Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: A secret garden Bars of iron close the way Forbidding entry * The gate stands open Its locks long-since unshackled No-one notices * So long defended Only loneliness blossoms In the unseen heart *

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: no trace of it after it falls snowflake by Claudia Coutu Radmore  (Canada) Mann Library Daily Haiku, July 2015 ?

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This haibun is for Frank Tassone’s challenge, our thoughts on freedom. There is a place where nothing holds the arms at our sides, feet on the ground, the love trapped inside tight-bolted hearts. They call it freedom. Free to hold, to fly, to love, but always, the cord that…

Originally posted on kanzen sakura: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge # Freedom Monday would have been my Mother’s 88th birthday. This is in her honor. She did love to ride behind me! https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrankjtassone.com%2F2018%2F01%2F13%2Fhaikai-challenge-16-1-13-18-freedom-haiku-senryu-tanka-haibun-renga-haiga%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf218dd55cad04f3e1fa508d55aa893b1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636514602427764877&sdata=LxYY1Hx0PNgqd2Na52hnRcYrHxENqGAnfejmjnBNJio%3D&reserved=0 open road ahead blue skies above – my Ducati and I sing to the wind

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: Let Freedom Ring The groundswell of a movement reached new heights when a man of the people stood up. Marched. Spoke. His end was delivered by the injustice that spurred the movement, but the struggle for equality did not die with him. The words of Martin Luther King continue to inspire…

#Haiku Happenings #8: Jennifer Hambrick’s call for submissions!