Comments on: Haibun for Bill Higginson

By: cricket (Chris Faiers)

cricket (Chris Faiers) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:09:45 +0000

Bill Higginson and I corresponded about once a decade from the late ’60s until the mid-2000s. He was “Hian”, and I was “cricket” – our haijin names in a then secret society of haiku pioneers. Early on Hian broke with the awkwardness of 5-7-5 in English, and he was perhaps the major popularizer of English language haiku.
It’s a pleasure to be able to contribute in small measure to Hian’s memory:

an owl hoots
over smooth desert dunes

- cricket

By: Wende DuFlon

Wende DuFlon — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:35:27 +0000

history builds layers of understanding and appreciation….thank you for the haibun and for your generosity–sharing tinywords with the world

By: laryalee

laryalee — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:48:56 +0000

This is a terrific haibun, Dylan…it's great to see you — and tinywords — back in action! I hope the pace won't wear you down again.
Lary

By: laryalee

laryalee — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:48:56 +0000

This is a terrific haibun, Dylan…it's great to see you — and tinywords — back in action! I hope the pace won't wear you down again.
Lary

By: deborahpkolodji

deborahpkolodji — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:14:23 +0000

Dylan,

How wonderful to receive a text message on my phone from Tinywords again! I've missed those haiku messages.

And what a wonderful way to start off with this moving tribute to Bill Higginson. He was always helpful and generous with his time and the haiku world owes him much.

Debbie

By: Kathabela Wilson

Kathabela Wilson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:17:57 +0000

I find this extremely moving, this “Haibun for Bill Higginnson”.It is a beautiful, strongly written haibun, expressive of the journey you have taken and what has launched your heart into another journey. What a clearly poetic and deeply felt re~beginning for tinywords. It speaks of the hands we hold out to one another, as he did for you and so many others, and you do the same here. His influence evident in this adventure now, and the fragility of life, it's offering to the poet to act, grasp the now in our micro~poetic worlds. I can hear the hum…

By: dixiewhistles

dixiewhistles — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:09:44 +0000

Glad tinywords is back. I'm ashamed to say I didn't know who Bill Higginson was. But now I do. I'm sure the educator in him would be pleased. Thank you!

By: Doris Pearson

Doris Pearson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:16:01 +0000

Thank you for tribute to Bill Higginson… he was helpful to anyone interested in learning..

By: Juanito Escareal

Juanito Escareal — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:49:19 +0000

Bill Higginson's "Haiku Handbook" was the first book on haiku that I read and enjoyed. Years and many haiku later, I sort of drifted away from haiku for a few years. Hopefully, this would be a good time to start composing haiku again.

Thanks, Dylan, for sharing your haibun for Bill Higginson!

ito

By: Dylan Tweney

Dylan Tweney — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:23:50 +0000

Thanks, Peter! All of the haiku from "tinywords 1.0" are still online at their original URLs, by the way: You can find them at http://tinywords.com/haiku