Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 曼殊沙華私の骨の中に父　　柴田千晶 manjushage watashi no hone no naka ni chichi             red spider lilies             father             in my bone                                                 Chiaki Shibata from “Chô Shinsen 21” ,  (“Ultra New Selection 21”) edited by Bansei Tsukushi, Yasuko Tsushima, Leona Takayama, You-shorin, Nagano, Japan, December 2010

#Haiku Happenings #4: Xenia Tran’s latest #tanka!

Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: (c)Clr’18 She sits in her armchair, her feline friend loyally by her side on her comfy bench. A time to think of life past and present not knowing what the future will bring. One lives a life filled with hope as a child, moments of despair as a…

Originally posted on Adas Poetry Alcove: Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (12) clouds and waves clouds and waves carry my dreams away tugging my anchor I stand in the shallows searching longing for your return   (No hokko attribution  for this poem, as it is one of mine.  This would…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: ? Since the season started, the deer have been round often. Do they know? Since the guns started blazing they have been coming here. Perhaps they do know. Often they are in pairs, a mother and a young one. Usually they stay close together. The young ones have been…

#Haiku Happenings #8: Tia Haynes’ latest haiku appear in Femku!