Haijin in Action

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Handwriting – haibun for dVerse.
Originally posted on Sarah writes poems: I write. My words spill over pages – scrawled words, jotted down hastily; poems pencilled into notebooks; my daily words, sandwiched between first drafts and shopping lists. Endless lists. I write in clinic. I’m not going to sit over a keypad while you talk to me. I write in…
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WAITING (a haibun)
Originally posted on kiwissoar: Spending time waiting is never easy, and I notice the small sounds. Sounds of water running into the washing machine, Rod shifting his ladder as he paints. I want to carry on with my painting, but can’t settle. The hum of the fan becomes a background to this heat, and the…
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 26, 2018
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: icy rain at the bottom of the lake a door to yesterday by Fay Aoyagi (USA) ?
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mourning
Originally posted on Project words: ? mourning suit how mist seeps though every seam ? ? ?
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in the snow country
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 雪國や粮たのもしき小家がち yukiguni ya kate tanomoshiki koie gachi In the snow country To want for provisions is The way of all the little huts. -Yosa Buson Art by Hiroshige
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#Throwdown Thursday (1/25/18): my lastest #haibun on .@ImageCurve… #haiku #poetry
Such Monotony Another day. Students to nudge to work or be silent, while others teach. While I remain voiceless… Another day. IEPs to write. The implications of the difference to face. Between where I am, and where the report indicates I ought to be… Another day. Already a…
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The Living Haiku Anthology – Johnny Baranski
#Haiku Happenings #11: The Living Haiku Anthology Posts haiku by Johnny Baranski, who passed away earlier today. Rest In Peace, Johnny! We’ll miss you! http://livinghaikuanthology.com/readings/haiku-readings/2732-johnny-baranski-reading-selection.html
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Photo prompt round up – Distant #writephoto
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Distant * Faltering sunlight Otherworldly shadows cast A far horizon Within a circle of stones I stand beyond time’s compass * A ring of silver Defining reality Beneath a pale sky Evanescent cupola Covers the sacred chalice * I the emptiness The vessel and elixir Offered to the…
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