Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: We asked poets to write like Issa and recieved a few entries which we will carry over the next few days, as the Issa Week following his anniversary on the 5th of January. This is the last post of the Issa Week. A big thank you to all who contributed…

Originally posted on the other bunny: the age of the forest is negotiable at the edge of sanity foghorn Hemapriya Chellappan

#Haiku Happenings #1 (1/11/21): Barbara Kaufmann’s haiku appreas in the Prune Juice Book of Senryu Celebrating Ten Years 2010-2019!

Originally posted on Rooted in Love: وضعت فمي على فمهاكأني بين شفتيها وجدتمهد الشعر والنبيذ ~ نمش بشرتهاالخريطة التي بهاأعبر الى النجوم ~ أبدأ نهاريوأنا أرتشف الدفىءمن شفتيك ~ كالثلج الأبيضيستقر العمرفي شعري Like white snowage settleson my hair ~ Batroun, Winter Night & Books Tea on a cold nightfinishing a bookand starting another

Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: I walk barefoot on the gravel path, ignoring the pain. My pulse quickens, my blood runs hot. I feel as though I could float, or leap for joy. I’m going to visit my old friend the ginkgo. To shave off time, and arrive sooner, I double my speed. Now…