Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: TANKA floral smock chalky she holds the new boy close wipes his terrified tears and lets him sit with the girls by Paul Beech (Wales) Poetry in the Plague Year, 2020

Originally posted on Ontheland: morning rush through the curtain a clear winter day . . ©️2020 Ontheland

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 沢庵石てこでも島を出ぬ気なり　　　黛　執 takuan-ishi tekodemo shima o denu ki nari ??????????? stone for ‘takuan’ pickles ??????????? refuses to budge ??????????? to leave the island ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Shu Mayuzumi from “Haiku Saijiki” electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018 Fay’s Note:? ‘takuan’…

Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2020 (11) Haiku by Daniela Misso ? the silence of jasmine incense… evening shadows ? The Asahi Shimbun  Asahi Haikuist Network/David McMurray August 21, 2020 ? 沈黙 ジャスミンの香りの 夕方の影 ? bedridden –  the route of swallows  above my roof  ? Modern Haiku Volume 51.3 2020…

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Below are three haiku from Australian Poet Gregory Piko’s new book, “breaking my journey.” empty ocean the shearwater’s belly catches the sun   her cotton skirt falls softly to the ground steady rain   ragged edge the cabbage moth’s wing and the cabbage   This book…

Originally posted on PHOENIX: zborul intrerupt – doar pene-mprăştiate de vântul toamnei vol interrompu – seules des plumes éparpillées par le vent d’automne interrupted flight – only scattered feathers by the autumn wind Photo&Haiku : Virginia Popescu