joi, 1 aprilie 2021

The Haiku Foundation - HAIKU DIALOGUE

 Marietta McGregor’s commentary for Photo Four – window garden




window garden—
my first attempt
at reading SF

Ana Drobot
Romania

We get a good idea of how the poet views this tangled window from the juxtaposition used in Lines 2 and 3. How many lovers of science fiction remember their first foray into the field? For me, it was American writer Ray Bradbury who captivated me with his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, written in 1953. Good science fiction can transport the reader into other dimensions, igniting a lifelong passion. Conversely, the twists and turns into fantastic, futuristic and unknown territory far removed from reality can leave a reader cold and uninvolved. The overgrown vegetation and odd, not quite recognisable, shapes looming in the window have acted on the poet’s consciousness to evoke a memory of a first reading of an imaginative book. From the tone of the haiku, we don’t know if the reading was enjoyable or a turnoff, but as the reading was a ‛first attempt’ we can hope for the poet’s sake it was the start of an enjoyable continuing encounter with the SF genre.


below are the rest of the selections:

lockdown
the curtain from the attic
full of stars

Mirela Brăilean
Romania

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window garden—
the spring we lost
last year

Ana Drobot
Romania

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the scented shadows
of a jasmine bush
room with a view

Mona Iordan 
Bucharest, Romania


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