Two haiku and one tanka in Blithe Spirit 29.1, 2019
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ground fog
even birdsong
is invisible
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wood’s edge –
that inescapable pull
of darkness
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starlight on
winter branches—
those nagging thoughts
that seem to come
from nowhere
All poems by Mary Kendall
Modern Haiku, Volume 50.1, Winter-Spring 2019
that look . . .
a skim coat of ice
in the bird bath
Frozen Birdbath with Frozen Ripples (c) Terry Gray
Prune Juice, Journal of Senryu, Kyoka, Haibun & Haiga,
Issue 27, March 2019
Edited by Brent Goodman
Three haiku were also published in Presence, Issue #62, 2018:
1.
dreams lost in dreams wild poppies
Field of Poppies, Photographer Unknown
2.
“Snow” by gookingsword (Pixabay)
deep in winter
abandoned nests
and forgotten songs
3.
waking from a dream
the night winds
unsettle the moon
Photo by Kenrick Mills on Unsplash
Blithe Spirit, Journal of the British Haiku Society,
Volume 28 Number 4, November 2018
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Milky Way by Felix Mittermeier
2.
Photo by Pezibear (Pixabay)
Prune Juice, A Journal of Senryu, Kyoka, Haibun and Haiga,
Issue 26 – November 2018
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photography by Mary Kendall
Highgate Cemetery, London
Photograph by Mary Kendall,
Blackwood Farm, Hillsborough, North Carolina
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My deepest thanks to Steve Hodge, editor. This was his last issue as editor of Prune Juice. It has been a joy and a wonderful learning experience working with Steve as an editor.
Cover art by Chase Gagnon (c) 2018
Here is the link to the full issue of this amazing journal. It includes the amazing prize winners of the Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Competition for 2018 (edited by Steve Hodge and Michael Rehling), pdf: pj-26-rev
website: https://prunejuice.wordpress.com
1.
how many times
can a stone skip
before sinking . . .
deep in my breast
a small lump appears
Unsplash by Linus Nylund
2.
no second guessing a kingfisher’s straight dive
Kingfisher and Irises by-Ohara Koson, The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland.
3.
leaves turning –
an old friendship
ends
Golden Tree by Mary Kendall
ephemerae,
an international of haikai, tanka & beyond
Volume 1, C: November 2018
My thanks to Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy for publishing two of my haiku and one tanka in the November issue of ephemerae.
