Don’t forget that the deadline for formal haiku submitted on the theme of Elisa Ang Choi’s Painting ends TONIGHT at midnight!
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Deadline for submissions #2 is TONIGHT!
21 February, 2020
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Deadline for submissions #1
24 January, 2020Don’t forget that the deadline for formal haiku submitted on the theme of TRANSLUCENCE ends TONIGHT at midnight!
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4 – 25 – featured haiku writer
25 April, 2019a difficult birth
fifty years of contractions
here I am at last
© D. Avery 2019
People sometimes read what I write. ShiftnShake is a place for you to read some of my writing.
Here is the final haiku from our featured haiku writer for the theme of Emergence.
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4 – 24 – featured haiku writer
24 April, 2019uncertain passage
sounding the depths of silence
surfacing at last
© D. Avery 2019
I am a teacher of middle school mathematics. I enjoy kayaking, yard-saling and reading. Discover more at Shift N Shake
Here is the third haiku from our featured haiku writer for the theme of Emergence.
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4 – 23 – featured haiku writer
23 April, 2019only my leavings
moulted feathers, cast off skins
litter my life’s rooms
© D. Avery 2019
I live on an island off the coast of Massachusetts with a husband and a cat. Discover more at Shift N Shake
Here is the second haiku from our featured haiku writer for the theme of Emergence.
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4 – 18
18 April, 2019the distance growing,
I turn – behind me, the past
whispering farewell
© Kerfe Roig 2019
After spending years in boxes, Kerfe Roig has been circling the square for many months. What next? Discover more of Kerfe’s creative words and art at Method Two Madness.
This haiku is part of our Emergence theme.
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4 – 16
16 April, 2019consideration
neutrons fire, thoughts coalesce
realization
© Ken Gierke 2019
Ken tells me that his experience in this community can be be summed up in verse: poet on journey / embraced by fellow poets / WordPress acceptance. Find him at rivrvlogr.wordpress.com
This haiku is part of our Emergence theme.
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