Monthly Archives: July 2020

Daily Haiku: Aug. 1, 2020

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

my cat looks so many places beyond me   by Tom Clausen (USA) The Heron’s Nest, September 2019  

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Triolet by Paul Beech

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

STEEPLE Landmark, lifemark, the steeple of St John’s. Pausing, we hear the bells faintly in snow. Down the chill river, destiny beckons. Landmark, lifemark, the steeple of St John’s. Pals all our lives, we’re the lucky ones, Tramping the valley … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: July 31, 2020

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

third date— the slow drift of the rowboat in deep water by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA), Author The Unworn Necklace

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Check This New Book Out!

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Little Book of Devotions: Poems that Connect Nature, God and Man More than a collection of poems . . . Poet Michael Escoubas’ fourth poetry collection offers deserving readers a welcome respite from the stress of Covid-19 and the turmoil … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: July 30, 2020

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

newborn fist the fiddlehead unfurls by Christina Nguyen (USA) Now This: Contemporary Poems of Beginnings, Renewals, and Firsts

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Daily Haiku: July 29, 2020

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu in recovery . . . bringing flowers I never bought before by David Gershator (USA) Now This: Contemporary Poems of Beginnings, Renewals, and Firsts

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Daily Haiku: July 28, 2020

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu new world order the fly in the ointment starts to swim   by Robert Epstein (USA), Editor Now This: Contemporary Poems of Beginnings, Renewals, and Firsts, 2013

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Free Verse by RM Yager

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Taken Away Your gift arrived today. I, as a bedridden shut-in, was elated to have a huge glass globe on the far side of my picture window to gaze at, day or night. To my surprise, a monarch flew in … Continue reading →

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Do You Miss Typewriters?

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Every once in awhile, I get nostalgic, and bring out my old manual typewriter. I brought this “Torpedo” to college with me, and I actually have a big old Remington typewriter from the 1950s in storage that belonged to my … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: July 27, 2020

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

second honeymoon a flock of turnstones skirt the shore   by Tom Painting (USA) Frogpond, 32:1, 2009

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