9/05/2008

tribute to Hortensia Anderson

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September 2008


Hello,

Would anyone be willing to provide some frank, frighteningly
intelligent and stern criticism/feedback?

Best Regards,
Mu...


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Hi Mu...


invisible haiku ...
my intelligent criticism
also invisible



But you can find some of my advise for haiku here
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2000_07_01_happyhaiku_archive.html



:o)

GABI

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Ah but was the haiku invisible or non-existent?
Which then begs the question, can the same be
said for the "intelligent criticism"? ;-)

Invisible haiku follows:


hortensia anderson

I await your invisible intelligent criticism, Gabi.
Somehow, I know exactly what it will say!

- hortensia ;-)

(just playing around with Gabi -
who tirelessly maintains informative websites
which I refer to constantly -
check them ALL out!!!)

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Hi hortensia

have a look at my invisible haiku below !

:o)

invisible haiku ...
my intelligent criticism
also invisible




Can you make it visible ?
Some things are invisible, but existent in my mind
... like your own invisible haiku







Hmmmm...

Sound -- invisible
Smell -- invisible
Feeling -- invisible
Taste -- invisible

I would venture to say, Bashou's famous invisible haiku was about the
sound of water, perhaps, many of the not so invisible intelligent
criticism was "all wet"?!
chibi

but then again, if it was a play off of Basho, wouldn't lack of sound criticism be the deepest sound of all
xyz

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hortensia anderson
April 26, 20012


Dear Facebook friends,
My cancer has metastasised to my bones with many tumours in my left hip. The prognosis is poor so I shall post rarely if at all.
I want you to know, you have been an inspiration - without you, my poems would not, could not exist.
With all the love in the world and then some...

just as I think
i can't stand the pain,
a blossom passes
and I cling to this life
while learning to let go...


- www.facebook.com/hortensia.anderson -



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May 22, 2012


Hortensia Anderson
24 June 1969 - 22 May 2012


Hortensia passed away in the morning,
after major surgery, 31 years on dialysis and
beating cancer in 2009.




The Plenitude of Emptiness
hortensia anderson : collected haibun
with an introduction by Jim Kacian

"Half a century has passed since that June breath I took at rising dawn.
I know I must give it back.”

hortensia



Hortensia's BLOG

The Plenitude of Emptiness


Monday, March 19, 2012
Haibun - As A Wave

As A Wave

Sitting on the jetty, I can feel the stillness as a wave, having risen, crests -
then, falling, is silent, rolled back into itself.

How I yearn to roll back into myself, to merge with the ocean as a wave.

indigo tides -
a full moon
tugs at the tides


source : hortensiaanderson.blogspot.co.uk

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Hortensia Anderson lives on the lower east side of New York City. She is the author of numerous chapbooks as well as a volume of poetry, Trust (fly-by night press, 1995). She is interested in the function of the Internet on poetry in the 21st century. Her current passion is renga and other forms of collaborative poetry.

She has been on dialysis since 1981.

spring thaw —
the stream parts to embrace
the stone


Mainichi - Best of 2002



midnight swim —
we glide through the galaxy
naked


5th Annual Suruga-Baika Winner



moonlit night —
the pond floats
a water-lily



source : tobaccoroadpoet.blogspot.jp


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An Interview With Hortensia Anderson
by Robert D. Wilson

RW:
You've written more than one book of occidental poetry and have an international following. Your poetry is poignant, with the rare ability to reach inside a person's psyche, causing that person to react and think.

Take this example from your book, Trust (Fly By Night Press):

"Like an undercooked egg"
the surgeon said the boy
was ready to rupture right
on the table.

They had me in stitches
to keep me from bursting,
scar crossed forever
front and

Back on dialysis and dilaudid.

The nurse brings out
my demons. Christ
kills me. She says she's

Born again.
As if once weren't enough.


source : simply haiku 2005

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another sake --
the cranes on the porcelain
start to fly


the long walk home
after the funeral -
winter trees


handblown glass -
cirrus clouds curve
around the moon




Softly, the clouds slip
away from an azure sky
above Saint Mark's Church graveyard
an angel loiters
beneath a plum tree in bloom
petals fall on wings of stone.



source : online archives

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Hortensia and Amazon dot com

source : www.amazon.com


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pink weeds

  
  


autumn deepens ...
these tiny pink flowers
on my wildest weeds






03 red flowers






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9/03/2008

google chrome

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GOOGLE CHROME




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copyright ...
their right to copy
my stuff


Take care !
GABI


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Wait... does this mean that any poems shared on a Google powered list (such as a haiku list) will then become the property of Google to distribute as they see fit?
If that is the case I think further posts to this list that have haiku in them then become problematic.

