22 August 2026 (a tree frog’s trill)
Kristen Lindquist
a treefrog’s trill . . .
rain patter quickens
on the tent roof
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24 August 2025 (shakuhachi trio)
Kristen Lindquist
At the Wild Graces haiku gathering in Deerfield, NH yesterday, Toji Kaido Perlman’s shakuhachi performance inspired many haiku. Here’s a trio of mine written in the moment, as he played zen pieces called honkyoku.
shakuhachi
ironweed leans
into the tent
*
shakuhachi
a rooster emphasizes
the high notes
*
the shakuhachi
calls out a garter snake
midday heat
24 August 2024 (what’s left)
Kristen Lindquist
what’s left of summer
a catbird scolds
in the pokeweed
27 August 2023 (rising wind)
Kristen Lindquist
rising wind —
our long conversation
about short poems
28 August 2022 (shakuhachi)
Kristen Lindquist
Also from Wild Graces yesterday…
a shakuhachi
waits on the table
morning crickets
27 August 2022 (tip top)
Kristen Lindquist
Written as part of Jeff Hoagland’s “Flower Power” workshop today at Wild Graces, an annual haiku gathering in Deerfield, NH:
at the tip-top
of the ironweed
fritillary
28 August 2021 (frog)
Kristen Lindquist
haiku gathering . . .
in love
with the tiny tree frog
12 September 2020 (Wild Graces)
Kristen Lindquist
Yesterday’s post is a day late, because I was attending the (outdoor) haiku gathering at Wild Graces in NH.
linked dragonflies
fly among haiku poets
shifting clouds