Originally posted on Stella Pierides: lightness of a smile or a rose… evening cool 69/100 #The100DayProject #100daysnewthings

#Haiku Happenings #5: Barbara Kaufman’s haiku appears in THF’s Per Diem!

Originally posted on qbit: “At four in the morning my body bumped against the ceiling” – Jim Harrison ? Sven taught me how to get coffee ready for when we were pulling on our boots to go milk the cows. First, start water boiling in the kettle, then tear open a bag of grounds and…

Originally posted on Ontheland: dark summer day air clings to humidity clouds hoard the rain ~ the beans grow inches no time lapse movie needed when summer rains ~ in mid-summer rain a green umbrella rises young sunflower stems ~ ©️2018 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #39 mid-summer rain

Originally posted on revivedwriter: The word for Frank J. Tassone’s haikai prompt this week is samidare, which is Japanese for “midsummer rain.” My birthday was this week, and it was an incredibly emotional day. Twenty-fifth birthday Not as happy as before: It’s a summer rain ?

Originally posted on Zander In Print: Cradling coffee lean against the granite wall umbrella at home Taxis and buses dank popularity choosing wet shoes Sparrows tear croissants shake the rain, fluff the puff breakfast on the fly Deluging sheets fall from seventeenth floor, pock the sidewalk; birds forage. Z for Frank J. Tassone’s Challenge #39…