Month: August 2018

  • late summer, autumn near

    Originally posted on Ontheland: Anise Hyssop, August 19, 2018, 10 am : late August mornings the weight of exhausting heat no longer deters sleep-ins, strolling out at nine in soft zephyrs, dewy light : In late summer the pressure to get out to the garden before 8 a.m. is easing up. It is still cool…

  • “gray sky…” a #tanka

    8/20/18: mystery gray sky grasshopper songs as a jet descends why we hurt each other a heartbreaking mystery #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Behold the Wizard

    Originally posted on the other bunny: his staff a thunderbolt his cloak dark sheets of hail his foe translucent air a whorl of smoke the stench of skunk Moses, Merlin, Gandalf graybeards in lightning spell craft . . . a recluse fingers his magic bone— mountain hermitage Anna Cates ?

  • Autumn

    Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: Photographed on my walk this morning cool air floods the night as autumn rounds the corner – first splash of color Pat R 8/11/18 For Frank Tassone’s haikai Challenge : Autumn Nears

  • Aki Chikashi

    Aki Chikashi

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Reena Saxena’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • My Daily #Haiku (8/20/18)

    8/20/18: timid timidity of a tame tiger Autumnal night #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • 8.19 (s) weak mourning /haikai 47

    #Haiku Happenings #3: Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge!   weak mourning mourning morning light the disappearance of day; cricket orchestra somber strands – seasonal waltz dew clings to summer’s dawn hem weak week to detect the loss of lightning bug glow; the last Monarchs fly ©JP/dh via 8.19 (s) weak mourning…

  • Web Makers

    Originally posted on Roth Poetry: All around my back yard, flower beds, and garden, I am finding spiders at work building webs, hoping to snare some unsuspecting insect. As summer draws to a close, fall sneaks in quietly, with shorter days and welcomed cooler temperatures. Spiders will use their catch for nourishment to help then…