省みるプールサイドの植民地 Reflecting upon the poolside colony *poolside is a summer #kigo #haiku #俳句

恥じらいも 植田に映る 我儘も Shyness, too, reflected in the water-filled rice paddy - and even selfishness *water-filled rice paddy is a summer #kigo #haiku #俳句

青蛙あなたの肩と寝付かぬ夜 Green frog Your shoulders on a night when sleep is slow to come *blue green frogs are a summer #kigo (although frogs on its own are a spring kigo) #haiku #俳句

夕顔や夢路辿れど目覚め待つ Evening glory tracing the path of dreams yet waiting to awaken *evening glory is a summer #kigo #haiku #俳句 while waiting for my partner to wake up after surgery

今もある淡い震えと初夏の海 It’s still here pale quiverings and early summer seas #haiku #kigo #俳句

水張田に映る我が身も幻影も my body and illusions too, reflected in the water-drenched paddy field * water-drenched paddy field is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

may 2nd the unemployed dreams go on #may2nd is the #day of the #unemployed #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #senryusunday #vss365 #dream #hbp148 #moonmystic #colourmydreams #bspp23 #scifaikusaturday #scifaiku #fantaiku #sff #no #job #blueskyrelay #change #earth #2wordprompt #describe #union !

黄水仙恋文詠んだあの時代 Yellow daffodils that era when we composed love letters * yellow daffodils are a spring #kigo / note: daffodils on their own are a winter kigo #haiku #俳句

微妙にも縁入れかわり春深し Nuanced as it may seem relationships shift It’s deep into spring *deep (into) spring is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

家系史や派川流るる雪柳 Family histories River branches and snow willows *snow willow is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

花吹雪返しきれないメール達 Blossom blizzards emails too many to return *blossom blizzards are a spring #kigo meaning falling cherry blossoms #haiku #俳句

群泳のさかな学級花筏 Swimming together in fish school flower raft *flower raft is a spring #kigo meaning fallen cherry blossom petals on the surface of a water body, drifting In current like a raft #haiku #俳句

目が覚めて自分らしくとこぶし咲く Waking up saying, be yourself the magnolia flowers *magnolia - in this case kobushi or magnolia kobus - is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

spring morning light shines to illuminate the truth, empty parking lot #haiku #spring #morning #light

囀りやライアー響くヒーラーと Bird chirps and a healer with a lyre *bird chirps is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

Kitsune fox dips one paw in snow, then another, now she has Winter mittens #poetry #haiku

手放せぬアイデンティティを花に問う Parts of my identity I won’t let go asking the flowers *flowers are a spring #kigo, often meaning cherry blossoms in haiku #haiku #俳句

春泥やころがり汚れまみれたい Spring mud I want to roll around and be covered in soil *spring mud is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

夜桜や葬儀知らする天の雨 Night cherry blossoms notice of funeral and rain from heaven *night cherry blossoms are a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

Amazonやまた届かずは春の水 Amazon Undelivered, once again Waters of spring *waters of spring is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

芽立時出世稲荷に伺ひて Asking the Inari diety of success about timing of the budding *time of budding is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

巣立ち鳥山はいまでも待っている Fledged birds Mountain awaits even now *fledged birds is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

実際も理想も消える夢見草 Reality and even ideals too disappear Dreaming grass *dreaming grass (yume mi kusa) is another word for cherry blossoms 🌸 . It is a spring #kigo #俳句　#haiku

#writing #haiku #vss365 #micropoetry #俳句 #nexa Revealing secrets Slowing down time itself Yokai fill the woods

遠回り寄り道歩く桜時🌸 Detours and round about ways walking in cherry blossom time *cherry blossoms are a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

過去霞み未来シュールな今ここに Past in the mist future surreal In the here and now *mist is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

キャラメルのとろりと溶ける春眠に Carmel melting dollops into deep spring sleep * (deep) spring sleep is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

気づきあり熊穴を出づ目が覚める With realization the bear comes out of its den awakening *bear-comes-out-of-its-den is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

#writing #haiku #vss365 #micropoetry #俳句 kappa's water spirit town pausing the flow of existence diving into virtual realms

薇と宇宙不思議なフラクタル Fiddlehead fern and the universe mysteries of fractals *fiddlehead ferns are a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

雪崩ても受けとめらるる大皿に Even in avalanche a large plate accepts and holds *avalanche is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

Hi poets, Here is an opportunity to write, record & share the audio of a poem a day during April. 30 poems in 30 days. Any length. I think you might enjoy it. You’d also be able to listen to my 30 short poems. Mine will probably all be Haiku #napodpomompc napodpomo.org/napodpomo-mpc/

いつになく心やすませ山霞む Unusual as it may be slow your heart mountain mist *mist / mountain mist is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

121. A blue sky today, and blossoms on the branches; you would have liked them. #haiku #poetry #spring

これいじょうなにもいらないプリムラは Nothing more needed primroses are *primroses are a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

わすれてた形見が出てきた蕗のとう Found a forgotten memento Butterbur flower *butterbur sprouts are a spring #kigo . They are yummy as tempura. #haiku #俳句

チャンスなり顔だす勇気クロッカス Chance the courage to front up crocuses *crocuses are a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

引くことは逃げではないと鳥帰る Say, withdrawing is not escaping when birds return *birds return is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

雪のひま消えて忘れてけんけんぱ Snow left on ground in patches disappearing and hiding hopscotch *yuki-no-hima or snow-left-on-ground-in-patches is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

Martin Edmond struggles with the troubled biography of a great artist.

I was just thinking about this yesterday in relation to Martin Edmond’s wonderful blog, Isinglass. mjedmo.wordpress.com

山鳥や戦中戦後生き延びて Copper pheasant survived the war and after the war too *copper pheasant is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句 *写真は北斎の鳳凰の目に雪桜 *Pic of eye Hokusai’s phoenix eye (pheasant) on a mural with a tree in the foreground with snow on the branches looking like blossoms

花ミモザ母は少女に戻りゆく Wattle flowers Mother returning to a young girl *wattle / mimosa is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

またも降り舞ひ続くるは雪の果て Falling again and continuing to dance last snow ❄️ last snow is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

ぼんやりと眺め放るは春の雨 Vacantly gazing at the spring rain letting go #spring rain is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

水星も逆行するとは花の夢 If Mercury is to retrograde dream of flowers 🪷dream of flowers is a spring #kigo #haiku #俳句

頚部痛湯船にゆだね雪溶ける Pain in the neck entrusting in the bath water snow melts *snow melts is a spring #kigo #俳句　#haiku