author:

brett brady

author / poet / musician

writer, singer, actor, athlete, lyricist, composer, illustrator, lecturer, teacher, coach, news reporter, bus driver,

lighthouse sweeper, lobster fisherman, house builder, house parent , construction worker, songwriter, guitarist,

flautist, filmmaker, playwright, printer, publisher, director, producer, professor, feasibility advisor, paper boy,

garbage man, salesman, life-counselor, camp-counselor, college dean, university executive vice president, farmhand,

and quite likely a few more ...

 

There are many wonderful haijin out there deftly presenting the case for haiku. I'm probably better suited as an observer; rather more like a student of the art than a lawyer for its defense (or prosecution). Anonymity (the closest we can get to invisibility) facilitates a wish/need to breathe-in each now-moment as fully liberated as possible. There is a serene freedom in solitude. It affords an extraordinary luxury to absorb life . . . wherein, sometimes, I might jot down a few ordinary notes.

 

To quote Ryokan (a favorite poet):

 

"the nightingale's song  /  brings me out of a dream:  /  the morning glows"

 

. . . then the very fine haijin ai li:

"quiet observation enables us to write truthfully"

 

. . . to which I can only add:

"yes!"

 

— b. brady

"Brett Brady, an astonishing poet and lyricist of rare sensitivity and accomplishment, I value his talent very highly"

—Michael Hoppé, composer

 

"Brett Brady's haiku poems are exqms1te and his lyrics are enchanting. One doesn't just read one of his poems or lyrics, one experiences them"

—Colleen ''Zelda"Nash, former aviation/space journalist.

 

"Brett Brady is not just a profound poet and a particularly unique musician; he is a Renaissance-Man, to be sure: an extraordinary talent.. .most of all a true artist"

—Andrea Razzauti, artist/composer

 

"Brett Brady's new haiku and senryu collection a translucent moon is searingly beautiful —each poem a finely crafted gem. The poems fix on the tiny details, as well as the larger things of nature and humanity, that make up our world:

  "ocean-to-ocean / in the eye of an eagle / all one tapestry."

—Leah Maines, author/publisher/art-designer

 

"To penetrate beyond the walls of our insular-selves and fully explore the world as it is, invites us to collaborate in

 its artistry —  truth resonates in a single flash of intuitive insight... there is no such thing as a 'second-time' experience...

and this is haiku!"

—brett brady

Brett Brady has lived and worked in many places both domestically and abroad, working as a teacher of the gifted, talented, deaf, and multi-handicapped. He taught grammar school, high school and university, and had a Montessori school when his daughter was of an age to attend it. He attended USC and received his postgraduate degree from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. He is an accomplished musician, poet, director, and author. His poetry and songs are award winning, and many of his haiku and senryu are published worldwide. He currently serves as the Hawai'i/Pacific Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America. After decades, Brett continues to live on the Big Island of Hawaii, where he  raised his daughter.

—brett brady

  foggy autumn lake...
an occasional ripple
     to break the silence

 

© 2006-2018 brett brady

bcb@4evrsumr.com