Month: May 2018

  • An Art of Unlearning: A #TankaTuesday (5/8/18) #TankaProse

    Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash   a starlit sky residing in fantasy at my peril I let go of my cravings to embrace this passing wind   I learn to unlearn each day. Unlearn the paralyzing fear of others’ judgement. Unlearn the urge to rail against every inconvenience I encounter. Unlearn the way I bend under the…

  • Meadows

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: A haibun for dverse. I’m on a very steep learning curve here, especially in the plant department. There are so many things right in front of my eyes I never knew existed. Meadow—not grass to tread unthinking, a tangle, tressed and trussed tight as any net, burrowed and woven…

  • Haiga, Haiku & #7: Blending Stories & May NaHaiWriMo 2018

    Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * long clouds lightly in my tea morning blend * for Prompt #7 NaHaiWriMo 5-7-2018 * Deborah B. Shepherd May 7 prompt: Blend *

  • Before I wake – #haiku

    Originally posted on Real Momma Ramblings: ? Photo by Kurt Kleeb on Unsplash ?  birds flit about rapid calls from branch to branch orange horizon ? ____________________________________________________________________________ This haiku is in response to Haikai Challenge #32 Also in response to the Daily Prompt at The Daily Post ? ? ? ?

  • My Daily #Haiku #2 (5/8/18)

    summer warmth even in New York City green leaves #haikuchallenge (new) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Spring troiku

    Originally posted on Ontheland:  Bare branches waving soft fringes of green… bright chirps from within a painting against blue sky etched by sunlight… life longs to return leaves under my feet remember…last autumn before the snow ~ This is a troiku based on a haiku of Yozakura (1640-1716).  A troiku is composed by writing three…

  • 5.7 (dj) haikai/ saezuri ii – Daily Jewels by Jules

    #Haiku Happenings #5: Jules’ second #renga soliloquy for my current #haikai challenge! saezuri ii encoded message twitter tweets, unscripted notes from perched feathered friends defensive, offensive and just happy proclamations all announced before the heat of the day settles; no electronics ©J/h Prompt haikai 32 this week, write the haikai poem (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka,…

  • Nest Builder

    Originally posted on Zander In Print: Two Blue Jays leap about in a Maple; nonpareil. Two women drink coffee at the sidewalk cafe, twittering and gossiping about some other woman; a pair of nest robbers.  They do not feel the vibrations of the birds above them. One old man flips and folds his Trib, pecking…