Susan Constable mainly writes haiku and tanka, receiving her inspiration from life on the west coast of Canada. Her work is widely published in both print and online journals, as well as in numerous anthologies. She has judged several contests as well as co-edited a couple of haiku and tanka anthologies She was the tanka editor for the online journal A Hundred Gourds from March 2012 to June 2016.
View all posts by Susan Constable
chillingly clear
Thank you, Gaby!
zig zag path—
we talk of this and that
except what we met for
Ah, yes. The way we dodge difficult conversations, Rashmi. Thank you!
Well said, Susan!
Best,
Theresa
Many thanks, Theresa!
Love this one, Susan!
Delighted to hear that, Dan. Thank you!
Love the precision of the imagery, and how the poem stops right when the conversation does. Brilliant work.
Beautiful ku filled with many layers of image and interpretation.
rock surface –
she hardens her
point of view
Pravat Kumar Padhy
*
površina stijene –
ona uvrš?uje svoje
gledište
?asopis za haiku / Haiku Magazine IRIS International No. 2, 2016
*
tiny pebbles
the softness
of her talk
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Runners Up, Iafor Vladimir Devide Haiku Award, 2017
baby talk
I silently watch
blooming buds
Pravat Kumar Padhy
The 9th Yamadera Bash? Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest, 2017
You nailed it, Susan! Love this one.
marion
between the pine snake’s hiss…
me