Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: lightning flash– what I thought were faces are plumes of pampas grass                 Basho (Tr. unknown) illuminated briefly by celestial fireworks                            Kim M. Russell, 20th May 2019 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem…

Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: Written In Response To: Frank J. Tassone #Haikai Challenge #87 (5/26/19): fawn (kanoko) – This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the fawn (kanoko). baby fawn represents the hope of a new life birthed through death’s passing ~ *…

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: two red tulipslean towards sunperennial friends new thoughtsand old memoriesfirst hummingbirdof the yearfinds lilacs From my archives: June 2014 Photo by Karl – June 2015 June 2015 Ellen Grace Olinger

Originally posted on Prairie Writers Guild – NW Indiana: slow to leaf out oaks become highwire showcase for squirrel acrobats windows against the blue sky bouncing branches catch the eye the wait is over lily of the valley peeks above green leaves I kneel to drink its fragrance to last till another spring Tanka by…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 蜘蛛の囲に星座の端がひっかかる　　月野ぽぽな kumo no i ni seiza no hashi ga hikkakaru             spider’s web             the edge of constellation             being caught                                                 Popona Tsukino from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, November 2015 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo

Originally posted on Michael Rehling: playing in every key at once i center myself on not making myself dizzy. it then becomes clear. the straight life i left for the woods of northern michigan never fit me that good anyway. i sit. hiding behind old oaks and wondering why some people cant ever just be.…