Originally posted on rivrvlogr: color goneas night awakensdim dusk lightcrescent moon risespale color returns This gogyohka is my response to Colleen’s #TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 247, #SynonymsOnly at Word Craft: Prose and Poetry,using dusk and color for the offered words, twilight and hue.I suppose you could say it’s a “short-line”tanka, as the syllables are…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): もみづれる離島の火力発電所　　本井　英 momizureru ritô no karyoku-hatsudensho ??????????? leaves changing colors… ??????????? the thermal power plant ??????????? on the deserted island ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Hide Motoi from Ganymede, Vol. 62, December 2014 issue, Dorinsha, Tokyo, Japan

Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: autumn the night gods possess curtains

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 石に文字消えゆくばかり鰯雲　　西山　睦 ishi ni moji kieyuku bakari iwashigumo ??????????? letters on the stone ??????????? just disappearing ??????????? sardine clouds ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Mutsu Nishiyama??????????????????????????????????????? from Ganymede, Vol. 62, December 2014 issue, Dorinsha, Tokyo, Japan

#Haiku Happenings #1 (10/11/21): Xenia Trans’ latest #haibun! After the rain the river is in spate and we hear her gurgle through the glen from a higher, drier trail. Every now and then we see her glitter through the trees. The birch are scattering golden leaves, the heather is turning brown. The autumn air feels…