Originally posted on Grahn Song: A closed book tells no stories. An unlit candle sheds no light. Here before you stands a recluse, flesh laid bare to the teeth of a perilous world, waiting here to share with you the quiet fruits of solitude. The years are flying by and it’s time to light some…

#Haiku Happenings #2: Rene Hearthchild’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! https://frankjtassone.com/2018/12/08/haikai-challenge-64-12-8-18-winter-mountains-fuyu-no-yama-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/ Image: Pixabay.com Horizon’s delight Winter mountains confection Frosted gingerbread ©VIGIL HOURS & Rene Hearthchild, 2018 ~ All rights reserved. — Read on vigilhours.com/2018/12/12/winter-mountains-confection/

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: dandelion leaf– the journey of a ladybug by Rosa Maria Di Salvatore (Italy)

Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . woods on the hill’s crest hidden paths ? ? ? ? .

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 底冷や今日いちにちの灯を消して　　刈米育子 sokobie ya kyô ichinichi no hi o keshite             chilly to the bone—             turning off the lights             of a day                                                 Yasuko Kariyone from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, January 2014 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? city sidewalk the musk of leaves in the gutter ? A Sense of Place: City sidewalk scents, December 12, 2018 Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/12/12/a-sense-of-place-city-sidewalk-smell/?fbclid=IwAR1N-DX65mXSUxJ2OwsoV9ye6_h-SQxHBm6rhiDWzvtNMnXXOYG7BPJlg-c