Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? laughing gulls the wind pushes me into the sea ? ? river moon the silent lights of a narrow boat ? ? moth dust a smudge of moon through drifting clouds ? Blithe Spirit vol 29 number 3 August 2019 ISSN 1353-3320

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 静かなる午前を了へぬ桐一葉　　　　加藤楸邨 shizuka naru gozen o oenu kiri hitoha    quiet morning ended… one paulownia leaf                                                             Shuson Kato from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Shuson Kato (1905-1993)

Originally posted on revivedwriter: Frank Tassone’s haikai prompt this week is autumn comtemplation (shuushi). I will contemplate this idea more later, but these are my first musings.  Brown leaf tumbles down Crinkles, crunches underfoot Ground has a blanket Tree branches shivering cold Amid changing, frigid wind ? Update: Here is a haiku that is a…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ひぐらしに肩のあたりのさみしき日　　　草間時彦 higurashi ni kata no atari no samishiki hi  evening cicada  today’s loneliness around my shoulder                                                             Tokihiko Kusama from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Tokihiko Kusama (1920-2003)

Originally posted on K.: covered with voices songs like the rattle of bones a chorus of leaves mirroring the wind spiraling dances transformed with patterns winging newly colored hours stillness in constant motion shadowing the light My September grid, and an autumn contemplation for Frank Tassone’s #haikai challenge 102. The elements are turning.