Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . so the men have come with their sacks of darkness to this sainted place on the green where children played their deathly spores fester ? (Note: of course, this poem refers to the recent atrocious nerve-agent attack in Salisbury, UK, my home.; “sainted” refers to the twelfth century…

Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: power outage: everything goes out but the wind chimes © Susan Marie LaVallée (1950 – 2011) (USA) (HSA Newsletter, Volume 27, Number 1 — March 2012) This is a fine example of focus within haiku. Often, haiku allow the reader to zero in on a specific sense or observation. When…

Photo: Chris Isherwood/Creative Commons/Flickr Demons inner and outer haunt a haiku by Canadian poet Michelle Hyatt. so much makeup hiding her face dark side of the moon Is this a poem about a woman so desperate for beauty that she goes overboard trying to paint it on, or about a woman who is hiding evidence…

Originally posted on haiku tree: fresh air sweeps the house first day of spring ?

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 口笛やたんぽぽの絮音符めく　　伊藤慶子 kuchibue ya tanpopo no wata onpu meku             whistle—             dandelion flufsf look like             musical notes                                                 Keiko Ito from “Sakuradai” (Cherry Bass), a haiku collection of Keiko Ito, published by Honami Shote, Tokyo, 2017

Originally posted on Puget Lines and Edges: #Haiku Happenings #5: Dave Kuhlmann’s latest #haiga! Puget Lines and Edges View original post