Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: “Love floats in on a whispered breeze stirring the petals of your soul.” ? ©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg  ? Author’s Note: Come to life, Come to Charmed Musings. Tiny thoughts written for you to take a moment to pause and reflect. Enjoy! It’s a magical universe! Linda

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: ? ? sudden reversal – frost on spring pathway colpo di coda il gelo sulle strade di primavera © A.M. ? ? ? ?

It was a pleasant surprise to learn that, again this year, one of my haiku will be displayed in the Golden Triangle district in Washington, D.C., as a “Judge’s Favorite” in the 2018 international Golden Haiku Competition. Here is my haiku, selected from a record 1,700 submissions from around the world: Here are my poems…

#Haiku Happenings #12: Janice’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Well, the vet phoned to say he hadn’t been able to do Finbar and could we take him home please, bring him back next week sometime. Two emergencies came in, more deserving cases, traffic accidents  (one death under the knife). What can you say? Finbar isn’t priority, he just…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): かた雪をほどかぬ森に銃の音　　清水芳堂 katayuki o hodokanu mori ni jyû no oto             in the forest             where hard snow not loosened…             a sound of a gun                                                             Hodo Shimizu from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, May 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo