Haiku on Friday, March '21
'a cesspool'
someone calls facebook
on facebook
5/3/21
And then I wrote no more haiku for March, on Friday or any day. Ah well.
Tanka on Tuesday, March '21
gifts at my door
bright flowers in water
(in a glass jar)
a local thunder egg
home-grown bananas
being of light
creator of gardens
doer of art
she flits up my front steps
unseen like a fairy
Written 5/3/21 (Friday)
about 2/3/21 (Tuesday)
Ah well, meant to write more....
15 years a group
Haiku on Friday becomes
my private practice
5/2/21
on my holiday
reading writing walks TV
as on other days
12/2/21
summer rains –
weeds flourish uncleared
because snakes
19/2/21
steady rain
one brief bird call
through the dark
26/2/21
Haiku on Friday and Tanka on Tuesday – Back story
In December 2020 I finally retired and archived the groups 'Haiku on Friday' and 'Tanka on Tuesday' which I began in 2006 on MySpace and continued on facebook (where, despite the names, it was easier to let people post any and every day).
For most of that time my friend (and mutually-adopted brother) Phillip Barker was my co-host. After he died in June 2019, I found I lost the heart to continue.