Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 山霊に囲まれて居り青蜥蜴　　桂　信子 yamabiko ni kakomareteori aotokage             surrounded by             mountain spirits…             a blue lizard                                                 Nobuko Katsura from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  Nobuko Katsura (1914-2004)

Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: duskfall… the moon bumps into a paperboat – Alan Summers (UK) (Published previously in The Heron’s Nest vol. XXI no. 4, 2019) It’s difficult sometimes to summarize a whole story into the shortest possible amount of words, but when someone does it, it becomes a masterpiece. This haiku is one…

Originally posted on Ontheland: rainfall at last a sunflower opens ©️2020 Ontheland

#Haiku Happenings #4: Peter Bouchier’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge! fire nuclear fusion supplying the energy for a lover’s heart Four elements – Waar mijn pen ligt, ben ik thuis

#Haiku Happenings #3: Tessa Dean’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!