Watashi no Otto has been listening to me spout off poetry for years and now it’s his turn. His first attempt got him a spot in Haiku Dialogue, edited by Carole McMuRay. It is a haiku prompted by an image or an ‘ekphrastic’ haiku. In this case it was a photograph of a horse’s eye close-up.
Here is the Haiku :
Feb. 6, 2021
the view
is clear now
contact lens
Hideki Obayashi
'Otto' means husband in Nihongo-- Japanese.
Genie Nakano 
Reblogged this on Genie Nakano and commented:
Watashi no Otto wanted me to include the photo by Carole MacMuray so I have reblogged.
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I love the words and image!
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