petals falling~ a child opens his mouth "it's candy rain!" #haiku

Photopoem shared 22nd April 2026

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.” —Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States #quote

Spent Saturday with President Obama and New York's Cutest — turns out my first name is Mayor and I need to be doing more squats.  Here’s to building a City where families can thrive and every classroom is full of this much joy.

Cruising on the Iowa River Corridor Trail #cycling 🚴

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

Mining some ink? spill it #prompts Mon April 20, 2026 Weekly #Prompt - FRAUGHT SAD REASON SOFTEN GRABBY DECEPTION ** please! No AI ** **no AI words photos or art** post with hashtag: #inkMine

High tide at Porlock Weir this morning and the sailing ships leave the winter harbour for the summer season …

HAMLET Sure, He that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. #Hamlet_2026 Act IV s4 (36-39)

立派なサクラだ🌸

the first rain in days and the green outside is so green and blithe that the eyes can't hold it; a poem tries

everyone fell asleep screams break into blossom --Shinko Tokizane みんな眠った　絶叫の花ひらく　時実新子 #senryu #translation

wæter-stefn, f.n: the voice or sound of water. (WAT-er-STEH-vun / ˈwæ-tɛr-ˌstɛ-vən) Image: Bestiary; Iran (Maragheh), c. 1297-1300; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.500, f. 78v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Decay is not defeat but prayer made green and patient in the earth, and age, in moss and silence dressed, leans back without a word.

Hirano Shrine/平野神社さん/2026.04.16 #Kyoto #京都 #HiranoShrine #平野神社 さん #CherryBlossoms #桜 #CanolaFlower #菜の花 #FringedIris #シャガ #アイリス

Kameyama Park/亀山公園/2026.04.11 #Kyoto #京都 #arashiyama #嵐山 #KameyamaPark #亀山公園 #ArashiyamaPark #嵐山公園 #NearbyPark #近所の公園 #Azalea #ツツジ #躑躅 #灯台躑躅 #JapaneseEnkianthus #ドウダンツツジ #ThreeLeafAzalea #ミツバツツジ #MountainAzalea #ミヤマツツジ #JapaneseAndromeda #馬酔木 #アセビ

morning ✨

Most beautiful

Golden stillness at Kinkaku-ji ✨ The reflection feels almost unreal, like stepping into a painting in Kyoto. #Japan #Kyoto #Kinkakuji #TravelPhotography #Reflection #LandscapePhotography #Zen #Scape #Nikon

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. - Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

Furin (wind chimes), Japan. Photography by dohan on Flickr

oakfuls of crow-calls I’m walking the long way home my boots full of stones

planting season I scrape last year’s mud from the shovel #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #senryu

wildness came calling and shook me from sleep voices singing moonsongs dancing footfalls running creekside with rushing water their cries of Spring pulled me from deep slumber and for a moment I rose to sing a wilding chorus and rejoice at the sound

#Artemis II 🚀 What is your favourite full Earth shot? Pic 1 - Dark side of the Earth Pic 2 - Hello World Pic 3 - The Terminator Line Pic 4 - Spaceship Earth

The garden at Jakko-in, a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in the Ohara area of northern Kyoto, Japan. Photography by Teruhide Tomori on Flickr.

morning forest~ dappled fern shadows on the path #haiku

the cool murkiness of a primeval forest the path obscured and yet she blindly enters trusting the dark once again #tanka #TankaThursday

a spring tide rising the gate to the bluebell wood tangled with cleavers

so gather ye rosebuds and we will all go a-Maying round and round the mulberry bush resting well in the arms of the good green earth and easing our hearts with the psalms of bees 3of3

the world exhales, relieved of all our hurry and fuming about every minute she recalls the time when sun and moon were enough to light the path and stars were there for the naming 2of3

there’s little reason to do other than what we have always done wake early, regard the morning sun sing with the earliest bird have a hot mug of tea and read verse to one another resting easy in the arms of the old chair 1of3

. petit vent d'avril - ce nuage qui s'éloigne déjà devient un autre . gentle april breeze - this cloud moving away is already another . Hana K. . #俳句 #haiku #poetry #poésie #nature #DailyHaikuPrompt cloud

St.Martin’s Cross, Iona 8th Century. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld

布袋戯　traditional puppet show #art #photo #photography #stage #puppetshow #streetphotography #culture #Tainan #ECK ©️skinskin

🌸🍵BYE BYE BLOSSOMS🍯😋 there comes a time even in blossoming Kyōto... sick of it 或時は花の都にも倦にけり -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1795. Trans. David G. Lanoue. A little wind and rain, and sakura season draws to a close...but not before we toast the blossoms goodbye. #Kyoto #Japan

The horizon is golden #art #photo #photography #sky #clouds #sunset #cityscape #Tainan #ECK ©️skinskin

violet sweetness clusters of blossom spilling across neighbors fence #dailyhaikuprompt wisteria

#dailyhaikuprompt #wisteria twisting wisteria... such a reminder of aged bones

. parfum de lilas le carillon de bambou oscille sous la pluie fine . scent of lilac the bamboo chime sways in the light rain . Hana K. . #俳句 #haiku #poetry #poésie #nature #wildwalkprompt sway

hole in the pebble catching a glimpse of pale sky on the other side

where the wisteria begins and ends… before and after me #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (wisteria)

hot summer rosebuds open overnight #haikufeels open #haiku #micropoetry

Peacock #ButterflyWeek #wildlife #naturephotography #ECK #Butterflies #Macro #wildlifephotography #insects #MacroPhotography

Well said 👏

The clear sky is at the horizon's end #art #photo #photography #sky #rainyday #clouds #cityscape #Tainan #ECK ©️skinskin

夜の福安宮 157 #art #photo #photography #temple #nightphotography #Tainan #LightAndShadow #architecture #culture #ECK #Monochrome #ClassicMono #statue ©️skinskin

Arisu River/有栖川/2026.04.11 #Kyoto #京都 #arashiyama #嵐山 #ArisuRiver #有栖川 #NearbyRiver #近所の川 #CherryBlossoms #桜

cyn-ren, n.n: family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posterity. (KUEN-ren / ˈkyn-rɛn) #OldEnglish #WOTD

A final flurry before the leaves turn green 🌸🦌 📍Takano River (Kyoto City)