Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 燕の子眠し食ひたし雷起る　　　西東三鬼 tsubame no ko nemushi kuitashi rai okoru             baby swallows             sleepy, but hungry…             a thunder comes                                                 Sanki Saito from “Gendai Saijiki” (“Modern Saijiki”), edited by Tohta Kaneko, Momoko Kuroda and Ban’ya Natsuishi, Seisei Shyuppan, Tokyo, 1997 Fay’s Note:   Sanki Saito (1900-1962)

Originally posted on Grahn Song: we found each otherin that momentbreaking over the rails,that moment that swept usinto the sea If stumbling into misadventure is an art form then we mastered it long ago. Yes, time has passed, and yes, the distance between us is greater than ever. Still, I remember our love of music,…

Originally posted on Ontheland: August moon sailing on high thunderbolts propelling summer dreams toward their destiny . . ©️2019 Ontheland Haikai Challenge #99 Sturgeon Moon

#Haiku Happenings #2: Tessa’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!

Originally posted on the other bunny: I go to see the great leader’s statue, but it is too hot, so I step into his great shadow. Immediately I hear the tinkling of a stream. When my eyes adjust to the darkness I make out a young boy standing close to me, along with his goat.…

Haiku Happenings #8: Eva Limbach’s one-line haiku appears in Under the Basho! visiting an old friend this single cloud