haiga and visual short-form poems

I write and photograph a short poem, usually a haiku or a senryu, at the start of writing sessions. These warm-up poems are rough and ready and unpolished, scribbled down on small scraps of paper or onto the back of envelopes. Some adhere closely to poetic forms, some don’t. Some rhyme, most don’t. They are my take on a blog, a photo montage, a journal, and a mindfulness practice. I thought I would share some of them here as well as on my Instagram and Facebook pages.

I have been invited to run a generative workshop about using haiga to sustain creative practice at the European Writers Salon Annual Conference in Brussels in September 2025. In this workshop, aimed at poets and aspiring poets alike, participants will write, photograph and share their own warm-up short-form poems and haiga. More information here.