Originally posted on Rooted in Love: Tannourine el Tahta, Lebanon, January 01, 2019 Through the windowof my longingthe first light of the year

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: blooming on the wind icy flowers swirl and melt on a waiting tongue Kim M. Russell, 4th January 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1577 snowflakes (kazahana) This month we are exploring the kigo (seasonwords) of winter. Chèvrefeuille reminds us that one of the basic rules of a…

#Haiku Happenings #1 (1/4/19): Barbara Kaufmann’s latest #tanka appears in Skylark!

Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: Here are the last two questions on the interview: 4 Any advice on writing haiku? All the adages you’ve already heard, apply. Please study what the masters studied but do not imitate. Show, don’t tell. Over the tongue, 1,000 times (meaning, edit). And so on.…

Originally posted on Grahn Song: miss fidgety told me of her knitting . . . the yarn had a twist

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 初春や歌舞伎の雪は正方形　　　松尾隆信 hatsuharu ya kabuki no yuki wa seihôkei             New Year—             Kabuki’s snowflakes are             squares                                                 Takanobu Matsuo from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo