A bit of good news. My poem FORGOTTEN won an award from Judge Linda from the Southern Oregon Poetry Awards. FORGOTTEN, which I wrote during the 2025-26 Stafford Challenge, will also be published in the forthcoming book POETRY FOR THE PLANET.

Quadrille Quaiku 0023 FREEDOM ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #barren #luminous #feral #intent #betrayal #linger #tether #immerse #judgement #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0023 #FREEDOM ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0019 SIPPING TEA ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #lion #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0019 #SIPPINGTEA ​ Day 30! PAD: harvest poem. NaPoWriMo: "real or mythical being... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0018 INEXTRICABLY ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #dichotomous #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0018 #INEXTRICABLY ​ Day 29. PAD: a pocket poem. NaPoWriMo: compare your... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/q...

SENRYU 0495 LOVE ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #lightning #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0495 #LOVE ​ Day 28. PAD: love poem and/or anti-love poem (Tuesday). NaPoWriMo: 3 sentences, 6... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/s...

Quadrille Quaiku 0017 Quill Quadrille Quaiku ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #tactician #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0017 ​ Day 27. PAD: a fan poem. NaPoWriMo: stanzas with same numb... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0016 EMPTINESS ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #lunar #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0016 ​ Day 26. PAD. Write a “Last (blank)” poem. NaPoWriMo. Today, we challenge yo... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0015 ABYSS OF GRIEVING ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0015 ​ Day 25. Remix poem (PAD). A remix of senryu0491 and Quadrille Quaiku #4, #5 and #13. ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0014 CATS EYE ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #cats #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0014 ​ Day 24 prompts: unidentified poem (PAD) and something magical or strang... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/q... ​ ~~~

Quadrille Quaiku 0013 FISHING ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #fishing #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0013 ​ Day 23 prompt: a juxtaposition poem (PAD) ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/q... ​ ~~~

Quadrille Quaiku 0012 WOLVES AT DOOR OF SELF ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #wolves #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0012 ​ Day 22. PAD: a natural poem. NaPoWriMo: speaker in dialogue... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0011 ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #jade #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0011 ​ Day 21. High/low poem. Muse on names and nicknames of yourself, animal, plant, place ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/q... ​ ~~

Quadrille Quaiku 0010 ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0010 ​ Day 20. PAD: "No ____" poem. NaPoWriMo: mythic animal as metaphor for contemporary life. ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/q... ​ ~~~

Quadrille Quaiku 0009 ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #trickery #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0009 ​ Day 19. PAD: family poem. NaPoWriMo: pick flower(s) from Greenaway's LANGUAG... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/q... ​ ~~~

Quadrille Quaiku 0008 ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0008 ​ Day 18 prompts. PAD: reconsideration poem. NaPoWriMo: a section of a long narrative poem "with the... ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0007 ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0007 #nokings ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/q...

SENRYU 0494 ​ as Dani Rojas again says— football is life— I say— senryu © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0494 #nationalhaikupoetryday ​ Happy National Haiku Poetry Day! ~ David Hoffmann ​ ~~~

Happy National Haiku Poetry Day! ​ I believe haiku provides a vast minimalist canvas for the complexity of simple discovery. ​ ~ David Hoffmann

Quadrille Quaiku 0006 ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0004 ​ Day 17 prompts. PAD: ambiguity poem. NaPoWriMo: "respond to a favorite poem by another poet." ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0005 ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #hammer #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0005 ​ Open Mic: Theme: Where We Live, with bonus points for poems that touch on beer or art. ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0004 ​ © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #word #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0004 ​ Day 16. PAD: new poem. NaPoWriMo: something that can't speak, what it taught you. ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0003 © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #loop #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0003 ​ Day 15: "Under ____" poem PAD and muse on love but not a traditional love poem NaPoWriMo ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/q...

Quadrille Quaiku 0002 lifeless boy appears— unable to form poems, speaks with false comfort ​ woman not aware— AI... © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuadrilleQuaiku0002 ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/q...

