Day: March 17, 2023

“a simple…” a #tanka (3/17/23)

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3/17/23: sweep a simple sweep of the broom behind the bar the St. Patrick’s Day crowd presses in #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

Welcoming June

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Originally posted on Robert Up At Dawn:
In dawn’s early lightcloaked by fresh green foliageromancing house wrens At the feeder ahummingbird’s stillness explainedby wings never seen In soil overturnedan inquisitive robinharvests unearthed worms The porch light left onas sleepless parents listenfor a spring date’s end With June’s arrivala…

Today’s Haiku (March 17, 2023)

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Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi):
春睡や四肢あがきてはやがて鰭　　　有澤榠櫨　 shunsui ya shishi agakitewa yagate hire ??????????? sleeping on a spring day— ??????????? I struggle and my limbs ??????????? become fins ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Karin Arisawa from Haiku, a monthly haiku magazine, June 2022 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo