Back in October, I posted about a key element of this haiku project: your participation.
You might think this haiku project runs on Zen and saké and lunar cycles, but in reality it runs on addresses. Snail mail addresses. So please, if you haven’t already, send me your address. Or your in-laws’ addresses. Anyone who might enjoy getting a haiku card crafted by me personally. I don’t share my mailing list, I ask for nothing in return (except for your good graces), and I literally cannot do this project without people to mail these things to!
If you follow this Substack and haven’t yet requested a card, I hope you do so soon. I would love to send you a card just like the ones you see in the photos.
More importantly, you’re not just getting a postcard in the mail.
You are playing an instrumental role in an experimental art project. Thousands of haiku postcards that comprise a singular objet d’art are being dispersed around the globe. (Objet d’art is French, in case you’re wondering how serious this is.) Each postcard is a node in a network whose locations (ie, your refrigerator door or bulletin board or random drawer) together form a single international exhibit.
Anyway, here are the past week’s haiku postcards and the locations of the art spaces where they are currently curated.
haiku 20230213 >> Wellesley, MA USA
empty cineplex escalators and film still rolling
haiku 20230214 >> Honolulu, HI USA
walking downtown remembering when everything was something else
haiku 20230215 >> Tiburon, CA USA
the city captured in perfect twilight can't we stay awhile?
haiku 20230216 >> Woodinville, VA USA
forest stroll among the brown leaves, birds among the brown birds, leaves
haiku 20230217 >> Dublin, CA USA
pre-dawn thoughts the heat comes on then is silent again
haiku 20230218 >> Half Moon Bay, CA USA
morning mantra the cat on her cushion purring
haiku 20230219 >> Pilot Rock, OR USA
a child offers me a dinosaur egg — river stones
I had fun. Did you have fun? I’m so glad! See you next week.
Enjoyed seeing them in places.
Boosted on my networks.