Today my haiku and haiga are featured on Akita International Haiku Network as part of the World Haiku Series 2021. I am humbled and honored to be today’s featured poet. Thank you again to Linda Lyberg for allowing me to use her lovely desert blossoms photo.Thank you again to Ellen Jennings of PassingByPhoto for allowing…
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dVerse — OLN 309 — winter haiku
cold brick notice brings a smile to rosy cheeks boots crunch snow to lake summer spirits empty winter pavilion smell of wood smoke bare trees stand, still winter benches brushed with snow along frozen lake straight steps soon turn away from the cloudy sun cold hands, warm heater Out and about on errands today, I…
dVerse — Poetics — Snow Crunches on the Sidewalk
Major Season (Sekki): Deep Winter Deep Winter is where there is no sign of the beauty of autumn or spring. The memory of autumn has faded and the hope of spring feels too far away. Micro-Season (Kō): Snow Crunches on the Sidewalk This is the time of year when temperatures dip so low that the…
Doodads — Big Christmas Trees 2021
This year two neighbors not too far from here decided to light up the trees in their front yards with lights. It’s taken me this long to finally get pictures of them. I stopped on my way to the library and snapped them. Again, the new phone comes through for me with the night setting…
The Results of the World Haiku Series 2021 — Akita International Haiku Network
If you want to read fantastic international haiku from the Akita International Haiku Network, please follow this blog. My haiku and haiga will be featured in February! Instead of Matsuo Basho, it is my greatest delight and honor to announce the results of the World Haiku Series 2021. We would like to express our great…
Hunter Moon haiku
Bright accuser shining through skylight — nowhere to hide. Dry leaves rustle under Hunter Moon owl’s silent wings The first image I took last night. The second image is, “Owl Hunt,” by Sophieeves90
September photos and haiku series, dVerse — OLN
chamomile drowsessleepy in September’s sunwinter’s bedtime tea paper monumentto wasp ingenuitysoon vacant castle purple crepe awaitsseeking guidance from heavenSol’s opening nod us pine trees critterswith fuzzy green needled furwe wiggle in wind September late sproutsmake haste to shine like their kinbright tiny starlets bowed like old womenfading congregation prayswarm afternoon sun strawberry plants bloomheedless of…
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