Monthly Archives: October 2021

Daily Haiku: Nov. 1, 2021

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

hot summer night the roll of her Spanish tongue by Chad Lee Robinson (USA) Frogpond, Vol. XXX, No. 2, 2007

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Free Verse by Mary Jo Balistreri

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

Finding Peace To walk these meandering paths of filtered sun and fallen birch logs is to inhale peace. To tread upon pine needles cushioned with downy white tufts of aspen calms even the most anxious thoughts. To surrender to the … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 31, 2021

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

train station a soldier paces summer dusk   by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA) distinguished prize winner1st yamadera basho haiku contest, 2009

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Free Verse by Ellen Grace Olinger

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

WINTER IN OCTOBER Another deatha sudden deaththis autumn ofwinter in October. Condolences pour inyour service strengthensand your body is laid to restin beloved Wisconsin land. Now the grief beginsand how else could it be? Surely a few peoplewill remain with … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 30, 2021

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

spring begins I give my worries wings       by Beverly Acuff Momoi (USA) Frogpond, Vol. 44:2 Spring/Summer 2021

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Free Verse by Maureen Weldon

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

  THE PAST   I have left the past, or so I thought; yet it sits in every corner, sits on my back.   Sometimes the long garden with a hammock to swing in, to laze in, near the sweet … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 29, 2021

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

dove song I unlace  muddy boots       by Gideon Young (USA) Frogpond, Vol. 44:2, Spring/Summer 2021

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 28, 2021

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

leaving my deck seed-hungry birds: “she’s gone”       by Donna Bauerly (USA)

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 27, 2021, Senryu/Haiku Special by Wilda Morris

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu   after my granddaughter’s funeral   my grandson   plays dead     by Wilda Morris (USA) World Haiku Review, Aug. 13, 2021 haiku   rainbow   wondering if the robin   sees it   by Wilda Morris (USA) … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku Special: Oct. 26, 2021, with Roberta Beary

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

Robert Beary, longtime haiku author and editor, and frequent contributor to this blog, has a new book out, One Breath, that is a unique offering among haiga collections. It is an original  project that will spur readers and poets to … Continue reading →

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