we woke to snow it doesn’t seem to end midwestern goodbye #FromOneLine 400 #senryu #haiku

A poem from my collection, In the Shadow of Gods. It’s called January. 🖼️ Winter Tale, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, 1904.

unworn wedding dress deconstructed and remade into angel gowns my heart, unclaimed by one goes with many #SenseWords 167 #tanka #TankaPoem #haiku

HAPPY NEW YEAR Hoping you all had a lovely christmas and a heartfelt blessing for a great 2026. Chris & Stella ( the cat ) Will be back posting on Monday 5th #newyear #2026

Good morning...it's a beautiful new day! Two weeks post surgery and finally feeling like myself again (hence the disappearing act). Happy to be back, BlueSky!! #Stunday

Chickadee peeks out of the birdhouse #sideprofiles #birdoftheday #photography #nature #birds

thin skin so many tags falling off #haiku #haikufeels

owl screeches… the calendar means nothing #thingstowriteabout #haiku #newyear #owl #micropoetry

#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Little Debbie shortening children’s lives #senryu #senryusunday

moon of the morning shines through my ice-laced window more than I can bear #DailyHaikuPrompt #SenryuSunda #haiku #senryu #haiga #poetry

I stumble upon a new word, “sisu” a wellspring of fortitude how many buckets will I need this year? #gentlepower #tanka #haiku #TankaPoem #sisu #Finland #poetry #newyear #inkmine

silver after dark the rain we were waiting for falling as moonlight

May this season bring you closer to your dreams.” ― Toni Sorenson. Art by Annie Stegg Gerard💫

railroad tracks— killdeer nesting every spring #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

I'm still going through my photos rom the summer. Here's a killdeer. I love these noisy little birds. #birds #nature #wildlife

day moon so constant cradled in blue— the longed-for sister here at my shoulder #tanka #tankathursday #TankaPoem #bluesky #poetry

New Year’s Eve moon. 🌔✨

Happy New Year! 🌟 Bringing in 2026 with Karen Kaspar’s eco-friendly and animal-friendly “Fireworks of Stars!” @karenkaspar.bsky.social #nature

feral winter storm a hibernating chipmunk curious to see #haiku #curiosity #thingstowriteabout Can you spot the chipmunk in the tall snow drift? 🐿️

inside this snowglobe how many versions of water #SnowGlobe #xtraxmas #ColorADay #BlueTue #haiku #LakeMichigan #naturephotography

this body, this land even small poems borrowed light #haiku #prompt #HaikuFeels (steal)

brilliant gibbous moon the old asphalt winking           a father           who never said a word #tanka #poetry #whistpr #haiku #micropoetry #moon #brilliant

Wax on #photography

opening their hearts ice and water are friends again -Teishitsu #imageandverse #haiku #haiga #shahai #naturephotography #nature #haiku #photography

#smallpoemsunday #poetry @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoem #poem A small poem by Mary Karr titled, Wisdom: the Voice of God.

A few favorites from William Scott Galasso for #senryusunday #senryu the kiss that’s not a kiss flu season - - - fog… everything I thought I knew - - - riptide her fear of drowning in someone else

So evocative, Susan! 🙏🏼✨🤎 Here’s my offshoot… flurries of ash finding their way to the hearth even us #haiku #haikusaturday

end of the year heading somewhere in life tracks in the snow #haiku #poetry

a soft crackle— the turntable needle between memories #haikufeels #haiku #senryu

dear best friend where have you gone… nowhere and everywhere #thingstowriteabout #haiku #micropoetry #bestfriend #caturday #dogsofbluesky #chihuahua #gendai #haiga See alt text for more 🤎🧡

poaching pears a fruit fly bubbles up— star anise pointing nowhere #star #thingstowriteabout #tanka #haiku Happy holidays to those who celebrate! My poached pears survived, the fly did not. 🍐🌟

the birds don’t know what day it is… singing Happy Christmas #haiku #Christmas

in these darkest days the light I trust— glistening snow in moonlight starlings mirroring the night sky something in me, listening #tankathursday (true) #tanka #TankaPoem #micropoetry #haiku

made a thing. have a meaningful little holiday.

“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” Anatole France Shinya Okayama - Waltz fof Little Birds.

Winter Mouse. © Lucy Grossmith

a sensitive soul she wraps her knitted scarf around everything #scarf #thingstowriteabout #haiku #christmas #sensoryart

Christmas can be a beautiful season, but it can also feel painfully loud when your heart is quiet, tired, or hurting. If you are alone this Christmas, or struggling in ways others may not see, please know this: you are not failing the season. You are surviving it. And that matters. #EastCoastKin

Poem of mine published in the latest Christmas / winter anthology from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/news

autumn rain coat a pocketful of stale dog biscuits my sweet little crumb still here with me #haiku #tanka #gift #haiku4u #micropoetry #dailyhaikuprompt

tattered overcoat on a park bench left behind #dailyhaikuprompt (overcoat) #haiku

this would be the line holding the kigo tightly setting the bones     that allow the breath of life #FromOneLine 399 #tanka #haiku

Bakethin Nature Reserve in December #nature #naturephotography #autumn #kieldeforest #northumberland

#dandelion Messy hair 😀😍

winter solstice morn sun wraps the fields in dawn glow for a hare’s breath, peace #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #Solstice #WinterSolstice

winter tree a face in the bark learning the shape of disappearance #haiga #imageandverse #tanka #haiku #micropoetry

holiday gift a wax-sealed amaryllis bulb we hold our breath #senryu #senryusunday #haiku4u

#SmallPoemSunday #poetry @tomsnarsky.bsky.social I love this small poem by Jim Moore.

American Robin Saturday singing...