Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: elles s’en foutent du panneau défense d’entrer ! les violettes they disregard the No Trespassing sign! violets tellement plus grand que son flacon — l’essence de lavande so much bigger than its bottle — essence of lavender sommeil agité — un seul aboiement dans le noir puis le…

#Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Tran’s latest haiku appears in THF’s Haiku Dialogue!

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): どこまでの空どこまでの芒原　　谷屋恵美子 dokomade no sora dokomade no susukihara             where the sky ends             and where the field             of pampas grass ends                                                 Emiko Taniya from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 渡り鳥みるみるわれの小さくなり　　上田五千石 watadidori mirumiru ware no chisaku nari             migrating birds             I become small             so fast                                                 Gosengoku Ueda from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  Gosengoku Ueda (1933-1997)

Originally posted on haiku tree: 3 a.m. waking up far too soon ?

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: ? no stars to guide the storm black water floods black earth indifferently ? sky swollen with rain lowers instead of stars raindrops streak the darkness ? after weeks and weeks of drought rain falls and falls and when it stops the earth’s bones are still dry ? trees…

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: emerald leaves turnpainted in warm earthy huesautumn equinox coloring summer’s landscapeshades of pumpkin, yellow, brown Frank J. Tassone: Hakai Challenge #105 September Equinox