Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: and then the sound of an ice cream truck — I pat my pockets *    *    *    *

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? ink brush on the nightjar’s wing a sliver of light ? Haiku Dialogue – Ink Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog 24 July 2019 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/07/24/haiku-dialogue-ink/?fbclid=IwAR1RNRq08826Jyr1bdgSQrv7nlGu1WVUYTkbOmBQ6W0SiUTwWysSiD3I3oY

Originally posted on revivedwriter: For Frank J. Tassone’s haikai prompt of the week, which is smoldering heat (moyuru). I wrote a few haiku that fit the category. Smoldering summer — Pregnant clouds give birth to rain Warm humidity Eggs on sidewalks fry — Humans retreat to their caves A.C. brings relief Temperate weather Gives way…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Photo©Michael Apel dancing dragons flying in stream shade green as ocean deeps feasting on gnats sun-struck blips in cool water light ? gems with wings flash-flicker flick light turquoise indigo black gold blood and russet red myths in motion ? hover then flip land on the slenderest leaf water-skimming…

Originally posted on weird laburnum: I thought I saw Everett, thought he was the rain falling from a cloud he did love the wilderness (last seen heading towards a remote part of Utah in 1932) hundreds of miles over mountains and across deserts in search of beauty, writing and sketching as he went… mountain shadows…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 滝壺を出ずに遊ぶ水のあり　　鈴木六林男 takitsubo o idezu ni asobu mizu no ari             without leaving             a waterfall basin             water plays                                                 Murio Suzuki from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note:  Murio Suzuki (1919-2014)   ‘taki’ (waterfall) is a…