#Haiku Happenings #2: Von Smith’s latest #tanka!

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: all the seasons sitting by her deathbed by Elmedin Kadric  (Sweden) Frogpond, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2018

Originally posted on Jellyfish Review: This story touches on rape and abuse, including death threats. ? ? Reap missed moon he takes what he wants It’s my junior year of high school and my period is three weeks late. Two blue lines on a pregnancy test stick indicate that I’m pregnant. I tell no one.…

Originally posted on kiwissoar: not a good day for family yesterday…a bit sad. ?

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/butterfly-2702381_1280.jpg blue flower moonbeams whirling butterflies dancing celestial party Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #86 Blue Flower Moon Author’s Note: Below are my Whirling Butterflies (Gaura) in my garden!

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 五月憂し吸取紙に吸ひ取らす　　小林貴子 gogatsu ushi suitorigami ni suitorasu             May melancholy             I let a blotting paper             absorb it                                                 Takako Kobayashi from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: readingnew used-booksthis year’s leavesbegin to growon the birch tree Journal PoemEllen Grace OlingerMay 21, 2019