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Author: Joanne van Helvoort

Joanne van Helvoort lives in the Netherlands, in a small town near the sea. She started reading haiku some 40 years ago, after her retirement she tries to write them herself.

faraway shores
my lucky coin
for the ferryman

Posted on 17 April 20268 April 2026Author Joanne van HelvoortCategories Issue 26.1Leave a comment on

swaying grasses
the wordless refrain
of a lullaby

 

Posted on 18 November 20254 November 2025Author Joanne van HelvoortCategories Issue 25.23 Comments on

early dusk
the song of a lark
becomes rain

 

Posted on 13 October 202327 September 2023Author Joanne van HelvoortCategories Issue 23.25 Comments on

deep autumn
the red in my hair
long gone

Posted on 23 August 202130 July 2021Author Joanne van HelvoortCategories Issue 21.19 Comments on
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