Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: dragging the shadow in the dust after dawn

Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: These are the other three contributions published in Failed haiku, issue February. Thank you very much to Bryan Rickert and Michael Rehling, again.🙏 death anniversarythose black clouds againbehind the window( in memory ofRachel Sutcliffe) first day of worka flight of butterfliesin my belly abandoned housethe ivy leaves wrapeven…

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: new leaveson the birch treestudy window in Spring The Birch Tree Landscape Drawing by Rex Vicat Cole is courtesy of Reusable Art – Breathing New Life Into Old Art.

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ピアニストのときどきえくぼ聖五月 ?宮崎斗士 pianisuto no tokidoki ekubo sei-gogatsu ??????????? occasionally a ?dimple ??????????? on the pianist’s face ??????????? holy May ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Toshi Miyazaki from Sonna Ao (That Kind of Blue), haiku collection of Toshi Miyazaki, Rikka Shorin, Tokyo 2014 Fay’s Note: “sei-gogatsu” (holy May) or “seibo-zuki”…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 鳥の巣の闇ふかふかと海へ向く　　しなだしん tori no su no yami fukafuka to umi e muku ??????????? bird nest’s darkness ??????????? softly, softly ??????????? faces the sea ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Shin Shinada from Hayabusa no Mune (Falcon’s Chest) haiku collection by Shin Shinada, Fusansu-Do, Tokyo 2011 Fay’s Note:? “bird nest’ is a…