Month: November 2017

  • Tanka Tuesday: Plenty & Meander

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Although Colleen is taking a break to write her book, she has set us November homework. My last tanka of the month. ? Through fields of plenty, river winds, bright water sings a song of summer. But winter cold frosts the banks, sound of gunshots chills my heart.

  • Haibun: Where Frogs Are Sleeping

    #Haiku Happenings #6: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibn for my current #haikai challenge!

  • a great waterfall

    a great waterfall

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: A great waterfall its steady roar joined by autumn’s voices – Shinoda Teijirō ? Art by Katsushika Hokusai,” The Waterfall at Ono on the Kisokaidô Road”

  • Haiga, Haiku & Haibun: Autumn Circles

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: ? each time i’ve reached for a dream this journey ? Haibun 11-14-2017 Snap Clatter screen door. a child calling. familiarity. in the distance. one hammer. one nail. the laundry moves. in a circle. calling birds. the coo. of zebra doves. of rock doves. important. written…

  • Haibun 56

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: dark illumination new moon. left with a few stars and a chilly autumn night i am walking where i do not know. taking the wrong turn at every turn. mindful of nothing the walk longer than it should be ? Most likely will never be ‘published’!

  • Nocturnal

    Nocturnal

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Reena Saxena’s latest #tanka!

  • Daily Haiku: Nov. 28, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: a bit of sea foam in my open hands gratitude by Ce Rosenow  (USA) ?

  • A Poet’s Plans…#haibun #haiku #poetry #dVerse

    Over at dVerse, Toni sings her swan song as a bartender, and she asks us to consider our plans for tonight’s Haibun Monday. While she will remain a patron of dVerse, she departs as a staff member, so she can pursue her writing and education goals. Best of luck to you, Toni! A Poet’s Plans…