Contact Helen Ruggieri
Available for readings or workshops, especially Japanese verse forms.
Haiku - a way to seize the moment.
first light
a little bit of gold
in the finches
Ekphrastic haiku (haiga) - combines haiku and an image.
Especially interesting at galleries and art openings.
yellow ribbon
rolling down the street
in a gritty wind
from “Daddy Never Drove By Maps”
The stranger’d give us lefts and rights
landmarks and we’d keep on going
until we forgot and then we’d stop
some guy and ask again.. . .
red lines on maps
everything goes
through the heart