Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ハンカチをていねいに折り冬菫　　　　桂　信子 hankachi o teinei ni ori fuyusumire             folding a handkerchief             with a well manner             winter violet                                                 Nobuko Katsura 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: …

12/23/19: rising moon longer day’s end …at the horizon againa waning crescent #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Neighbor’s cat blends in with rocks and crisp fallen leaves Shortest day is here Winter Solstice // a prelude to Christmas Joy and new Light *** Photo: Dwight L. Roth Frank Tassone asked us to write a Haikai poem about Christmas or Hanukah. This is also the Winter Solstice and…

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: fir tree dressed in snow pine cone shadows in moonlight silent night beauty This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #118: Christmas. Image source: Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. No doubt the first of many responses. Photo©Dave Croker it’s Christmas I tell the birds on the feeder putting out more seed oh, they say and clean up as usual