Category: haikai
-
#Haikai Challenge #42 (7/14/18): cutting grasses (kusakari) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga
Cool off under the waterfalls, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors! Moving right along. If only summer was only the season of frolicking. Alas, there’s work to be done, too–especially if you own your own property. Sooner or later, it’s time to mow the lawn! With the sun and rain, that grass…
-
Portugal Travel Notes #4 (7/8)
Another 3+ hour drive. Evora, heart of the Alentejo, The Brugge of Portugal. We drive through medieval gates and under the Roman Aqueduct in search of our hotel. searing zenith modern decor on cobblestone Up a hill. One square with a fountain. Across a street to the main Placa, featuring Igreja nosso sehnora de Graca.…
-
My Daily #Haiku (7/13/18)
7/13/18: breathe the tractor trailer drifts into our lane … Breathe #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #Portugal
-
My Daily #Haiku (7/12/18)
Vilaranda run she thanks me for driving before the next trip #haikuchallenge (thanks) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #Portugal
-
My Daily #Haiku (7/11/18)
Chaves away from tourist hustles at last #haikuchallenge (away) #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #portugal
-
Portugal Travel Notes #3 (7/5-7/7)
South to the Algarve–Portugal’s answer to Spain’s Costa Del Sol, Florida and the Jersey Shore. Villa Maura is a posh beach resort complete with palm trees and well-manicured green lawns–in a semi-arid region across the Atlantic from the Sahara’s West Coast. A quick tour on our first day: the beach is a two-block walk. The…
-
My Daily #Haiku (7/9/18)
7/9/18: Queen Palácio Juda … a stroll through the Queen’s quarters #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #Portugal
-
Summer Vacation ’14 Premier: an .@ImageCurve #haibun
A cardinal alights on a high branch of the Peach tree. Its weight bends the branch toward the thick ground cover. Robins, sparrows and jays mark their territory in the Maple canopy. Frankie and I eat breakfast on the deck, listening to iTunes alternative radio that plays through our Motorola speaker. Sunlight bathes the backyard…
