Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: ? hungry flames throw sparks marauding, insatible – nature pushes back Pat R 7/12/18 For Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge where the prompt is ‘Fire‘ & Haiku Horizons where the prompt is ‘Throw‘. ?

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Each evening we see the videos of the out of control fires in California. The latest one was started by someone with intent. The fire turned into a roaring inferno, destroying whole communities.  The evil that was perpetrated on homeowners will take years to recover. The landscape will recover faster.…

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: all the seasons sitting by her deathbed   by Elmedin Kadric  (Sweden) Frogpond, 41:2, 2018 ?

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: cup of coffee by the water this day to God * AUTUMN GRACE leaves of bleeding hearts now gold so do broken hearts mend so does grief heal Autumn grace * September on the horizon all the goals I can still try to reach * AUTUMN GRACE was…

Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: pig and i spring rain (Published in Frogpond, 2:3-4, 1979) © Marlene Mountain (1939 – 2018) (USA) Pigs and rain both symbolize abundance, power, and strength. So, I can see a very close connection between the first word (pig) and the last word (rain). Another element that comes to my mind is the…