Month: January 2021
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#Haikai Challenge #175 (1/23/21): Wolf Moon (Ōkami no tsuki) / #176 (1/30/21): hawk (taka) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you for your commitment to justice, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Jules2. Reena Saxena3. s.s.4. Jane Dougherty 5. Li/Lisa Fox of W MI, USA6. Goutam Dutta7. Janice8. Revived Writer 9. Kerfe Roig10. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Ultreya! Another double-header #Haikai Challenge this week!…
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COVID winter – – haibun
Originally posted on Ontheland: the news is a cacophony of stress … more COVID variants, more positive tests, more deaths, talk of ICU triage guidelines, and the vaccine rollout slowing to a trickle. What can I say? What can I do? deep snow on the deck and it’s still snowing But who wants to read…
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slump
Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: remains ?of the rain-pocked snowman ?my morning face ?
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Today’s Haiku (January 30, 2021)
Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 北風やイエスの言葉つきまとふ 野見山朱鳥 kitakaze ya iesu no kotoba tsukimatou ??????????? north wind— ??????????? Jesus’ words ??????????? follow me ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Asuka Nomiyama from “Haiku Saijiki” electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018 Fay’s Note:? Asuka Nomiyama (1917-1970)
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Crossroad of Destiny: a #tankaprose
David Attenborough has spent his life dedicated to the natural world. He recently finished narrating Our Planet, a Netflix nature documentary series. In a follow-up to the series, he demonstrates our two possible futures. The first is a consequence of continuing our unsustainable, global lifestyle. Oceans increase in acidity. Polar caps melt, as coastal areas…
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garden journal
Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: There is always something beautiful to see in the garden. Snow on the forsythia, perhaps cardinals by the autumn pumpkins, and snow on the roof of the old garage today. We bought carrots for the rabbit who has claimed our yard too. Then when the yard is covered…
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Weekend Daily Haiku: Jan. 30, 2021
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: bills paid the tiger lily past its prime by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA) New Resonance, 2, 2001
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Casalinghitudine – Homeliness
Originally posted on Vento del giorno: mattino grigioaspettando la neveil primo caffè grey morningwaiting for snowmy first coffee giorno di geloquasi caldo il fornoper la crostata frost dayalmost hot the ovenfor a pie tajine speziatacon la voglia di soleanche solo nel piatto spiced taginecraving for suneven just on a plate © A.M. Patrick William Adam
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