Michael Newell & Anitha Varma: Wednesday Haiku, #150

A Hamiltonian Path

another day another mistake
another path to wander

Michael L. Newell

 

 Photo by Jesse Eastland

early darkness..
the world vanishes
layer by layer

Anitha Varma

 NOAA Photo Library

deep-mountain deer
also stray off the path
to love

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Don

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Jennifer Burd & Michael Newell: Wednesday Haiku, #147

 

Photo by NadejdaM

wind ripples the pond –
small fish nibble
pieces of moonlight

   Jennifer Burd

 

Photo by Dvortygirl

weight of life
butterfly poised
on lad's thumb

Michael L. Newell

  Photo by Jeltovski

evening moon--
pond snails singing
in the kettle

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Michael L. Newell & Joel Dias-Porter: Wednesday Haiku, #129

Photo by Sara Biljana

Windblown rain-rusted
merry-go-round drifts in fog,
creaks across decades.

Michael L. Newell

 

 Photo by :: M @ X :::

Labor Day-
Sweat beads the neck 
Daddy's beer

Joel Dias-Porter

Photo by Glen Van Etten

 

moonflowers--
one by one the wind
rustles them

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Lisa Espenmiller & Michael Newell: Wednesday Haiku, #117

Photo by Bernt Rostad

listening to the wind
sing to the redwood -
fiftieth birthday

Lisa Espenmiller

 

 Photo by Sleepyjeanie

ally ally in come free
down the street
my past calls

Michael L. Newell

Photo by Oryctes

spring rain--
there's one window
per person

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Anne Curran & Michael Newell: Wednesday Haiku, #112

Photo by Patrick Q

as she turns to leave
my mother's
girlish smile

Anne Curran

Photo by Dietmar Temps

 
An old man slowly rocked,
the clock of his face
ticking toward midnight.

Michael L. Newell

Photo by Photo Matt 28

the baby birds' eyes
riveted on mother...
molting  

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

   
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Deborah Kolodji & Michael Newell: Wednesday Haiku, #111

Photo by MAClarke21

we promise each other
nothing will change
slack tide

   Deborah P Kolodji
   Modern Haiku, 42.1, Winter/Spring 2011

Photo by Cobalt123

A flowering rock.
Why do I insist
on questioning miracle?

Michael L. Newell

Photo by T-Miki

a village of slackers
lackadaisical
plum blossoms

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

   
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Michael L. Newell & Geoffrey Landis: Wednesday Haiku, Week #91

Photo by Jesse Taylor

Above La Paz a hawk
glides upon same wind
with which I wrestle.

Michael L. Newell

Photo by Forest Wander

On the maple tree
a single crimson leaf:
last day of summer.

Geoffrey Landis

Photo by F. Lo Valvo

cicadas chirring
the red leaf flutters
down

Issa 
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Rehn Kovacic & Michael L. Newell: Wednesday Haiku, #89

The cat plays
   with a fake mouse—
         she knows.

Rehn Kovacic

Artwork by Hiroshige

final embers of day
hint at what was
and what is to come

Michael L. Newell

Photo credit: Martin LaBar / Foter / CC BY-NC

evicted
from the sunset bell...
firefly

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Michael L. Newell & Ann K. Schwader: Wednesday Haiku, Week 73

Photo by Myburgh

my conscience squawking again
pied crow on the roof

            Michael L. Newell

Vintage 1950s toy

early thaw
the cycle cop’s
smile

        Ann K. Schwader

Crow on a Branch by Kawanabe Kyōsai  (woodblock)

frost kills the grass
the coaxing voice
of a crow

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Michael Newell & Bart Solarczyk: Wednesday Haiku, Week 70

Photo by Alex France

dusk's embers linger
old man on a park bench
barely visible

          Michael L. Newell

Photo by Jorge Barrios

tangerine
you could be
next week's moon

           Bart Solarczyk

Wood cut by Mushikago

on top
of a sleeping man's butt...
firefly

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Marg Beverland & Michael Newell: Wednesday Haiku, Week 62

Photo by Carolyne Rohrig

deeper

     deeper

           into the stream

                  shadow of a swallow

             Marg Beverland

Photo by Bella Domanie

children's voices filtered
through steady rain
the past always with me

Michael L. Newell

Art by Phan Cam Thuong

spring rain--
a child gives a dance lesson
to the cat

     Issa
     translated by David G. Lanoue

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Johnny Baranski and Michael L. Newell: Wednesday Haiku, #55

Photo by anna.dickie

left to my own devices
i have much in common
with the crow

johnny baranski

Couple Under Umbrella (Crow & Heron) by Suzuki Harunobu

Most eloquent
when simplest
the grammar of touch.

Michael L. Newell

Detail from Sparrow and Scissors by Hokusai

herons, crows, sparrows
all enjoying
the water's warmth

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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Pat Nelson and Michael Newell: Wednesday Haiku # 52

Photo by  Taliesin

sunlit
       graffiti wall
                 the lovers
       the haters

       Pat Nelson

 Photo by Ronnie B

distant hills through rain
all my yesterdays
fading to night

Michael L. Newell

the peony falls
spilling out yesterday's
rain

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jeremie McKnight & Michael Newell: Wednesday Haiku, #47

Photo by Emlyn Addison

Be gentle with words
soft breezes alone can move
golden stalks of wheat

Jeremie McKnight

Photo by Sioda

Each step,
slow or swift, lasts
a lifetime.

Michael L. Newell

even the wheat
in a morning mood...
blue mist

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

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