Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: cup of coffee by the water this day to God * AUTUMN GRACE leaves of bleeding hearts now gold so do broken hearts mend so does grief heal Autumn grace * September on the horizon all the goals I can still try to reach * AUTUMN GRACE was…

Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: pig and i spring rain (Published in Frogpond, 2:3-4, 1979) © Marlene Mountain (1939 – 2018) (USA) Pigs and rain both symbolize abundance, power, and strength. So, I can see a very close connection between the first word (pig) and the last word (rain). Another element that comes to my mind is the…

Originally posted on Bending moments: Indian Ocean I touch my childhood  on its shore ? Source: A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – touch

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 向日葵の話しかけたくなる高さ　　駒木根淳子 himawari no hanashikaketakunaru takasa             sunflower             its height makes me feel like             talking to it                                                             Atsuko Komakine from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: Trebbia river the willows touch blue waters (The Trebbia is a river predominantly of Liguria and Emilia Romagna in northern Italy.) Eufemia Griffo ?

Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: I think of my dad today and how he admired Tony Hillerman’s novels, mysteries involving the Navajo Tribal Police. Once he wrote Mr. Hillerman a letter and received a gracious reply. It’s been twenty years now since my father died. He’d be ninety-nine today—perhaps he’d have…