Haiga: A Marriage of Image & Haiku #1

~ Ray Rasmussen
my spring Is just this
a single bamboo shoot
a willow branch
~ Issa

Haiga is a mix of image and either haiku or tanka poetry. Its origins are in Japan where poet-artists used a mix of brushstroke painting and calligraphy to compose their images and poetry . . .

Continue reading . . . -> Hiaga #1

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Published by Ray Rasmussen

Ray lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He's a writer and photographer. He's been editor of a number of haiku and Haibun journals. He enjoys wilderness hiking and canoeing. His collection "Landmarks: A Haibun Collection" is available on Amazon.

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