youtu.be/kszLwBaC4Sw?... Happy birthday to tha otha king. #birthday #bowie #blackstar

youtu.be/f17PxIcLS2I?... Happy birthday to tha king! #tcb #blackstar #birthday #elvis

My tattoo has finally healed. #inetasliuzaite #thenorthman #valkyrie #tattoo #seanbyrne #vividink

Passing eternal / Blackstar down the line, Elvis / to Bowie, and then? #haiku #poem #davidbowie #elvispresley David Bowie would have been 79, Elvis Presley 91 and my son Mikey is 23 years old today. Love you Mikey! X

Sun defeated Moon / beheaded Coyolxauhqui / cast down mountainside #haiku #poem #moon #coyolxauhqui

@wittnercinetec.bsky.social thank you! Loving your shop! Keep film alive!

@pschastain.bsky.social love your profile picture.

The moon looks spectacular again tonight.

I feel his shadow / on my neck, paranoia / fills my heart with dread #haiku #poem #paranoia #shadow

Blinking Christmas lights / frame the moon, in the cloudless / abundance of sky #haiku #poem #christmas #moon

First step to keeping / my New Year’s resolutions / is to write haiku #haiku #poem #nye #resolutions

Fireworks fizz and pop / along with champagne saved for / ringing in New Year #haiku #poem #champagne #newyearseve

Don’t fool my fragile / heart. It’s never loved before / still to bloom brightly new to this and other games it relies on love returned #tanka #poem #love #reciprocated

Time is infinite / granules of sand, slipping through / immortal fingers #haiku #poem #thewatchmen #drmanhattan

Time is infinite / granules of sand, slipping through / Immortal fingers #haiku #poem #drmanhattan #thewatchmen

Snow settles on the / Douglas Fir, outside window / Double R Diner #haiku #poem #christmas #twinpeaks

Pink swells horizon / Last gift delivered, Santa / takes annual break #haiku #poem #break #christmas

Unwanted present / a swing, sways in frost bitten /chilled breath of Christmas #haiku #poem #christmas #merrychristmas

Children patiently / wait to open their presents / parents wait for sleep #haiku #poem #christmas #presents

And so, the portly / burglar breathed in, to squeeze down / all the warm chimneys #haiku #poem #happychristmas #merrychristmas

"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while" Very sad to hear about Rob Reiner and his wife this morning. Awful tragedy. X #robreiner #theprincessbride

Here's a poem from my newest poetry book LEAVES OF SILENCE available from Amazon www.amazon.in/-/hi/dp/B0FV...

@tinamatijev.bsky.social One for the tastes mentioned on your profile. Thanks for your support: Behemoth drinks tea / and totes a gun for Master / still runs for a treat #haiku #poem #cat #bulgakov

A delusional / Napoleon, that salutes / invisible men #haiku #poem #napoleon #delusional

Swim over abyss / bleak darkness pulling you down / eyes on the shore sand #haiku #poem #sea #abyss

Memories of Kate / Bush dancing in the soft light / always my first love #haiku #poem #katebush #wutheringheights

The map has been lost / the direction is unknown / sensible to stop #haiku #poem #map #direction

Winter Jasmine lifts / it’s bright head in middle of / Winter, gone in Spring #haiku #poem #winterjasmine #flower

When blades meet in the / rain showered temple, sleeping / dragon then awakes #haiku #poem #blades #dragon

Lost in aurora / of your eyes, bewildered by / touching skin. I’m yours #haiku #poem #aurora #yours

We looked at the same / sun, thousands of miles apart / both hearts intertwined #haiku #poem #apart #hearts

And with the bright moon / comes the howling of the beast / that stops for no one #haiku #poem #moon #supermoon

Rains starred again as / Phantom of the Opera / aisles of seeping blood #haiku #poem #clauderains #phantomoftheopera

Lon Chaney first took / a bite in 41, hair / and fangs on the prowl #haiku #poem #werewolf #universalhorror

Claude Rains disappeared / on silver screen, another / victim of science #haiku #poem #clauderains #theinvisibleman

Karloff steps out of / the gilded sarcophagus / searching for lost love #haiku #poem #themummy #boriskarloff

Renfield tends to his / masters coffin, on grounds of / Castle Dracula #haiku #poem #dracula #vampire

The lightning strikes the / castle wall, deep inside the / monster lives again #haiku #poem #frankenstein #jameswhale

@antfive.bsky.social love your website. :)

Stoppard asked “Where is / Sam Lowry?”, but answer lost / to bureaucracy #haiku #poem #tomstoppard #brazil

Prison wall circles / the panopticon as the / guards stare at your soul #haiku #poem #prison #panopticon

Fox finds solace at / bottom of the garden in / the low, evening sun #haiku #poem #fox #sun

Your friends become bit / parts in fantasies and lead / roles in your daydreams #haiku #poem #friends #daydream

Loneliest man in / the Universe. Far above / dark side of the Moon #haiku #poem #michaelcollins #nasa

Sun hits the frosty / morning grass, sending spiders / rushing back to shade #haiku #poem #morning #spider

@roseknapp.bsky.social thank you very much! :)

Culture enjoys no / borders, meeting of compass / points in heart and mind #haiku #poem #border #heart

I think I've finally solved the lingering effects of the reading burnout problem that's been plaguing me since grad school: setting a daily increment of 20 pages to read, and rebuilding my patience and attention for reading entire books that way.