Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夏至ゆうべ地軸の軋む音すこし　　　和田悟郎 geshi yûbe chijiku no kishimu oto sukoshi ??????????? summer solstice night ??????????? a little squeaking sound ??????????? of the earth’s axis ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Goro Wada from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Originally posted on dVerse: Image by Przemyslaw “Blueshade” Idzkiewicz. Wikipedia Welcome, poets! Frank Tassone here, your host for today’s Haibun Monday! As usual, we blend prose and haiku together to form that famous Japanese poetic form. And what a day to inspire our haibun! Yes, I’m talking about today, the first solstice of the year!…

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: social distancing…I get closerto the cherry blossoms социална дистанция…все повече се приближавамдо вишневите цветчета 2nd place winner in The Fifth International Haiku Contest “Cherry Blossom” 2021 by Bulgarian Haiku Union

Originally posted on the other bunny: The white space. The white leap. The link of fingerpoint to silence. into the darka sudden touchof moonlight A white wing. A white sweep. Lift of egret after egret into the mist of far horizons. out of the darkthe way that birdsongsprings to morning  Diana Webb

Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: darker the skin of my people with rage

Originally posted on Alexis Rotella's Blog: People say how unfair that Carolyn gets killed by the train while her drunken boyfriend walks away with just bruises. It’s Christmas week before the ninth-grade dance. Carolyn hands me a note at the bus stop, informs me we’re no longer best friends. She won’t be needing to borrow…