Originally posted on Icebox: . Persimmons are used for making different kinds of confectionery. Dried persimmons are rolled with yuzu (citron) peel to make makigaki (rolled persimmons). Sweet persimmons are ground and mixed with bean-paste to make kakiyoukan (persimmon bean-paste). In Hiroshima there was a Japanese confectionery shop famous for kakiyokan on the main street. Its…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 探梅の果てなる浄水場の壁　　今井　聖 tanbai no hate naru jyôsuijyô no kabe             at the end of             a plum blossom viewing             the water purification’s wall                                                 Sei Imai from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: ? Pounding frantic storm trudging through crushed diamonds icy blow to Spring ©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg ? Frank J. Tassone #Hakai Challenge #23

Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: melancholy … the silence of snow into my silence * Eufemia Griffo, Italy  VOTES:32**** SCORE:07 COMMENTS ? https://wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.it/2018/03/

Originally posted on haiku tree: 3 a.m. stuck in a feeling I can’t explain ?

Originally posted on Gospel Isosceles: “Aspens in late winter” by Michael J. Lynch ? I didn’t resolve to kiss Christ on the cheek until my 28th year. If years were days it would be one full moon cycle that I needed to live out every phase in order to trust in God, as I was…

Originally posted on Puget Lines and Edges: #Haiku Happenings #7: Dave Kuhlmann’s latest #haiga! Puget Lines and Edges View original post