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connected meanderings
2005-05-25 11:12:44 (UTC)

25 haiku on photographs

The first hinged on a photograph of "peace on earth" done
in chalk on the sidewalk by Rose, an 11 year old neighbor
girl, and the rest on photographs chosen semi-at random
from over 700 that I took on two Canon flash-cards during
a trip to Milwaukee, central Wisconsin and then Door
County, Wisconsin's "thumb." At the house where we stayed
over two nights I found and reread a journal on haiku
(which I'd first seen almost exactly 1 year ago when at
the same place). Using photoshop #6, I've written the
poems directly on the photograph that wasn't altered
except for the size (all standardized to 12x16 inches).
Used a variety of fonts and consulted with others on the
results. Today meet with my photographer friend (we go to
a museum to see his photos on display) as well as to the
farm on which he grew up and which has been the object of
his camera. I can show him the 50 photos arranged in
pairs, without and with the short poem that is haiku-like.
Also I've copied out the poems in a word file (no photos
accompanying them) and then am (not done yet at this
writing) going to put the photographs sans poems in word
beneath each poem. These pictures will take up the bottom
of a 8.5 x 11 inch (usual) sheet of paper. I'll see if I
have time to do this before meeting him.

Below please find quickly chosen titles arranged
alphabetically that I often saved the file under before
even writing the haiku. Thus the actual work often isn't
well described by the title.

arbor vitae
boards-concrete
branches
burning barrel
clear blue sky
clearing
dandelions
dinosaur and sky
dog in window
farmstead
five heads
five-petaled flower
beer
island
lighted evergreens
little blue flowers
log building
Narcissus
peace on earth
shingles
sky trees
sunlit leaves
woodpile
yellow-green leaves
young sunlit evergreens




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