Originally posted on haiku tree: tangled branches sway and creak the stoic owl sits ?

Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: It is the day before Thanksgiving and it seems everyone is out picking up last minute items. People are everywhere and the traffic is crazy as impatient horns blare. I reach into my pocket and her list, hand written in pencil, is crumpled around my keys. I fish it…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 雨にさと匂ひ立つなり冬紅葉　　　前北かおる ame ni sato nioitatsu nari fuyu momiji             they start to smell             briefly in the rain             winter red maple leaves                                                             Kaoru Maekita from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: This response to Carpe Diem #1784 soaking wet (Crossroads) is past the acceptance window, but here it is, anyway. The challenge is to use two  haiku by Santōka Taneda (in blue) to be used to create a “fusion” haiku, which then is to be the base to create a troiku. soaking…

Originally posted on Heed not Steve: rain falls his wipers wipe and wipe – rain falls —- © Steve Mitchell 2019