Instax Haiku

A combination of instant film photography and haiku poetry

By Jo Howell

In 2019 there were things that were obviously prominent in my mind. The haiku capture my feeling, and the image illustrates or juxtaposes that train of thought.

Instax haiku by Jo Howell 2019

Sleeping sentinel

We must remember Grenfell

Do you keep them safe?

By Jo Howell 2019

Instax haiku by Jo Howell 2019

Downfall of us all

Fossil fuel carbon rich

Was it worth the price?

By Jo Howell 2019

This poem and photograph were printed in a poetry anthology book Planet in Peril by Isabelle Kenyon.

http://Planet in Peril https://amzn.eu/d/9xIc7Xn


Instax haiku by Jo Howell 2019

Intimidating

Slowly cranes bending down

Where are all the fish?

By Jo Howell 2019

Polaroid haiku by Jo Howell 2019

Monotone printing

Polaroid of green in brown

This was all of us

By Jo Howell 2019

Polaroid haiku by Jo Howell 2019

Warm concrete yarden

The playful brothers jostle

Will the bees visit?

By Jo Howell 2019

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