Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: snowy field the owls we thought were stones   by Debbie Strange  (Canada) Honorable Mention 9th Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition, 2017 ?

Originally posted on feathers: ? ? without a way to find you mourning dove ? ? without — follow my prompts this month for NaHaiWriMo, on Facebook.

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Another poem for Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. These dark nights of turbulent cloud— wind-blown moon.

Originally posted on Archita Mittra: writer, editor & artist : Paresh Tiwari is a noted Indian writer of haiku, haibun and hybrid poems. His latest collection Raindrops Chasing Raindrops is out now, and you can read my review of the same here. In this interview with writer and blogger Archita Mittra, he discusses the convergence…

Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: ©Clr’18 ©Clr’18 ©Clr’18 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Walking on her usual path to the bus stop, she rolls  her beaded bracelet with two fingers, whispering. At first she looks up at the sky, then notices the trees and branches waving shyly. Images of Amma floats…

Originally posted on Icebox: . Persimmons are used for making different kinds of confectionery. Dried persimmons are rolled with yuzu (citron) peel to make makigaki (rolled persimmons). Sweet persimmons are ground and mixed with bean-paste to make kakiyoukan (persimmon bean-paste). In Hiroshima there was a Japanese confectionery shop famous for kakiyokan on the main street. Its…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 探梅の果てなる浄水場の壁　　今井　聖 tanbai no hate naru jyôsuijyô no kabe             at the end of             a plum blossom viewing             the water purification’s wall                                                 Sei Imai from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo