Originally posted on Zander In Print: Made a pass at Spring but she’s a good girl, she passed — tossed buds to the koi Z ? for Frank J. Tassone’s Challenge #34 “Passing Spring” ? ?

[CC BY 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons     rush toward the pleasures that cannot endure as the last note rests a rising moon   Go ahead. Live like you have no end. Squander your minutes more precious than a beadouin’s water. It makes no difference to me; I will find you sometime.   But…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 寝不足は気で補えと朴咲きぬ　　　金子兜太 nebusoku wa ki de oginae to hô sakinu does it say my guts should cover lack of sleep?  ‘ho’ blossoms bloom                                                             Tohta Kaneko from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:  Tohta Kaneko (1919-2018)  ‘hô no hana’ (white barked…

Originally posted on haiku tree: crows perch on wires and trees all the same – – – Excerpt from Threads ?

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday clouds hasten the day’s end dimming light and leaf-rustle of roosting birds

Originally posted on Puget Lines and Edges: #Haiku Happenings #6: Dave Kuhlmann’s latest #haiga! Puget Lines and Edges View original post

Originally posted on Trent's World (the Blog): Where are we going On this mad dash to nowhere Rushing to get there? There’s no need to finish first We should savor and endure — This was written for Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge.  The key words today were “Hurry” and “Last”.  Following her suggestion, I didn’t use the words,…