Originally posted on Michael Rehling: bad moon rising the wolf moon has begun its transition to a ‘blue’ moon. january is always cold but this year it has and will continue to be a howling monster of snow and double digit negative wind chill factors. so just another version of michigan winter for me. i…

Originally posted on O at the Edges: Empty Cup ? I set down my cup, pour tea and think this day, too, may never end. ? With what do we quantify love? How does grief measure us? Nine days ago I wrote “My father is dying and I’m sipping a beer.” More words followed, but…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 冬オリオンＦの鉛筆持つ角度　　中尾公彦 fuyu orion efu no enpitsu motsu kakudo             winter Orion             an angle of holding             an ‘F’ pencil                                                 Kimihiko Nakao from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), November 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: we called it “The Little Store” . . . memories of ice cream This place was a cramped little mom-and-pop deli that also served ice cream. They’d hand-pack it — maple walnut, mint chocolate chip, vanilla fudge, cherry vanilla — into Chinese food take-out containers so high that…