{"id":4329,"date":"2024-04-05T14:29:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2024-04-05T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:30:04","slug":"st-claire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/2024\/04\/05\/st-claire\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Series: Five Haiku Sequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Joshua St. Claire<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>Bio&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania who works as a financial director for a large non-profit. His haiku and related poetry have been published broadly including in&nbsp;<em>The Asahi Shimbun, Modern Haiku, The Heron\u2019s Nest,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mayfly<\/em>. He has received recognition in the following international contests\/awards for his work in these forms: the Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Award, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, the San Francisco International Award for Senryu, the Touchstone Award for Individual Haiku, the British Haiku Society Award for Haiku, and the Trailblazer Award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Spring Haiku<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Angelus<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a chickadee pecks<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">through sillion<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decoration Day<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">another year without<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the scent of lilacs<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">robin\u2019s nest<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a cowbird flings down<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the sky<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paschal Moon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at the feet of St. Teresa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fleabane<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rising tide<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the waves bring in<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sunset&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no closer to God returning geese&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cowbird chick<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">what we thought<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">we knew<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pressed pansies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in her diary<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">old lovers<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">broken tulips somehow more beautiful like this<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anglicana<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cirrus intortus<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cross the horizon<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Summer Haiku<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the cicada\u2019s hum<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fades into the background<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">window air conditioner<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">great blue heron<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a thunderhead towering<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">over the Chesapeake<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sweet tea<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">it\u2019s not the heat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">it\u2019s the humidity<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nothing much to it summer night<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">describing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">her ancestral plantation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">oleander<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Queen Anne&#8217;s lace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">she weaves garlands<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of globular clusters<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">yes, but that was in another life<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; golden lotus<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a golden hand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hands me a golden melon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summerland<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">longleaf pines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an egret fishing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for a crocodile\u2019s eyes<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dandelion clocks perfectly still Arcadia<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sirens<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pulling me the earth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">scent of white clover<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Autumn Haiku<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lengthening shadows<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a dog barks at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><del datetime=\"2024-04-03T15:10:57+00:00\">something<\/del><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nothing&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sand plover nest<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the waves ripple a feather<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">star\u2019s arms<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">funnel web<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a grass spider crossing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the event horizon<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">laughing gull<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a rogue wave engulfs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the kite flyer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the waves<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">curl around the moon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">darkness returns<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">discussing the difference<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">between bravery and courage<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pileated woodpeckers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stations of the cross<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a bloodied buck staggers under a blackthorn<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">flying fish<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reach Fumalsamakah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atlantic blue marlin<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a tern\u2019s cry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">further and further&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">white horses<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shaula and Lesath<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the play of light<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the buck&#8217;s blood<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Winter Haiku<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">snowman<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the boys put a carrot nose<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on Meissa&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">each and every joint<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nor&#8217;easter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">insomnia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Quiet moon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on snow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">through birches&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">amaryllis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">red cheeks<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">out in the snow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sarcophagus<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bare branches<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">entombed in ice<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">snow squall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a wild hare<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">turns white<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">winter carnival<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the whirling eddies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of drifting snow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">thundersnow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rounding the horizon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a cougar&#8217;s breath<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">beaver moon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">what has fallen down<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has fallen down<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;pine ridge<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a northern harrier swoops<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;above&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; below<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Eleven Haiku<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">moving whether or not shadows<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">low tide<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the paradox<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of choice<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">up in smoke the crescent moon<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no moonlight left now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to glitter on the magpie&#8217;s<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gathered gold<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">over the hill<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">some clouds close<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">others distant<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">counting<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">grains of sand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avogadro\u2019s number<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">impasto brushwork<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sundogs flare in the cirrostratus sky<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">powder room<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">his Picasso face<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the spoon<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">annual bonus<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I buy my cats<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an imitation tree<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sea cucumber<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">she says she\u2019ll do<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anything once<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">perhaps you only know me by my haigo:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; oak-leafed hydrangea<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Artist Statement<\/h3>\n<p>I have been studying and writing haiku since 2021. Haiku quickly became part of my daily writing practice. One of the key features of haiku is the <em>kigo<\/em>&nbsp;or season word. The&nbsp;<em>kigo<\/em>&nbsp;is an image that anchors the haiku to the natural world while also often indirectly referencing the transience of natural phenomena. Like the Japanese, I also live in an environment with four seasons (although some writers may experience more or fewer seasons), which helps me to organize my thoughts and order these poems. The strict requirement of a haiku requiring a seasonal kigo has been contentious for centuries. The Japanese have long published saijiki, dictionaries of kigo which indicate their seasonality. These have often included non-seasonal words, which remain grounded in nature (shooting star or earthquake for example). The seasonal haiku sequences in this set, have a strong explicit connection to seasonal changes. In&nbsp;<em>Eleven Haiku<\/em>, I have included poems which are in conversation with this tradition. I believe that nonseasonal nature imagery can still anchor these poems to the natural world (such as&nbsp;<em>low tide<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>over the hill<\/em>) and also that despite the exclusion of nature imagery these haiku can also offer important insight into the human condition (such as&nbsp;<em>powder room<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>annual bonus<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joshua St. Claire &nbsp; Bio&nbsp; Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania who works as a financial director for a large non-profit. His haiku and related poetry have been published broadly including in&nbsp;The Asahi Shimbun, Modern Haiku, The Heron\u2019s Nest,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mayfly. He has received recognition in the following international contests\/awards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spire-2024-issue"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poetry Series: Five Haiku Sequences - The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability - University of Maine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/2024\/04\/05\/st-claire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poetry Series: Five Haiku Sequences - The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability - University of Maine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Joshua St. Claire &nbsp; Bio&nbsp; Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania who works as a financial director for a large non-profit. 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