Originally posted on Vento del giorno: My tanka on Moonbathing, Fall/Winter 2020

Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: sodden field grey sky slips into brown puddles

#Haiku Happenings #9: Dave Read’s haiku appears in tinywords! mountain trail… a bear crosses my mind Dave Read Poetry

Originally posted on Ontheland: As another grey day winds down, I hide in a new writing corner. This is my first, and hopefully, last pandemic winter. Last year, the infamous 2020, covid 19 may have been lurking in January, but no whistle had been blown. It wasn’t until mid-March on the cusp of spring that…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 徳川のDNAを継ぐ冬木　大久保白村 tokugawa no DNA o tsugu fuyuki ??????????? inheriting ??????????? Shogun’s DNA ??????????? the winter tree ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Hakuson Okubo from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:? The Tokugawa ruled Japan as a shogun…

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: blue-grey skylight on birch treesand evergreensthe icicles meltedyesterday kitchen window closedno flowers nearbythe fragrance of coffeeand fresh vegetablesnoticed more Creative Note: The five senses are often mentioned in poetry. The haiku lessons I helped create at The Haiku Foundation (THF) include a plan that features the five senses:…

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: pandemic dreamthe overlapping shadowsof ravens? Haiku in Action, 2021?Nick Virgilio Haiku Association