Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: roses by the windowfill with sunlightnew morning Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Photo by Mota Junior on Pexels.com Orange and Pink Roses by Ida Waugh, courtesy of Reusable Art. Pink Rose Drawing is courtesy of Reusable Art. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: gulls liftingfrom the sandcorn an inch tall Published in?SMILE?(2009; 2010) and?BELL’S LETTERS POET?(2010). Photo by Amar Saleem on Pexels.com Photo by Anthony on Pexels.com Photo by Tara Winstead on Pexels.com Photo by Nico Becker on Pexels.com

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 男一匹鯖一匹の青さかな　　　古舘曹人 otoko ippiki saba ippiki no aosa kana ??????????? one man ??????????? and one mackerel… ??????????? the blue ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Sojin Furudate from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog:     Memorial Service dark winter sky mourners approach in single file   memorial service — work on the left family on the right   slide show a handsome young soldier with the same nose   eulogy — his only son  tests the mic   ending…