Category: Haiku
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Five Haiku about Tranquility up on FEED THE HOLY
The haiku I featured on FEED THE HOLY today first appeared in Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku (edited by Gabriela Marie Milton). You can read the haiku by following this link. While you’re there, take a look at some other posts. I’m thrilled that FEED THE HOLY has attracted so…
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“Follow Me” is up on Collaborature!
My gratitude to Editor Melissa Lemay for accepting and publishing my haiku “Follow Me”, which is illustrated by a photo of the riparian forest on the Missouri River taken by my husband, Dierik. You can view the haiku and photo by following (no pun intended 🤣) this link. While you’re…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Tranquility (An Anthology of Haiku)
I’m delighted to have five haiku in Gabriela Marie Milton’s new anthology, “Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku”, which is available now in Amazon! I’m certain that I’m not alone in seeking tranquility these days. I believe this anthology would be a good tool for therapists who may be looking for…
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Two Poems Up on Literary Revelations!
Thank you, Gabriela Marie Milton, for publishing two of my poems on Literary Revelations Journal today, April 6, 2025. One poem is “Lilith” and the other is a haiku she accepted for TRANQUILITY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF HAIKU, which will be released at the end of April. The beautiful cover for…
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“Waiting” up on the Brand-new MasticadoresCanada!
Thank you, Juan re Crivello and Elliot Rubin, for publishing my series of Haiku! And how wonderful to have a new Masticadores in Canada! Here are the first 3 Haiku. I invite you to visit MasticadoresCanada to read the rest. Thank you for reading, liking and commenting. Waiting The vast…
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New Collaboration up on Masticadores & India!
My gratitude to Editor Abhilash Fraizer for publishing “Hiking with Haikus” by Nolcha Fox and me. There are five Haikus, but the spacing between them is missing. Here is part of the poem. Nolcha wrote the first Haiku, I did the second one, and we alternated verses. Hiking with Haikus …
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“Waiting” by Barbara Leonhard
Thank you, Nolcha Fox, for publishing my Haiku series on “Waiting” on Chewers! The vast silencebefore a poememerges The anticipationof the turn of colorson the trees The quivering stillnessof one leafclinging The slow descentof … “Waiting” by Barbara Leonhard Amazon Best-Selling Author, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022); Pushcart…
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“Happy National Poetry Day and World Poetry Day!” by Barbara Leonhard
Originally posted on MasticadoresUsa // Editor: Barbara Leonhard // : And it’s the first day of spring! May each new bloom be a poem! And have you heard of the World Haiku Project? Among other world and nation celebrations, our Missouri State Poet Laureate, Maryfrances Wagner, is promoting Haiku writing…
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Oh, Child
A Oh, Child Oh, Child, How you hold your form. Soul of infant stars Ready to go nova. Bud of tree Rooting in familiar soil Infusing wisdom. Hatchling of hope, Fledging of wing, Seeking flight to All. Leaf, spring green, Uncurling for air With perfect fingers. Pure soul, Chaste stream,…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 