THE EBB & FLOW A collection of Haikus
VOL.1 Ben Bowsher Johnny Packham
THE EBB & FLOW A collection of Haikus
Ben Bowsher Johnny Packham
DEDICATIONS Ben Bowsher Dedicated to the memory of Ernest and the wonderful woman he left behind, Molly Jonny Packham Dedicated to the women in my life Jessica, Mavis and Lesley
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37 The weight left my back I Straightened my crooked spine And took off running.
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22 All those dying souls, Ragged clothes and warn out shoes, There’s no plan for us.
04 When your eyes are tired, And you can’t pick up your feet, Shake all the dust out
15 Like stones in your eyes, And cold, black dirt in your mouth. Don’t end with questions.
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07 Warn out winter steps Taken with Autumnal bones Tired beyond our age.
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10 The wind is bitter And it wants to change my face, I just stare blankly
14 And all of our pain, Tumbled into the mourners, Who swallowed theirs down
29 In her husband’s death, Everything fell from her mind, And alone, she’s left.
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01 Often think on it, And write many flourished words, But seasons still pass.
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19 ‘Brother, are you there As I walk darkest hallways?’ ‘Sister, I’m your torch.
12 Today, waking dream, Salty, beady droplets rise In clouds made of steam.
34 Pack your belongings, In the brown leather suitcase, And depart alone.
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42 Sobering moments, When we see all the car-wrecks, With their hollow eyes.
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BEN BOWSHER 07794270594 hello@benbowsher.co.uk http://benbowsher.co.uk
THE EBB & FLOW A collection of Haikus
VOL.1 Ben Bowsher Johnny Packham
This book began as a new years resolution. I was drunk (standard) and obviously there are various requirements for a successfull new years, including making resolutions you never stick to. I have thought hard about something I could actually commit myself to and thus decided upon writing a haiku a day for an entire year. Here is a collection of the best of those. I contacted extremely talented illustrator Jonny Packham to make some artwrok for the Haikus. I really dug his unique approach, and the rest, as they say, is history.