Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 石鹸玉天衣無縫のヒポクリット　　　　中村草田男 shabondama tenimuhô no hipokuritto             soap bubble             a carefree life             of a hypocrite                                                 Kusatao Nakamura from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006 Fay’s Note: Kusatao Nakamura (1901-1983) ?

Originally posted on Ontheland: Yesterday was to be a personal ‘holiday’. . . a promise to myself. new moon the invitation of darkness What better time to tend body and soul than an auspicious conjunction of darkness and hope… Earth Day at home dreams of new beginnings And then life chose its own course. Today…

Originally posted on Stine Writing: Written for Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge: https://frankjtassone.com/2020/04/18/haikai-challenge-135-4-18-20-new-moon-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/ New moon A new moon reveals light to hide the darkness of  death of the old moon.   ©2020 CBialczak Poetry

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: raindropsrobin in a daylilygarden Ellen Grace Olinger

Originally posted on whimsy~mimsy: the north wind cuts through our masks and sweaters sharply stealing away breath my hand curling within yours warm and safe in your pocket