Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 青き馬倒れていたる師走かな　　　金子兜太 aoki uma taoreteitaru shiwasu kana blue horse fallen down… December Tohta Kaneko from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December　2012 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:   Tohta Kaneko (1919-2018)     ‘Shiwasu’ (literary translation: ‘a teacher runs’) is another name for December.  …

Originally posted on Puget Lines and Edges: Haiku Happenings #7: Dave Kuhlmann’s latest #haiga! Puget Lines and Edges View original post

Originally posted on Rooted in Love: This poem I inhabit…a world of burning lettersall spelling her name ~ Your handI take it in mineand the world smolderslike a monk in his cellpraying for God

Originally posted on Heed not Steve: winter – the days tilt toward the moon —- © Steve Mitchell 2018

Originally posted on Ontheland: Winter seesaw continues: Early on December 27: front step sound of snow under my boots : December 28 afternoon: after winter rain sodden grasses bend in clumps : blowing rain the banished snow a de-iced shovel : first dreaded now missing the winter crunch : ©️2018 Ontheland

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: Charlotte Digregorio published this poem for the Daily Haiku: November 8, 2018. It was her good idea to create a senryu from one of my tanka. I will share both poems in this post, so you can read both versions. The poems go well with the new year…