Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: shadows and light what little we know of ourselves   by Michael Henry Lee (USA) Winner, “Pen This Painting” United Haiku and Tanka Society, May 2015

Originally posted on Heed not Steve: the longest day– he readies for bedwhat a long day —— © Steve Mitchell 2022 

Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: 40 years marriedyet I window shoptoo old to escape

Originally posted on Life in Portofino: Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons I come weary,In search of an inn—Ah! These wisteria flowers! —Matsuo BashoTranslation by William George Aston I come weary,are we not weary, you and I?Yet we carry light hearts. In search of an inn—a meal, a bath, glasses of wine.Glad meeting of old friends.…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: My contribution to Day 21 of Paul Brookes’ 30DaysWild challenge. I think we all know what we as individuals can do to help slow down climate change, famine, floods and mass migration for the poorest populations in the world. It’s simply that most of us won’t do it unless…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 鵜飼舟洗ふカンテラ一つの燈　　　　辻　恵美子 ukai-bune arau kantera hitotsu no hi ??????????? washing a boat ??????????? of cormorant fishing ??????????? a metal lantern’s light ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Emiko Tsuji from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note:? “ukai” (fishing using trained cormorants) is a summer kigo.