Helen Buckingham & Susan Constable: Wednesday Haiku, #227

 Photo by Gabor

winter's end
snowdrops ticker-tape
the hedgerows

Helen Buckingham

 

 Photo by Schwarzkaefer

a caterpillar
on the palm of my hand
soft autumn light

Susan Constable

Photo by Mez Love

winter rain--
too many strings bend
the chrysanthemum

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don
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DJ Garvey & Susan Constable: Wednesday Haiku, #216

Photo by Andrew Moore

evening chant -
sacred ibis in lines
of flight

DJ Garvey

 Photo by Jonathan Boeke

writer’s block
he asks what I think
about parsnips

Susan Constable

Artwork by Ted Silveira

over the big house
an excellent flight!
firefly

Issa
trans. by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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Daryl Nielsen & Susan Constable: Wednesday Haiku, #208

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first thought
best thought
nothing in-between

Daryl Nielsen

Photo by Tuncy

winter solstice     
I watch my shadow
climb the wall

Susan Constable

Photo by Stefan Ramsaier

speaking
this day's deepest thoughts...
poppies

Issa
trans. by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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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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Jane Reichhold & Susan Constable: Wednesday Haiku, #148

Photo by Sharon Drummond

a curve of her breast
signaling desire he strokes
            her wine goblet

        Jane Reichhold

 

 Blue Bottle fly, Austin Ferry, Tasmania

ferry crossing
the fly
takes a window seat

       Susan Constable

Photo by Keoni Cabral

from the thin curve
of the sickle moon...
one leaf falls

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

 
best,

Don

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Wayne Hogan & Susan Constable: Wednesday Haiku, #137

 Photo by Anna

The room shifts
the lemon tree shines
hope behind the horizon
there

Wayne Hogan

 

Art by Utagawa Kunisada

fenced in –
a horse knee-deep
in daisies

Susan Constable

Photo by Weber Art, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

sunset--
tears shine in a frog's eyes
too

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Susan Constable & Laszlo Slomovits: Wednesday Haiku, #133

Photo by Angeloangelo

knee-high grass
I make my own path
into autumn

Susan Constable

 

Moth Wing Magnified by Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel

paparazzi moths
clamor at the window —
the celebrity is light

Laszlo Slomovits

Photo by Jason A. Samfield

to enlightened eyes
Buddha's bones?
dewdrops in the grass

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Peggy French & Susan Constable: Wednesday Haiku, #127

Photo by bunchofpants

mother's day
cold toast
served with love

Peggy French

Photo by Alvimann

 


accused . . .
a button missing
on his shirt

Susan Constable

Photo by Clarita

the mother cat
gnawing her kitten's
fleas 

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don   

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Susan Constable & Andrea Grillo: Wednesday Haiku #101

Detail of a photo by NASA

shooting star
a mosquito whines
into past tense

Susan Constable

Photo by Roland Zh

starry night
our window reflections
play their own part

Andrea Grillo

Photo by James Gathany

mosquito larvae too
keep the sutra's
rhythm

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

  

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Susan Constable & Gloria Jaguden: Wednesday Haiku Week 57

Cup of Sky by Lynd Ward

starry night . . .
one thought leading
to another

Susan Constable

 Photo by James F.

his death--
still the magnolia blooms
keep coming

Gloria Jaguden

 Old Men & Boys by Edvard Munch

my stars--
a gang of old men
in the Milky Way

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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A Hundred Gourds: A Call for Work

Photo by R. Kiser

An announcement and call for work, courtesy of William Sorlein:

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A Hundred Gourds 1:1 is now online

The first issue of A Hundred Gourds: a quarterly journal of haiku, haibun, haiga and tanka poetry is now online.

 A Hundred Gourds

The Editorial Team of A Hundred Gourds extends warmest thanks to everyone who submitted their work for consideration for this, our inaugural issue. Thanks to your enthusiastic welcome, it's a bumper edition.

As well as haiku, tanka, haiga and haibun you'll find essays, interviews and a review in the Expositions section. There is also a memorial Feature dedicated to the late Janice M. Bostok, Australia's haiku pioneer.

Please join us in welcoming three new editors to the AHG team:

* William Sorlien, of St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, is Renku Editor, already organising A Hundred Gourds' first renku section, which will be published in AHG 1:2.

* Susan Constable, of Vancouver Island, Canada, is the new Tanka Editor. Susan's first tanka section will be published in AHG 1:2.

* Mike Montreuil, of Ontario, Canada, is the new Haibun Editor. Mike's first haibun section will be published in AHG 1:3.

* Lorin Ford, Haiku Editor.

A Hundred Gourds welcomes your submissions to the New Years' editions.

· Special notice for tanka & renku submissions to AHG 1:2 & 1:3

The submission period for tanka and renku only has been extended for the March issue, AHG 1:2. Submissions of tanka and renku received up to the 31st December will be considered for AHG 1:2. Tanka and renku submissions received between January 1st and March 15th will be considered for AHG 1:3. Please read the submissions guidelines page on the AHG website for further details.

The deadline for haiku, haibun, haiga and for the Expositions section of AHG 1:2 remains at December the 15th.

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a hundred gourds
  from the heart
   of one vine

Chiyo-ni
translation by P. Donegan & Y. Ishibashi

the aging gourd
and I
cast our shadows

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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