Warp and Weft ~ Images and Words

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 8, Number 96, December 2023

My thanks to editor Bryan Rickert for selecting the following haiga:

The Heron's Nest, Volume 25, Number 4, December 2023

estate auction

someone's life goes

for a song

Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 2, November 2023

sprigs of clover

in the gopher's mouth . . .

funeral luncheon

Note: for my sister, Elaine MacKenzie Bulmer, who is at rest on a prairie hill (1944-1972)

Contemporary Haibun Online, Issue 19.3, December 2023

Haiga Gallery: selected by Ron Moss

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

The Art of Tanka, Issue 1, Fall/Winter 2023

crowns of snow

soften every thistle

in the pasture

your words cannot

wound me now

Eucalypt, Issue 35, December 2023

icicles fringe

every granite cliff

our sticks

tap the tinkling notes

of winter's celesta

Geppo: The Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume XLVIII:4, November 2023

August - October 2023

autumn haiku the oak grove's white spaces

shadow season

the long and short

of it

damselflies

knit the reeds together . . .

stagnant pond

farmers' market

we choose a bouquet

of daisy gourds

Autumn Challenge Kigo: Insect's Cry, mushi no koe, mushi no ne

grasslands

the pulsing of wind

and katydids

Honoured to know that "damselflies" was included among Dojin Patricia J. Machmiller's favourites!

Geppo: The Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume XLVIII:3, August 2023

May - July 2023

pelting rain

all the potholes

disappearing

the crest

of a wood partridge . . .

punk rockers

yin yoga

a harbour seal practices

its banana pose

breaking day

I share my grapefruit

with an oriole

Summer Challenge Kigo: Waterfall, taki

sweet alyssum

a cascade of white flowing

over wet rocks

Honoured to know that "pelting rain" was included among Dojin Patricia J. Machmiller's favourites!

Geppo: The Haiku Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume XLVIII:2, May 2023

February - April 2023

woodlands

the scent of bluebells

ringing

fox's wedding

this metamorphosis

of light

newts migrate

to their hatching pool . . .

Mother's Day

late thaw

a ribbon of water

unspools

Spring Challenge Kigo: Spring Sea, haru-no-umi

spring sea

sandpipers rising

falling

Honoured that "late thaw" was included among the "Voted Best" (8 or more votes) in the subsequent issue!

Honoured to know that "woodlands" was included among Dojin Hiroyuki Murakami's favourites, and that Dojin Patricial J. Machmiller included "fox's wedding", "newts migrate", and "late thaw" among hers. Dojin Emiko Miyashita also selected "late thaw" as a favourite!