Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: This is for Frank Tassone’s weekly haikai challenge. ? again the wind blows hurling white blossom rain-shooting greenness ripened in sun’s rising course— first roses fallen

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: April 2017 Poppies ~ no buds yet this year Back in Western New York, first blossoms always arrived from late April to early May, perennials providing lush colors while we waited for the last frost that would mark the end of May, when annuals could be planted. It was an adjustment…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 風鈴や今年の夏の音聞かす　　　山崎房子 fûrin ya kotoshi no natsu no oto kikasu             wind chime—             it plays the sound             of this summer                                                             Fusako Yamazaki from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

#Haiku Happenings #11: Jules’ latest #haibun! preservation? Looking for a dryer place – she found the space between the overhang of the garage and built right on the security lights… Though every time the door opens – she flutters in distress. Chickadee, sparrow or robin… I’m not sure yet. seeking a dry spot little bird…

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? Endre Penovác evening stroll – a black cat sleeping on a window sill © A.M. https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/05/16/haiku-windows-window-seat/

#Haiku Happenings #9: Tia Haynes’ #senryu appears in THF’s Haiku Windows!