Originally posted on Stella Pierides: sunrise— a measure of seeing with the heart . 2 challenges in one! This is a #photo #haiga responding to the new book which includes a chapter on #haiku from the Haiku & the Brain project ! 58/100 #100daysnewthings and #the100dayproject. It is also my book cover for day 2 of the book cover challenge! I accepted the…

Originally posted on Michael Rehling: freddie freeloader performances are seldom free. a price oftentimes bourne not so much by the listener but the performer. performers bring us their versions of truth with a cost. enjoying it we dont see the price paid. ticket stubs dont count. we laugh and smile. cry. and most often of…

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu English ivy climbing the proverbial wall by Cyndi Lloyd  (USA) A Hundred Gourds, 5:3, June 2016 ?

#Haiku Happenings #3: Janice’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!

Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: “I’m hoping to be astonished tomorrow by I don’t know what” –Jim Harrison, “Tomorrow,” In Search of Small Gods   Every day the world awakens anew. I wake to the sound of birdsong–twitters, chirps, the laugh of the woodpecker. I laugh, too. It’s a beautiful June…