Cirku - Haiku in a Circle

Since my last post, I've been lurking for 8 months, dropping in now and again and occasionally commenting. Writing projects, traveling and just plain procrastination got in the way. Today I want to share that I recently learned there is a name for haiku written in a circle - Cirku. Poetry Friday friends who specialize in haiku probably already know this!


"Cirku - a haiku presented in a circular form, with gaps indicating lineation. You read the poem clockwise, usually beginning at about the one o’clock position. The reader is free, however, to start on any ‘line’. A true cirku will work, irrespective of which gap you begin reading it from. It is not easy to compose a good one!"   https://hailhaiku.wordpress.com/tag/circular-poem/
 My fiber artist friend, Susan, and I have been invited to facilitate art and writing on a small cruise ship next June in the Aegean Sea. I know, it's fabulous beyond words, and full disclosure - the tour organizer is my one of my amazing daughters! If you'd like to know more, feel free to contact me or visit Rowan Tree Travel. I hope this doesn't smack of shameless promotion, but it occurred to me that this trip might be of interest to makers of all stripes (I'm learning the 21st century term for creative people!) on Poetry Friday.

So Susan and I are practicing and playing! She painted these exquisite flowers of Greece, and I started writing Cirku. I love being inspired by Susan's art. She folded it in half and then again accordion style. Here it is standing on our deck railing in Maine with three Cirku on one side.



 

bright color riotyellow, orange, red petals-an island bouquet
luxuriant bloomsleaping from window boxesfor salt air embrace
bees and blossomswaking up to each other-honey makers


Susan and I have collaborated before, and this time we're going to have a ball creating a sample art journal. She has me writing shape poems in a Greek key design, and I think haibun and haiga are perfect forms for the many photo memories that will be made.

I'm happy to be posting again. Thank you, Kathryn Apel, for hosting. Now on to reading this week's poetry offerings!