An online haiku journal I love is brass bell: a haiku journal. It is curated by Zee Zehava, herself an excellent haiku poet and teacher. This journal sends out a “theme” for the month’s submissions, and the results are always a delight to read. Recently I had several haiku appear under two different themes.

brass bell: a haiku journal, May 2017
Theme: Colorful Haiku

children now gone 
no red wagon 
to break the fog

flashes of azure wings
two bluebirds wake
the grey morning

brass bell: a haiku journal, April 2017
Theme: Edible Haiku

tasting a word
as I say it aloud —
gnocchi

 
the soft velvet
of apricots
against our lips

pierogi day —
pinching loose ends
of dough & memories
   

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My thanks to Zee Zehava, curator of brass bell: a haiku journal. To read a full issue of this journal, please go to: http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com