Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . sunlit field where green woods end the blue flower ? (dedicated to Novalis) ? ? ? ? .

Photo: Ken McMillan/Creative Commons/Flickr Poet Terri L. French talks middle age and damselflies in two beautiful haiku. winter solstice middle age shifts to the right As the earth and neighboring planets shuffle around the Milky Way, the seasons emerge, according to which parts of the earth are nearest to or farthest from the sun. Read…

Originally posted on haiku tree: 1 a.m. the smell of rain keeps me awake ?

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夕朧ひとりの時間減るばかり　　波戸岡　旭 yûoboro hitori no jikan heru bakari             evening haze             time for myself             is decreasing                                                             Akira Hatooka from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

#Haibun Happenings #6: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: worlds apart– two river-worn pebbles in my palm ? ? by Ignatius Fay (Canada) The Heron’s Nest, Vol. XII, No. 3, 2010

#Haiku Happenings #4: Jules’ latest #renga for my current #haikai challenge! tread the transformation is slow to tread from winter into sprawling spring holiday tables set with eggs to symbolize rebirth some celebrate with bunnies and others, matzo joyous tables; both respect interlaced within the white linen tablecloths what more could one want … family,…