Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 男一匹鯖一匹の青さかな　　　古舘曹人 otoko ippiki saba ippiki no aosa kana ??????????? one man ??????????? and one mackerel… ??????????? the blue ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Sojin Furudate from Haiku Dai-Saijiki (Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog:     Memorial Service dark winter sky mourners approach in single file   memorial service — work on the left family on the right   slide show a handsome young soldier with the same nose   eulogy — his only son  tests the mic   ending the moment…

Fractured Traveler flower moonskylark’s melodywistful tune opal stonetalisman, to petreassure existencewith each passing breathtime passes slow pilgrimwalking; a derangeddull silence rice bowl hungon a course rope beltunfulfilled flower moonskylark’s melodywistful tune Miles to trod with staff in hand, course hooded robe, barely sandaled feet. An un-monk, un-nun, under duress, stressed yet obligated to attempt to…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 君凭りて新樹を新樹たらしめる　　大高　翔 kimi motarite shinju o shinju tarashimeru by leaning on it you make a tree with young leaves the tree with young leaves Sho Ohtani from Haidan, (Haiku Stage) a monthly haiku magazine, June 2016 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo