Originally posted on mishunderstood: ? For many years, I worked on a First Nations reserve. It was part of my job to become familiar with some of the Ojibway language and culture and to promote it within a daycare setting. Native American customs and spirituality have always intrigued me and still do. The legends and…

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: When the whole world measured time in light and dark, descent and climb, civilisation was still new my child, an infant just like you. One drab June, we wandered ancient grounds, round rain-soaked prehistoric mounds, counting a nursery rhyme of stones. We imagined thousands of dawns and shadows…

Originally posted on haiku tree: sheets of rain pound the roof the cat yawns ?

#Haiku Happenings #6: AHS announces the premier edition of Echidna Tracks! Australian Haiku Society Lynette Arden After months of preparation of the site and selection of content, the editors of Echidna Tracks – Simon Hanson, Lynette Arden and myself (Lyn Reeves) – are pleased to announce the launch of our first issue. Go here to…

Originally posted on Ontheland: Summer, a season of long days and short nights. I hear early dawn…heralded by birdsong before light seeps through the curtains…then I go back to sleep. I rejoice when evenings are long but how do I truly know the shortness of night? On summer solstice afternoon I see the white quarter…

#Haiku Happenings #4: Haiku of a Floating Rabbit’s haiku for my current #haikai challenge! halfway through the year the diagnosis revealed— the longest day #haiga #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #shahai twitter.com/rabbithaiku/status/1009752547362344962