Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): オルガンの残響の奥五月憂し　　田口茉於 orugan no zankyô no oku gogatsu ushi deep inside of organ’s reverberation… melancholic May                                                 Mao Taguchi from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), November 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Originally posted on haiku tree: 3 a.m. a nightmare I can’t recall fades ?

Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: I’m really honored to appear once again in My Haiku Pond. Thank you so much to editors Michael Smeer andJim Krotzman https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1713660858720429&id=922982794454910

#Haiku Happenings #3: Barbara Kaufman’s #tanka appears in Skylark!

Originally posted on Ontheland: I woke up to the sound of chuckling rain. what a relief, a break from the urgent calls of the sun: come fork mounds of straw off the garden beds! come plant seeds–it’s early spring! come let the seedlings under indoor lamps breathe outside air! come out to mow the grass!…

Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: My sisters and I help my mother try on new clothes on Mother’s Day. She has trouble getting up and sitting down, and she can no longer see very well. All of us, including my mom, laugh so hard at the maneuvering and manipulation of her…