Carpe Diem Haiku – Mijikayo (short night)
Carpe Diem prompt is now moving into kigo, and the first one is short night or Mijikayo. We are not quit at midsummer, but being the shortest night Swedes will […]
Carpe Diem prompt is now moving into kigo, and the first one is short night or Mijikayo. We are not quit at midsummer, but being the shortest night Swedes will […]
Carpe Diem prompt today is Tsubame (Swallow) a wonderful spring kigo that I’m waiting eagerly for. I found this wonderful woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige pair of swallows dancing in […]
Today the kigo in Carpe Diem is early plum blossoms (sobai). There are wonderful woodblock prints to illustrate, and I took this little one by Yashima Gakutei. under crescent moon […]
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis