Corine Timmer
Corine Timmer (a Dutch national) was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1967. Her father’s job took the family to various places around the world. Wherever they went nature was a constant comfort and inspiration to Corine. She studied Business and Interior Design and was active in the design world until an encounter on a dusty road in southwest Spain in 2014 between Corine, a baby boar, and an abandoned hunting dog inspired her to write and self-publish a children’s storybook. Along her journey she stumbled upon haiku online and has been hooked ever since. She currently resides in the countryside in the south of Portugal and writes full time.
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childhood trail . . .
whispering in the trees
the voices of old friends
Blithe Spirit, Volume 28, Number 2, May 2018
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snowy Sunday . . .
lingering in the house
music and muffins
Blithe Spirit, Volume 28, Number 2, May 2018
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snow drift
familiar things
in a new light
Frogpond 41.2, Spring 2018
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spring breeze
through the outhouse window
a whiff of wild strawberries
Haiku Windows: Outhouse Window, The Haiku Foundation, April 11, 2018
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harmattan deepens
the well water
a darker shade of brown
Harmattan Series, Africa Haiku Network, 2017
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village dance
he holds his own wife
a little tighter
dorpsfeest . . .
bij danst steeds inniger
met zijn eigen vrouw
-Dutch trans. by Corine Timmer
(after the painting “El Baile”, 1950-55 by Eduardo Vicente)
Ekphrasis, The British Haiku Society Members’ Anthology 2017.
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frogspawn
between the reeds
a little girl again
Kikkerdril
tussen het riet
weer even dat kleine meisje
-Dutch trans. by Corine Timmer
Blithe Spirit, Volume 27, Number 4, November 2017
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a mantle of snow
on the garden gazebo . . .
he reaches for my hand
Blithe Spirit, Volume 27, Number 4, November 2017
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care home . . .
all the journeys
I will never make
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fern frost –
from the simmering stew
the scented steam
Runner-up, Haiku Masters, Original Photo Haiku, September 2017
https://youtu.be/wGZ3ni_JPLg
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summer holiday . . .
walking the dogs
where they want to go
Honorable Mention, The Harold G. Henderson 2017 Haiku Awards. Frogpond 40.3, Autumn 2017
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old hardware store . . .
a waft of
grandma’s house
Blithe Spirit, Volume 27, Number 3, August 2017
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on the memorial bench
a butterfly
opens its wings
Blithe Spirit, Volume 27, Number 3, August 2017