Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/anniversary-2x.png Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com! You registered on WordPress.com 9 years ago. Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging. Three favorite poems: clouds and yetenough lightto fill a jam jarwith the lastof the carnations poems we readagain and againwashing an old platethe patternstill new roses…

Originally posted on kiwissoar: This week’s challenge in Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille is candlelight… candlelight shining on snow nearly home

Originally posted on Roth Poetry: ? Majestic oak sits Cold and alone //  Sparkling Waiting for Christmas Frozen fenceposts decorate Snow-covered fields // Nature’s Gift ****************** Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? cupped hands— the cool taste of a sidewalk fountain ? A Sense of Place: City sidewalk tastes, December 19, 2018 Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/12/19/a-sense-of-place-city-sidewalk-taste/?fbclid=IwAR0ykTmli5YewVTHzh16mFJNTMDIjmgLT-gmbmIxpm0ZyIPt7foxXdjDxEk

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 駅を出て先づ逢ふポインセチアかな　　大久保白村 eki o dete mazu au poinsechia kana             first thing I meet             after exiting the station…             poinsettias                                                 Hakuson Okubo from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), March 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo