Often my thoughts wander into melancholy on my back patio.
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Greg Vessar
I love music, I love to travel, and I love to write. My blog "A Thousand Miles from Kansas" combines all three. I am a Kansas boy and an educator on sabbatical. I have lived in many places around the globe and I currently live in northern Japan. Journey with me as I combine my loves of music, travel, and the written word as I navigate through life.
Haiku #113
I heard a loud squawking of crows the other day to find a murder gathered around a crow that had died. It seemed as though they were grieving and then plotting a revenge!
Haiku #112
A photo and haiku of a lone bus stop chair in northern Japan. Recently published in Dust Poetry Magazine!
Haiku #111
The days have been rainy and are now turning cold. Misawa winter is right around the corner.
Haiku #110
Typhoon Dolphin has been pounding the eastern coast of Japan.
Haiku #109
I always find myself at water’s edge for deep reflections.
Haiku #108
Not all who wander are lost!
Haiku #107
Alway be on the lookout for Godzilla in Japan! He found us in Morioka!
Morioka Road Trip!
Last weekend Melissa and I packed up the old Subaru with road trip essentials and headed to Morioka! Morioka is […]
Haiku #106
I’ve been reading several books of haiku by some of the Japanese masters of the poetic form. Bashō, Buson, Issa to name a few. Some of the poetry is simply beautiful. Very simple, yet very powerful.
