenhorst. ~ Maggie

Haiku Friday!

#613

While plucking the goose,
A feather flew wildly off
To look for snowflakes.

Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright

Where is This (2008) by Mississippi artist Ellen Langford

Click artist name to see website. ~Maggie

Haiku Friday!

#31

In the falling snow
A laughing boy holds out his palms
Until they are white.

Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright (Arcade, 1998)

Note: Artwork is from the book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

Haiku Friday!

#669

A leaf chases wind

Across an autumn river

And shakes a pine tree.

Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright (Arcade, 1998)

~ Maggie