autumn sumo tournament — from day one mountain clouds – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

autumn sumo tournament —

from day one

mountain clouds

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue), haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics

Haikuseum – haiku display by Michael Dylan Welch

At the Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2014, there was a Haikuseum (prepared by Michael Dylan Welch) that was showcasing clever ways to display your haiku on bookmarks, artwork, business cards, origami, rock, interactive book, etc.

Thanks to Michael Dylan Welch for the inspiration!

 

Display of haiku by Michael Dylan Welch

Bookmarks

 

Cherry blossom festival

 

Clever haiku design

 

More haiku museum pieces.

 

Michael Dylan Welch and the Haiku Northwest group has been using lots of creativity to bring haiku in the community, including during the recent Haiku on Sticks event.

looking at the mountain looking at the sea… autumn evening Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

 

looking at the mountain

looking at the sea…

autumn evening

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (Translated by David G. Lanoue)

Haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics.

Weathergrams

At the recent Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2014, our conference package included a blank piece of kraft paper and instructions on how to make a weathergram.

A weathergram is a clever way to display your haiku outside.  The concept is simple: you write a haiku on a piece of kraft paper and hang it outside for people to enjoy until it biodegrades and returns to Earth.

 

Night Ginko at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2014

From October 16-19,2014, I was cartoonist-in-residence at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway. I drew comics during the event and presented them on the last day of the conference.

The highlight of the conference was a night ginko with paper lanterns. A truly magical evening.

Making the paper lanterns:

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Night ginko with paper lanterns:

Haiku Canada Review October 2014 cover

I’m happy to announce that there’s an Old Pond comic on the cover of the Haiku Canada Review (October 2014 issue)!

Haiku Canada is the third national haiku association to publish Old Pond Comics in their journal – after the Association Francophone de Haïku in France (since 2008) and Haiku Society of America in the U.S. (since 2010).

Thanks to Leroy Gorman (Haiku Canada Review editor).

crossing the hanging bridge / on foot… / butterfly (Haiku by Kobayashi Issa)

crossing the hanging bridge

on foot…

butterfly

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue), haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics

 

 

The spider is also a Buddha

evening tide- on the glass blade’s tip a red dragonfly – Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

evening tide-

on the glass blade’s tip

a red dragonfly

– Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue)

 

Haiku-comic by Old Pond Comics

Old Pond Comics Newsletter #2 (October 2014)

Old Pond Comics Newsletter #2 (October 2014) is now available to read.

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