Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): あめんぼや「光」と書いて黙っている　　宮崎斗士 amenbo ya ‘hikari’ to kaite damatteiru             water slider—             it draws a character for ‘light’             and stays silent                                                 Toshi Miyazaki from “Sonna Ao” (That Kind of Blue), haiku collection of Toshi Miyazaki, Rikka Shorin, Tokyo 2014

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: red cardinal at the bird feeder squirrel stealing seeds The prompt for Carpe Diem – Exploring the Beauty of Haiku is to write a haiku using the apokoinou technique of writing – the second line acts as an extension for the first line and as a beginning for the third line.…

Originally posted on revivedwriter: colors complement: purple, yellow paint white dress evanescent bloom Amada44 / Public domain A haikai poem for this.

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): とかげ出て懺悔の淵を覗きこむ　　小池つと夢 tokage dete zange no fuchi o nozokikomu             a lizard comes out             and looks into an abyss             of confession                                                 Tsutomu Koike from “Shûchakueki” (The Last Stop), haiku collection of Tsutomu Koike, Gendai Haiku Kyokai (Modern Haiku Association), Tokyo, 2019

#Haiku Happenings #8: Susi Bocks’ latesth haiku appears in Prolific Press! I Write Her Thank you so much Prolific Press for accepting and publishing my haiku submission. What wonderful news to receive today! Glenn Lyvers and the team at Prolific Press are wonderful to work with. I appreciate your support of my work! If you…

Originally posted on the other bunny: 8 o’clock, Thursday evening. From that first tentative ripple of applause through spatulas on frying pans to a smattering of fireworks, the inhabitants of our locked down microcosmic Wonderland can be heard looking out. For each other. blood and guts those still working Helen Buckingham