Originally posted on rivrvlogr: warm breeze in morning even as spring flowers bloom temperatures rise This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #88: summer-like.

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge —summer-like tender spring growth wilts earth bakes beneath cloudless sky sun says summer’s here ?

Originally posted on Rooted in Love: With my ear against her belly I can hear the sun growing in her womb ~ Her fall into me… a candle melting in the arms of the night

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: outlasting the last of his kin– a purple heart   by Carole MacRury (USA)

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夏星に海も日暮れの音展く　　　飯田龍太 natsuboshi ni umi mo higure no oto hiraku             summer stars             the sea unfolds             a sound of dusk, too                                                 Ryuta Iida from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:   Ryuta Iida (1920-2007)