Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): カルナヴァル自立もできぬまま離職　　　澤田和弥 karunavaru jiritsu mo dekinu mama rishoku             carnival             I quit a job before I become             self-support Kazuya Sawada from ‘Noise,’ No. 3, 2016, edited by Hisanori Takai, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan Fay’s Note:  Kazuya Sawada (1980-2015)  ‘carnival’ is a summer kigo

Originally posted on Ontheland: In May, just days ago it seems, I felt summer on my skin, inhaled its warm scents and, responding to familiar cues, started pulling out summer clothes. Now early June feels like spring again. What a topsy turvy time this is…after winter before summer. between the rains tall grasses blowing in…

#Haiku Happenings #3: Debbie Strange wins first place in the Otherworldly Intergalactic Haiku Competition, 2019! Warp and Weft ~ Images and Words: OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition, 2019 — Read on debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/2019/06/otherwordly-intergalactic-haiku.html

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: colours of spring the brightness of shadows ? by Maureen Sudlow (New Zealand) November 2018

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This fits (almost) Frank Tassone’s challenge heat rises shrill cries spiralling three buzzards ? leaf shade wilts into floating pollen-bursts thoughts drop unspoken ? beneath the bee-loud acacia perfume drips languid as birdsong

Originally posted on Shore/lines: Published in Otata, June 2019 ink brush night wraps paper wraps stone