Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: quiet dayand I watch the lighton a small paintingI bought awhile agofrom Wendy Brightbill

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: rainy Christmas mornMother earth and crisp air purea fresh beginning Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #118 Christmas/Hanukkah Author’s Note: Wishing you all a wonderful holiday. May there be peace and joy in your days.

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 宴果て猩々木（ポインセチア）の緋に疲れ　　文挾夫佐恵 utage hate poinsechia no hi ni tsukare             a party ends…             getting tired of             poinsettia’s red                                                 Fusae Fubasami from “Nihon Dai-Saijiki” (“Japanese Comprehensive Saijiki”), edited by Shuoshi Mizuhara, Shuson Kato, and Kenkichi Yamamoto, published by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan, 1981 Fay’s Note:  …

Originally posted on failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu: Enjoy your holiday however you spend it and get ready for another issue of Failed Haiku on New Year’s day at Midnight! Here is our first YouTube video! There will be more weekly, one topic each for four to five minutes. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg6qaqqP1IY ?…

Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: On my way to work yesterday at 6:30 A.M. I could not help but notice the sky.  Of course it was still dark but my eye was drawn to that gorgeous thin slice of a moon. Mischievous wink In the predawn sky one swift brush stroke Like a…