Enjoyed enough fish, haijin? Some of you marched along. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr2. Tessa3. Reena Saxena 4. Jane Dougherty5. Jules @ Strands6. Revived Writer 7. Janice8. Linda Lee Lyberg Powered by… Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets. Looking ahead: What a […]
1998. The Palisades Center, outside the Lowes Theater. You arrive with our mutual friend Laura. The world blurs, and only you fall into focus. The conversation of Chris and my other friends becomes background muzak to our conversation. We all walk toward a coffee kiosk, where I wanted […]
I almost can’t remember how the trains raced around the track. How Dad and I adjusted knobs and toggled twitches. How town lights turned on and off; how locomotives whirled out of the tunnel. I almost can’t remember how much I miss those times with him. Almost. train […]
Watch the ripples. Then wait for the water to still. See the clear reflection of the white birch growing over from the far shore. See the green of the surrounding canopy in that liquid mirror. Let that stillness become your own. The neighbor walked his golden retriever along […]
What must Mardi Gras be like? Is it revelers pursuing yet another Krew’s ostentacious float? Is it music pouring out of every open door and window? Or crowds of tourists casting down or tossing up sets of beads? Is it influencers drawing onlookers with the lure of lavish […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
