Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 水中を驚かしたり夏の雨　　西村麒麟 suichû o odorokashitari natsu no ame             surprising             inside the water             summer rain                                                 Kirin Nishimura from “Kamo” (Duck), haiku collection of Kirin Nishimura, Bungaku no Mori, Tokyo 2017

Originally posted on Ontheland: Oh the excitement of mating season…even from indoors our cat feels it, yawling from early dawn…the dogs notch up their leaping and bounding to greet the day and rabbits scamper everywhere. twilight running alongside a doe in flight . . ©️2020 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #138 fawn

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 夏野菜水の匂ひのものばかり　　　柴田田鶴子 natsuyasai mizu no nioi no mono bakari             summer vegetables             all of them with a scent             of water                                                 Tazuko Shibata from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), May 2018 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

#Haiku Happenings #5: Barbara Kaufmann’s latest #haiga appears in Failed Haiku!

Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: the street cleaner caught speeding on earth day white lilacs on the verge a breeze picks up