Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): シャワー浴ぶ遠くにキリン崩ほるる　　宗田安正 shawaa abu tôku ni kirin kuzuoruru             taking a shower…             a giraffe collapses             far away                                                 Yasumasa Muneda from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . theatricals a face in the foyer her old-fashioned gown in this place far from home the Muses are smiling ? ? ? ? .

Originally posted on Project words: Delighted to feature on Haiku Windows today! window shopping I decide to buy a lottery ticket Rachel Sutcliffe https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/06/13/haiku-windows-window-shop/

Originally posted on kanzen sakura: I have done a Bussokusekika, a Japanese poetic form that follows the rules of tanka, except there are three seven syllable lines that end the poem for a 5-7-5-7-7-7. Bussokusekika is an ancient form of poetry, older than Tanka or haiku. It translates to footprints of Buddha. New Moon crescent…

#Haiku Happenings #8: Barbara Kaufman’s Tanka appears in Tanka Sociery of America’s 2017 Anthology!

Originally posted on Sarah Potter Writes: Such extraversion, peonies glow neon pink: unmissable shout. That girl with a crazy hat brandishes her June paintbrush.

Originally posted on Heed not Steve: In his attempt to lay low after robbing a bank, the Invisible Man realizes, too late, he maybe could’ve picked a better hideout than Mrs. O’Halloran’s Gifted and Talented School for Lights Out Sleuthery.   this heavy air lifted by clicking cicadas —- © Steve Mitchell 2018