Afternoon of June 20, 2025

monsoon dusk

beetles rise from earth

one by one

~Neena Singh

 

storm-wet wood

an earwig curls

into silence

~Neena Singh

her thing-like character in excess materiality

~Vijay Prasad

 

generation after generation poverty

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

Snail moves towards eternity

Moves towards meagre demand

Without rush

But with a vast life snail...

That's why, it is alive and meets eternity.

~Partha Sarkar

waning moon

little by little

I disappear

~Jackie Chou

 

overthinking

the annoyed caw

of a crow

~Jackie Chou

off-stage

actor’s knife sharpened

he waits

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

afternoon nap

jumping awake thinking

it’s tomorrow

~Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky

sips –

coffee rings

until yesterday

~Elliot Diamond

 

 

A call for haiku about American Independence Day

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15852436