Monthly Archives: December 2016

Daily Haiku: Jan. 1, 2017

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

curling up at dusk the park bench sleeper turns over a new page by Alan Summers Fellowship of Australian Writers, Queensland First Place International Haiku Contest, 1996

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 31, 2016

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

laundry day rain becoming snow becoming rain by Roberta Beary, Author The Unworn Necklace  

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 30, 2016

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

on his daughter’s cheek a snowflake melting the war by Steve Hodge Frogpond, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2015  

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 29, 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

ESL class multi-coloured snowflakes by Terry Ann Carter Walking the Same Path Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology, 2004  

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Poetry Isn’t Frivolous

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

I write to have people read what I write. Many of my friends tell me they don’t understand poetry because so much of it is frivolous. While there is a lot of nonsense written that people are trying to pass … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 28, 2016

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

after having to mop the kitchen floor . . . comforting my aging dog by Wally Swist Modern Haiku, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, Winter-Spring, 1995  

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 27, 2016

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

Gregorian chants resound down the long, cool hallway . . . my office stereo by Jeffrey Winke Modern Haiku, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, Winter-Spring 1995  

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My Haiku Exhibit Travels Again

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

Dear Readers and Followers, Just a reminder that my illustrated haiku/senryu/haiku sequences exhibit travels to Mundelein, Illinois on Jan. 8.  It will be at the Fremont Public Library, 1170 N. Midlothian Rd., through April 1. In 2016, it was at … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 26, 2016

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

crescent moon– I’m moulding the future in my womb     by Maria Laura Valente The Mainichi, Nov. 11, 2016  

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 25, 2016

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

first snow a deeper gratitude takes wing   by Jeffrey Hanson Under the Basho, 2016  

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