Month: December 2017

  • Winter Solstice Dreams: Haibun

    Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: Here’s another winter solstice poem. This Haibun is for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday. She asked us to use synonyms for the words cover and precipitation. ? I’m tucked under the blankets. My big-eyed, grey-striped cat is cuddled against me. Our white cat has closed both his blue…

  • Haibun 71

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: if not this world the next they say that the entire universe is expanding. i have to believe they are right. i have gained a few pounds myself this year. my plastic buddha has not varied an ounce since i bought him at the ‘target’ store in the ‘home and…

  • Thank you

    I have over 100 followers as of today. Thank you for sharing this journey with me! Thank you for declaring that haikai matters! light arising in darkness our footsteps

  • Today’s Haiku (December 22, 2017)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 沈みゆくものを眠らす冬の水   山本則男 shizumiyuku mono o nemurasu fuyu no mizu letting sunken things sleep winter water                                     Norio Yamamoto from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, February 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

  • Winds Can’t Heal – Jilly/Charley

    Originally posted on Jilly's: What the winds can’t heal The contrails sever Flight to Havana, stopover in Miami – looking for Cuban food Settled for Vichyssoise The eyes remind me of you Your cold fish glance As you detached from “us” Missed the boarding call Took Uber to South Beach

  • Daily Haiku: Dec. 22, 2017

    Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: reading Lorca …a tangerine’s droplet on the page ? leggendo Lorca — goccia di mandarino sulla pagina ? ? by Stefano d’Andrea  (Italy) Otata, #23, November 2017  

  • women in the snow

    women in the snow

    Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 鍋さげて淀の小橋を雪の人 nabe sagete yodo no kobashi o yuki no hito Pots in hand Across the little bridge at Yodo Go women in the snow. -Yosa Buson ? Art by Utagawa Kunisada

  • #Throwdown Thursday (12/21/17): my latest #haibun #poetry is up on .@ImageCurve #haiku

    A Cook Against the Storm I turn on the barbeque just as a horizon-filling bank of rainclouds roll in. A sudden wind arrives. The songbirds’ ensemble speeds with urgency. I race this oncoming storm. The stakes? Our sardine dinner. rustling leaves after the rain a shimmering grill   first published in Image Curve, December 21,…