Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? Kawase Hasui（川瀬巴水） un lago scuro la notte senza luna – scrosci di pioggia   a dark lake the moonless night – pounding rain   © A.M.

Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: She dreams of springtime sunshine kissing seeds and buds, a season of hope ensorcells her once again to drift with cherry blossoms ? John William Waterhouse, “Windswept,” [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons ? This is for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday—using synonyms of charm and time.

Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . leaves patterning shadowlight the mazy paths ? ? ? ? .

Photo: stanze/Creative Commons/Flickr Polish poet Marta Chociłowska paints a picture of the happy hustle and bustle of a market flower stand in a delightful haiku. shopping list a woman at the market sells catkins Imagine a bustling market with a stall where a woman, Eliza Doolittle-like, sells fresh-cut flowers and bundles of long, beautiful willow…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 南瓜蒔く書斎の窓はここに開く　　山口青邨 kabocha maku shosai no mado wa koko ni aku             planting pumpkin seeds             my study window             open to the spot                                                 Seison Yamaguchi from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Seison Yamaguchi (1892-1988)  ‘kabocha maku’ (planting pumpkin…

Originally posted on Sunny Dunny's Blog: is what travel is supposed to do, but does it? Unequivocally yes in my case, whether it’s been staying in gites in various parts of rural France, driving between guesthouses in the Black Forest and environs, or getting to know Italy on bus tours with friends or on our…