Originally posted on Haiku Art Site: January thaw . . .letting goof old heartaches Published in?A Splash of Water: Haiku Society of America 2015 Members’ Anthology, edited by Catherine J.S. Lee. Ellen Grace Olinger

Originally posted on Michael Rehling: #Haiku Happenings #2: Michael Rehling’s #haiga #70! Michael Rehling View original post

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: bright frozen daybreak blackbird’s harsh cry echoing shattering the peace Carpe Diem: http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2019/01/carpe-diem-1582-black-birds-modern-kigo.html #Hakai Happenings: https://frankjtassone.com/2019/01/05/haikai-happenings-68-1-5-19-first-raven-crow-cryhatsugarasu-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: closed casket kin gather after a long time © Panagiotis Kentikelenis (Greece) A heartfelt senryu that reflects human miseries and departures. “closed casket” may symbolize death, annihilation, and endless miseries where a person exists but does not live life fully. In this case, I can see the departure of a…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 蒲団干す未来へ旅に出るごとく　　しなだしん futon hosu mirai e tabi ni deru gotoku             drying futon             as if making a trip             to the future                                                 Shin Shinada from ‘Hayabusa no Mune’(‘Falcon’s Chest’) haiku collection by Shin Shinada, Fusansu-Do, Tokyo 2011 Fay’s Note:  ‘futon hosu’ (drying (airing?) futon’…

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: bittersweet of cherry tomatoes on my tongue the lingering memories of my stepmother ephemerae (issue 3 Winter 2018)