Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: Haiku by Danijela Grbelja dangers from space – deep retreat into the bowels of the Earth 宇宙からの危険 地球の内部に深く撤退 eco fashion show – no one believes that it was a waste エコファッションショー 誰も無駄だったと思わない hellish summer – mild sunburns? in the shade 地獄の夏 日陰では軽度の日焼け nature in the eye -? a…

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: #feminisma flock of sparrows stirthe fata morgana hitting hardhis last words…cloudburst lake at duskthe oars push backits silence tsuri-dōrō, Issue #14 – March/April 2023

Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: come spring the rising seas will be met with thawed flesh

Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: Published in FreshOut: An Arts and Poetry Collective (an e-journal on Facebook), 3/3/23. * * * * *

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 日暮れまで日は遊びをり黄水仙　　折傘美秋 higure made hi wa asobiori kisuisen ??????????? until sunset ??????????? the sun plays… ??????????? daffodils ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Bishu Origasa from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? Bishu Origasa (1934-1990)

Originally posted on Eunoia Review: ????????????—for Katie In the night I woke with a start and could not fall back asleep. I thought I heard a woman screaming. Her labored cries pierced the night like starlight, contracting the sky between us. In the morning I found the elk calf hidden in the sage, oversized ears…