Originally posted on Haiku Gravy: outof the windbirdsong

Originally posted on awisewomansjourney: In Response To: FOWC With Fandango – Strange Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #123 (1/26/20): First Sparrows [twittering] (hatsusuzume) – This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or alludes to first sparrows twittering (hatsusuzume). Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt –…

Originally posted on Memorie di una Geisha, multiblog internazionale di Haiku: swallows leave with the silence my fears of dying alone rondini migrano in silenzio… le mie paure di morire sola Rachel Sutcliffe, England – Le lumachine n.31 January 2019 Rachel Sutcliffe, November 6 1977, January 25 2019 ~~~ Last journey the stars protect all…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 落葉踏む時間の重さ思ひつつ　　　関　朱門 ochiba fumu jikan no omosa omoitsutsu             I step on fallen leaves             thinking about the weight             of time                                                 Shumon Seki from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December 2017 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Originally posted on kiwissoar: Day after day, despite predictions of showers, and even the esoteric ‘showers clearing’, no rain.  I no longer even think about whether I can hang out washing or not – I just do it regardless of any forecast.  Even the birds are listless, and the dog lies motionless after his morning…

Originally posted on Ontheland: in the flow frozen trees chirping the passage of time . . ©️2019 Ontheland Bird activity is increasing as we enter the lunar near year. The Haikai Challenge takes up a traditional kigo “first sparrows twittering”. I am not sure that we have sparrows around here, but there are certainly more…