Category: haiku community

  • #Haikai Challenge #46 (8/11/18): Fire #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

    Flames from the Holy Fire scorch a hillside in Lake Elsinore, California, on August 9.ROBYN BECK / AFP / GETTY     My, did you have a lot to say about vacations last week, haijin!   Congratulations to all contributors:   Haikai Challenge Participants  1. Denise DeVries 2. Deborah Gomez 3. Jules @ Strands 4.…

  • Birthday Wishes: Haibun

    Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings: I think of my dad today and how he admired Tony Hillerman’s novels, mysteries involving the Navajo Tribal Police. Once he wrote Mr. Hillerman a letter and received a gracious reply. It’s been twenty years now since my father died. He’d be ninety-nine today—perhaps he’d have…

  • Some things just are

    Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: Sorry it’s not celebratory, Lillian. For the dverse open link night, a haibun I wrote at the beginning of the week. Another insignificant death. There are so many here. Compensated a little by finding, the same evening a couple of toads nestled up together beneath a tree, waiting for…

  • Tanka: A Voice across the Sea

    #Haiku Happenings #1 (8/11/18): Xenia Trans’ #tanka for #dversepoets , Carpe Diem, and Rag Tag Daily Prompt #70!

  • [blood red sun]

    Originally posted on John Looks Out On Life: blood red sun under an ash choked sky the land burns

  • Enthralled

    Enthralled

    Originally posted on Haiku out of Africa: wandering spellbound ~ amongst the arches of the past ~ and cobblestone streets — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

  • Haibun 133

    Originally posted on Michael Rehling: non sequitur as art sometimes you are just sitting there listening to dry conversation. if you want it to change course just do what I do. say something totally and entirely off point. whatever happens next will be better for everyone even if the others just ask you to leave.…

  • Spark

    Originally posted on haiku tree: pale blue impatient stars spark the night ?