Welcome to our mini-series on The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology, which celebrates the poets featured in volumes 1-3.
Today, Flo Au and Siddhi Pawar are telling us what inspired the haiku & senryu they sent us.
Flo Au
Flo Au’s poetry has received many accolades, including commendation in Norman Nicholson Lockdown Poetry Competition 2020 and a top 10 finalist spot in Voice of Peace: 1st International Poetry And Short Story 2021 Asia Edition. Her monologue was also selected to be one of the top 30 in Lancaster One Minute Monologue 2021.
Flo has three haiku featured in Volume 3:
Haiku give me the opportunity to explore the relationship between Nature and us in the form of three lines. I love to write and read haiku poems. I also enjoy how we can pay more attention to our surroundings through words. With only a few words, we connect to Nature and relate our stories to it. We can ponder over the images, release our emotions and distract ourselves from the anxiety of life.
The aesthetic quality of haiku lies in their conciseness and precision. I am always inspired and enthralled by how a few words can tell a long tale and how silence can convey messages. These are the reasons why I wrote those poems.
Siddhi Pawar
Siddhi Pawar is an eighteen year old who finds her heart in literature and poetry. She believes that there is positivity everywhere in the nature around us.
Website: https://www.instagram.com/magnaliafloret
Siddhi has two haiku featured in Volume 3:
#1 – I was on a visit to the town of Manali when I came across pastures, a shade of green that I had never seen before. It made me want to stop and observe them. Little did I know that a colourful treasure awaited me in the next few moments.
#2 – Summer vacations mean beaches, a mixture of sea, sky and warm breeze. Gazing upon the waters of an ocean is inspiration in itself!
Flo and Siddhi, thank you for sharing what inspired your haiku. We are honored that you sent us your work.
Today’s instalment concludes our mini-series. We hope that you enjoyed learning more about our contributors and what inspired them.
Don’t forget to pick up your copies of The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology: Volumes 1-3!
Cendrine & David
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