Thanks Grant. Your July Haiku on Substack notes has inspired me to document my city (Mumbai) through photographs captioned with a Haiku. I am loving it so much. Here's to making sense of the world in 17 syllables!
Lovely work as always Grant! What you're creating can better be classified as Haiga, a now largely forgotten form where a painter makes a painting about a subject and writes a haiku on the same, upon the painting itself.
I am writing a haiku every day this year, but have not been able to produce a haiku comic every day... I draw too slowly. But maybe one day. Thanks for the inspiration! And the summer kigo!
Thank you, David! I'm impressed, a daily haiku sounds like an excellent artistic practice. I imagine some would work well visually, while others work best as words alone. I've been enjoying how the month of comics (which I began drawing in June, to be fair) has attuned me to nature in my neighborhood.
Love, love, love these - they’re brilliant! You express so much in so few syllables - it’s really awesome! (And I betcha Gavin wishes he could write!!) 🤔😉😅
Thanks again Grant for a wonderful post. I love reading and writing haiku. I am a poet and when I am stuck, i love the compressed form of the haiku to guide me!
Thanks Grant. Your July Haiku on Substack notes has inspired me to document my city (Mumbai) through photographs captioned with a Haiku. I am loving it so much. Here's to making sense of the world in 17 syllables!
That's wonderful to hear, Minaz! Would love to see your work.
Thanks Grant. Here's one https://substack.com/@minazansari/note/c-133226819?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=223s19
Lovely work as always Grant! What you're creating can better be classified as Haiga, a now largely forgotten form where a painter makes a painting about a subject and writes a haiku on the same, upon the painting itself.
Yes! I found out about haiga when I made my first haikomics post :)
“Stars skimming the earth” is just one of many unique poetic insights your haiku reveal.
A real joy to read your graphic Haikus.
Thank you, Ajay!
Oh my favorite is your starry ride! Your July Haiku inspired me to start my own little secret poetry. Still on the fence if I'll illustrate them. :)
Have a nice Comic Con!
Here's to a secret poetry practice! Mine started in notebooks and an unpublicized instagram account.
Hats off to you, Grant!
I am writing a haiku every day this year, but have not been able to produce a haiku comic every day... I draw too slowly. But maybe one day. Thanks for the inspiration! And the summer kigo!
Thank you, David! I'm impressed, a daily haiku sounds like an excellent artistic practice. I imagine some would work well visually, while others work best as words alone. I've been enjoying how the month of comics (which I began drawing in June, to be fair) has attuned me to nature in my neighborhood.
Brilliant, Grant!
I love to write and teach haiku/senryu.
Haiku are about nature, but senryu focus on human foibles.
Delighted that you are sharing your process.
Take care,
Casey
Thanks Casey! I shared a senryu in yesterday's Notes, a fun form for a future month.
I love this series. Thank you.
Love, love, love these - they’re brilliant! You express so much in so few syllables - it’s really awesome! (And I betcha Gavin wishes he could write!!) 🤔😉😅
Ha, thanks! He writes songs, but I haven't been able to convince him to get in the kid's book/poetry game :)
Definitely not just for kids!!
Really inspiring! Thank you for reminding me of the joy of writing Haiku, maybe I’ll try to write some on my holidays 😎
Thanks again Grant for a wonderful post. I love reading and writing haiku. I am a poet and when I am stuck, i love the compressed form of the haiku to guide me!
Really beautiful!
Thank you for sharing :) You've inspired me to do Haiku July during my morning pages! Today's entry:
endless sleepless nights
yet summer's morning wakes me
her light brings me hope
Glad to hear that! I've experienced those early summer mornings, thanks for sharing the poem.
Dear Grant, great haikus!
Thank you for your art always!
Love, a Myq Haiku
Love them all, but the thunderstorm one resonates the most with me!
Thank you, Margreet!
Love all of these … inspiration for an activity for my weekly writing group. 💖
Glad it's an inspiration!