squatting on the head

squatting on the head

of a sleeping cow…

a frog

#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay

sweat drops from cows

sweat drops from cows

from horses…

blades of grass

#haiku by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue, Old Pond Comic by Jessica Tremblay

putrid

More comics from Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2017.

A good place for your bad haiku

The Old Man Gloom is Zozobra, a giant puppet that people stuff with negativity – such as divorce papers. The puppet is burned during the the Santa Fe Fiesta that takes place on Labour day weekend. Wouldn’t it be great if you could stuff it with bad haiku?

First paycheck

Inspired by Scott Mason’s talk ‘The State of Wonder: Land of Enchantment’ at HNA 2017

P.S. Looking forward to another wonderful talk by Scott Mason as guest speaker at the upcoming Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2017.

A drop of pond (haiku by Brad Bennett)

a drop of pond

at the end of a beak

setting sun

• Brad Bennett, A drop of pond

seven moons (haiku by Tanya McDonald)

seven moons

the shopping list

includes condoms

• Haiku by Tanya McDonald (Seven Suns, seven moons) turned into a cartoon by Old Pond Comics.

parijaat blossom

parijaat blossom . . .

as kids, we shook the tree

for raindops

• Haiku by Kala Ramesh (beyond the horizon beyond), turned into a cartoon by Old Pond Comics.

 

HNA 2017: cartoonist-in-residence video

In case you missed my cartoonist-in-residence presentation at Haiku North America 2017 (September 17, 2017), here’s a short edited version featuring comics only.

It includes:

0’00 A short introduction to Old Pond Comics

3’31 HNA 2017 conference comics

6’15: Kaleidoscope haiku-cartoons featuring haiku by Jim Kacian, Alexis Rotella, Tanya McDonald, Terry Ann Carter, Kala Ramesh, Brad Bennett.

Thanks to the wonderful audience at Haiku North America.

The RoadRunner

The Haiku North America conference took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from September 13-17 2017.  It was an amazing conference. I was the cartoonist-in-residence during the event and captured the conference in cartoons.

Before heading to HNA, I read a lot of Santa Fe and New Mexico. One of the subjects that fascinated me was the roadrunner.

The roadrunner is the official bird of New Mexico. It can run up to 20mph and sometimes eats rattlesnakes.

When I arrived in Albuquerque airport, I took a hotel shuttle to Santa Fe. A few minutes after we left the airport, someone pointed the side of the road and said: “Hey, a roadrunner!” I turned my head, but it was too late. I had missed it.

I made it my objective to see a roadrunner during my trip.  During excursions, I would scrutinize the side of the road, but it was not meant to be.

 

In Santa Fe, the only roadrunner I saw was the one on the RailRunner commuter train at the station.

I imagined Master Kawazu would hop on a real roadrunner to go to the conference. That would be a lot of fun.

So I didn’t see a roadrunner during my trip, but I did enjoy all the haiku talks at the conference.

View all HNA 2017 conference photos and comics.