I'm in issue 76 of Presence Magazine with this #haiku : white peppermint running wild through childhood Thanks to editor Ian Storr for publishing. #senryu #childhood #nature #gardening

Aug 02 to Aug 06 is the micro-season “Heavy Rain Showers”. To celebrate this season, we will talk about heavy rain and read #haiku by Basho, Issa, Shiki, and Kerouac. naturalistweekly.com/2023/08/04/mic…

Aug 07 to Aug 11 is the micro-season “Cold Wind Blows”. To celebrate this season, we will learn about the O-Bon, or Bon, Festival and read #haiku from Basho, Issa, Reichhold, and Kerouac. #microseasons This week’s haiku prompt: Autumn Festivals naturalistweekly.com/2023/08/11/mic…

Aug 17 to Aug 22 is the micro-season “Thick Fog Blankets the Sky”. To celebrate this season, we will learn about autumn fog and then read #haiku by Issa, Basho, Buson, Reichhold, and Kerouac. #microseasons This week’s haiku prompt: Autumn Fog naturalistweekly.com/2023/08/18/mic…

🌬️🤍✍️ will get back into the grove with this this one. Look forward into diving into your newsletter 😊

Another great haiku for this season!

Wonderful haiku honoring the current microseason of "The Cotton Lint Opens" (Aug 23-Aug 27). Thanks to Marjorie for sharing!!

#Submissions are open! "For Basho, it was the cutting effect rather than the cutting word itself that ultimately mattered. A hokku could be cut without a kireji, and the use of a cutting word did not necessarily ensure that a hokku had been cut." Traces of Dreams, Shirane

Outstanding!

#Submission time! send #Poetry Pea your wonderful #haiku, but do have a listen to this first... it's going to help you be succesful poetrypea.com/s6e22-creating…

September 07 - September 11 is the micro-season of “White Dew on Grass”. To celebrate this season, we will learn a little bit about dew and then read haiku by Issa, Basho, and Buson. Haiku prompt for this week: Autumn Dew naturalistweekly.com/2023/09/08/mic…

I was pondering this #mircoseason last night, now to pick the direction to create my haiku. Looking forward to what others come up with 💧🌱💧

September 12 - 16 is the micro-season of “The Wagtail Calls”. Marjorie Pezzoli ~ semi hiatus 🍀 offers us this great haiku inspired by the season!

autumn afternoon migrant workers give apples to a mare ~Nancy Brady, 2023 the rustling of leaves under a rake's tangs --autumn wind ~Nancy Brady, 2023 Published in Cold Moon Journal, 11/10/23, thanks to @beach_haiku Thanks so much, Robin! #haiku #coldmoonjournal

moonless night only the snow shines white -Madeleine Kavanagh This wonderful haiku by Madeleine Kavanagh was written in response to this week’s haiku prompt: new moon or moonless night. You can read this week's post about and all the haiku on our blog. naturalistweekly.com/2023/11/17/wee…

beveled glass winter rainbow revealed I can hear her laughter #haiku #senryu #shahai #photography Haiku seasonal prompt Mark S Micro Season- Rainbows in Winter The Rainbow Hides Unseen” (Nov 23 -Nov 27). 🌈✨💜✨

Thanks to Mark S for turning this following haiku into a haiga on his Instagram account: the lamplight casts a shadow on the pair –winter solstice ~Nancy Brady, 2023 instagram.com/p/C1aTLerxej6/… or check it out at nbsmithblog.wordpress.com in the comments

It's an honor to be able to share such a great poem!