Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 塩鮭に鶏とほく鳴きにけり　　　　飯田龍太 shiozake ni niwatori tôku nakinikeri             salted salmon             a cock cries             in the distance                                                 Ryuta Iida from “Nihon Dai-Saijiki” (“Japanese Comprehensive Saijiki”),  edited by Shuoshi Mizuhara, Shuson Kato, and Kenkichi Yamamoto, published by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan, 1981 Fay’s Note:　Ryuta Iida (1920-2007) …

Originally posted on Ontheland: ice floats snow drifts..onshore melting to spring : early thaw when ice puddles gleam feet stick to snow : : ©️2019 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #71

Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: I am going to miss this show. I used to watch it when it first came out when I lived in Toronto. At that time, it just felt too weird watching a man who had similar behaviours that one of my colleagues had. Granted, Mr. Monk’s were more…

Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . old woman quiet in her garden unfurling roses ? ? ? ? .

#Haiku Happenings #1 (2/5/19): Suzanne’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: Not So Cold Having lived most of my life in Western New York (WNY), land of blizzards and the dreaded Lake Effect Storm, I find winter to be a different animal here in the central (north-to-south) mid-west. The mid-Missouri winters I have experienced since 2012 have been more like a WNY…

#Haiku Happenings #8: Xenia Tran’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!