swift to shore
white-crested waves
return like cranes
a crane alights
on its reflection
close to an autumn day
Anna Holley
White Crow Haiku (1990)
Commentary: I once created a collage called “Takiko’s Hair,” inspired by Katherine Paterson’s book, Of Nightingales that Weep, which I was teaching to young readers at Franklin Middle School in Vallejo, California some years ago. I recently decided to make the collage into a greeting card along with several other artworks I have made over the years. A new artistic adventure!
Although I like blank cards, many people prefer text of some kind, and so the company I partnered with to produce the cards, Greeting Card Universe, asks for text. What to write? I wrote my own haiku to accompany my card, but I was inspired by Anna Holley, who wrote the beautiful haiku about cranes that I’ve shared in this post. To read more of her work, visit her online chapbook, White Crow Haiku.
(To see the card with “Takiko’s Hair” and read my own haiku, visit Jane’s SacredArt Card Store online in the near future! The card should be up and available to send as a free e-card or purchase as a hard copy within a week or so.)
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