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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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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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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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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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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