Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Today we had lunch and a great visit with some old friends. Dan enjoys beekeeping in his back yard. He built the hive tower from plans he found on the internet. He had some difficulty this spring with the hive swarming up into a tree, but he was finally able…

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: wild roses she catches him kissing her sister   by Bee Jay (Australia) Frogpond, Vol. 41:2, Spring/Summer 2018

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: A Journey with Bashō  faithful servantgains high regard for rengachained cherry blossoms~~~learning the art of a craftby following a master~~~once mentor is gonestudent becomes a teacherbutterfly takes wing~~~thoughts turn to honored poetwith the voice of a master~~~a reclusive lifebeside a banana treeplagued by loneliness~~~follow master’s examplefind solace in distant friends~~~seeking peace…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 一日に一齢加へ白牡丹　　　鷹羽狩行 ichinichi ni ichirei kuwae shiro-botan ??????????? adding one year ??????????? per day ??????????? white peonies ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Shugyo Takaha from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

#Haiku Happenings #4: Dr. Lavin’s latest haiku! Yellow desert rose I expectantly await You prickly beauty

Originally posted on whimsy~mimsy: I watch the sunsetin the puddle before mereflecting clearlyscarlet and gold vividlystretched across the horizon