Book Launch: The Curve of Her Arm by Robin M Mullet and Holli Haddix Rainwater

Thanks to the Coshocton Public Library and the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum for hosting us and to all the folks who came to share the afternoon!
(If you missed this event and would like to purchase a signed copy of the book, contact me at hhrainwater@gmail.com) 

The Curve of Her Arm by Robin M Mullet and Holli Haddix Rainwater 

Signing books!! It's harder than I thought it would be!

Dianne Borsenik, our publisher from NightBallet Press read a few poems from her newest volume, Raga for What Comes Next from Stubborn Mule Press. For such a tiny person, Dianne has a magnificent presence when she reads!

Saying a little something about Qigong

Opening the Door. Every week in class we do a qigong form called Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi and this is the first movement. A way of opening the practice, stepping into the qigong world, leaving this other world behind for a while.

Robin M Mullet got the ball rolling when she suggested that we put our poems together and see what happens!

painting a rainbow
the curve
of her arm

snake creeps down
"Does she taste me in the air around 
her hiding place, alert, coiled, ready 
to slip away?"

We both shared some of our ekphrastic poems, poetry written in response to another work of art.

Three Rivers Qigong--A qigong form that I created that focuses on the flora and fauna of Ohio. Robin wrote a poem to go with the movements. 
"Arms become red bird wings
drawing the energy of flight 
through our spines and outstretched arms."

We end each class with one more deep breath in, folding our hands at our hearts, bowing to each other and to the day ahead.

Golden Triangle Haiku Contest

I am tickled pink that two of my haiku were chosen in the Golden Triangle Haiku Contest. Out of 2000 entries from 50 countries and 41 states, 300 poems were chosen to be put on signs to adorn the tree boxes on the streets of Washington, DC this spring. From the contest sponsors: "We hope the haiku will bring a smile to commuters and visitors alike and brighten the winter landscape as flowers began to bloom."

Update:  Thanks to the DC Bike Blogger, I get to see one of my haiku "in situ."  He's a guy who rides his bike every day on his lunch hour and takes pictures of interesting things he sees around the city.  For more of the haiku and lots of other interesting stuff, you can visit his blog:  https://dcbikeblogger.wordpress.com/2019/03/26/the-golden-haiku-contest/#jp-carousel-22573