A haiku work in progress...

Haiku: 
A Selection of  Winter Sketches
by Marie Bortolotto

Artist Marie Bortolotto finds inspiration in the poems of Japanese haiku master, essayist and literary critic Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902). He radically reformed the haiku with his idea of “sketching from life” which encourages poets to see the world as it is and write from their own experience. Haiku: A Selection of Winter Sketches is Marie Bortolotto’s third book of haiku (each one written in 3 simple lines) in which she offers a window into mindfulness, inspiring us to open the eyes and ears of the heart and find beauty in the present moment, even in the wet, grey winters of Western Canada.

Haiku Sketches: 
300 One Line Zen-Inspired Poems

Available now on Amazon!

 

Under the trees, among the rocks, a thatched hut:
verses and sacred commentaries live their together.
I'll burn the books I carry in my bag,
but how can I forget the verses written in my gut?

-- Ikkyu 

Marie Bortolotto