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That is google CHROME: the new browser !

Here is the Google listserv agreement
YAHOO haiku lists are different again.


http://groups.google.com/intl/en/googlegroups/terms_of_service3.html


Use of Materials

The content within the Service is protected by copyright and other laws in both the United States and elsewhere. The Service includes both content owned or controlled by Google as well as content owned or controlled by third parties and licensed to Google (collectively, the "*Materials*").

Google authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the Materials solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not sell or modify the Materials or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Materials in any way for any public or commercial purpose without the written permission of Google. Special rules may apply to the use of certain software and other items provided via the Services, and are noted where appropriate.

If you would like information about obtaining Google's permission to use any of the Materials on your Web site, please send an e-mail to
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Gabi,
Hate to impose, but this is a subject that has troubled me for some time.... what do you know, if anything, on how to protect our 'art' ......... is © sufficient, or no. To me, this is tantamount to pirating a musicians songs, or a software firms software. This one is worth the fight!
G.

and

Dear Gabi San,
This is very serious. How do they do so when we have not signed any such contract with them? Is it by going through or submitting to WHC that they get the right? It must be everbody's concern and the problem, if it really exists, should be properly addressed to the right persons.
Good wishes,
A.M.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/6290


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9/02/2008

chopping board

  
  


We got a new chopping board
from kiri powlownia wood
and it smells so lovely
when we come in the kitchen
each morning ...




smell of wood ...
the new chopping board
still dreaming









Here is more on the Japanese chopping board and haiku !

Manaita, Chopping Board まな板


WASHOKU ... Japanese Food SAIJIKI



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8/25/2008

normal day

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Normal day,
let me be aware of the treasure you are ...
Let me not pass you by in quest of
some rare and perfect tomorrow.


Mary Jean Iron

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normal day
normal life
normal haiku




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8/24/2008

eating vegetables

  
  
尺取虫 . . . shakutori mushi








yes, mother said
vegetables
are good for you









Sharing food
with a thousand brothers and sisters !

In just one night
they cleared a huge patch of weeds !


This year, they are especially numerous.








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As the foodchain evolved,
the crows came in hundreds and had a feast !

And left their white splashes all over the road.




 MORE photos are HERE !



. shakutori mushi, the double-headed spanner



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8/17/2008

full moon

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満月の影に響くや遠花火
mangetsu no kage ni hibiku ya too hanabi



the shades
of the full moon -
distant fireworks




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ant

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stone patterns -
this ant hurries
in circles



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Quietude and the Galactic Ant  静けさと蟻のクシャミ


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8/13/2008

Begging Monk

  
  



begging monk -
beads of sweat dripping
from his nose











He was standing all alone by the road crossing in Okayama center, mumbling his prayers, standing in the sunshine, sweating, waiting for the evening cool.


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begging monk —
beads of wisdom form
on his forehead


Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India


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托鉢
Takuhatsu ... Begging Monk


Begging Bowls



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8/10/2008

sleeping doll

  
  





midday heat -
a still life with
my Daruma cat




01 Tsu and Doll till nr 03






midday heat ...
my cat sleeps
with her paper doll













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This is a special papermachee doll of a sleeping cat with a Daruma doll.
It sits on a shelf, where O-Tsu has sneeked in to find some peace.

MORE
Cats and Daruma, Manekineko 招き猫とだるま


CLICK for more photos




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beneath my desk
my cat sleeps out of reach
of my feet



Jo McInerney, August 2008

Thank you, Jo!


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8/08/2008

Grasshopper

  
  
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Try to find the grasshopper on this photo!


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04 whitish lily




looking closer ...
this grasshopper shits
on the lily







07 grashopper shitting





ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo






my lily laughs
at human follies ...
wha ha ha haa






06 lily big smile




! ! !




ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo




10 lily palace END



another story
not fully told ...
see what I mean







ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo




about two hours later, same lily


the Wedding Party







grasshoppers
having a wedding party -
come on, come on !


05 two






even doing it upside down

07 upside down clear





who is who ?








Visitor taking a good look !


11 visitor taking a good look





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Start from here with the details

. . . PHOTO ALBUM till Nr. 08
and then WEDDING PARRY till Nr. 13




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My friends carried on for quite a while until dark, so I checked a bit on the mating habits of grasshoppers:


Elaborate courtship routines are performed by males in some species. The American grasshopper Syrbula admirabilis displays 18 individual poses using its wings, legs, and palps. Males of other species may wave brilliantly colored wings when wooing the female, while other species forego courtship altogether.

Mating occurs when the male lights on the female's back and may last anywhere from 45 minutes to well over a day. In the species Extatosoma tiaratum, a female mates with several males. Most of the sperm in her genital tract from the first suitor is replaced by the sperm of her next mate.
Males therefore mate many times with the same partner and other females to gain the maximum opportunity to pass on their genes.
Males of some species die shortly after mating.
The females die after egg-laying, which may last until cold weather begins.
source : Grasshoppers - Courtship And Mating

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oh these humans -
I can only scratch my head
in wonder




source : www.dailymail.co.uk 2011


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long-horned grasshopper (Platyphyllum concavum,
some sources quote: Gampsocleis buergeri)
Grasshopper, a KIGO


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listening to

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sunrise . . .
listening to the smell
of onions


robert d. wilson

I make use of yugen and ma.
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Hi Robert,

been pondering your onions and the notion of "yuugen" ...


Here is my bit on "listening to incense"

The smell of incense can be very subtle and faint, so the act of concentrated smelling it is called "listening to incense" (monkoo, bunkoo 聞香 , koo o kiku 香を聞く ) in Japanese.
Here "LISTENING" means to use all senses to appreciate one thing in its full potential and with all your attention.

Here the verb "KIKU (LISTENING)" in Japanese means to use all senses to appreciate one thing in its full potential and with all your attention. KIKU is maybe the change of the verb 利く, as in "tasting ricewine, kikizake 利き酒", meaning "appreciating" something.


Here is one explanation for this expression.

In the Buddha's world everything is fragrant like incense, including the words of Buddha. Fragrance and incense are synonymous, and Buddha's words of teaching are incense. Therefore Bodhisattvas listen to Buddha's words in the form of incense, instead of smelling them.

quoted from my
. Incense and Haiku .



Greetings from early morning Japan,

where I am "listening" to my sea of clouds bumping into the mountains without a sound ...

GABI

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My husband did this last night, cutting a load for the pickles cooking

sunset . . .
crying to the smell
of onions


GABI

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8/04/2008

Pivot and Aimai

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There is some discussion about PIVOT
in haiku and waka ...




complicated words
complicating haiku ...
write from the heart





Pivot ... its use in waka and haiku
My basic thoughts


Discussing PIVOT
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7/29/2008

really rejoice

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Courage begins when we can admit
that there is no life without some pain,
some frustration;
that there is no tragic accident
to which we are immune;
and that beyond the normal exercise of prudence
we can do nothing about it.

But courage goes on to see
that the triumph of life is not in pains avoided,
but in joys lived completely
in the moment of their happening.

Courage lies in never taking so much as a good meal
or a day of health and fair weather for granted.

It lies in learning to be aware
of our moments of happiness
as sharply as our moments of pain.

We need not be afraid to weep
when we have cause to weep,
so long as we can really rejoice
at every cause for rejoicing.

Victoria Lincoln




really rejoice
in the Here and Now ...
write a haiku




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7/27/2008

great heat

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great heat ...
a beetle with six legs
in the air







When it comes to shasei, I rather keep it the way I saw it and do not want him to loose one leg just for the sake of writing a clever haiku :o)

and the rest of the stroy

when I turned him over I could see his beautiful black-blue-spotted back, he was about 5 cm long, and suddenly he flapped his wings and then flew off to new adventures .... he really had me fooled ..


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many people die of heatstroke here in Japan !
and the summer is just beginning !

This morning my bedroom temperature was 30 degrees centigrade ... talking of sauna ...






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