Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): この辻を空也も行きし春あられ　　　長峰竹芳 kono tsuji o kûya mo yukishi haru-arare ??????????? Kuya walked ??????????? this street, too ??????????? spring hail ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Chikuho Nagamine from “Haiku Shiki” (“Haiku Four Seasons,” a monthly haiku magazine), May 2018 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo Fay’s Note:? Kuya (903-972) is a Buddhist…

Originally posted on Charmed Chaos: Image by Nick Remini from Pixabay winter wind whistlesleaves swirling in tornados-the clang of wind chimes Author’s Note: We’ve had a lot of chilling wind these last few days, but nothing like the weather some parts of the country are getting!

Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: on this still cold day may hints of spring wander through – a renewed longing Pat 2/17/21 For Frank Tassone Haiku Challenge with the prompt Still Cold, to read or participate go here “Still Cold”

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: sun melts its butteron afternoon fields wind blowsstill winter sharpdig deep into warming earthplant spring unfold summer For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. An afternoon of gardening, clearing and planting. The smell of violets was overpowering.I cheated a bit. It isn’t cold at all now, but since Ash Wednesday isn’t…

Originally posted on Tao-Talk: Lost in the blizzard,my boots crunch an unknown path –still, I hear music.Their hearth blazes; plum wine flows.Sun rises pink on snowdrifts.   image link Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says:This week, let’s write our favorite haikai poem (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) alluding…

Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 流木の塩の乾びて春浅し　　七種年男 ryûboku no shio no karabite haru asashi ??????????? salt drying ??????????? on the driftwood ??????????? early spring ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Toshio Saikusa from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, January 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo