mouth of the river an ever-changing story told to the sea
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Annette Makino
Annette Makino is a poet and artist who writes haiku and senryu and illustrates her poems with Japanese ink paintings. Her pieces, comprising a few words and brushstrokes, convey a quiet Zen perspective and gentle sense of humor. There is a gallery of her work at www.makinostudios.com.
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Thank you fellow poet… May you continue to flow & grow in BEAUTY !
Such lovely paint work and verse Annette, wondrous_!
__ I could easily be condemned for my minimal, unskilled and drifty imagination. Because, as I first saw this painting a day ago, I envisioned that center stone as a face… winking at yesterday's failures passing by… to hide within that collective sea. _m
Thank you fellow poet… May you continue to flow & grow in BEAUTY !
Lovely!
Thank you!
Beautiful.
Thank you.
Love the idea of the "mouth" telling a story. Thank you!
Beautiful…
Once,
Up and On
a
time
there was a drop (rain)
flowing over a mountain towards a sea (river)
….
Thank you
Annette,
Your art and haiku are superb individually, And outstanding as haiga.
Everyone I have sent your cards to has commented on their beauty and the warm feeling they elicit.
Thanks,
Marita
Thank you so much, Marita! It's great to know my art is touching people.
Great drawing and haiku! Wonderful!!
Absolutely beautiful work!
Truly inspiring work. Thank you.
a token in the river’s mouth
ferryman crossing over
Thank you all for your very kind (and creative) responses! I am touched.
Such lovely paint work and verse Annette, wondrous_!
__ I could easily be condemned for my minimal, unskilled and drifty imagination. Because, as I first saw this painting a day ago, I envisioned that center stone as a face… winking at yesterday's failures passing by… to hide within that collective sea. _m
stone face
as its right eye winks
this passage