Month: August 2021

  • Climate Change Haiku

    Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: coastal storm surge every ten years coastlines change black clouds overhead urban heat pushes them out Christa Pandey, Austin, TX *** Placitas in drought Juniper needles crumble Even goatheads can’t sprout Stuck inside today Compost fire in South Valley No patio lunch Hundreds drown…

  • Arising: a #quadrille #haibun

    Sprawled in the mud. A night’s broken sleep. A day’s pressing demands. The cicadas cackle anyway. Leaves still rustle in a passing breeze. Life goes on. Everyone riding dragons gets thrown. The true riders get back up. cool evening a place to make a stand for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille 133, hosted by Lisa. The Pub…

  • Collaborative Haibun published in CHO

    Originally posted on Sue Dawes: This Haibun, published in CHO, begun life in a collaborative workshop led by Tim Gardiner for Colchester Writenight. Tim was kind enough to allow members to use some of his haiku published in The Flintknapper’s Ghost (Alba Publishing, 2018) to form new senryu. https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-17-2-table-of-contents/sue-dawes-buried-in-meaning/

  • 2530

    Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: crows protestover pizza toppingspark dumpster

  • Untitled post 28567

    Originally posted on Echidna Tracks: sunlit tide . . .rock pools illuminatedwith sea stars Ron C. Moss Ron C. Moss

  • “grasshoppers…” a #tanka (8/29/21)

    8/9/21: unprompted grasshoppersand the rustle ofwindblown leaveswhere have you all gonemy long-lost friends? #tanka #micropoetry #poetry

  • No Flame

    Originally posted on Heed not Steve: evening distracted –a moth on the walland another moth —— © Steve Mitchell 2021

  • World Haiku Series 2020 (77) Haiku by Natalia Kuznetsova

    Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: fireflies … where have you all gone my childhood friends (Тhe 31st ITO EN Oi Ocha Shinhaiku Contest Sponsors’ Award, 2020) ホタル どこに行ったの 私の幼なじみ an old loner in search of a mate spring in the heart (Second place Australian Haiku Society Winter Kukai 2020, seasonal kigo category) 年老いた孤独な人…