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Per Diem: Daily Haiku for December 2018: Colour

December’s guest-editor, Shloka Shankar, has selected 31 poems on the theme “Colour.”

This is what Shloka offers by way of an introduction to her theme:

Wassily Kandinsky noted, “Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” Can you imagine a world without colour? Modern haiku would be quite drab without the rich hues that populate it every now and then. They are indicators of mood, a balm for sore eyes, an escape into fancy, and often a way of responding to nature and our surroundings. What does colour taste like? How does it feel on your skin? What sensations does it evoke? Whom/what does it look like? This winter, 31 poets explore the nuances of colour and synaesthesia in an attempt to keep the bleakness of the season at bay.

Enjoy!

Stella Pierides

Stella Pierides is a writer, poet, and artist. Her books include "Of This World" (2017) and "In the Garden of Absence" (2012), both HSA Merit Book Award recipients. She was Featured Writer on Contemporary Haibun Online, 20.2 2024. Her article “Parkinson’s Toolbox: The Case for Haiku” appeared in Juxtapositions: A Journal of Research and Scholarship in Haiku, issue 8, 2022. Her work for The Haiku Foundation includes managing Per Diem: Daily Haiku/World of Haiku (2012-2018), serving as founding managing editor for Haikupedia (2019-2020), conceiving and coordinating the year-long feature Haiku for Parkinson’s (2024), and serving on the Board of Directors (2014-2024).

Comments (25)

  1. dawn arrives
    in paler colors . . .
    first snow

    In One Breath — a Haiku moment; a Haiku Anthology, 2013

      1. first snow …
        feasting on ash berries
        robins
        ***
        Shiki Monthly Kukai, December 2009

    1. the white sun
      setting behind steel clouds …
      your cold eyes
      ***
      World HIku Review,December 2012

  16. breeze un the redes…
    the blue stirring
    If a dragonfly
    –
    brisa en las cañas…
    los revuelos azules
    de una libélula

    By: Xaro Ortola ( Spain)

    Haiku winner on the second comopetition “The flight if the Samandar”

  20. Siena rooftops
    sketching the shapes
    in my mind
    .
    Karen Hoy
    .
    Publication credit: 
    Yomiuri Shimbun, Go-Shichi-Go Haiku in English / Using poetic color in haiku  (Japan, 2004)

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