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Naturalist Weekly and Other Haiku Happenings

Posted on December 23, 2022 by pedometergeek

Mark’s Naturalist Weekly blog features the micro-season, “The Common Self-Heal Sprouts,” which is the first micro-season in the mini-season Winter Solstice. These seasons are based on Japan’s seasons, and don’t follow the seasons in the part of the world where … Continue reading →

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Naturalist Weekly: Micro-Season–The Daffodil Flower

Posted on November 21, 2022 by pedometergeek

Last week Mark S of the blog Naturalist Weekly discussed the micro-season of the Daffodil flower. For those who think of daffodils as a spring flower (as this pedometer geek does, but I digress), Mark S uses Japan’s seasons for … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Happenings, May 5 Edition

Posted on May 6, 2022 by pedometergeek

For this pedometer geek writer, this was a big week of haiku happenings. First, Marietta McGregor, the guess editor of Haiku Foundation’s weekly column, Haiku Dialogue, finished her series on “finding peace and contemplation…in leisure time, making art. Poets from … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Happenings Times Three

Posted on April 30, 2022 by pedometergeek

This week at the Haiku Foundation’s weekly column, Haiku Dialogue, the prompt was Finding Peace and Contemplation in leisure time..flying kites. Over twenty-five nations were represented in the this week’s collection of haiku about the joys (and sorrows) of kite … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Happenings

Posted on April 21, 2022 by pedometergeek

Wednesday is the day when the Haiku Foundation’s weekly column, Haiku Dialogue, is released. The theme of Finding Peace and Contemplation in leisure time, making music was this week’s theme. It was truly another global collection of haiku from haiku … Continue reading →

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BP: Chalk on the Walk Haiku

Posted on March 13, 2022 by pedometergeek

There is a Facebook group called Chalk on the Walk Haiku. This group, which is run by a mother and daughter, writes and illustrates haiku on the sidewalk near their home. They post one just about every day. Their initiative … Continue reading →

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BP: Stardust Haiku Issue #61

Posted on January 31, 2022 by pedometergeek

This month’s Stardust Haiku: Poetry With a Little Sparkle has just been published on-line by the editor, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams. It contains haiku written by a global community of poets. There are haiku from poets who live in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Dialogue–Ad Astra (To the Stars): The Final Frontier

Posted on January 8, 2022 by pedometergeek

This week the Haiku Foundation’s column, Haiku Dialogue, featured haiku based on the prompt, what Captain Kirk called the Final Frontier. Haiku poets were to imagine what it might be like to colonize other planets or travel beyond our own … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Dialogue–Finding Peace and Contemplation

Posted on November 6, 2021 by pedometergeek

…in meeting old friends. This week’s Haiku Dialogue column at the Haiku Foundation was about finding peace and contemplation in meeting old friends. Considering the last couple years of lock-down because of the Covid-19 pandemic, this was basically a nostalgic … Continue reading →

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BP: Haiku Dialogue–Finding Peace and Contemplation…

Posted on October 21, 2021 by pedometergeek

This week at the Haiku Foundation’s weekly column, Haiku Dialogue, the photo prompt was finding peace and contemplation…exercising in a park. From walking, jogging, biking, yoga, and tai chi, haiku poets from around the globe flexed their poetry muscles. This … Continue reading →

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