Category: haikai

  • #Haiku (10/6/23)

    #Haiku (10/6/23)

    10/6/23: paraglider Icarian dream… a paraglider flies too close to the sun #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (10/5/23)

    #Haiku (10/5/23)

    10/5/23: dandelion fluff Long Island Sound the last dandelion fluff afloat on the breeze #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Free-soaring Folly

    Free-soaring Folly

    How long will free-soarers ignore the fearful, trilling songs of unknown longing from their caged compatriots? How long will free-soarers fly on winds assured off the backs of their caged bretheren? How long before those free-soarers alight on a tree rooted in just soil, and find themselves permenantly perched, while their caged compatriots fly free?…

  • #Haiku (10/4/23)

    #Haiku (10/4/23)

    10/4/23: fog these crickets… a few stars twinkle above the fog of grading #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • #Haiku (10/3/23)

    #Haiku (10/3/23)

    10/3/23: rainbow robin song no trace of the Bifrost this sunny day #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • PSA: An Accounting

    PSA: An Accounting

    Seven years ago, I launched “American Haijin.” I did so because, as my tagline says, haikai poetry matters. Of course, one can read that either as a verb or a noun. Either way, the intent is the same: sharing haikai poetry. That’s proven difficult during the past two years. I’ve struggled through one of the…

  • “the warmth…” a #tanka (9/29/23)

    “the warmth…” a #tanka (9/29/23)

    9/29/23: unprompted the warmth of her skin rainfall previous plans washed away #tanka#micropoetry#poetry

  • #Haiku (9/29/23)

    #Haiku (9/29/23)

    9/29/23: running away cold rain running away from it all #haiku #micropoetry #poetry