Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu stifling a yawnin the companyof myself   by Tom Clausen (USA) http://www.tomclausen.wordpress.com, Jan. 29, 2014

Originally posted on A Poet in Time: So careful a gardener, he patiently weeds between the pebbles. ? This tanka is dedicated to my dear husband, Ritchie Kendall.   each day you kneel and work in the garden I can think of nothing more prayer-like than this ? ? Published in the Tanka Society of…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): あまたなる足音を吸い枯木道　　恒藤滋生　 amata naru ashioto o sui kareki-michi sucking numerous footsteps the street with withered trees ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Shigeo Tsunefuji from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: autumn . . . colours of the wind     by Nisha Raviprasad (India)  

Originally posted on Australian Haiku Society: Judge’s Comments I have judged the kukai for a number of years now and I’m always honoured to read and savour the many fine poems that are inspired by the images. The winner’s list is always well-considered and I’m pleased to say there are always haiku and senryu that…

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. Sandra Martyres baby’s cradle –the kitten and puppy tootry to squeeze in gecko! show thyselfrid us of…