Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: 10 English haiku hajimemashite says the young mother to her newborn baby はじめまして 若い母親が言う 彼女の生まれたばかりの赤ちゃんに Note: “hajimemashite” is a Japanese phrase, whose meaning is “How do you do?” choosing mate a bird sings love songs Valentine’s Day 連れを選ぶため 鳥が愛の歌を歌う バレンタイン・デー misty sea a sail floats in the air…

Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * aging gracefully mountains crumble yet lotus blossom * first bite of mango the season flowing down my chin *

Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: by Kavya Janani the same nightmarea different wellevery night

Originally posted on Bending moments: down the street the neighbourhood washed in morning sun on a window the face of a woman lost in her own world * ( Blithe Spirit, #32.1, 2022)

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 朝に摘む味噌汁の菜や雛祭　　　米田清文 asa ni tsumu misoshiru no na ya hina-matsuri ??????????? greens for miso soup ??????????? picked up in the morning— ??????????? Hina Doll Festival ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Kiyofumi Yoneta from Kakyô (Home Country), a haiku collection of Kiyofumi Yoneta, Furansu-do, Tokyo, 2017 Fay’s Note:? Hina Doll Festival…