Month: May 2021

  • Word Craft: Prose & Poetry, The Art of Crafting Syllabic Poetry is now Available in Paperback

    Word Craft: Prose & Poetry, The Art of Crafting Syllabic Poetry is now Available in Paperback

    #Haiku Happenings #4: Colleen Chesebro’s new book on writing #Haikai and other forms is out!

  • My Daily #Haiku (5/18/21)

    5/18/21: bonfire when “The Bonfireof the Vanities” was new–withering wind #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #TANKA TUESDAY WEEKLY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 226 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT

    Originally posted on Ladyleemanila: OLYMPOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA: Trent MacDonald, photographerUS DIGITAL CAMERA commune with naturestop, listen to its talkchasing waterfall chasing waterfallsound of the fountain of lifeever so faithful ever so faithfulstridently trickling downsplashing like pearls splashing like pearlscleanses the soul and spiritrefreshingly good refreshingly goodcool water, my loyal frienddrizzling onto me drizzling onto mea…

  • Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: iron curtain soaked in rain blue

  • !ove

    Originally posted on petrujviljoen: love leaves meundone. Leaves me callingon God

  • Slice of Life: a #haibun (5/13/21)

    The warmth of the early afternoon drops to an uncomfortable cool. Numb fingers tap away, while sparrows and robin sing on, indifferent to the chill. Sun-swallowing swarms of cumulus cloud ensure that the cool will remain. Mira and Frank chatted about invitations. He’s finally tending to his upcoming Court of Honor. I managed to motivate…

  • Today’s Haiku (May 13, 2021)

    Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 五月雨が生家をたたく返事がない  田島健一 samidare ga seika o tataku henji ga nai ??????????? May rain knocks ??????????? the house I was born ??????????? no answer ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Kenichi Tajima from Tadanaranu Po (Unusual ‘Po’), haiku collection of Kenichi Tajima, Furansu-do, Tokyo 2017

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    Originally posted on purehaiku: that whisper of light– it shines in all directions, radiating songs © Kerfe Roig 2021 Kerfe Roig rearranges her world with images and words in two rooms located in NYC. This haiku is part of our Unfurling series…