Originally posted on revivedwriter: We are writing haikai with the summer or winter kigo (depending on our hemisphere) of our choice. Mosquito picnic: Lengthening days invaded Pesky bloodsuckers Here’s an unrelated photo, taken by me last summer

Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: almost solsticelow swingingstick through nettles

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 十字路のわれらハンカチほどの影　　　仲村青彦 jûjiro no warera hankachi hodo no kage             at the crossroad             we are shadows as small as             handkerchiefs                                                 Aohiko Nakamura from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), February  2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  ‘hankachi’ (handkerchief) is a…

Originally posted on Mindfills: silhouettes of truth accruing value with voices kindling freedoms blood soars, sears the same red for every human’s rights *Mindfills for Sue Vincent’s #writephoto – soar Reena’s exploration challenge – juneteenth .. emancipation

Originally posted on Belinda Broughton: . Some parts of our block are very slow to recover. It even burnt the soil, of course. Our border is obvious now. The other side is green. Weeds mostly, but still. We do have a beautiful patch with native lilies, legumes and other things. Grow Babies! Grow!

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: long summer day . . . launching worms into the pond, a boy with a stick       by Michael McClintock (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. XXXII, No. 3, Fall, 2001