Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 人は人とつながつてゐる凧　　山田露結 hito wa hito to tsunagatteiru ikanobori ??????????? people connecting ??????????? with people ??????????? kite ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Roketsu Yamada from ‘Haiku,’ a monthly haiku magazine, March 2017 Issue, Kabushiki Kaisha Kadokawa, Tokyo Fay’s Note:? ‘ikanobori’ or ‘tako’ (kite) is a spring kigo.

Originally posted on Bill Waters ~~ Haiku: tropical harborthe rattle and splashof the anchor chain [2/6 prompt = The Chain] two narwhalscrossing swords!pepperoni dreams [2/7 prompt = Tusk] Tangiers . . .strolling the mazeof the Medina [2/8 prompt = Tangerine] four sticks,their fuses flaring— “fire in the hole!” [2/9 prompt = Four Sticks] 56 feetand…

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: star by star she takes him the long way home       by Dan Schwerin (USA) Frogpond, Vol. 40:1, 2017  

Originally posted on My Inner Voice: English Original year of the Oxavoidingthe scarlet sky Published in Asahi Haikuist Network, January 29 2021Hifsa Ashraf Chinese Translation (Traditional) 牛年避免凝視血紅色的天空?Chinese Translation (Simplified) 牛年避免凝视血红色的天空 Butterfly Dream: Year of the Ox?

Originally posted on Icebox: I first met Nobuyuki Yuasa (Sosui) in London in 1994 during the Basho 300th celebrations I’d organized for London University’s School of Oriental & African Studies and the British Haiku Society. During that year, BHS held a series of events including a conference,  a long-distance haiku hike, an international renga, and…

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