Originally posted on Bending moments: ultrasound gel as she circles the probe I read her face (First Prize) *** cancer diagnosis i add a red lipstick to my collection (Highly commended) First published in Wild, The British Haiku Society Anthology 2019 http://www.haikuhut.com/MurthaContestResults2019.pdf

Originally posted on Prune Juice Journal of Senryu & Related Forms: The July 2019 issue of Prune Juice is now available, featuring the winners of the 4th Annual H. Gene Murtha Senryu Contest, cover art by Tiffany Shaw-Diaz, and over 100+ poets from around the globe. Click the cover or link below to view the PDF!…

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? lumps in the mattress all the jobs I’ve left undone ? sighing wind yesterday’s news all around the street ? ? backyard burning the neighbours’ row dwindles to dawn ? ? homebrew a taste of algae in the demijohn ? Prune Juice Issue 28, July 2019 ? https://prunejuice.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/pj28.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0vpPfuL-d5M7PB3n6EyNS9rjmqnETg3yfFNSYrKgUXcZnZV641qqHFzCs  ?…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 七月や口にとび込む雨甘く　　保坂伸秋 shichigatsu ya kuchi ni tobikomu ame amaku             July—             rain jumping into my mouth             sweet                                                 Nobuaki Hosaka from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006