Category: haikai
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My Daily #Haiku (11/18/19)
11/18/19: visit withered leavesanother imminentdoctor’s visit #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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’14 Summer Swansong (part 1): my latest @ImageCurve #haibun
More than a week has passed. Out of a two-month summer vacation, two days remain. Impressions: last bitter taste of morning coffee cicada song August 23rd We take the mandatory photo at the Statue of Liberty. An overcast sky hangs above her torch. We’ve put on long-sleeves. Frankie is happier racing on the ledge—until we…
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#Haikai Challenge #113 (11/16/19): fallen leaves (ochiba) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Thank you for honoring our veterans, and celebrating the Beaver Moon, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Christine Bialczak2. Reena Saxena3. Peter4. Jade Li/Lisa 5. Jules6. Indira7. Kerfe Roig8. Xenia Tran 9. Janice10. Revived Writer11. Deborah12. Tessa Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: Mid-november. Many trees have shed their…
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Losing Snoodles: a #TankaProse
11/16/19: loss and longing She was the second dog in our house. The first, a beagle, had been a “dog-sitting” trial ownership. She, a shephadoodle, came to us under no such pretenses: Dad simply showed up with her. I fed her dutifully, walked her consistently, played with her as only a devoted eight-year-old could. But…
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My Daily #Haiku (11/16/19)
11/16/19: dust November breezea fine layer of duston the dresser #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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A November with Basho, Day 15
On the eigth we climbed Moon Mountain, wearing the holy paper necklaces and cotton hats of Shinto priests, following behind a mountain monk whose footsteps passed through mist and clouds and snow and ice, climbing miles higher as though drawn by invisible spirits into the gateway of the sky–sun, moon, and clouds floated by and…
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“moonlit fawns…” a #tanka (11/15/19)
11/15/19: prompt-free moonlit fawnsearly morning froston the yardoh these are the dayswhen two cups aren’t enough #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (11/15/19)
11/15/19: stringed instrument the duston his violaBeaver Moon #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
