Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Lynne Rees & Daryl Nielsen: Wednesday Haiku, #186

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country churchyard
the grass no greener
on the other side
of the wall

Lynne Rees

 


Photo by Priyambada Nath via foter



dawn comes again
in the ten thousand byways
spring rain

Daryl Nielsen



Photo by Alden Jewell via foter



at dawn
deep in the rain
a lark is singing
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue



best,
Don

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Ready to Sleep: Robert Bly

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Ready to Sleep
Don't be afraid.
The great lettuce of the world
Is all around us.
                                                                       ~ Robert Bly




Photo by Mona




gobble up
my dawn dream...
cuckoo!
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue





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best,
Don

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Poet's Hall - Erie, PA: One Night Only!




Reading up in Erie this Friday, July 11th, at Poets' Hall, for those in the area. I'll be bringing my brand new book, Yield to the Willow (Six Gallery Press, 2014), and will be the featured poet of the evening.



hidden in everything plain sight 



And now back to your regularly scheduled internet





 
here and there
a plain and to-the-point
willow
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue



best,
Don

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Shloka Shankar & Susan Constable: Wednesday Haiku, #185

Banded Bay Cuckoo by Sandeep Gangadharan


cuckoo's call...
ticking past my regrets,
the grandfather clock

Shloka Shankar


Whiskey Jack by Pero Despotovic



a whiskey jack
eating out of my hand
feathered sunlight

Susan Constable



Japanese Nightingale (Crow in background)  (1:25)



mountain crows
bring the mountain nightingales
when you come

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue



And a little something that sums it all up: "Sorrow in the Sky (Nightingale vs. Crow)" by the band Merz



Hooded Crow by Uncle Bucko




best,
Don

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Ken Sawitri & Olivier Schopfer: Wednesday Haiku#184

Photo by .Evo.


ocean of sand --
thousands of wind paths
within each grain

Ken Sawitri 


 

 Photo by Keith Survell



cool mountain stream
trickling down my fingers—
summer's end

Olivier Schopfer



Photo by Liz West



the green vine
peeks in the window...
summer heat

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue



best,
Don

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