Originally posted on Stella Pierides: Thrilled to have won first place in MacQueen’s Quinterly Ekphrastic Challenge “The Magician”! A heartfelt thank you to Clare MacQueen for selecting my haibun “So that we remember” and congratulations to all participants in the contest!Read “So that we remember” here: http://www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ3/Pierides-Remember.aspx For the background to the contest and full…

#Haiku Happenings #2: Rajani’s latest #haibun!

Originally posted on Ontheland: spring snow . . . an apple green dirndl around the tree . . May 9, 2020 ©️2020 Ontheland Our May of 2020 snow was almost a week ago but I want to celebrate it one more time. This also gives me an opportunity to use the word ‘dirndl’, a delightful…

Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: From an Omani Garden This kiss is as bright as an azalea blossom fallen to your chest. ~~~ Penang Tanged At the Pagoda of the Ten Thousand Buddhas, this kiss comes from smiling lips. ~~~ In Shimonoseki Buddha strums his oud, four heartstrings in vibration…

Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: Pandemic eating – it’s time to walk my butt off! Pat R 5/14/20 For Linda’s One Liner Wednesday ?

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: flashing butterfly among the honeysuckle a neon blue spark Kim M. Russell, 14th May 2020 Not quick enough with the camera – image from butterfly-conservation.org A haiku for dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night It’s my husband’s birthday today, so I’m keeping it brief with a haiku and…