Originally posted on Magical Mystical Teacher: 1. Crimson hollyhocks, how many names of wild things hide in your blossoms? ? 2. The peony’s death happened not in a moment, for the drought was deep. ? 3. A little girl waves at some honeysuckle vines shaking in the wind. ? 4. This apricot’s flesh, sweeter than…

Originally posted on Peter Frankis writes: white-black-white all night  dust devils across the veldt wind beats the screendoor windowpanes zebras herd nickering dreams rattled Image: Game on the High Veldt – illustration from Oates, F. Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls, A Naturalist’s Wanderings in the Interior of South Africa (1889), Kegan, Paul Tench &…

Originally posted on Heed not Steve: early morning –that cricket can’t standthe silence —— © Steve Mitchell 2022

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: ?The 2nd Modern Kigo Project?Competition ‘SPRING Season’ 2022 WINNERS  Joint 2nd place RUNNER-UP Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan) KIGO:?moth nap? DEFINITION:? Spring is the season of transformation;? it affects night sleep by causing short/insufficient sleep which may be depicted as a “moth nap”.? HAIKU: moth nap— ?? drifting from dream to dream?…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ひきがへる黄泉の使ひのこゑ出せり　　伊藤伊那男 hikigaeru yomi no tsukai no koe daseri ??????????? toad gives out ??????????? a messenger’s voice ??????????? from the other world ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Inao Ito????????? from Chimei Nao (Fifty-years Old, Yet…), Haiku Collection of Inao Ito, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2009