International Haiku Poetry Day
Apr 17, 2023
Today haikuists around the world recognize and celebrate their fellow poet’s accomplishments.
Writing haiku requires quiet observation, thoughtful consideration, and distillation of a moment into a crystalline nugget.
This past weekend I drove to a neighbor’s memorial service. The road that morning was like the occasion, dark and foggy. The experience prompted a haiku inspired by Carl Sandburg’s famous San Francisco fog poem.
As I drove, the cat analogy crept around my brain and emerged as the following haiku:
Happy Haiku Day to my fellow poets. I hope the non-poets will enjoy this bit of micro poetry, too.
