Expressions Impressions: A Thematic Haiku Chapbook: Poetry collections, #1

By Cameron Gordon

This is a collection of 50 haiku, organised under loose and broad thematic descriptions. The headings are suggestive and meant to be a bit playful. Each haiku stands alone, but the thematic ordering I hope adds some additional colour. The themes are:

 

THE LINGERING OF PAST INTO PRESENT

THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION AND MISPERCEPTION

THE MIND MAKES IT ALL UP

THE BODY DOESN'T LIE

CITY 'VERMIN'

A BREAK IN THE ACTION

EVERYDAY OBJECTS

HAIKU FOR END TIMES

 

These English-language haiku are all written in the "standard" 5-7-5 form put forward by the Haiku Society of America in 1968: each haiku here has three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables respectively. As is often remarked this tends to be considerably longer than haiku in Japanese which generally have lines of fewer syllables. But it is a common standard and the one that I have found convenient to use.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cameron Gordon
• Release date: Feb 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393806707

Cameron Gordon

I am creative fiction and nonfiction writer of plays, poetry and prose.  My themes are eclectic but the major ones include: the meaning and practice of daily spirituality; the human experience and how it is affected by an increasingly technocratic and technologized world; war and peace in the digital age; quirky narratives of quirky trips; and unusual bits of history.  I have training in a technical field and have had careers in government and academia.  I continue to practice as an independent scholar but have devoted the greater part of my time and energy to being an artist.

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