Month: September 2020
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Brooms Out Back: an .@ImageCurve #Haibun
The broom rests against the vinyl siding adjacent to the storm door. Its yellow bristles scatter out like unkempt hair from one side. A black foam guard overlays a gray plastic staff. Mira steps outside, chattering with her sister overseas. She sweeps curled, yellowing maple leaves on-handed as she converses about God-knows-what in Portuguese. Even…
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Salt on the tongue
Originally posted on the other bunny: The sea is the sea is the sea is the sea whether on the Costa del Sol or a demure resort on the Isle of Wight sunrise over the pelagic horizon matching underwear Diana Webb
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drip feed
Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: trickling down the kids ask about the old coffee percolator
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Daily Haiku: Sept. 6, 2020
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: dappled light a patch of leaf litter becomes sparrows by Kristen Lindquist (USA) Editor’s Choice The Cicada’s Cry, Summer 2020 Issue Bio note: Kristen’s daily haiku blog, Book of Days, is at http://www.kristenlindquist.com/blog
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My Daily #Haiku (9/6/20)
9/6/20: adoption a falling leaf–the nearly fifty yearssince my adoption #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Six Shorts
Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: midafternoon snack of juicy watermelon ripe and red and sweet ? ? stepping back quickly— a rattler ready to strike warns me just in time ? ? a change in her luck after the sunflowers bloom— retreating cancer ? ? adjusting the light while using the cutting board for…
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Haiku: On Covid-19 Time
#Haiku Happenings #2: Al Gallia’s latest #haibun! Searching for Serendipity The old man, soon to be 80 years old, awakens on a Tuesday morning as he always does. He lies quietly in bed, listening to his wife’s soft breathing, and thanks God for this new day, her untroubled sleep, and their continuing health. Glancing at…
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agony
Originally posted on The Lotus: agony the distance between
Frank J. Tassone 