Failed Haiku Volume 8, Issue 87 (February, 2023)

nearby Niagara's roar
the quiet
of dew

 

Gabriela Popa
 

 

***

journey -
the letter from you
my only luggage

 *
snowman...
another friend
I lost

 
Ana Drobot

 

***

old age
she puts drops in my eyes
of Valentine's Day

*
crosswalk
everyone reads
about Ras-Putin

 
Mircea Moldovan

 https://failedhaiku.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/failedhaikuissue87-1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR26XAf3qbK0NhmwJyAWMkYzPBZUB6a4PEmEUW-doKI8ODkOX6nP3Do3llc

 

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray - March 3, 2023

Mardi Gras extravaganza--
crepes Suzette indulgence
gone out of control

--Elena Malec (Irvine, California)

 

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FROM THE NOTEBOOK
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Malec got her boatman to smile for the camera at the Venice Carnival.

carnival masks--
only gondolieri wearing
their own smiles

 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14850865

 

Cold Moon Haiku Journal - February 28

shadows circling 

the night rises in the eyes 

of the wounded deer


Mirela Brailean 

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-mirela-brailean_28.html

THF Monthly Kukai — February 2023

 theme: chocolate

 

Honorable Mention

child's soul
in the young soldier's hand
a chocolate
     — Mirela Brailean

 https://thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-kukai-march-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1EV9K7mzuISQvNRYJE0I__aloESublPPFkuWPjPQgQFYFrS04n-o39n8U#view_comments

L'Ours dansant – Le journal gratuit du haïku N° 26 – Février 2023

 

FLORILÈGE

THÈME LIBRE

http://www.100pour100haiku.fr/

Mainichi Haiku: Feb. 23, 2023

Christmas carol

the unborn baby's

first movement

--

Ciobica Cezar (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay 

 

 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230126/p2g/00m/0su/055000c

The Japan Society - Week 7

first furrows
in the vernal sky
flocks of cranes

Mirela Brăilean

 

 https://www.japansociety.org.uk/?pg=haiku-corner&fbclid=IwAR1l3R1xdpEaeDBzAdqgpJcmT52madgJWzfNtOOado73A0Pxga2l5A2SbiM#a