Per Diem/Haiku of the Day for December 2021: Libraries
Kath Abela Wilson
cut outs the circus of night meets the bodied moon (after the lithograph Eight Silhouettes, 1946 by Pablo Picasso) —Kath Abela Wilson
Andrew Shimield
‘All my loving’ falling in step with the busker’s tune (after the song All my loving, 1963 by the Beatles) —Andrew Shimield
Ron C. Moss
jade coloured mist the master's sword alive in his hands (after the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000; dir. by Ang Lee) —Ron C. Moss
Auricéia Dumke
just a sip of absinthe and her inner trip begins crowded way, lonely soul (after the painting Absinthe, 1875–1876 by Edgar Degas) —Auricéia Dumke
Zornitza Harizanova
silence on the rusty tracks hurrying trains still echoing (after the novel The Town and the City, 1950 by Jack Kerouac) —Zornitza Harizanova
Radu Şerban
umbilical pole on the belly of the sky — Jiu river reversed (after the sculpture The Endless Column, 1937 by Constantin Brâncuși) —Radu Şerban
Charles Trumbull
a dark square draws the eye into the eternal (after the painting In the Patio IV (Black Door), 1948 by Georgia O'Keeffe) —Charles Trumbull
Vladislav Hristov
persona winter starts from Bergman's black and white (after the film Persona, 1966; dir. by Ingmar Bergman) —Vladislav Hristov
Madhuri Pillai
his labour of love now bottled in factories a boza seller's last call (after the novel A Strangeness in My Mind, 2014 by Orhan Pamuk) —Madhuri Pillai
Diana Webb
small black clad figure poised on the drawbridge a threshold in time (after the painting Le Pont-levis, 1888 by Vincent van Gogh) —Diana Webb
Marta Chociłowska
night drive silvered arms of trees and Chopin (after Nocturne Op. 9, No.1, 1832 by Frédéric Chopin) —Marta Chociłowska
Valeria Barouch
Underwater world… on the surface fractal art of a sunny day (after the painting The Elements by Christ Postle) —Valeria Barouch
Alan Summers
jackdaws in snow thumbing through all our dreams (after the woodblock print Crows in Winter, 1925 by Ito Sozan) —Alan Summers
Vessislava Savova
full moon on the sea surface turtles (after the book My Family and Other Animals, 1956 by Gerald Durrell) —Vessislava Savova
Brendon Kent
after shock... the new batteries in his hearing aid (after the painting The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch) —Brendon Kent
Caroline Skanne
red roses too the scars on his lips (after the song What a Wonderful World, 1967 by Louis Armstrong) —Caroline Skanne
Michael Fessler
recalling Blow Up the movie in which the wind was the main character (after the film Blow Up, 1966; dir. by Antonioni) —Michael Fessler