Month: June 2020

  • Give and take

    #Haiku Happenings #2: Eugenia’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

  • nd 6.1 Past, Present, Futures? 5P – Jules Pens Some Gems…

    Haiku Happenings #1 (6/2/20): Jules’ solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! Past, Present, Futures? (solo renga series) how far to travel to help friends in need? to see robin’s egg blue sky? clean the dirty window there? or keep ’em covered; no glare… to reflect a ‘tell’ to spill the beans on cards held?…

  • Off the Leash: A #Quadrille #TankaProse

    Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war Marc Antony, “Julius Caesar,” Act 3, Scene 1, line 273 Officer Derek Chauvin Kills George Floyd. Why? When will Black Lives matter? kneeling unleashs a nation eight minutes to snuff out a life, then six days demanding justice for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille #105: Cry Havoc and…

  • Issue 54 is now UP!!!

    Originally posted on failed haiku – a journal of English Senryu: I want to thank Praniti Gulyani for being our Guest Editor for this issue! Wow, she brought a lot of energy and creativity to both the topic she selected and to her role as an editor. I think a fine young poet is on…

  • Ranunculus acris

    Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: before the sun rises dew on a buttercup

  • Today’s Haiku (June 1, 2020)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ハンモック牧の匂ひの風が来る   鈴木興治 hanmokku maki no nioi no kaze ga kuru  hammock  the wind comes with a scent of a pasture                                                             Koji Suzuki from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

  • “As a nation bleeds…” a #tanka / #kyoka (6/1/20)

    6/1/20: #41 PROMPT strength and perseverance dragon, koi Art Hug from Meher McArthur As a nation bleeds its institutional sin turning septic a hymn again offers hope: “We shall overcome someday…” #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#JusticeForGeorgeLloyd#BLM

  • June 2020 (3 thoughts and 1 collage)

    Originally posted on K.: four leaf clover– the greening magic of earthsong time now flies on different wings June always reminds me of my childhood summers, spent almost entirely outdoors.  Looking for 4-leaf clovers was one recurring activity. always new places calling me home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnofouLeUhk