Originally posted on dVerse: Photo by Alexandr Podvalny on Pexels.com Welcome, poets, to another Haibun Monday, where we blend prose and haiku together to form that famous Japanese poetic form! I am Frank Tassone, your host, and today, I’m taking us back to school! It’s the penultimate day of August. Many schools have reopened, and…

Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: UHTS SAMURAI HAIBUN CONTEST 2021 Dear all, SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ANNUAL UHTS SAMURAI HAIBUN CONTEST OPEN: 1st -30th September 2021 Please note this new email for your submissions:  haibuncontest2021@gmail.com Do?“not”?use the?cattails?submissions guidelines for contests. RESULTS: The names of winners (only) will be notified by email and the winning poems will be published with the Judge’s commentary…

#Haiku Happenings #7: Barbara Kaufmann’s haiku appeared in Brass Bell! ringing phone my granddaughter calls with one more joke      Brass Bell: A Haiku Journal June 1, 2021 Ringing Phone – wabi sabi ~~~ poems and images

Originally posted on the other bunny: Conspiracy theories bubblewrap the vaccine’s debut during the third lockdown.  Chatter of alien DNA and big bro trackers make my mind up: I want  the jab.  Stardust courses through my veins and  I never know which universe I’m in.  Besides, Pan is a hungry god and I don’t want…

Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: follow the cold into empty homes

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: late Augustand still Summerbees and goldenrodby a sunny windowon a quiet morning Photo by Ylanite Koppens on Pexels.com Photo by Steve Art on Pexels.com Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com Photo by Peter Simmons on Pexels.com