Codrescu 2016–2019

Haiga of Ion Codrescu from the 2016–2019 issues of Upstate Dim Sum.

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Ferris Gilli’s haiku: anniversary/ we wake up/ spooned
Ion Codrescu’s haiku: picnic—/ a spider doesn’t know/ which way to take
Autumn 2019

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Charles Trumbull’s haiku: autumn shore/ five heartbeats/ to each wave
Ion Codrescu’s haiku: cold room—/ the fragrance of dry plums/ and Monteverdi’s music
Spring 2019

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Michael Ketchek’s haiku: spring breeze/ where the pond ice ends/ ripples
Ion Codrescu’s haiku: a pause on the path—/ the dry smell/ of the afternoon
Autumn 2018

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Sheila Windsor’s haiku: the neighbor’s privet hedge eyes
Spring 2018

Ion Codrescu’s haiku: the dog greets/ all the guests silently/ smelling them
Spring 2018

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Gary Hotham’s haiku: new history/ about old history/ the fog takes nothing with it
Ion Codrescu’s haiku: snow on snow—/ hearing the tea poured/ into an old cup
Autumn 2017

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Kala Ramesh’s haiku: midnight raga/ the river/ lost
Ion Codrescu’s haiku: round the lake/ a distant cloud disappears/ behind the mountain
Spring 2017

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Chad Lee Robinson’s haiku: fishing with my wife . . ./ a little play/ in the line
Ion Codrescu’s haiku: up in the sky/ hardly heard hardly seen:/ migrating birds
Autumn 2016

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Scott Mason’s haiku: a field of poppies/ including but not limited to/ poppies
Ion Codrescu’s haiku: alone in the mountain—/ the moon climbing/ the highest peak
Spring 2016