Photo: Maggie Stephens/Creative Commons/Flickr Observations of a child at play and an exploration of the wounds that haunt us find voice in two beautiful haiku by Caroline Skanne. a child hums . . . adding more blue to the summer sky This haiku captures a beautiful moment of contentment and creativity in all its simplicity…

Originally posted on Trent's World (the Blog): It Will Come The wind bites my face.  I shuffle on, glancing up when the weather allows.  A blanket of white is drowning the land.  The calendar is playing tricks, mocking us with one blizzard after another while my Facebook shows me reminders of the flowers I saw…

Originally posted on haiku tree: the end of a long day my face in my hands ?

#Haiku Happenings #2: Amaya’s latest #tanka with a freestyle twist for #dversepoets #quadrille Monday!

Originally posted on revivedwriter: It’s time for another haikai challenge again, and Frank has us writing about snow this week! Living in a place where it never snows, I draw a lot on my memories of Christmases at my grandparents’ house when writing about snow. I have 2 tanka poems on the topic so far.…

Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . clouds drift above restless leaves earth loosens her hold ? ? ? ? .

Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: young pear tree — just old enough to blossom ? one after another the water lilies opening Published in Akitsu Quarterly: Spring 2018 (http://www.wildgraces.com/Akitsu-Quarterly.html), 3/2018. *    *    *    *

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 天上にちちはは磯巾着ひらく　　鳥居真理子 tenjyô ni chichi haha isoginchaku hiraku             mother and father             up in the heaven             sea anemones open                                                             Mariko Torii from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  ‘isoginchaku’ (sea anemone) is a spring kigo.