Tan-Renga Poems by M. R. Defibaugh done in collaboration with Malaysian poet Christina Chin
wildfires
glow behind
the farmer's straw
hut
harvest moonrise
not as bright
5 o'clock
shadow
the farmer
rubs his chin
over stubble
fields
sacrificial scarecrows
feed the bonfire
desolation
grows
as the air
begins to cool
over withered
grains
pointing fingers
will not resolve
fleeting
autumn
the stack of
wood
slowly
shrinking
in this energy
crisis
closer
to
understanding
the tattered
lotus
how the pods stay
above muddy water
M. R. Defibaugh (b. 1985) is a Chesterfield,
Virginia-based poet and haiku enthusiast who relies on a wheelchair due to the
effects of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He has degrees in mathematical sciences
(BA, University of Illinois at Springfield) and operations management (MS,
University of Arkansas). He has appeared in numerous journals and other
publications, including Cattails, Failed Haiku, Frameless Sky, Frogpond, Humana
Obscura, Modern Haiku, Poetry Pea Journal, Prune Juice, Ribbons, Stardust
Haiku, Take 5ive, The Zen Space, Trash Panda, Wales Haiku Journal, and Whiptail.
Christina Chin is a painter and haiku poet.
She is four-time recipient of top 100 in the mDAC Summit Contests. They were exhibited at the Palo Alto Art Center, Califonia.
She is the sole haiku contributor for the MusArt book of Randall Vemer's paintings published by ArtReach Publication, Portland, Oregon.
1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Haiku Contest.
1st prize winner in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama 2019 Photohaiku Contest and won two City Soka Saitama's 2020 haiku prizes. She is published in numerous journals, multilingual journals and anthologies including Japan's haiku monthly magazine, Haikukai (俳句界).
https://haikuzyg.blogspot.com/
and https://christinachin99blog.wordpress.com
https://twitter.com/Christina_haiku?s=09
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