{"id":64369,"date":"2025-02-01T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/?p=64369"},"modified":"2025-01-04T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T23:01:14","slug":"thf-galleries-photo-haiku-of-akiba-maryam-mermey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/thf-galleries-photo-haiku-of-akiba-maryam-mermey\/","title":{"rendered":"THF Galleries: Photo Haiku of Akiba &#038; Maryam Mermey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;64417&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Akiba Mermey<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Haiku Foundation honors the work of contemporary masters of the dual art of haiga: visual image wedded to haiku. This month we feature a collaboration between <strong>Akiba<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Maryam Mermey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the beauty, mystery &amp; interconnectedness of nature, Akiba &amp; Maryam create photo haiku as part of their spiritual practice. Akiba is a nature photographer, tai chi teacher &amp; expressive arts program developer. He enjoys playing the native american flute as a meditation. Maryam is a haiku poet, dancer &amp; international expressive arts therapy presenter\/teacher. She received a commendation in the 2022 Martin Lucas Award Contest. In May of 2023, one of her haiku was accepted into the anthology, <em>To Live Here<\/em>, which was created as a fundraiser to support unhoused people in the UK. She also contributed a haiku to the 2024 English~Bulgarian Anthology, <em>Shining Wind<\/em> sponsored by The British Haiku Society. Maryam &amp; Akiba share their haiga in the <em>Wales Haiku Journal<\/em>, <em>Cattails<\/em>, and the <em>Contemporary Haibun Online<\/em> journals. 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