#Haiku Happenings #3: Barbara Kaufman’s latest #tanka won first place in Moonbathing’s ninth annual contest!

Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . girl in her wheelchair beside a slow river the whispering reeds ? ? ? ? .

Originally posted on Ontheland: down the centre aisle rows of potted lilies Spring for sale before daffodils sprout before tree buds swell ©️2018 Ontheland I wonder about where plants originate. Easter lily plants are probably grown in greenhouses and gardens across Canada and the United States, but the mass cultivation of their bulbs occurs in…

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: I have never stood at the foot of a mountain and looked up at it, not even when I lived in Ireland. The nearest I got to one was the Hill of Tara, from where I could see pretty much the whole of County Meath. But I have…

Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: I walk out into the dark morning. I can’t see him, but I am serenaded by the mockingbird. Soon snow mixes with the plothering rain. But still the daffodils bloom, glowing in the gloomy day. As the rain disappears, the skies lighten, and I notice the…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 落椿押し分けてゆく真鯉かな　　山本洋子 ochitsubaki oshiwakete yuku magoi kana             pushing its way             through fallen camellias             a black carp                                                 Yoko Yamamoto from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, June 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo