going swimmingly… re-view of the distance from ship to shore #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (swim)

Delighted to be part of The Zen Space Summer Showcase and Anthology 2026 thanks to Marie Marshall and guest editor extraordinaire Jerome Berglund. defining moment naming all the weeds in the garden #haiku #thezenspace thezenspace.wordpress.com/experience/s...

morning cloud be sure to notice when it goes #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (morning cloud)

parched even into the understory: leaves don’t lie #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (parched)

sand mandala… a grain of truth in the desert #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (sand)

terrene moon… I’ve never felt less like a god #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

Massive thanks to Joe and Luci @loverpoetic.bsky.social for choosing this one of mine for the latest edition of Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social - 210 great works from poets round the world. #haiku #WalesHaikuJournal www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026

shadow scape a sky event defines the horizon #haiku #HaikuSaturday

overgrown roses a sorrowful smile #haiku #dailyHaikuPrompt (roses)

summer pasture takes to the air all of a flutter #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (pasture)

forked lightning — a momentary flash brings everything back #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (lightning)

morning dew… hoarding a fortune spider trembles #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (morning dew)

Shinobazu Pond 俳句 : Bluesky Quarterly Review (2026) #2 #haiku #senryu

hot night… hopes cool for morning #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (hot night)

for a shade longer let the sunlight fall in the garden #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (shade)

a smaller splash echoes of echoes sound round the pool #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (splash)

stone-cold sober stretch too far on summer beach #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

gutter meme green leaves silent in summer breeze #haiku #HaikuSaturday

tossed by the wind… what’s a leaf here and there to an age old tree #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (toss)

pastorale — conducting myself through the wood wind #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (pastoral)

vibrant green — never more than flower on the rose #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (vibrant)

long day’s night a million minutes in a couple of hours #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (long days)

no picnic organising the picnic #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (picnic)

VANISHED ROADS is available today. These haiku first appeared here on BlueSky. Over the past two years this community has become a home to me. In many ways, I feel we've taken this journey together. I hope you'll consider adding the book to your shelves. www.wolftwin.com/product-page... #haiku

vanishing point preserving forever far, far away #haiku #TheNewYorker

balmy night most of the rest of the day postponed #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (balmy)

no small talk everyone thinking what he says #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

moved without the need to move summer solstice #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (solstice)

Thanks to David McMurray for including one of my haiku in this week’s Asahi Haikuist Network. côtil ploughing — the veins that stretch from him to me #haiku www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...

car dodging something on the road and crows #haiku #HaikuSaturday

winding path the mountain wreathed in grazing sheep #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (grazing)

mild winter baby smiles whatever #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (mild)

maple tree making waves in the arboretum #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (maple)

storm passes the tree roots inconsolable #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (roots)

telling moment the wind chimes sound as one #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (wind chimes)

source seeker I twirl a flower and gaze…and gaze #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (source)

learning to ride — dad’s massive wobble #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

cool water - hot head dives right in #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (cool water)

the didacts will be defeated - “END BOSSINESS SOON” In memory of David Hockney (and the badge he was wearing in, I think, his interview with Melvyn Bragg). (From ‘No Longer’, 2024) #haiku #senryu #DavidHockney www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

artificial rose — sting of losing all the bees #haiku #HaikuSaturday

spring water — feeling a pang refreshing #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (spring water)

all on my own in the garden aroma says no #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (aroma)

cool evening — borrowed sweater warms us both #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (cool evening)

garden spray colours of the rainbow settling on green #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (spray)

eyes come to rest on a salvia bed… the good place #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (salvia)

Thanks to all involved for selecting these three of mine for Naturescapes at Cafe Haiku: misty-eyed view picturing where we used to travel teeming landfill all the joys of a rubbish life distant thunder... a teaspoon tinkles in the meantime #haiku cafehaiku.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/n...

uncut grass — always a little ragged round the edges #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (cut grass)

sofa surfer — a day of maybes turns the tide #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

wild iris out of the blue a glimpse of forever #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (wild iris)

love-in-a-mist in a way in a dream in reality #haiku #HaikuSaturday