Herefordshire Haiku: poems on the move

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23731901.post-76103883863834447612008-03-18T09:54:00.000-07:002008-03-26T12:10:05.263-07:00Herefordshire Haiku: poems on the move. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R-EB3b3xkwI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/9R6C-xtY_Nc/s1600-h/Herefordshire+library+van.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R-EB3b3xkwI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/9R6C-xtY_Nc/s200/Herefordshire+library+van.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179423098338906882" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_0OL3xkkI/AAAAAAAAAVw/pL7Tgdyf5Yg/s1600-h/Emma+Stevens+%26+me+(library+van).jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_0OL3xkkI/AAAAAAAAAVw/pL7Tgdyf5Yg/s200/Emma+Stevens+%26+me+(library+van).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179126621041431106" /></a> Library van image by Alan Summers; Emma & myself image by Simon Holroyd. I met Emma Stevens, Library Learning Officer at Hereford Station, and met up with the mobile library van at Fownhope to start my one day library van haiku poet-in-residence. Here are the five places we visited: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_08r3xklI/AAAAAAAAAV4/_lc72quKZbM/s1600-h/five+Herefordshire+haiku+places.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_08r3xklI/AAAAAAAAAV4/_lc72quKZbM/s200/five+Herefordshire+haiku+places.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179127419905348178" /></a> Herefordshire's lovely countryside replete with crows & rooks: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_3h73xkoI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/YJV_ADftVfo/s1600-h/flight+of+corvus.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_3h73xkoI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/YJV_ADftVfo/s200/flight+of+corvus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179130258878730882" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_1s73xkmI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Vv_3CdXz15E/s1600-h/crow+country+(Herefordshire).jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_1s73xkmI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Vv_3CdXz15E/s200/crow+country+(Herefordshire).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179128248834036322" /></a> carrion crow call refracted river-ripples on the horsechestnut mist haze - a crow cleans its beak on a rooftop aerial 2 haiku by Alan Summers on a leafless branch a crow comes to nest - autumn nightfall Basho (1644 - 1694) trans. Haruo Shirane harusame no dobei hi tomaru karasu mud wall perch in the spring rain a crow Shiki Masaoka (1890-1902) English version trans Alan Summers. The people: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_5zb3xkpI/AAAAAAAAAWY/gzDkoumkYKY/s1600-h/Mrs+Hulbert+Herefordshire+library+van+%232.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_5zb3xkpI/AAAAAAAAAWY/gzDkoumkYKY/s200/Mrs+Hulbert+Herefordshire+library+van+%232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179132758549697170" /></a> picture by Simon Holroyd Mrs Hulbert, who paid us a visit, (and helps out at Age Concern), is an artist who was interested in the tradition of combining pictures with haiku known as haiga in Japan. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R-ZAJ2MvTnI/AAAAAAAAAXg/FfFdqmvSnfw/s1600-h/Chris+Hulbert+haiga.jpeg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R-ZAJ2MvTnI/AAAAAAAAAXg/FfFdqmvSnfw/s400/Chris+Hulbert+haiga.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180898959248281202" /></a> (Please click onto the pictures for a larger image) Mrs Hulbert deservedly is awarded a haiku detective badge! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_6SL3xkqI/AAAAAAAAAWg/lEcWnrQnJgU/s1600-h/Mrs+Slade+100+in+June+2008.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_6SL3xkqI/AAAAAAAAAWg/lEcWnrQnJgU/s320/Mrs+Slade+100+in+June+2008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179133286830674594" /></a> picture by Alan Summers Mrs Slade was the second of my home visits to people unable to get out and visit the library van. Mrs Slade will be 100 in June this year. We also visited Mrs Oxley, in her nineties, who was also great fun, despite her fragility. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_8DL3xkrI/AAAAAAAAAWo/RGTYCfE09_k/s1600-h/Simon+Holroyd+Library+van+driver.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_8DL3xkrI/AAAAAAAAAWo/RGTYCfE09_k/s200/Simon+Holroyd+Library+van+driver.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179135228155892402" /></a> Simon Holroyd, the library van driver. It was a shame it was a very wet day, but the visitors we did have made it all worthwhile. I left some of our haiku detective badges to encourage many more haiku being written at local libraries and with Simon Holroyd on his library van so I hope even more haiku get written. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_9-b3xkuI/AAAAAAAAAXA/0rO2y4BRsiQ/s1600-h/haiku+detective%27s+badge+low+res.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_bsvBfekvbuM/R9_9-b3xkuI/AAAAAAAAAXA/0rO2y4BRsiQ/s200/haiku+detective%27s+badge+low+res.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179137345574769378" /></a>Alan Summershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com