Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: late Decembersky and snow on treesthe same color branches outsidemy window growin different wayspeople we hear fromonce a year I am reading the Christmas edition of our Lakeshore Weekly, another way people in our area stay in touch and also grow their businesses.

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 再びは生れ来ぬ世か冬銀河　　　細見綾子 futatabi wa umarekonu yo ka fuyuginga ??????????? I will never be born again ??????????? in this world… ??????????? winter galaxy ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Ayako Hosomi from “Haiku Saijiki” electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018 Fay’s Note:? Ayako Hosomi…

Originally posted on Red Alder Review: fluffy snow flurrieson the fox’s furry coatcold moon Christina Chin writes and paints. She is 1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Haiku Contest, 1st prize winner in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama 2019 Photo-haiku Contest. Has won two City Soka Saitama’s 2020 haiku prizes.…

Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: wind swept leaves––the memory of mothercombing my hair — Trivarna Hariharan (India)(previously published in Isacoustic) A touching haiku. When I hear and see “wind swept leaves,” I feel the spirit of the author’s deceased mother loving and connecting with the poet from another dimension. It’s as if the wind itself is…

Originally posted on The Lotus: the holly season a quiet message transcends the outgoing year

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: day 1 the strings of her hospital gown twist and turn like the tumbleweed on a deserted land —— day 2 muscular pain in his right shoulder who knows who is taking the brunt of this pandemic? —— day 3 unfolding the folds of a green mask my breath…