Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: THE HAPPY GUY Shopping for orange dreamsicles at Dollar Tree, I found myself in the checkout aisle behind two young men, dressed like handymen. The one closest to me suddenly declared, “I love you!” to the cashier, a large, middle-aged woman with mousy hair. “He always embarrasses me,” the other…

Originally posted on Rooted in Love: Le matin après notre amour dans le jardin a fleuri en fleur-baisers ~ At the library where I dreamed of meeting her I found only books ~ …صباح يكسوه الشتاء أصوات الناس تعود بخجل إلى شوارع القرية ~ Hiking today… the hunters more numerous than the birds

#Haiku Happenings #6: Scott Metz presents a haiku by Stephen Toft!

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 誰からも遠い時間を木の実降る　　　塩野谷　仁 dare kara mo tôi jikan o konomi furu             the hour             far from everyone…             tree fruits fall                                                 Jin Shionoya from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), December　2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: grass roots how quickly a bamboo becomes a forest   by Yu Chang  (USA) Frogpond, Vol. 14, No. 3, Fall 2018 ?

Originally posted on Stella Pierides: Delighted and honoured to read Vanessa Proctor’s generous and thoughtful review of my book, published in Frogpond 41.3, Fall 2018, p. 139), the journal of the Haiku Society of America! Please read PDF by clicking the link below…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… sp-frogpond-rev ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………….Available from Red Moon Press and Amazon https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/pierides_ofthisworldcover.jpg