Originally posted on Ontheland: This January I find myself surrendering to winter, adapting to the calls of sleep, oven casseroles, and layers of cotton, wool and polyester—layers worn and taken off with changes in damp and chill. Dreams, no resolutions, but hazy sightings of possibility accompany me under layers of comforters. They nestle within as…

Originally posted on Michael Rehling: #Haiku Happenings #5: Michael Rehling’s #haiga #67! Michael Rehling View original post

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 生きてゐる冬の泉を聴くために　　　　杉山久子 ikiteiru fuyu no izumi o kiku tame ni             I live             to listen             the winter spring                                                             Hisako Sugiyama from ‘Izumi’ (‘Spring’) haiku collection by Hisako Sugiyama, Furansu-do, Tokyo 2015 Fay’s Note:   Last line may not work well in English.   ‘sprng’ here…

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: more snow– a man on the bus with a braille laptop ? by Tom Clausen (USA) Upstate Dim Sum, 2011/11

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: paper wishes fly in a blossom-scented breeze goodbye to winter Kim M. Russell, 10th January 2019 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1581 Setsubun Today we are being inspired with a classical kigo: setsubun, the last day of winter, which features ritualistic chasing of devils…

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: Silence: I hear the wind, water, and the life of the seasons. Sound of a snow shovel, people mowing lawns in summer, tree work in the neighborhood, and the music young people are playing these days. recollectionsof summers gone byvoices on the breeze Music: Good to honor all…