#Haiku Happenings #1 (11/15/21): The Other Bunny presents a #haibun by Kristen Lindquist! CROSSWORD AS PROPHECY The small synchronicities make me laugh: “rosemary,” HERB, your mother’s name; SIRENS, “naval hazards of mythology,” the name of the movie we just saw; ANSEL Adams, after we have just discussed his books. Then “bound together,” JOINED, as you…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 言の葉の木の葉の響き冬立ちぬ　　陽　美保子 kotonoha no konoha no hibiki fuyu tachinu ??????????? words with sounds ??????????? of leaves ??????????? winter begins ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Mihoko Yo??? from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), November 2016 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: snow hill at dusksliding       into            nightby Del Todey Turner (USA) Frogpond, 32:3, 2009

Originally posted on Rooted in Love: عيد ميلادي الأربعينأكثرُ اصفراراً هذه السنةأوراقُ الخريف My fortieth birthdayeven more yellow this yearthe autumn leaves My fortieth birthdayonly solitude keepsthe promise of the years

Originally posted on Bending moments: Delighted to win the Basho Memorial Contest’s Grand Prize with fellow poet David McMurray. lockdown I watch the camellias bloom and die *

Originally posted on Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin: holiday lightson the mantelmoments of grace Poem from December 2012 and true today. “Peace and Goodwill” AntiqueClipart.com