music
how it gathers
the lonely
(Included in A Dictionary of Haiku, AHA Books, 2nd ed., 1993-2013)
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Jane Reichhold
Jane Reichhold (1937-2016). Jane Reichhold was born as Janet Styer in 1937 in Lima, Ohio, USA. In her lifetime she published over forty books of her haiku, renga, tanka, and translations. As founder and editor of AHA Books, Jane also published Mirrors: International Haiku Forum, Geppo, for the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, and she co-edited with her husband Werner Reichhold, Lynx for Linking Poets from 1992 through 2013. Lynx went online in 2000 in AHApoetry.com , the website Jane started in 1995. From 2006 to 2016 she maintained an online forum ? the AHA Poetry forum.
Jane was twice the winner of the Museum of Haiku Literature Award [Tokyo]. She was a three-time winner of a Haiku Society of America?s Merit Book Award: Tigers in Teacup, Silence, and A Dictionary of Haiku. She was the winner of numerous other haiku awards and was honored by the Emperor and Empress of Japan by invitation to attend the Imperial New Year?s Poetry Party as a guest at the Palace in Tokyo in 1998. Jane Reichhold was a gifted writer, translator and teacher of the art of haiku and other Japanese forms. The international haiku community is lessened by her passing.
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music
how it gathers
the lonely
—JANE REICHHOLD
Music is certainly the salvation of lonely people, as well as being a group activity i.e. raves; block parties; and Ibiza etc…
Another of Jane's haiku that resonates long after you have read it.
warm regards, and Happy Yuletide!
Alan
bee hotel
all the lonely people
waking up
Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit issue 26.3 (British Haiku Society 2016)
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Oh my! How lovely! Thank you . . .
internet cafe'
everyone lonely
together
wonderful!
Lovely. Poetry too.
Music says what words cannot.
tempos
match the heartbeats
harmony
_m
open window
the neighbour's music
inviting me
Ah, sweet Jane!
Music does indeed draw people together. Here in Northern Ireland it manages to unite people across religious divides as I've witnessed at many rock and blues festivals in some highly sectarian areas.
I hope Jane continues to enjoy universal music, wherever she is now.
marion
I was just about to comment on Rachel Sutcliffe's blog how her hopscotch haiku reminded me of this one of yours. I lovely