Originally posted on the other bunny: Alice was always such a pleasant lady bringing in her baking efforts to please colleagues. The latest cupcakes were a summer special, delicately topped off with iced butterflies in vivid hues of scarlet and blue. But as Tom bit into his, the butterfly slid onto the carpet. Alice was…

#Haiku Happenings #8: Tia Haynes’ #haibun and haiku appear in the premier edition of ephemerae!

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Sergei Ivanovich Smirnov, Spring Air, 2006 stopping CPR – outside the window spring ©A.M. ? https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/05/09/26438/

butterfly flight a dream of swimming with bottle-nosed dolphins #haikuchallenge (bottle) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: These are excerpts from a rather long document by Basho, considered to be the top haiku poet of the 17th century. I am presenting these thoughts of his because they ‘make clear and plain’ what Basho believes is the correct approach to haiku. Today, lots of poets are attempting…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday. ? this flowered fancy slips into place among the grey stones where fish flit and dart birds wing through foaming leaves

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 蓮の葉のひとつひとつが風の椅子　　　嶋田麻紀 hasu no ha no hitotsu hitotots ga kaze no isu             lotus leaves             every one of them is             a chair for the wind                                                             Maki Shimada from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan,…