Originally posted on PHOENIX: adding father’s name to the family tombstone with room for my own © Nicholas Virgilio lying down in the shadow I’ll enjoy a Bach concert © Virginia Popescu Photo : Virginia Popescu Carpe diem – Tan Renga Wednesday #11 family tombstone

Originally posted on Vento del giorno: Sera silenziosa. Alzo gli occhi dal libro che sto leggendo e li vedo … lassù in volo nel cielo della sera quattro gabbiani Silent evening. I look up from the book I’m reading and I see them … flying up there in the evening sky four seagulls © A.M.

#Haiku Happenings #1 (1/29/20): Barbara Kaufmann’s #haiga appears in All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku!

Originally posted on Akita International Haiku Network: World Haiku Series 2019 (38) Haiku by Dragica Ohashi ? Reiwa period rainbow over Tokyo bring happiness ? 令和時代 東京の虹 幸せをもたらす ? Side of the road dandelion and coin are waiting for the owner to find them ? 路傍 タンポポとコインが待っている 所有者が見つけるのを ? New spring arrives in the branches…

#Haiku Happenings #5: Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! #88 Load lonely whistle ofthe night train chugging to dawnwhere sparrows call spring… they twitter in circles atwinter feeders seeking bugs woken by silencethe hobo knows the train’s stoppedexits, hails a cab as if still dreaming; returnsto the place he lied, grieving coming full…