Category: haiku community

  • 7.17 (s) different ‘foils’ /haikai 42 | Jules Longer Strands of Gems

    #Haikai Happenings #1 (7/20/18): Jules’ solo #renga for my current #haikai challenge! no metal blades for plant like swords piercing dry ground – after today’s rain? * unpredictable weather – drought; will some storms save our lawns * perhaps by mid-week mowers will roar throughout the quiet neighborhood ©JP/dh haikai challenge 42 cutting grasses kusakari…

  • Portugal Travel Notes #6 (7/10/18):

    Mira and I at the castle in Sortelha   The AC didn’t work. We switched to new rooms around 3:00 in the morning. The hotel didn’t charge us for three rooms, of course.   morning sun Another yawn at breakfast   Belmont. A village that boasts an historic Jewish community, with roots preceding the expulsion…

  • haiku on mowing and trimming

    Originally posted on Ontheland: Saturday July 14 Rain may fall nature has the upper hand too hot for mowing : Sunday July 15 days so hot grass doesn’t grow mower laughs : parched grass rests motionless the silent tractor : in this heat Queen Anne’s Lace soars grass crisp as straw : Monday July 16…

  • Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 2: July 5, 2014: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    early rise first aroma of fresh-brewed coffee early beach arrival digging deep into loose sand to plant our umbrella the rattle of the chain reminds me to mind the wind searing sun roar of an incoming surf so cold to the touch step by step, his hand in mine until my face hits the sand…

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/19/18)

    7/19/18: sheep summer afternoon a shepherd drives his flock across the road #haiku #micropoetry #haiku #Portugal

  • Portugal Travel Notes #5 (7/9)

    Frank and I at a castle in Monsanto We finish our visit to Evora at the Cathedral. Beautiful sights atop the apex of the city. cathedral bells the silence under vault ceilings All of us on the roof of Evora Cathedral Next up, the mountain village winner of the coveted “most Portuguese village in Portugal”:…

  • My Daily #Haiku (7/18:18)

    7/18/18: pigs Toledo lunch sparing the pigs for now #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry

  • Portugal Travel Notes (7/18/18): Interlude

    How did I wake up for the third morning in the Hotel Mayorazgo in Madrid, Spain? Well, it’s an interesting story. One that I will soon explain. Our trip has been a bustling one. That’s why I haven’t kept up my Travel Notes as consistently as I had hoped. No matter. I will soon get…