@g-marie-milton.bsky.social My publisher, Gabriela Marie Milton, has accepted my submission of five haiku for publication in Haiku for Soulmates ​ Thank you Dear Gabriela. It is an honor to be accepted for Haiku for Soulmates !! Congratulations to all poets accepted. Always. ​ ~David Hoffmann

HAIKU 0360 El Cap then Half Dome Yosemite nights tainted— awash with highbeams © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #haiku0360 ​ Day 13 prompts: a problem poem (PAD), and a "remembered, cherished landscape" (NaPoWriMo)

I just invented a new poetry form, it is called: ​ The Quadrille Quaiku ​ ~David Hoffmann ​ davidhoffmann11.wordpress.com/2026/04/12/t...

SENRYU 0493 pioneer woman then set out for Alaska— had childbirth en route © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0493 ​ Day 12: a set poem "set my alarm ... PAD, "memory of a beloved relative" NaPoWriMo

SENRYU 0492 ego erasure between— then beyond blackout— home of shadow self © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0492 ​ Day 11 prompts: a home poem (PAD), and a blackout/erasure poem (NaPoWriMo). ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0491 depth of piercing pain— endless emotions still flow— abyss of grieving © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0491 ​ Day 10 prompts: a mini poem poem (PAD), and a "meditation on grief" (NaPoWriMo). ~~

@g-marie-milton.bsky.social Dear Gabriela, It is an honor to be published in your book, Tranquility. Here is a picture from an open mic reading last Friday night. Love and peace be with you. Always ~David.

SENRYU 0490 their inspiring songs near extinction but thriving— "Save the Whales" succeeds © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0490 ​ Day 9 prompts "____ but ____" poem PAD, and poem in voice of plant or animal

SENRYU 0489 wildfire consuming wildfire consuming— halted wildflower meadow © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0489 ​ Day 8 prompts: paranoid poem (PAD), and repeated simple phrase contradicted (NaPoWriMo) ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0488 shallowing ink vat— unsent letters stacked in piles now await replies © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #ink #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0488 ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0487 hands clap— voices ring dawn till dusk— Makidada little sister sing © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0487 ​ Prompts for Day 7: dawn and/or dusk (PAD), girls clapping games skipping rhymes ​ ~~~

HAIKU 0359 beneath ancient oaks— whispers on water ripple rustling leaves then wake © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #haiku0359 ​ Day 5 Prompts today: water poem (PAD) breezy dreamlike poem (NaPoWriMo) ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0486 disliking hatred— offer your hand of safety to others in need © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #hand #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0486 ​ Day 5 National Poetry safety poem (PAD) disliking something (NaPoWriMo) ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0485 friends fading footprints— tempest, screaming, troubled times storm surge sweeping sand © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #sand #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0485 ​ April 4 prompts: friend poem weather phenomenon ​ ~~~

Trigger Warning: Death SENRYU 0484 ​ OPEN GRAVES tiny open graves— walls echoing ring of grief— emptiness listens © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #ring #nowars #peace #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0484 ​ Day 3 NaPoWriMo! Prompt: open _____ (PAD) ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0483 gun barrel flowers pen long ago protest tales— still expressed today © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #pen #nowars #peace #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0483 ​ Day 2 of NaPoWriMo Prompts: express poem, childhood memory

SENRYU 0482 (tanka) for millennia man has tread seed pattern paths— labyrinths that know one way in— and one way out release, receive— then return © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #man #tanka #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0482 ​ Day 1 of NaPoWriMo

SENRYU 0481 for millennia man has tread seed pattern paths— labyrinths that know © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #man #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0481 ​ Day 1 of National Poetry Month! ​ Prompts today: seed poem (PAD) ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0480 obliteration increases temperatures— exalt ending wars © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #exalt #nowars #peace #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0480 ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0479 in sync by cell phone protesters conduct peace choirs— we shall overcome © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #conduct #nokings #nowars #protest #peace #kindness #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0479 ~~~

SENRYU 0478 no kings— no more wars— let dreams be less illusive— peace deserves a chance © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #illusive #nokings #nowars #protest #peace #kindness #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0478 ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0477 wild winds twist then scream— fierce firenados revolve spinning true terror © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #revolve #wildfire #globalwarming #climatechange #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #senryu0477 ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0476 fractals fascinate revealing self-brokenness spreading healing thoughts © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #vss365 #fascinate #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0476 ​ ~~~

SENRYU 0475 unbalanced justice on the edge of forever— tilt it towards truth © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved ​ #protest #peace #justice #truth #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0475 ~~~