Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: There is always something beautiful to see in the garden. Snow on the forsythia, perhaps cardinals by the autumn pumpkins, and snow on the roof of the old garage today. We bought carrots for the rabbit who has claimed our yard too. Then when the yard is covered…

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: bills paid the tiger lily past its prime   by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA) New Resonance, 2, 2001  

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: mattino grigioaspettando la neveil primo caffè grey morningwaiting for snowmy first coffee giorno di geloquasi caldo il fornoper la crostata frost dayalmost hot the ovenfor a pie tajine speziatacon la voglia di soleanche solo nel piatto spiced taginecraving for suneven just on a plate © A.M. Patrick William Adam

Originally posted on Stella Pierides: Thrilled to see my poem appear as (Per Diem) Haiku of the Day on the Homepagebof The Haiku Foundation! Many thanks to Ralf Broeker for including it in his collection on Spirits, and to Rob Scott for running the feature.

Originally posted on Alexis Rotella's Blog: We’ve been buying trees for our new property/house. Among them is a four-foot avocado-Mexican which can sustain temps to 20 degrees. To celebrate, I also bought an avocado (rare these days since I’m Nooming it and they are high caloric). As we all know, haiku/senryu are about the now…

Originally posted on Pieces of My Mind: I oil my glove,wrap a ball in the pocket,drink in the scentof leather and summerto keep the ice from my heart. -J. Kleponis, Ribbons, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2009.