Monthly Archives: July 2018
Haiku – A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – SMELL
scent of the sea a gull shifts the wind in its wings © Martha Magenta A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – SMELL Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/07/25/a-sense-of-place-the-shore-smell/
Haiku – Stardust
flower festival the opening of umbrellas © Martha Magenta Stardust Issue 19, July 2018 https://drive.google.com/file/d/15GPPZFaNW8V7wQjUloXYGQhmJfzKdipP/view
Tanka – Moonbathing
the pebbles I throw into the lake sink without a ripple his cold words fall into silence © Martha Magenta Moonbathing – a journal of women’s tanka, Issue 18, Spring/Summer 2018
Haiku – Presence
whispering rain the scratch of a pen in the reading room fresh violets a child practices her curtsy Best-of-issue Award for ‘fresh violets’ Presence issue 61, July 2018 ISSN 1366-5367 http://haikupresence.org/
A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – hearing
susurrus of surf my birth mother’s name in a seashell © Martha Magenta Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/07/18/a-sense-of-place-the-shore-hearing/
Caribbean World Cup Kukai
penalty shootout – not a breath of wind © Martha Magenta Third Place Caribbean World Cup Kukai, July 2018 http://wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.com
Haiku – Modern Haiku
hunger moon a glistening coin in the busker’s hat © Martha Magenta Modern Haiku vol. 49:2 Summer 2019 http://www.modernhaiku.org/issue49-2/index.html
Haiku – A Sense of Place: THE SHORE
seashore the sparkle of sun-polished pebbles © Martha Magenta Troutswirl – The Haiku Foundation Blog July 11, 2018 Kathy Munro Ed. A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – sight https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/07/11/27603/
Haiku – The Cicada’s Cry
summer heat … a cherry tomato explodes in my mouth © Martha Magenta The Cicada’s Cry: A Micro Zine of Haiku Poetry Summer 2018 http://www.thecicadascry.com
Tanka – Red Lights
coronation year – a monkey dances on the organ while mother shows me off in the street the blackbird ends its song in the quiet afternoon I place violets on mother’s grave © Martha Magenta Red Lights … Continue reading
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