Monthly Archives: August 2020

Daily Haiku: Aug. 26, 2020

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

on the border between spring and summer a frog by Michael Fessler (Japan), Author arrangements

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Free Verse by Robin Stratton

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Everyone wore sunglasses at lunch   and the waiters brought sparkling water and wine and bread and appetizers and more wine and our meal and more wine and more water and dessert and more wine and coffee and the sun shone down and I took my … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 25, 2020

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu     at the opera I replace the lyrics with my own failures     by Susan Antolin (USA), Author Artichoke Season

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Free Verse by Tammi J. Truax

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

A Toast There is bread. There is butter.   I shelter in my place. You, in yours. Safe and warm.   We want for nothing really, except perhaps   freedom of movement, freedom from fear.   Let us look within, … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 24, 2020

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

lazy afternoon– just one bee works the buttercups by Billie Wilson (USA) Acorn, #14, 2010

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Tanka by Antoinette Libro

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Tanka shops may be closed and houses shuttered but in the backyard a riot of red bougainvillea by Antoinette Libro (USA) Red Lights, Vol. 16, No. 2, June 2020

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 23, 2020

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

tiger lilies my sister’s marriage lasts the summer by Glenn G. Coats (USA) bottle rockets, #19, 2010

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 22, 2020

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

spring afternoon: the barber spins me around toward the mirror   by Mike Dillon (USA), Author the road behind: haiku by Mike Dillon

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 21, 2020

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

cemetery garden the endless sleep of leaves   by Eufemia Griffo  (Italy) Blithe Spirit, Vol. 28, No. 4, December 2018

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 20, 2020

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu Independence Day parade a child marches in the wrong direction by Jay Friedenberg (USA) Second Place Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Contest

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