The Ebb and Flow

THE EBB & FLOW

VOL.1

A collection of Haikus

Ben BowsherJohnny Packham

THE EBB & FLOWA collection of Haikus

Ben BowsherJohnny Packham

DEDICATIONS

Dedicated to the memory of Ernest and the wonderful woman he left behind, Molly

Dedicated to the women in my life -Jessica, Mavis and Lesley

Ben Bowsher

Jonny Packham

The weight left my backI Straightened my crooked spine

And took off running.

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All those dying souls,Ragged clothes and warn out shoes,

There’s no plan for us.

When your eyes are tired,And you can’t pick up your feet,

Shake all the dust out

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Like stones in your eyes,And cold, black dirt in your mouth.

Don’t end with questions.

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Warn out winter stepsTaken with Autumnal bones

Tired beyond our age.

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The wind is bitterAnd it wants to change my face,

I just stare blankly

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And all of our pain,Tumbled into the mourners,

Who swallowed theirs down

In her husband’s death,Everything fell from her mind,

And alone, she’s left.

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Often think on it,And write many flourished words,

But seasons still pass.

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‘Brother, are you thereAs I walk darkest hallways?’

‘Sister, I’m your torch.

Today, waking dream,Salty, beady droplets riseIn clouds made of steam.

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Pack your belongings,In the brown leather suitcase,

And depart alone.

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Sobering moments,When we see all the car-wrecks,

With their hollow eyes.

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BEN BOWSHER07794270594hello@benbowsher.co.ukhttp://benbowsher.co.uk

THE EBB & FLOW

VOL.1

A collection of Haikus

Ben BowsherJohnny 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.