Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 罠といふ美しきもの女郎蜘蛛　　　谷中隆子 wana toiu utsukushiki mono jorôgumo             beautiful thing             called a trap             a silk spider                                                 Takako Taninaka from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo

#Haiku Happenings #1 (8/24/18): Barbara Kaufman’s latest #tanka for Moonbathing!

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? Komura Settai nubi di vento – due cigni nuotano fianco a fianco wind clouds – two swans swim side by side © A.M.

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 筋肉のつめたくレース編んでをり　　大石雄鬼 kinniku no tsumetaku reisu andeori             cold muscles             doing             lacework                                                 Yuuki Ohishi from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, September 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note:   ‘lace’ or ‘lacework’ is a summer kigo.

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? Aberfan the silent cries of children ? © Martha Magenta ? Note: In memory of Aberfan disaster in S. Wales where colliery slag tipped on a mountain collapsed killing 116 children and 28 adults. ? Sense of Place, Mountain – hearing Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, August 22, 2018…

Originally posted on Ontheland: Male fall field cricket, by Kevin Judge ~ In spring the yard comes alive again with the sounds of birds and insects—So much to hear that I cannot see. By August, grasshoppers and crickets abound. I step outside to a pleasant churring in the morning and at night, I notice a…