Originally posted on Rooted in Love: Douma, Lebanon, Stone Wall The old village wall…I pass my fingersover its stonesand ask themwhat they remember

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 真清水の音のあはれを汲みて去る　　黒田杏子 mashimizu no oto no aware o kumite saru             crystal spring water             the pathos of its sound             I scoop up and leave                                                 Momoko Kuroda from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  ‘shimizu’ (spring water) is a…

#Haiku Happenings #4: Jack Galmitz’s latest haiku!

Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: This is the last post in the Lockdown Poetry series. To all those who contributed a very big thank you from all of us at Cafe Haiku. If you sent us something and we did not carry it, do not get discouraged – try again next time. A very big…

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: re:Virals 249 Welcome to re:Virals, The Haiku Foundation’s weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week’s poem was?  plumes of smoke   curl around…   the half-opened roses  ?— Hifsa Ashraf, haikuniverse (2019)? Corine Timmer considers life’s rituals: Each time I read this…

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: reflected moon once I was young like a victory © A.M. https://underthebasho.com/current-year/ku/3262-anna-maria-domburg-sancristoforo.html

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 行先を食べはじめたる蝸牛　　堀切克洋 yukisaki o tabehajimetaru katstsumuri             it starts to eat             the destination             a snail                                                 Katsuhiro Horikiri from “Shakutori no Michi” (Inchworm Road), haiku collection of Katsuhiro Horikiri, Bungaku no Mori, Tokyo 2018