Originally posted on Ontheland: I learned about how to look after a yard from my father.  I watched him trim hedges, regularly mow and rake grass, trim cedar hedges, plant pansies purchased at the May Fair, turn on the sprinkler.  The result was an orderly lawn on a small city lot.  Now, a country field…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 僕のほかに腐るものなく西日の部屋　　福田若之 boku no hokani kusaru mono naku nishibi no heya             nothing to go rotten             except me… in the room             with the westering sun                                                 Wakayuki Fukuda from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note …

Originally posted on Project words: ? Delighted to appear in the Spring/Summer issue of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal ? spring rain the child jumps from cloud to cloud ? Rachel Sutcliffe Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 1.2 Spring/Summer 2018 https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? summer heat a willow dips its roots in the river ? Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, vol 1:2, Spring/Summer 2018 https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: The hibiscus flower blooms only for one day then dries up.  I am amazed that such beauty is so short-lived. Yet it opens in all its splendid glory making the most of that one day in the sunlight. If you or I were only promised one day of life, would…

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Paul Klee: Dancing Under The Empire Of Fear, 1938 chicchi di riso – i sogni rimbalzano dietro alla luna rice grains – dreams bounce away after the moon puzzle pieces … trying to put together what remains of a life pezzi del puzzle … ricongiungere adagio resti di vita…