Originally posted on Ontheland: slender buds . . . a day lily opens first summer moon . . June 24, 2021 ©️2021 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #195

Originally posted on Haiku Commentary: evening newsjunipers consumethe moon Haiku Society of America Harold G. Henderson Haiku Award, Second Place (2020)— Kat Lehmann (USA) This haiku has a very effective juxtaposition. It shows us through imagery how consuming the news can be. The word “consume” has a negative connotation that implies an extreme. The juniper’s invasiveness is…

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: Time’s Mirage? white skies a pebble in my palm grows cool fading footprints through spins of winter fog time’s spirals the hands of the clock become a blur reflection? of my random beliefs? water mirage cast stone ripples through the statue zero gravity? I disown? my shadows John Hawkhead,…

Originally posted on Nicole Hague-Andrews: in the rose garden the smell of rotting broccoli

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: year’s end– the old dog’s ashes still in a box       by Marjorie Buettner (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. 38.2, Summer 2007  

Originally posted on elancharan gunasekaran: rush hour an old god stops to watch the sunrise

#Haiku Happenings #7: Dr. Roberta Proffitt Lavin’s latest haiku! Picturesque Prudence Protecting her desert home with special powers