Month: April 2018

  • #Haikai Challenge #28 (4/7/18): first [cherry] blossoms (hatsu hana)…#haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      The Spring and Winter continue to dual in the Northeastern United States, haijin! Snow fell Thursday morning and melted away by Thursday afternoon. Nevertheless, the cold fights a rearguard action against the march of warmth.   Congratulations to last week’s contributors:   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Jane Dougherty 2. Jules 3. Xenia Tran 4.…

  • path

    Originally posted on Project words: ? ? its path down the hillside spring rain ? ?

  • Catch

    Originally posted on haiku tree: Sunday morning I catch you staring as I read ?

  • 30704

    #Haiku Happenings #7: Sky’s latest #haibun!

  • A Vernal bow

      The first daffodil of the season bows its blossom like a subject before her sovereign.   sunlight through clouds how long until cherry blossoms   For Carpe Diem #1402 Daffodils (one-bun)          

  • note from a kitchen in a remote corner of the martian colony

    Originally posted on Deliveryman Death Leaves No Doorknob Unturned: note from a kitchen in a remote corner of the martian colony three flies are feasting on an over-ripened orange. white mold disseminating outward from its navel, a stark contrast to the bananas, which are bursting fluorescent yellow. the phrase in art is called “still life”,…

  • New Life

    Originally posted on Ada's Poetry Alcove (2): Carpe Diem #1405 New Life (“extreme” haibun)  In the woods the scent of magnolia ushers in spring.  It is the place to hunt new life. You may find morel mushrooms peeking from the leaf litter.    Watch for white blossoms such as dutchman’s breeches, shadbush and trillium.  Enjoy…

  • Haibun: Invigoration

    Originally posted on Isabel Caves: Colours popping everywhere. A burst of strawberry in the grass. Sky-blue petals splashed across the trees, a drizzle of honey among the reeds. The garden is ablaze with new life. springtime oh! to feel again ? ?