By Chris Collins

firecracker reds

provide tasty nectar for

thirsty hummingbirds

Chris Collins

Are We There Yet?

Could 2024 be the year? The Asahi Haikuist Network is requesting haiku for the new Anthropocene epoch. 

Send to David McMurray, mcmurray@fka.att.ne.jp.

By Michael H. Lester

 Vultures

Michael H. Lester

By Lakshman Bulusu

early morning dew

a suspension bridge

held leaf to leaf

Lakshman Bulusu

By Yasir Farooq

birds

in the thick branches —

x

Yasir Farooq

By Helen Ogden

AI-ku

the chatbot

asks about wabi sabi

Helen Ogden

By Anthony Lusardi

nor’easter

under dead leaves and bark

a frog sleeps

Anthony Lusardi

By Nicole Pottier

crumpled leaves –

in the cold morning

tea perfume

Nicole Pottier

By Radhika De Silva

winter wind

carries sighs

of war victims

Radhika De Silva

By Jharna Sanyal

copper clouds

soaking up the spill

sunset


Jharna Sanyal

 

 

timber wood

curling up in smoke

legends of forests

Jharna Sanyal

 

By J. D. Nelson

what’s all the racket?!

a featherless white crane lifts

things up to the roof

J. D. Nelson

 

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feathers everywhere . . .

in mid-autumn the white hen

has started to molt

J. D. Nelson