Sharing Our Horizon

Today’s review is about Sharing Our Horizon by Xenia Tran.

Xenia Tran is an artistic photographer and amazing poet; her haiku in particular are incredible! Pure Haiku published one of her haiku on this site back in September 2016!

Xenia was born in The Netherlands and lives with her husband and adopted whippet Misty in the Scottish Highlands. She has two blogs which can be found at Whippet Wisdom and Tranature.

Sharing Our Horizon is a beautiful collection of expertly written haiku from the point of view of her previous two adopted whippets; Eivor and Pearl.

driftwood
when spirit leaves the trees
a loving gift

Xenia’s haiku, haiban, tanka and other forms are reflected in the exquisite photographs she includes with each offering.

lagoon holds
a painting from the sky
in her arms

I love the way she takes you through a year in the Highlands, from hopeful spring, through the brief warmth of summer into the slow decay of autumn and into the bitter, frigid beauty of the fallow months.

bees dazzle
around the purple heather
autumn wind

Her photographs, more often than not, feature one or both of her whippets, but sometimes they simply capture the raw, visceral beauty of Scotland.

winter rings
her wings of ice and snow
around the sun

If you haven’t yet bought this collection, I urge you to do so. You won’t be disappointed!

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Farewell to the forest …

We shake off the last of the snow, brush the twigs from our shoulders and push our way through the edgewood to the border of the real world once more.

Thank you for joining us on our journey through the realm of the Three Trees. Thank you to Elisa Ang for painting such an amazing, inspirational picture. Thank you to everyone who took part. And thank you to all those who liked, commented and shared our posts.

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Next month I will resume posting reviews on collections of poetry and will also let you know about Pure Haiku contributors’ new releases of poetry as and when I am informed about them! Check out this post to find out how to get a mention! If you have had or will be having a chapbook or poetry collection published between 1st November 2023 and 1st November 2024 that is all your own work and you are or have been a Pure Haiku contributor, you are eligible.

See you all again soon!

Much love

Freya xxx

Featured Haiku Writer – Curator’s Choice 5

old when we are born
living when we are long dead
man was made by wood

© Ricky Kay 2024

 In 2021 I decided to just go for it, so I’ve been posting every day since August of that year; see more at WritingMeUp. (England)

This haiku is part of our THREE TREES series.

Featured Haiku Writer – Curator’s Choice 4

snow silvered branches
limned by the hand of nature
the supreme artist

© Ricky Kay 2024

If you want to say something about my work, send me a comment. I’m happy to talk. By which I mean write, of course; see more at WritingMeUp. (England)

This haiku is part of our THREE TREES series.

Featured Haiku Writer – Curator’s Choice 3

timeless sentinels
guarding all the world below
passed in ignorance

© Ricky Kay 2024

I would say that I’m like most other writers. Some of my work is fairly good. Some of it is really not. Most of it is just okay; see more at WritingMeUp. (England)

This haiku is part of our THREE TREES series.