Jean LeBlanc taught college writing and literature for twenty-five years. Her most recent haiku collection is Nod if the Wind (Cyberwit, 2026). An artist as well as a poet, she explores the transformative power of imagery using collage, asemic writing, and other visual media. Her work can be seen on Facebook, Jean LeBlanc Poetry and Art.
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I don't which kind of kingfisher, but I've been lucky to have witnessed most kinds.
So I adore this haiku:
kingfisher
a rattle as the river
turns south
—JEAN LEBLANC
The River Kingfisher which I'm most familiar with, is silent and rapid, and just like a speeding bullet of azure blurring into river and sky blue at the same time somehow.
I love the rattle of the river, that's brilliant as you have it, but also these variations. Taking artistic license:
kingfisher: a rattle as the river
kingfisher: a rattle as the river turns
But even more stunning as:
a rattle as the river
turns south
There is something mystical and magical about these halcyon creatures embodying Summer.
I don't which kind of kingfisher, but I've been lucky to have witnessed most kinds.
So I adore this haiku:
kingfisher
a rattle as the river
turns south
—JEAN LEBLANC
The River Kingfisher which I'm most familiar with, is silent and rapid, and just like a speeding bullet of azure blurring into river and sky blue at the same time somehow.
I love the rattle of the river, that's brilliant as you have it, but also these variations. Taking artistic license:
kingfisher: a rattle as the river
kingfisher: a rattle as the river turns
But even more stunning as:
a rattle as the river
turns south
There is something mystical and magical about these halcyon creatures embodying Summer.
Awesome haiku.
That "rattle" is what lifts this from the ordinary…
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