Month: January 2019

  • Published!!

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: One of my haiku was selected for the latest edition of Blithe Spirit, the journal of the British Haiku Society It’s great to see these three little lines in print.  Thank you BHS

  • Falls

    Originally posted on haiku tree: a hug lingers too long snow quietly falls ?

  • Today’s Haiku (January 4, 2019)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 初旅の窓に人の名書いて消す   西村睦子 hatsutabi no mado ni hito no na kaite kesu             first trip of the year             I write and erase his name             on the window                                                 Mutsuko Nishimura from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), September 2009 Issue, Tokyo Shiki…

  • Disillusion

    Originally posted on Grahn Song: @winter . . . you’ve lost my attention! Let the sun turn the world green and children play in the park. fortune cookie I count spare change anticipating a bargain

  • “first sparrow…” a #tanka (1/4/19)

    1/4/19: prompt-free first sparrow the empty work station where our friend sat the chill on my tear follows me home #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • Pain (Haibun)

    Originally posted on O at the Edges: Pain Pain reminds me that I’m breathing, still able to appreciate the fragrance of French roast coffee brewing, the diced red pepper, onion and jalapeño mixture sizzling in the pan. Today is a good day. When I roll out the dough for the onion tart, the leg barely…

  • Tanka

    Originally posted on Bending moments: yet another arms sale in the news trying to make sense of the world and our myths (Ribbons Fall 2018, vol 14, no.3)

  • Haiku: New Resolutions

    Haiku: New Resolutions

    Originally posted on The Dark Netizen: New Year Comes With Zeal, Absurd Resolutions Made. Never Last, They Fade… Prompt: Haikai Challenge #67