Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: I know I said that this Christmas was going to be a silent, contemplative time, but it didn’t work out quite like that. We did a lot of cooking, a lot of eating, made a lot of noise, terrified the animals with silly Christmas costumes (definitely not my idea)…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ビラ配るサンタの銀の指輪かな　　吉川　創揮 bira kubaru santa no gin no yubwa kana Santa Claus handing out fliers… his silver ring                                     Soki Yoshikawa from “Shûkan Haiku” (“Haiku Weekly”) #508, 1/15/2017 Issue, http://weekly-haiku.blogspot.com

Originally posted on qbit: After college, I spent a few years traveling around Europe, picking up work here and there. In one such adventure, I worked in a shelter for homeless East End London youths. This was back when Docklands still had bombed out buildings from the Blitz and Cockney was what you heard in…

#haibun: Christmas Memory #Haiku Happenings #8: Linda Lee Lyberg‘ Slater’s haibun for my current #haikai challenge! https://charmedchaos.com/2017/12/24/haibun-christmas-memory/

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: cumulous clouds beyond the mountains a dog’s flipped ear   by Cyndi Lloyd  (USA)    Presence, November 2017 ?