Originally posted on Archita Mittra: writer, editor & artist : Paresh Tiwari is a noted Indian writer of haiku, haibun and hybrid poems. His latest collection Raindrops Chasing Raindrops is out now, and you can read my review of the same here. In this interview with writer and blogger Archita Mittra, he discusses the convergence…

Originally posted on Tournesol dans un Jardin: ©Clr’18 ©Clr’18 ©Clr’18 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Walking on her usual path to the bus stop, she rolls  her beaded bracelet with two fingers, whispering. At first she looks up at the sky, then notices the trees and branches waving shyly. Images of Amma floats…

Originally posted on Icebox: . Persimmons are used for making different kinds of confectionery. Dried persimmons are rolled with yuzu (citron) peel to make makigaki (rolled persimmons). Sweet persimmons are ground and mixed with bean-paste to make kakiyoukan (persimmon bean-paste). In Hiroshima there was a Japanese confectionery shop famous for kakiyokan on the main street. Its…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 探梅の果てなる浄水場の壁　　今井　聖 tanbai no hate naru jyôsuijyô no kabe             at the end of             a plum blossom viewing             the water purification’s wall                                                 Sei Imai from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2016 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: ? Pounding frantic storm trudging through crushed diamonds icy blow to Spring ©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg ? Frank J. Tassone #Hakai Challenge #23

Originally posted on Il fiume scorre ancora: melancholy … the silence of snow into my silence * Eufemia Griffo, Italy  VOTES:32**** SCORE:07 COMMENTS ? https://wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.it/2018/03/

Originally posted on haiku tree: 3 a.m. stuck in a feeling I can’t explain ?