Originally posted on Rooted in Love: Drenched in mistmy heart is a landscapeof eternal longing ~ Long after we partedher perfume lingeredon my trembling hand ~ Moon in the windowthe sound of my heartbreaking before dawn ~ Still caught in my throatthe words I dared not sayat her funeral ~ Buddhas in the snow…their bald…

Originally posted on mehflowers: I remember a time she spoke of margaritas, and I, under my straw hat, remained concrete under a wax seal of determinism and dogma. Oh how God uses time to break us! She would swim with sharks if she could. I could play one no longer. Now, smooth sailing, I still…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 鳶の眼に湖の全容南風　　　　井上康明 tobi no me ni umi no zenyô minamikaze             entire  lake             in a kite’s eyes             south wind                                                 Yasuaki Inoue from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), July 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: seven kinds of fishfor the catscold oatmeal for me

Originally posted on Caroline Skanne: June sun— the first strawberry tastes of it Acorn 44 ? ? ? frost fog the clear double-note of a kingfisher Presence 66 ? ? ? unfolding the mind chaos of stars Haiku 2020 & Otata 46

Originally posted on Ontheland: crescent moon on a cool summer night feeling alive . . ©️2020 Ontheland

Originally posted on Living as Kohaku: walking through the hillsin search of off-season blooms —lonely travelers;seeking out the beauty thathides in warped misfortune.