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

On a day like this / it’s easy to forget the / pleasure of a breeze #poem #haiku #heatwave #breeze

Sit beneath blue sky / with no clouds on horizon / planes soar, pigeons fly #poem #haiku #sky #horizon

Hello, and sorry, we have a delay on haikucrush.com that's preventing submissions. As a result, submissions will begin June 10. We'll keep you updated here. We really appreciate your patience.

Bright, fluid flute jumps / from note to note with breath / soft, peaceful and yet - / hands holding with ancient poise / alert to decimate souls #poem #waka #flute #samurai

Blow on the trumpet / or strike the piano keys / Mozart in a week #poem #haiku #trumpet #piano

@markrmeyer.bsky.social metropolis - one more lost soul in the neon mist I absolutely love it. Cool that you are featured on that website. :)

It never entered / my mind… black satin, moon dreams / The pan piper - Miles #poem #haiku #milesdavis #birthday

Prokofiev’s dirge / echoes Romeo’s sharp death / downhill of the rake #poem #haiku #prokofiev #ballet

Newborn spider floats / from neighbour’s gutter. Falling / through harsh summer heat #poem #haiku #spider #summer

No cars parked at the / care home. Nurses stand outside / smoking cigarettes #poem #haiku #elderly #nurses

Bright moon punches hole / through the powder blue curtain / that hangs over Earth #poem #haiku #moon #sky

Orange into blue / sky observes flight of heron / morning moon vanished #poem #haiku #heron #moon

clouds part for the sun warm thoughts fly on restless wings: a midday flutter the feather touch of twilight night roses bloom, soft upon skin #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry #ourpoetryx

every day that dawns music soothes and songs sustain so a time shall come for memories to weave new dreams today, tomorrow #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry

Steam rises from the / early morning washing as / the sun peaks about #poem #haiku #steam #washing

Monarch butterflies / dance on cool breeze. Ascending / higher and higher #poem #haiku #butterfly #higher

On cold Easter’s day / jazz band plays, and various / flowers wilt and bloom #poem #haiku #easter #jazz

Ailing daffodil / corona bended on its / stem, kisses the Earth #poem #haiku #daffodil #casualtyofspring

@ekimellnea.bsky.social thank you! :)

For everything you / said was beautiful, bathed in / youthful spring sunlight #poem #haiku #spring #beautiful

Hanafubuki / surrounds old lady getting / out of her new car #poem #haiku #hanafubuki #car

Even in Spring, the / petals stand aloft. Beauty / carved out of flowers #poem #haiku #spring #petals

Magnolia tree stands / beneath glowing dusk, painted / with horizon shades

Ladybird crawls on / the road, with no fear of the / fast cars zipping by #haiku #poem #ladybird #cars

First they are here, then / they are there. Mysterious / memories are gone #poem #haiku #mysterious #memories

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Older than our / reptilian predecessors / the magnolia shines #poem #haiku #dinosaurs #magnolia

a worn smile, well‑plied inside, birds lashed by the tide even crumbs denied #Madmarch #inside #haiku @daveashleypoet.bsky.social

Bird on see through branch / sways on invisible tree / trick of the night light #poem #haiku #bird #invisible

Mozart was neither / a skateboarder, nor a / graffiti artist #haiku #poem #skateboarder #thingsmozartwascrapat

With this stargazer / lilly, I show my love for / you. Careful, they stain… #haiku #poem #stargazer #lilly

Orange peel burns in / the midnight fire. None spared / in the old warehouse #haiku #poem #orange #midnight

@ekimellnea.bsky.social wow! Thank you very much! I’m going to buy that book. :)

This is the hidden side of Ireland’s independence struggle. 🇮🇪 Collins’s elite squad—the Twelve Apostles—changed the war through intelligence, precision, and deadly missions. #BookTok #HistoryTok #IrishReads #books

It gives me no end / of joy to say that my most / favourite song is: / Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath / on the album Black Sabbath #tanka #poem #blacksabbath #blacksabbath #blacksabbath

Spring is moving near / birds look for lovers and sing / songs of desire #haiku #poem #spring #birds

Remembering Tom Noonan, Whose Performance in 'Manhunter' Is the Greatest Portrayal of a Psycho Killer in Movie History - Variety This was the write up I waited to share about the genius, Tom Noonan. If you haven’t seen this film, please watch it. :)

Angels gave up and / pressed red nuclear button / of their own accord #haiku #poem #angels #nuclear

Ordinary in / every way, except for / iridescent eyes #haiku #poem #ordinary #eyes

Hungry bear fishes / white stream, in search of salmon / swimming up river #haiku #poem #bear #salmon

break the spell the one that holds you tight unwilling prisoner to my desires twin flame you cannot escape if you tried #roomprompt

she masters the brush of sugar from his lips the enchanting of souls deep understanding of promises made in the dark under neon lights and carnival rides candy floss the promise of summer in his touch #foxprose

Seagulls lunch, bobbing / on the ocean waves, makes way / for an old steam ship #haiku #poem #seagull #steamship

I still see you at / the foot of my king size bed / gone, lost forever #haiku #poem #lost #forever

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!" RIP Robert Duvall

memories linger saltwater stark on the tongue suddenly, a dream evaporates in the dark; still— the universe smiles #haiku #senryu #tanka #TankaThursday #vss365