Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: Early morning, and I sit in silence for a time. An old haiku: cup of coffeeby the waterthis day to God Lake Michigan water levels are at record highs. Then I cook a healthy breakfast, and stay current with the news. Check my WordPress reader, and always so…

Originally posted on Cat Nap Revue: the old porch stepsafter a morning rainshingles of blue sky

Originally posted on seaviewwarrenpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3NV_xAMUWM

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): つばめつばめ泥が好きなる燕かな　　細見綾子 tsubame tsubame doro ga sukinaru tsubame kana             sparrow, sparrow…             the sparrow that loves             mud                                                 Ayako Hosomi from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, April 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo Fay’s Note: Ayako Hosomi  (1907-1997)

Originally posted on K.: What ritual words should I offer to the absent moon’s shadow?  A love potion that merges opposite energies into absolute stillness?  A howl that resets the journey and flushes away the dark tides with glittering waves of stars? what is not fills to overflowing A quadrille about the new moon for…

Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: In lockdown, bright sunny days are lures to resist. The flush of spring was without fanfare, the blooms are on their own No leisurely stroll under cherry blossoms this spring. Nature tips the scale. ? a new moon the earth feels tilted up is down Pat R 4/20/20 For…