5 Tan-Renga Poems by Christina Chin & M. R. Defibaugh (italics) - Collaboration
Autumn
bright moon
on the mill cottage
night without torchlight
fireflies flicker enough
to be noticed
gliding
above the lake moon
bright sky-lanterns
believe prosperity
will still come
fairy
on the mooncake mould
mid-autumn festival
lotus-seed paste
in a pink jelly
offerings to the moon fairy
joss incense spirals
heavenwards
families gather
to give thanks
morning face gone
in the hours she spends
in the bathroom
styling hair
and makeup
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
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.
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