Collaborations

I occasionally work in collaboration with other poets on renku and rengay, including Marcus Liljedahl, with whom I have been awarded an Honourable Mention in the Haiku Society of America Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Contest 2016. We have had work published in Skylark, Frogpond, Atlas Poetica, Tinywords, Hedgerow Sonic Boom and A Hundred Gourds.

I also conduct renku sessions as “Sabaki”, at Haiku at the Fringe/Tranås at the Fringe and Yangtorp.

I also work in collaboration with artists from time to time, including my husband Chris Maris, who is a photographer. Together we have had work published in Daily Hagia, Haiga online, Hedgerow and Blåeld.

If you have a proposal for a collaboration, write to me on anna.maris@gmail.com.
I am quite selective when it comes to projects due to time-constraints, but don’t hesitate to ask!

Even more about my collaborations below…

 

Haiga with Chris Maris

Chris Maris is a director of photography, who also enjoys stills photography. Chris and I have recently made our first collaborations – haiga with photography and haiku.

Chris Maris är filmfotograf som även gärna tar stillbilder. Chris och jag har nyligen gjort våra första samarbeten – haiga med fotografi och haiku.

Coming soon: Daily Haiga

Haiga Online, autumn issue 2016.

Haiga published in Hedgerow, issue 77

Haiga collage, published in Blåeld, journal of the Swedish haiku society, issue 2, 2016.

 

Renku with Marcus Liljedahl

Our renku Northern Lights won an honourable mention in the 2016 Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Contest. The contest is organized annually by the Haiku Society of America. The format varies and this year there was a call for a 20 verse Nijuin.

Vår renku Northern Lights fick en  honourable mention i the 2016 Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Contest. Tävlingen organiseras årligen av the Haiku Society of America. Formatet varierar år från år. Denna gången var det en Nijuin, på 20 verser.

 

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Since December 2015 I have a new collaboration with Marcus Liljedahl. Like myself, he is a Swedish haiku poet, who also writes in English. We enjoy writing Tan Renga, Yotsumono and longer renku. Marcus has written with John Carley and together we have decided to not only explore the linked forms together in English, but also introduce them to Sweden, in Swedish. In the first issue of Blåeld, the new journal of the Swedish Haiku Society, we showcase some of our Tan Renga and Marcus has written an article to explain and introduce the form. In the second issue, there is an article on Yotsumono. On February 6th, 2016, we had our world premier of reading our linked verse in public, at Poeten på Hörnet in Malmö in Sweden.

 

Sedan december 2015 har jag en ny kollaboration med Marcus Liljedahl. Som jag är han en svensk haikupoet som också skriver på engelska. Vi skriver tanrenga, yotsumono och längre renku. Marcus har skrivit med John Carley och tillsammans har vi bestämt oss för att både utforska formerna ihop på engelska, men också introducera dem på det svenska språket i Sverige. I första numret av Blåeld, Svenska haikusällskapets nya tidskrift, kommer vi att publicera några av våra tanrenga. Marcus har skrivit en artikel för att förklara och introducera formen. I Blåeld nr 2 finns en artikel om Yotsumono med våra verser som exempel. Den 6 februari hade vi världspremiär för våra länkade verser, när vi läste dem på Poeten på Hörnet i Malmö.

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This year’s publications

Coming up: Frog pond, summer issue, 2016, Skylark autumn/winter 2016.

 

Tan Renga
Marcus Liljedahl
Anna Maris

budding trees
the letter wide open
to suggestions

gently her tongue slides
sealing the envelope

Published in Tinywords, issue 16.1, 2016

 

Marcus Liljedahl, Sweden
Anna Maris, Sweden

summer’s end
our voices in the shape
of billowing clouds

carried away by the breeze
a perfect dandelion clock

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liquid sun
leaning into you
beyond myself

holding that fragile shell
the rough hands of a nomad

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train carriage
a symphony playing
on laptops

still on a roll…
the landscapes of Sibelius

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table of masks
I sketch serpent tongues
in my notebook

in the whisper of tall grass
a scent of apple blossoms

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tranquil shore
a part of me is washed up
with the seashells

among the sandcastles
the call of a lost mermaid

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mirror lake
she mourns the loss
of her singing voice

at the break of dawn
a nightingale calls down the stars

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gridlock
red lights lead the way
to a hard rain

in my silver locket
a light summer memory

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close to the fire
her every word trembling
in his hands

memories of a war
in neatly written letters

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yet another drink
the vigilant gaze
of cathedral saints

among winding ivy
the grin of a gargoyle

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first rays of sun
a butterfly unfolds
as the night gown opens

the flutter of brittle wings
ready to fly

 

Published in Skylark, issue 4:1, 2016

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A set of Tan Renga

Anna Maris
Marcus Liljedahl

autumn equinox
i tie two keys together
with white ribbon

scattered on a distant shore 
bits and pieces of me

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pouring rain
against window glass
the palm of a hand

every street puddle 
carries a broken moon

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daylight
caught in her kaleidoscope
all the colours

every single shade unfolds 
my winter loneliness

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blind date 
between the lines
my beating heart

gentle strokes of the brush
paint an outline of a dream

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long distance call 
the thin threads
of connected stars

all alone in this cold house
a new log on the fire

 

Published in Chrysanthemum, issue 19, 2016

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Tan Renga
Anna Maris
Marcus Liljedahl

 

steaming bath
my worries dissolve
into a whiskey glass

wiping mist from the mirror
i add ice to my karma

 

Published in Sonic Boom, issue 5, 2016

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silently
across hard piano keys
a soft duster

the spring breeze feels it’s way
through old wind chimes

 

Published in Tinywords, 16.1, 2016

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Tan Renga
Anna Maris
Marcus Liljedahl

jigsaw puzzle
a missing piece
snaps into place

filling the darkness
the beam of a lighthouse

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red moon
all my wishes
fulfilled

deep in your voice
the pull of the earth

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no season
on the kitchen table
red tulips

the bittersweet taste
of your name on my lips

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autumn leaves
adjusting my words
to fit with the mood

under my solemn dress
a red satin camisole

 

Published in Atlas Poetica, issue 24, 2016

 

 

Tan renga
Anna Maris
Marcus Liljedahl

beech forest
a sharp shade
of acid green

my friend’s dog pushes me
back to the group

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silent walk 
only our footsteps 
and my beating heart 

along the frozen path
everything already said

—

melting ice 
some sunflower seeds sprout 
among the black leaves 

you brush a strand of hair
away from my face

—

evening sky
among ancient ruins
clematis

my daydream entangled 
in the wilderness of you 

 

Published in Hedgerow: a journal of small poetry, issue 67

 

Faint Reflections of Light

Tan Renga
Anna Maris
Marcus Liljedahl

morning mist
faint reflections of light
in a bus window

just around the corner
a glimpse of what might have been

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winter’s bone
in the frozen footprints
fresh powder snow

a sudden flicker of embers
chases the night away 

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beyond barbed wire
a sky pierced
by endless swallows 

with the last rays of sun
a journey begins in our minds

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Published in A Hundred Gourds 5:2, March 2016