Originally posted on revivedwriter: For haikai challenge #71: still cold. It is not snowing where I live, but the prompt fits! Wearing mittens and drinking hot chocolate sounds ideal.  Mittens envelop Cold hands in warming embrace Holding hot chocolate

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? peacock’s cry the silence between stars ? Third Prize ? I slip into your language babbling stream ? Honorable Mention ? Little Iris Award 2018, Croatia https://tri-rijeke-haiku.hr/the-results-of-a-little-iris-haiku-contest-croatia-2018/?fbclid=IwAR1VT-heBnB3QYXIgYMhICmQSDmMCJx3IiAw_oYEKo97NtLzJbBbABeRmao

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 塩鮭に鶏とほく鳴きにけり　　　　飯田龍太 shiozake ni niwatori tôku nakinikeri             salted salmon             a cock cries             in the distance                                                 Ryuta Iida from “Nihon Dai-Saijiki” (“Japanese Comprehensive Saijiki”),  edited by Shuoshi Mizuhara, Shuson Kato, and Kenkichi Yamamoto, published by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan, 1981 Fay’s Note:　Ryuta Iida (1920-2007) …

Originally posted on Ontheland: ice floats snow drifts..onshore melting to spring : early thaw when ice puddles gleam feet stick to snow : : ©️2019 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #71

Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: I am going to miss this show. I used to watch it when it first came out when I lived in Toronto. At that time, it just felt too weird watching a man who had similar behaviours that one of my colleagues had. Granted, Mr. Monk’s were more…

Originally posted on Haiku For Living: . old woman quiet in her garden unfurling roses ? ? ? ? .