Originally posted on weird laburnum: I have long slept badly and so was intrigued when a close friend asked if I had tried a bone pillow. I’d never heard of such a thing but he assured me that there are many who swear by them. To make a bone pillow you must first catch mice.…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 平均台降りて夏果てとも違ふ　　　中原道夫 heikindai orite natsu-hate tomo chigau down the balance beam it is different from the summer’s end ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Michio Nakahara from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: My haiku in the haiku section of The South Wales Evening Post of 4-08-2021. My thanks to the haiku editor James Young. lake moon the light breath of the hills © A.M.

Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: lingering kiss  of summer blushing plums

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: hummingbird travelsa row of hosta plantsand stops bythe red begoniaearly August Photo by Bryce Carithers on Pexels.com

Originally posted on mehflowers: Last August I wound cucumber vines and succored tomatoes. I stocked the freezer with wild blueberries from the high bushes. I trampled the morning dew and walked in every morning sun. That was last August. Now I wave from my window, she knows I am here. One mislabeled tomato plant sits…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ひとすぢの流るる汗も言葉なり　　鷹羽狩行 hitosuji no nagaruru ase mo kotoba nari ??????????? sweat running ??????????? in a straight line ??????????? is a word, too ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Shugyo Takaha from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006