Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): ガレのランプとそつくりな毒茸　　　　西脇はまこ gare no ranpu to sokkurina dokukinoko             exactly like             a lamp by Gallé             a poisonous mushroom                                                             Hamako Nishiwaki from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Originally posted on SCRAMBLED, NOT FRIED: I’m doing the joy dance! Two Small Threes by Five, my haiku/haibun mashup is published this morning at HALIBUT, a marvelous online repository for original haiku, senryu, gendai haiku, tanka, and related forms, curated by poets Mary di Michele and Susan Gillis. Of course, given the genre, most work…

Originally posted on Lady Nyo's Weblog: (Watercolor, Jane Kohut-Bartels, 07) ? Like the lithe bowing Of a red maple sapling My heart turns to you, Yearns for those nights long ago When pale skin challenged the moon. ? Jane Kohut-Bartels Copyrighted, 2019 ? ? ?

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: senryu my tumor the size of no fruit the doctor can think of by Marsh Muirhead, Author last night of the carnival

Originally posted on writing in north norfolk: under moonless sky arranging the plum flowers by waning lamplight Kim M. Russell, 7th November 2019 Suzuki Harunobu (1725?–1770) – A woman practicing ikebana using branches of pine and plum – image found on Pinterest ? My response to Carpe Diem #1776 arranging the plum-flowers (Taigi) Today we…