Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: gusty! scattered showers of plum blossoms ? Happy International Haiku Poetry Day, everyone!  :- D *    *    *    * ?

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 春の夢見るために乗る宇宙船　　中田水光 haru no yume miru tame ni noru uchûsen in order to have a spring dream I ride a spaceship                                                 Suiko Nakada from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), February 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Originally posted on Icebox: The results of the 8th Genjuan Haibun Contest are as follows.  It was a good year for Canadian writers! We received 94 entries from a record 19 countries this year. Our gratitude goes to all entrants and congratulations to the awardees. We also wish to thank our new judge, Toru Kiuchi, for…

Originally posted on Easter And Spring Poetry Blog: reading the Gospelsa few verses at a timeraindrops on branches Ellen Grace Olinger Credit: Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog Image: wpclipart

Originally posted on Ontheland: It’s six days before Easter. Around the house all traces of snow are gone, replaced by puddles, hints of new green, grey, yellow and brown. Today by the porch, the first tulip tips are peeking from the earth and two roads away, red tree buds are out. to the east a…

Originally posted on Frank J. Tassone: Crescent moon-blown ripples on evening tide how these tear-culled thoughts arise each brightening night First Quarter a scythe-eyed glimps across an empty road how this dust-tongued mouth forms the right word at the wrong time Gibbous a bell-voiced cry no one hears how one dark-vowelled word ends a measure…