Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 鵙の贄白紙のやうな空がある　    松野苑子 mozu no nie hakushi no yôna sora ga aru             shrike’s offering…             there is the sky             like a blank paper                                                             Sonoko Matsuno from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, Jnuary 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note: ‘mozu’ (shrike)…

Originally posted on Rooted in Love: The beauty of her face… to simply gaze at her peace enters my heart ~ Autumn evening… to the candlelight I watch the beauty of her face

Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: ‪an early moonrise‬ ‪a hummingbird’s silhouette ‬ ‪flys across‬

Originally posted on revivedwriter: This is for Frank J. Tassone’s haikai challenge. This week, the prompt is, fittingly, Halloween. I usually enjoy this holiday and especially All Saint’s Day the day after. this has made me realize that I still need a costume! Funny-faced pumpkins Laugh in death’s disfigured face This Halloween night Photo by…

#Haiku Happenings #4: Peter Bouchier’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge! This year’s HalloweenNannie takes flying lessonsfor the occasion one and half a centuryshe has been a figurehead Jubilee