Originally posted on Heed not Steve: Friday the 13th – he reminisces about Thursday the 12th —- © Steve Mitchell 2019

Originally posted on Ontheland: Rock cliffs towered along the banks of the Saguenay Fjord as the tour boat guide shouted into the wind. He beckoned us to peer far above at the renowned Statue of Our Lady of the Saguenay placed there in 1881 by a man grateful to have survived his fall into river…

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Some folks complain about change in their lives. Others want to go back to the good old days. But, there are some things we would not want to go back to, such as outhouses on a cold winter day. We take indoor plumbing and toilets as a given, when we…

Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: I am very early in the formal study of haiku….but!  The impact of writing through direct observation keeps you in the moment.  Maybe. – Some Random Haiku The koi are hungry Orange mouths gulp green water Good the algae grows – Spring robins watch- Quarrelsome beasts these birds! They…

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: A Truly Cold Moon Having decided not to travel for the holidays, I am on the road in mid-December, nonetheless. Life does not always proceed according to plan, and the loss of a loved one takes precedence. The heart of my brother-in-law has been broken since the death of his wife,…

Originally posted on Ontheland: rain puddle she learns to whistle with a sparrow . . ©️2019 Ontheland Photo courtesy of Pixabay and magentapix

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 悴んでゆび十本に骨がある　　　しなだしん kajikande yubi juppon ni hone ga aru             numb with cold             there are bones             in my ten fingers                                                 Shin Shinada from ‘Hayabusa no Mune’ (‘Falcon’s Chest’) haiku collection by Shin Shinada, Fusansu-Do, Tokyo 2011