1. Why do you write haiku?

For you.

I can remember Zen Master Seung Sahn answering the question “Why do you sit?” with those two words. I gave his response an unspoken one word – “jerk.” It took me decades to grasp his meaning.

Originally, I wrote haiku as poetic reminders of “epiphanies” for me. As I kept studying haiku, I realised the finest haiku re-created the “epiphanies” in the reader.

So, to answer your question again:

For you. ~ Hortensia Anderson

For you I compose
recovery poems each day
drawing you to this site

Truth be told of course
they’re gifted to Eagle Wings
hopefully selling

Evening and dawn
I search for bits of wisdom
transformed to verse

Dawn to dark I ponder
snatching phrases, noting learning
sound intelligence

Recovery grows
pulling me upward deeper
expanding spirit

Gaining quiet peace
living promises fulfilled
ebulliently

To keep recovery
pass it on serenity shared
daily poems – for you