#Haiku Happenings #5: Barbara Kaufmann’s latest #haiga appears in Failed Haiku!

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 水鳥や夕日きえゆく風の中　　　久保田万太郎 mizutori ya yûhi kieyuku kaze no naka ??????????? water birds— ??????????? the evening sun disappearing ??????????? in the wind ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Mantaro Kubota from “Haiku Saijiki” electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018 Fay’s Note:? Mantaro Kubota (1889-1963)??…

1/18/21: shallow(s) and valley sunlight dappled lawnstaying in the shallow endof my thoughts mountain sunsetthe Ramapo Valleyin twilight #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog:   So Much of Life                                  making art at your bedside the vibrancy of blue     faint footprints all I love in shadows   each breath I hold for you shavasana   your old quilt— sleeping with the stars between us   sweat bees must…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: I was hanging up the washing in the veranda because it was freezing and looked like rain and noticed an atrocious stink of very fresh cat doo-doo. So, when I’d finished with the washing I cleaned both cat trays, though there wasn’t much out of the ordinary in them.…