Today's Feature: new moon a garter snake escapes its skin Mikō🐸, Jan 31st 2025 Image: "snake", Kono Bairei (ca.1890)

Today's Profile Feature: pond circles — the aftersplash of Bashō's frog Mikō 🐸, July 15th 2026 Image: "Frogs in a Pond", Watanabe Seitei

Hello friends. It's time again for the WSA AMA Pearl waka contest. 😀 Submissions open on 15th July and close 31st August. Check out the submission guidelines at the link below. Many thanks Marilyn & an'ya 💕😊 www.wakasocietyofamerica.com

Today's Feature: wild boar trail the sudden rumpa dum-bum in my chest Michael Smeer THF Dialogue - A Sense of Place - Hiking Trail - hearing - 31 Oct. 2018 Image: "Wild Boar", Ohara Koson

Today's Feature: strawberry moon . . . putting whipped cream on my dessert Mikō 🐸, July 1st 2026 Image: "Strawberry Moon" by Radovan Zierik from Pixabay

Today's Feature: aha-moment the persistent neighbor's car horn Mikō 🐸 Poetry Pea Journal, Spring (April) 2021 Image: "Ford F150 Pickup" by Pascal Beckmann from Pixabay

Today's Profile Feature: cherry blossoms — these brief moments of compassion Mikō 🐸 Wild Plum 2:1 Spring-Summer 2016 Image: "Cherry Blossom Viewing" Toyohara Chikanobu (1894)

Today's Top Profile Poem: nervous colon . . . gas and more gas rises from the koi pond Mikō 🐸, June 19th 2026   Video: "Bubbling Koi Pond" by citra_pic from Pixabay

Today's Feature (haiga): great-grandmother the albatross lays one more egg Mikō 🐸 (haiku) & Ron C. Moss (image) Inspired by this article, dated December 2024: www.bbc.com/news/article... .

Todays Top Profile Poem: speeding downhill —  the two tiny horns of a snail Mikö 🐸 Image: "Snail", by unknown artist, from Ronin Gallery (ca. 1920)

Today's Feature: sunbathing in grandmother's garden . . . lilac streamers Mikō 🐸, May 1st 2026 Image: "Wisteria" by wal_172619 from Pixabay

"Love Flames", the second (free) waka ebook by an'ya is now out and can be found here: heyzine.com/flip-book/49...

Today's Feature: polyphemus moth in the light of the prison a torn spider's web Mikō 🐸, April 23rd 2026 Image: "Polyphemus Moth" by Jason from Pixabay www.wikiwand.com/nl/Antheraea...

Today's Top Profile Feature: even here in Buddha’s silence I long for silence Michael Smeer 🐸 Buddhist Poetry Magazine, July 2017 Photo: "Home Buddha" by Mikō

Today's Feature: pink petals bamboo leaves sway with butterflies Mikō 🐸, May 3rd 2026 Video: Sumi-e by Barbara Kowalczyk animated by Janusz Cieślak. Many thanks! 🙏🐸

The free Petals Waka Journal 2026 annual ebook' is published and can be found on WSA website. www.wakasocietyofamerica.com or (direct link): www.wakasocietyofamerica.com#s-e15cbde3-f...

Today's Feature: a brisk morning  breeze bends the reeds . . . parting geese Mikō 🐸, May 5th 2026 Image: "Reeds and Wild Geese" by Alexey Bogdanov

Today's Top Profile Feature: forest bathing petrichor follows me along each trail Mikō 🐸, May 22nd. 2026 Image: Monkey Bridge in Kai Province by Utagawa Hiroshige (1853) www.roningallery.com/blog/shinrin...

Today's Feature: restless stream driftwood carries the sound of ducklings Mikō 🐸, May 23nd. 2026 Image: "Wood Duck" by simardfrancois from Pixabay

Today's Profile Feature: old koi pond . . . lily pads and flowers make way for fluffy clouds Mikō 🐸, May 19th. 2026 Image: "Water lily, Lily Pads, with Dragonfly" by Couleur from Pixabay

Today's Feature: a fiery red in the raging bull's eyes — matador flag Mikō 🐸, April 30th 2026 Image: "Angry Bull" by Guus Ong (Sumi-e group) www.facebook.com/groups/sumie...

Today's Feature: reef aquarium . . . the filament light of jelly lanterns Mikō 🐸, May 5th 2026 Video: Jellyfish Aquarium (4K) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTvo... Image: "Jellyfish" by Alexey Bogdanov from Sumi-e group

Today's Feature: gendai haijin — the AI replaces inspiration Mikō 🐸, May 3rd 2026 A revised version from my senryu posted in the HAIKU...IN BREVE NARRO FB-group, May 2nd 2026. Image: "Artificial Intelligence, Singularity" by Kohji Asakawa from pixabay

Today's Feature: golden hour the cherry blossom sky deepens Mikō 🐸, May 2026 Espacio Luna Alfanje, May 2026 Image: Cover of the Luna Alfanje, May Issue 2026 www.facebook.com/luna.alfanje (May 11th 2026)

Today's Timeline Feature: pesticide honey . . . another bee colony buys the farm Mikō 🐸, May 10th. 2026 Image: Bumble Bee on Flower" by Kev from Pixabay

Today's Feature: lush green bamboo a grasshopper hides its gluttony Mikō 🐸, May 10th. 2026 Image: "Grasshopper and Bamboo" by Barbara Kowalczyk

Today's Feature is a wonderful hokku by Chiyo-ni from the Per Diem - Haiku of the Day collection at The Haiku Foundation (May 9, 2026) You're invited to add your comments, and enjoy the informative comments added by Keith Evetts and myself. 🐸 thehaikufoundation.org/chiyo-ni-tr-...

Today's Feature: seated in meditation... I channel a shasei haiku Mikō 🐸, May 6th. 2026 Image: Mikō, my avatar from @MyHaikuPond on BlueSky

Today's Feature: May fifth flags — the streets of Holland flood with orange cheer Mikō 🐸, May 3rd 2026 Info: dutchreview.com/culture/soci...

Today's Feature (for May 4th): Remembrance Day — a wee girl plucks a lily from the wreath Mikō 🐸, May 2nd 2026 Image: "Lilies", Katsushika Hokusai (1833-34)