Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: Haiku by Hifsa Ashraf peacock flower—I still am a motherof the unborn child #FemKuMag issue 34 鳳凰木 — 私はまだ胎児の母親 —— autumn leavesraking to and frohis last words Presence, #73 紅葉 あちこちで彼の最後の言葉掻き集める —— sunlit dewdropson the grassy fieldchild’s first poem 太陽に照らされた露のしずく 芝生のフィールドに 子供の最初の詩— lake’s mistunfolding my storythe rorschach test…

Originally posted on Heed not Steve: to bedbeforethe stars —— © Steve Mitchell 2023 

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夜のシャワー俺が捕つたら勝つてゐた　　黒岩徳将 yo no shawaa ore ga tottara katteita ??????????? night shower ??????????? our team would have won ??????????? if I caught that ball ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Tokumasa Kuroiwa from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), February 2019 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Originally posted on the other bunny: On a narrow hallway off to the left of the main stage, a row of private pleasure booth doors swing open and closed. Clicks of tokens in slots and glances of women adjusting themselves between customers. She leans back; has a moment or two to herself. In the gallery…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): レンブラント若き自画像青嵐　　飯島晴子 renbranto wakaki jigazô ao-arashi ??????????? young self-portrait ??????????? by Rembrandt ??????????? blue summer gust ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Haruko Iijima from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? Haruko Iijima (1921-2000)? “ao” in the above haiku can be translated as“green,” instead of “blue.”…

Originally posted on Memorie di una Geisha, multiblog internazionale di Haiku: Giorno di maggioI cuori via telegramdi mia figlia Andreina Pilia ⁀︶ Otto bambiniLe mani nella madiadi mia madre Matilde Cherchi ⁀︶ il quinto figlio…il sorriso di mia madreche sta allattando Angiola Inglese ⁀︶ Mappa dei neiTrovare sul tuo visomia sorella e me Loredana Nespoli…