eschewing emojis i’m finally acting my own age So many phenomenal responses to Alex Fyffe's prompt at Haiku Dialogue. The level of curation is absolutely outstanding. So happy to be included. Big thanks to the poets, Alex, and the THF crew. thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

seen from space my country without its joy without its murder

Hive Mind my Queen is held within a cell of mirrors and I, but a lowly pawn; the hum of my thoughts a latticework of bees my situation hopeless, but they shall feel my final sting— and i die, gladly for the chance to free her from this throne of amber glass #♡ᝰ.🖋️ ♟️ #poetrysky #poetry #poem

current #haiku contests: - 7/15: "Shigureki" National Haiku Competition - 7/24: Issa Village Haiku Competition - 7/31: Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest - 7/31: Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards - 8/31: International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition - 8/31: Morioka International Haiku Contest (1/2)

- 9/18: HIA Haiku Contest - 10/15: Penumbra Poetry and Haiku Contest - 10/31: San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka - 1/31/27: Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition (2/2)

morning reset the news replaced by blue hydrangeas #haiku #senryu

ocean visit the try to swim with defiant waves at times scared at times intrepid #TankaThursday #visitor #vss365 #defiant #thingstowriteabout #waves #BraveWrite #intrepid

loneliness visited here today in his blue suit he played his saxophone chain smoking until dawn #tanka #TankaThursday #visitor

We have just finished sending out word to all of our submitters. If you haven't heard back from us regarding your submissions, please let us know! Congratulations to all who made it in. Prune Juice 49 will be coming out August 1st!

My #UnknownFairyTales Medium post is finally published! Lots of poems by @joypops.bsky.social , me, and others. medium.com/the-howling-...

I published my first ever personal essay (though it has citations, of course). It was scary but satisfying. medium.com/the-honest-p...

Coney Island arcade the genie grants me someone else's wish

Let’s travel back in time for #senryusunday - first winter rain I slip back into my blues Hifsa Ashraf @hifsays.bsky.social Read Hifsa’s poem with the other wonderful poems from Issue 47: prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u... #smallpoemsunday #senryu #micropoetry #writingcommunity

Summertime #senryusunday: cicada season I wake up screaming Lucas Weissenborn IG: @luque_mit_q You can view Lucas’s poem and explore the others in Issue 48: prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u... #smallpoemsunday #senryu #micropoetry #writingcommunity

Sundays are for senryu… he travels through time inside my mouth Amber Winter You can view Amber’s poem along all of the other wonderful poets from Prune Juice Issue 47: prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u... #smallpoemsunday #senryusunday #senryu #micropoetry #writingcommunity

harsh words unfurling a sudden hailstorm #monoku #senryu

sun warm on my face I cup my hand to catch raindrops #haiku #monoku

#haiku a sparse rain of silver grass

the moonlight more ash falling from a cigarette #senryu #hiraku

browning of toast this morning's argument is one-sided #hiraku #senryu

revisionist's history... peonies go about their own ways #hiraku #senryu

For today’s prompt, write a haiku or senryu that effectively illustrates what it means to communicate through technology in the modern world. ... Avoid ... abstract commentary ...focus on moments that highlight, for better or worse, how we communicate in 2026. thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

peach season the scent of fruit and soil in the sun I long for something I can't quite name #tanka #TankaThursday #market

A thread of my haiku/senryu essays, with many examples included, now moved to Medium. Below, Chiyo-ni and Richard Wright.

the ball's inertia is that my life? --Shinko Tokizane マリの惰性それはわたしの人生か　時実新子 Note: Because マリ (mari) is written in katakana, it strikes the eye as the name Mari, but the homonym まり (mari) means "ball," which seems to fit the context better. But it could be "Mari's inertia"...? #senryu #translation

in the dark a lantern in the distance real or mirage we blindly step forward holding each other's hand #tanka #TankaThursday

3 days left to submit to Prune Juice! We're looking for your best senryu, kyoka, and related forms. Reminder that our theme for this issue is: animal, vegetable, mineral. #submissions #WritingCommunity #litsubs #senryu #kyoka

#vss365 #PulpFictionCabbie This city breeds desperation the way a stray dog breeds #fleas, and that desperation hangs in the air, thick enough to choke on.

yard sale a box of purple paper clips #wss366

paper cuts we sign and date our will #wss366

mountain cuckoo— early afternoon on a mountain road Kobayashi Issa (1762-1826) #haiku #micropoetry Tr. David G. Lanoue Date of #poem: 1790

“My poems are political in the deeper sense of the word. Political means to live in your time, to be a person of your time.” Yehuda Amichai #quote (note: he said ‘man’ of your time & I changed it to ‘person’ of your time)

cigar smoke— miles davis plays american flag blue #senryu #haiku #poem

‘Verisimilitude’ a #haibun in my collection Crazy Bitches, with art by Kevin Beary

drifting cumulus mockingbird and mourning dove sharing a light pole #haiku

after seeing you I come back and untie a bundle of sōmen --Shinko Tokizane 逢うて来て素麺の束ほぐすなり　時実新子 Note: sōmen - fine, white noodles made of wheat flour, usually sold in small bundles; ほぐす usu. translates as "untangle" or "loosen," but untie seems more natural here. #senryu #translation

retirement planning— trying to calculate the cat's lives #senryu #senryusunday

Sunset, apricot, the ghost of an empress— peacock's call.

Wellfleet pier the oysterman's steel drum

I’m honored to have this senryu selected for commentary by Guest Editor Deborah Karl-Brandt in the latest installment of THF Haiku Dialogue, with the theme of Intoxication - Alcohol. Congratulations to my fellow featured poets. Link to the commentary below. thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

Are you new to #haiku? Here are 81 interviews with haiku #poets in which they give advice for beginners. My thanks to all of these fine #writers for giving their time & sharing their expertise with me (and you). Enjoy! thehaikufoundation.org/tag/advice-f... #writing #poetry #senryu #writingtips

dandelions— she tells me about his tumor #senryu #pjsenryu #haiku #micropoem #poem #vss365

suckling on the moon the forest closes its heavy eyes #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #haiku #poetrysky #poetry #poem #blueskypoets #micropoetry

summer storm secrets of another existence #monoku

dusk takes flight with the softness of a crow's wing #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #PaintByWords #haiku #poetrysky #poetry #poem #blueskypoets #micropoetry

dragged under only your scream resurfaces #haikuhorrorprompt #haiku #drown

looking up and up into morning blue sky -- a dragonfly! #haiku

Too exhausted to submit, I'm staring at the agate slice flat on the countertop. —Makoto #tanka #poem