Originally posted on Ontheland: When the thermometer plummets to double digits below zero (Celsius) an increase to -8 degrees is warmer weather: from thirty to eight a ladder of minuses climbs to warmer weather Even when the heat thermostat setting is steady, it feels colder inside: Arctic cold pierces — sharp needles puncture walls of…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 着ぶくれて不安なる世の片隅に　　飯島ユキ kibukurete fuan naru yo no katasumi ni bundled up in winter clothes I am at the corner of the uncertain world                                     Yuki Iijima from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue,  , Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Originally posted on Björn Rudbergs writings: I know you should be blue — my winter moon. You should lend your sheen to snow; you should reflect yourself in ice and not in water. Winter should be cold. Not like this. From the west the rain rolls in, and you my moon can only veil yourself…

Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: Honored to be part once again on Asahi Haikuist Network edited by David McMurray, with one poem of mine. Congrats to all Haikuist included in the first issue of the new year. sunrise empty bottles on the sidewalk –Eufemia Griffo (Milan, Italy) http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/AJ201801050009.html

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu remarried the taste of pinot noir left open overnight by Chen-ou Liu (Canada/Taiwan) Frogpond, Vol. 40:3, 2017 ?

Originally posted on revivedwriter: After a few attempts, here is my contribution for Frank J. Tassone’s haikai challenge #15, for which we are writing about either arctic cold or winter storms. Though there is no snow over where I live, we did get some rain today. California loves Winter storms; parched land drinks rain, Thirsty…