#Haiku Happenings #3: Tessa’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, there is a walking bridge across the James River. The cliff swallows have taken residence in the tall concrete columns. Attaching their mud nests to the ceiling, they lay their eggs and hatch out their young as people come and go below.…

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: long paddle upstream resting in shade beneath bluff buds on oak branches swallows nesting under ledge catching flies over water This tanka is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #78: swallow.

Originally posted on Ontheland: half and half – the fickle notes of early spring . . ©️2019 Ontheland

Originally posted on Grahn Song: Words are food, some sweet and succulent, others rich and savory. Some are bland, some are juicy, and some will burn your tongue. We’re in a garden of words. We put them in a basket and then serve them on a plate. Each morsel has its place in the meal…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 五線譜にアネモネの種二、三粒　　齋藤真理子 gosenfu ni anemone no tane ni, san tsubu             on the music sheet             two or three             anemone’s seeds                                                 Mariko Saito from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo