Originally posted on Shore/lines: In Otata #32, August 2018: midsummer from one world to the next green woodpecker

Originally posted on Ontheland: For last weekend’s Troiku Weekend-Meditation Chevrefeuille chose two haiku by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828): “…one of the five greatest haiku poets ever. His haiku are known for the simple choice of words, but also for its emotions. Issa had a tough life in which he had to deal with several very hard…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 花栗のちからかぎりに夜もにほふ　　　飯田龍太 hanaguri no chikara kagiri ni yo mo niou             chestnut blossoms             their scent with the endless power             even at night                                                             Ryuta Iida from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Ryuta Iida (1920-2007)   ‘hanaguri’ or ‘kuri no…

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: following sun’s trail long day fishing on the lake fried fish for dinner waves in fading light afterglow on the water boats passing at dusk clouds glow at sunset towering over the lake gulls come in to roost A trio of haiku as a late response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge…

Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: ? foglie di edera il doloroso intreccio dei miei ricordi spiaggia d’inverno la conversazione silenziosa di un vecchio pescatore solstizio d’estate il grano maturo brilla al chiaro di luna tornando a casa il tempo si ferma solo per un momento Eufemia Griffo https://otatablog.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/otata-32-august-2018-post.pdf

#Haiku Happenings #5: Barbara Kaufmann’s #haiga appears in Under the Basho!