Travels with Myself: Haiku from the Road

The haiku that punctuate Joachim Matschoss’ travels work as luminous mile-markers, cryptic road signs and legends on maps that trail off into myth and legend. Matschoss understands that the language of intimacy between humans extends to interactions with landscape, history, animals and weather. These haiku find the sum of their many parts in a palpable immediacy and longing.

-Anthony Lawrence

Matschoss devotes himself to an ancient art form that captures the moment before it escapes, and he does it with humour, insight, whimsy, a keen ear, and a sharp eye. In publishing so many haiku, he shares his unique take on the world. Reading them, you may be inspired to create and share yours.

-Arnold Zable

Travels with Myself is a perfect title for this brilliant Haiku collection by theatre-maker, poet and playwright, Joachim Matschoss. A busy life is hauled back again and again to quiet moments - to pictures in rich words.