Originally posted on method two madness: can you be presentcan presence beeverywhere caneverywhere bepresent, waiting opening the mindthe mind breakingdown unscared openingthe mind breakingwide open, unscared silent with lifelife listened toin silence filled withpresence listeningto life with silence A quadrille for November and dVerse, hosted by De, where the word is scare. I did my…

Originally posted on Tao-Talk: painting by Ichiro Tsuruta 鶴田-郎, 1954 Her face a white mask, stone jewels her guardians; carnellian lips her invitation; a portal each escapes into — doom’s dissonant stay. The form is Gogyohka. The poem is directly inspired by Kerfe’s artwork and poetry based on ventriloquist dummies and by our dialogue in…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): みづうみのやうな夕空梨買はむ　　太田うさぎ mizuumi no yô na yûzora nashi kawan ??????????? evening sky ??????????? like a lake ??????????? I shall buy peaches ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Usagi Ohta from Mata Ashita (Tomorrow Again), haiku collection of Usagi Ota, Sayu-sha, Tokyo, 2020

Originally posted on Tidbits by Shannon: The November NaHaiWriMo challenge will be an intriguing adventure of working with abstract nouns. “What’s this?” you say. “What’s an abstract noun?” According to YOURDICTIONARY, “. . . abstract nouns aren’t accessible with the five senses . . . and even though you can’t see, smell, touch, taste, or…

Originally posted on Cafe Haiku: Haiga by Lakshmi Iyer