Originally posted on Martha Magenta: rocky mountain a sharp wind cuts to the bone ? Martha Magenta ? Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 9 September 2018 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/09/12/a-sense-of-place-mountain-touch/

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 黒猫は夜霧の匂いそれを抱く　　　　鳴戸奈菜 kuroneko wa yogiri no nioi sore o daku             a black cat             with a smell of night fog             I hold it                                                             Nana Naruto from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Shimura Tatsumi Non so se lo sai Già muoiono le rose che carezzavi Ora le prime foglie già tinte d’oro e rosso I don’t know if you know Already dying the roses you once caressed   The first leaves already tinged with golden and red Andreina Pilia Anna Maria…

#Haiku Happenings #2: Barbara Kaufmann’s #tanka appears in Ribbons!

#Haiku Happenings #1 (9/12/18): Suzanne’s latest #haiga for my current #haikai challenge!

Originally posted on Project words: home from holiday on the welcome mat first fallen leaves ? ?

Originally posted on Ontheland: Red clover (image from Pixabay) : on a clover path in the gentle hum of bees village sounds are near (my hokku) the temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers (final two lines from Basho—see below) : For this Carpe Diem Tan Renga challenge…