Journal articles

Authored by Patty, Christo

Author Title Issue Keywords Abstract Sequence
Patty, Christo Haiku from Puketeraki Marae (PDF, 57.1 KB) Journal 32 December 2023 haiku, poetry Being on a marae is new to me. ‘Newness’ alerts me to vitality and liveliness. I warm up to relating to this place and the people I meet with a spirit of curiosity and tenderness... a kind of investigative vulnerability fills me up, and as I enter the marae, I notice my body soften. Now I’m getting ready to be part of this world and attend. These haiku come to me at different points of being on marae. 7 2023-12
Patty, Christo A Haiku Journey — Slow Walk Around a Small Island (PDF, 164.8 KB) Journal 29 December 2020 environment, haiku, imagination, love, poetry, reflections, warm-up, writing Prologue: I think we’re all time travellers. In a second we can conjure events from the past and the experiences and feelings of back there and then can flood into our here and now and become real. And the opposite can occur — a present moment can activate my memory glands. I often experience this when writing Haiku. There’s a formula to traditional Haiku — three lines — 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second and 5 in the third. I like and prescribe to the seventeen syllable limit as I experience a satisfying feeling of push-back, a kind of requisite resistance to other poetic foibles I may have at the time. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Please join me for a slow walk around my island home of Coochiemudlo. Along the way I’ll let you in on how this journey started, my now abiding passion for Haiku, how I benefit from my practice, a little of my process and how I use it in my work with clients. 8 2020-12