Originally posted on Roth Poetry: Star Wars Day //May 4th Day that I was born at home War over // I cried No fireworks //no booming guns Mom smiled as family gathered **************************************************************** Our Hiakia challenge from Frank Tassone is to write a Haiku or one of the forms to write a poem from three…

Originally posted on Hosking's Blog: Ancient Jedi tomes possess no further wisdom Luke seeks horizon Yoda confesses Page turners they were not, as he burns ancient texts ? As I’m looking through my reader, the theme of Frank’s next Haikai challenge catches my eye, how can I pass up a May the Fourth challenge. You…

#Haiku Happenings #9: Simon Hanson of the Australian Haiku Society reviews M.L. Grace’s “bending nasturtiums…”! Australian Haiku Society bending nasturtiums form a green-grub walkway to the mint M L Grace View original post 280 more words

Originally posted on Martha Magenta: ? river kingfisher a splash of blue in the cloud — Martha Magenta, 71st Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest, 2017 * robin’s egg on the ground fractured sky — Martha Magenta, Akitsu Quarterly Fall 2017 * summer solstice the sky bursts into sparrows — Martha Magenta Better than Starbucks, I.2,…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: First thoughts for Frank Tassone’s Haikai challenge. ? so much green across the sky—black boughs clad white blossom hid sun lingers longer now than this blossom than you