Originally posted on Ontheland: In response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #26 Revise that Haiku Taneda Santoka, known for ‘free verse haiku’, was part of an early-twentieth century trend in Japan that explored free-form haiku composed without traditions such as the 5-7-5 syllabic rule and the seasonal word. In his later years Santoka became a…

Originally posted on A 19 Planets Art Blog 2010/2024: * empty road to the horizon still full of sky * empty doorway over the mountain pass i enter another world * for Prompt #3 NaHaiWriMo 4-3-2018 * Lynne Jambor April 3 EMPTY *

#Haiku Happenings #2: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun for #dversepoets!

Originally posted on rivrvlogr: brilliant azalea calling out with its color reminder of home Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #27: Azalea (In Chinese culture, the azalea is known as “thinking of home bush”) Image source: wikimedia.org (edited here) National/Global Poetry Writing Month ~ Day 3

Originally posted on Sunny Dunny's Blog: Day 6, 5th November Up at a reasonable time for breakfast, then shinkansen (bullet train) to Nagoya, and a change to a ‘limited express’ to Takayama. A stunningly beautiful journey through the mountains. The autumn colours are at their magnificent best, and the trees a multicoloured mixture of broadleaves…

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: I remember, as a child, going to Sunday school and receiving a cross made from a palm leaf on Palm Sunday. On Easter Sunday, I would go to church with my grandmother, where I would receive an Easter message in the shape of a cross, usually with a…