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Monthly Archives: August 2018
Haiku – hedgerow
school’s out— the screeching of swifts Martha Magenta hedgerow #124: a journal of small poems https://www.amazon.de/hedgerow-124-journal-small-poems/dp/1725894262 Advertisements
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Tagged birds, children, flock, haiku, hedgerow a journal of small poems, holidays, Martha Magenta, nature, poem, poetry, school, screeching, seasons, summer, swifts
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10th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest
shimmering lake a swan in and out of the moon birdbath a thousand rainbows in the morning sun © Martha Magenta 10th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection http://samidare.jp/basho/box/10th%20yamadera%20bash_%20memorial%20museum%20english%20haiku%20contest%20submissions%20collection%20pdf.pdf
Haiku – A Sense of Place: Mountain – smell
mountain sunset the scent of wild chamomile under my feet © Martha Magenta A Sense of Place: Mountain – smell Troutswirl The Haiku Foundation Blog, August 29, 2018 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/08/29/a-sense-of-place-mountain-smell/
Haiku – Sense of Place, Mountain – hearing
Aberfan the silent cries of children © Martha Magenta Note: In memory of Aberfan disaster in S. Wales where colliery slag tipped on a mountain collapsed killing 116 children and 28 adults. Sense of Place, Mountain … Continue reading
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Haiku – #Femku
black hole a star disappears in a bruise menopause I save an egg for my rebirth © Martha Magenta #FemkuMag – An e-zine of Women’s Haiku issue 3 August 2018 https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/f4c0ea_3b9b71080f75469a9d28a3a3f02ed396.pdf
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Tagged birth, black, bruise, disappears, domestic violence, egg, family, FemkuMag, haiku, hole, life, Martha Magenta, menopause, ovum, rebirth, relationships, save, senryu, star, women, women's haiku
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Tanka – Frameless Sky
dawn slips through the city on the river a chiffchaff brings the news of spring shadows move through stones in shards of moonlight the jagged edges of truth between us last relative – my roots … Continue reading
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A Sense of Place: Mountain – sight
purple mountain a dab of sunset left over © Martha Magenta A Sense of Place: MOUNTAIN – sight Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, August 15, 2018 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/08/15/a-sense-of-place-mountain-sight/
