Originally posted on Denise Carruthers @CattyKoala: A scent of joy The sweet aroma Of coming home

#Haiku Happenings #14: Sky’s latest #haibun!

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 花の中魂遊びはじめけり　　桂　信子 hana no naka tamashii asobihajime keri             among cherry blossoms             the spirits begin             to play                                                 Nobuko Katsura from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine) , December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  Nobuko Katsura (1914-2004)

Originally posted on revivedwriter: This is for Frank J. Tassone’s haikai challenge for this week, which is about white lilies or azaleas. I loved this prompt and wrote many haiku but not one that I wanted to share, so here, finally, is a tanka. Frank describes the meaning of these flowers in his blog post,…

Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: As requested by Frank Tassone, (https://frankjtassone.wordpress.com)my first senryu at the end. From my dear cousin Donnie. SQUIRRELS IN CHURCH The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded the squirrels were predestined to be there and…

Originally posted on A Poet in Time: The April 2018 issue of cattails: the Official Journal of the United Haiku and Tanka Society is out. Here is the link to the issue: http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattailsApril2018.pdf I have three poems included–a haiku, a senryu and a tanka. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? My…