Originally posted on Sunny Dunny's Blog: Day 6, 5th November Up at a reasonable time for breakfast, then shinkansen (bullet train) to Nagoya, and a change to a ‘limited express’ to Takayama. A stunningly beautiful journey through the mountains. The autumn colours are at their magnificent best, and the trees a multicoloured mixture of broadleaves…

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: I remember, as a child, going to Sunday school and receiving a cross made from a palm leaf on Palm Sunday. On Easter Sunday, I would go to church with my grandmother, where I would receive an Easter message in the shape of a cross, usually with a…

Originally posted on Peter Frankis writes: The ore carrier is making a few knots out past the breakwater, moving like a slow cliff. Cranes and derricks, rust on rust from decades of mines to works — Gladstone, Whyalla, Shanghai, Brazil. The bridge is toilet bowl yellow chipped and stained, safety first in giant  capitals. The…

Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * birdbath still too cold for birds * for A Prompt #2 NaHaiWriMo 4-2-2018 * Lynne Jambor April 2 BATH *

#Haiku Happenings #11: Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun for my current #Haikai challenge!

#Haiku Happenings #9: Barbara Kaufman’s #tanka #haiga appears in Skylark!