Originally posted on My Inner Voice: Black Wings? wind through rafters the pressing burden of a secret JH written on the wall the pain of love HA storm light buffing the cloud base? nail marks in her palms JH blurred trails intertwine with self-imposed isolation HA north wind lines of black stubble over fields of…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 雨吸つて蜂の骸のふくらみぬ　　　今井　聖 ame sutte hachi no mukuro no fukuraminu ??????????? breathing in rain ??????????? a bee’s corpse ??????????? swallows ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Sei Imai from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: We care nothing for foreign wars, Ebola, infantile diarrhoea, destruction of forests, burning continents. Who even remembers ‘our girls’, or the women and children drowned in a locked Zara sweat shop making cheap clothes for us to wear once, twice, and throw away? We are content to send thoughts…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 三月やサラダに散らすアーモンド　　　高橋悦男 sangatsu ya sarada ni chirasu aamondo ??????????? March— ??????????? I sprinkle almond ??????????? over the salad ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Etsuo Takahashi from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006