Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 方丈の大庇より春の蝶　　　高野素十 hôjô ôhisashi yori haru no chô from a canopy of the abbot’s residence a spring butterfly                                     Suju Takano from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Suju Takano (1893-1976)

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Hummingbird and Ocotillo The air is fresh and bright on my early morning walk. Thrashers, perched on high treetops are beckoning for the sun to shine on them so they may bask in it’s warm light. The ocotillos are brilliant green with the top of each stalk sporting a fiery…

#Haiku Happenings #7: Tia Haynes’ latest haiku appears in THF’s Haiku Windows!

Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . old hedge mounting the hill’s crest finches scatter ? ? ? ? .

Originally posted on Michael Rehling: oracles and wishing wells you see a lot of things if you live long enough. the politicians come and go. never saw a single one i felt i could trust. plans for liberty equality and fraternity fade into mindlessness destruction. but it does not get me down anymore. living life…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This tanka is for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday prompt. It is for our youngest who has just gone back to Bordeaux after spending the first week of the holidays here. It has flown by! ? Sweep up in armfuls the meadow flowers, damp with dewy sunlight. Take their tender…