Category Archives: Creativity

Daily Haiku: May 20, 2023

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

untangling the phone cord I linger at the window as snow deepens by Lenard D. Moore (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. XXVI, No.1, Winter-Spring 1995

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Daily Haiku: April 2, 2023

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

heat wave– the fly’s iridescence just before the swat by Naia (USA) the loose thread The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2001

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 13, 2020

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

boarded church a hole in the roof lets in light       by LeRoy Gorman (Canada) Haiku Canada Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, October 2020  

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Daily Haiku: Nov. 18, 2020

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

summer clouds wild chrysanthemums untouched       by Dorna Hainds (USA) Frameless Sky  

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Plan and Set Goals as a Writer

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

This pandemic has lasted longer than what we initially thought it would. Though solitude often goes hand-in-hand with being a writer, sometimes too much solitude makes us less effective as writers. Now, more than ever, I find it necessary to … Continue reading →

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Tanka by Marilyn Ashbaugh

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

blanket tent over mother’s clothesline soft grass tickles my cheek i kiss the earth   by Marilyn Ashbaugh (USA) Keibooks, Atlas Poetica

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Daily Haiku: July 22, 2020

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

forest clearing the flute-song of a thrush joins the campfire by Amy Losak (USA) Asahi Haikuist Network, Dec. 7, 2018

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Daily Haiku: July 21, 2020

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

the monarch’s shadow I stop talking on the phone by Cyndi Lloyd (USA) tinywords, 14.2, Sept. 15, 2014

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Daily Haiku: July 11, 2020

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Friday afternoonbutterfly restson the wind   by Ellen Grace Olinger (USA) Tinywords haiku & other small poems, Oct. 5, 2012

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Today is “World Creativity and Innovation Day”

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Charlotte Digregorio

Dear Readers and Followers: How are you being creative on World Creativity and Innovation Day? That’s today! Here is some background on this designated day: https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/world-creativity-and-innovation-day-uae-fighting-coronavirus-with-advanced-smart-technology/ar-BB12V6wV I quote a passage from the link above that I find interesting: Creativity and … Continue reading →

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