I hope you enjoyed your (hopefully virtual) cherry blossom viewing. Congratulations to last week’s contributors: Haikai Challenge Participants 1. Eugenia2. Susan Zutautas3. Jane Dougherty4. Christine5. joem18b6. Pat R 7. Rhen Laird8. Li/Lisa9. Dave Madden10. Peter11. Kerfe Roig12. Janice 13. Jules14. Jayanth15. Linda Lee Lyberg 16. Frank J. Tassone […]
An early peak of cherry blossoms in Washington DC this year, and who came to see it? Some did, risking their own health (and that of others’), to witness the blooms. The rest of us see only the photos. Is that enough? Outside my window, a blanket of […]
I had just put together the disembodied alien when the radio sounded. American Authors sings “this is gonna be the best day of my life…” I slap the off switch. Lying in bed, in shock. Every cell throbs with the strain of being awake. I hope to nod […]
I had a lead on today’s assignment grading, until Frank brought me his replacement phone. “It’s not activating,” he said. The cascade soon followed. Verizon’s website offered no workable options. Customer service proved an overlong wait–interrupted when my doctor’s office finally returned my call. A virtual trouble-shooter ran […]
“It’s a kind of magic…” Queen Would I were Gandalf, facing the Balrog, crying, “You shall not pass!” Or Merlin, confronting Morgan Le Fey, before Arthur’s doom. Or any mystic, empowered against #Corona. But I am only a poet. My words must be magic enough. raindrops another deep […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
