Ida Frelinger & Susan Diridoni: Wednesday Haiku, #218

Image by Tom Simpson via foter

one day at a time
a duckling skids
into the no-wake zone

     Ida Frelinger

Photo by azut via foter

sprouting oaks fugue a welcome

               Susan Diridoni 

Photo by Paul Hudson via foter

my money sprouted wings
and flew away...
the year ends

Issa
trans. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Don

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