at the pond a Tern dives in-- its bright orange beak #haiku

silent heat lightening yet still waiting for the sound #haiku

Here's my new senryu essay, based one first in Hubpages then in Simply haiku, and no longer on the web. medium.com/counterarts/...

full moon melting into crickets #haiku

ring finger-- when two become one set of bedsheets #senryu

stowing away the blankets four dents in the carpet #senryusunday #senryu #haiku #poem ##vss365

Did a thing for the #PoetsofDoom challenge. #WritingCommunity

i log out of another zoom call— crow starts in #senryu #haiku #poem #vss365 #micropoem

just a few fireflies-- empty sake glass #haiku

morning Mourning Dove mourning #haiku

morning shower to wash away yesterday #haiku

“At the Poor Farm: Carmi” I'm thrilled and humbled by Nigel Bynn's reading and analysis of a companion poem to The Weight of Snow and Regret I recently wrote: "At the Poor Farm: Carmi." If you have a few moments, I'd love for you to check it out.

before first light before everything birdsong #haiku

thrashing fish knowing they're in a bucket and not knowing Issa David Lanoue, trans. #haiku

#haiku long after the others the cormorant leaves the rock

Collage #1954 Christian Franzen 2026

"Leo" says, "In the red cherries we earn $4 per 25lb bucket. We start at 3am & leave by 11. The 12ft ladders we use to pick from high branches are wet w/dew at 3am. This makes it dangerous. Still we need the extra money this 1 month peak period provides & work fast." #WeFeedYou

night sunflower #photography

burning on an uninhabited planet: a violin --Daisuke Kawai 無人惑星にて燃えるヴァイオリン　川合大祐 Note: it's also possible to read it as "the violin burning on an uninhabited planet," "violins burning on an uninhabited planet," "on an uninhabited planet, a burning violin," etc. #senryu #gendaisenryu #translation

nestled cozily in the folds of the rose earwig #haiku

carnival's last day games half-price-- summer solstice #haiku

Pears and persimmons left for the crows is such a generous image of winter quiet, a lovely Issa to share.

summer solstice— the sand won't hold me #haikusaturday #haiku #VersionsHaikuSaturday #haiga #nature #scape #LakeMichigan

staying in the shade the cats rhythmic breathing summer solstice #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

Oof… Love this 🪸

“Sifting daylight dissolves the memory, turns it into dust motes floating in light.” ― Toni Morrison, Beloved Juan Brufal artwork

pears and persimmons left for the crows... winter seclusion Issa David Lanoue, trans. #haiku

ladybug crawling across my zafu doesn't stop to just sit #haiku #Buddhism #meditation #zen

#haiku the cut grasses gold for a few more weeks

Early morning lights Timid Angine de Poitrine Ghost face on the back #haiku #senryu #moths #anginedepoitrine

#haiku the ants found something in the sink

One of the methods of exegesis we do with Torah is understanding that often when the text describes the two polar boundaries of a thing, it's inclusive of the in-between. In ONE line it says God created humans b'tzelem elohim; in the image of God; "male and female." Says a lot about humans AND God.

a vast wheat field dotted with blooming peonies Issa David Lanoue, trans. #haiku

Oak Park, Michigan, September 2025

carnival trucks filling the street barricades flashing #senryu

For #SmallPoemSunday, the senryu that inspired the title of my chapbook Matcha and Birds (抹茶と鳥方). 抹茶吸うコガラは外で歌ってる Matcha suu Kogara ｗa soto de Utatteru Sipping matcha A chickadee outside Singing

#completethehaiga 155 @completethehaiga.bsky.social

"Martin" is 55 yrs old. "I have 22 yrs of experience picking strawberries -nearly half my life. I'll keep harvesting until I no longer can do so. I haven't taken one break today as every minute counts when working piece rate. I'm not earning enough to pay my bills." #WrFeedYou

drifting home to its cave Cloud Dragon #haiku

A red sky over West Montrose. #Chicago #NorthBankOfTheChicagoRiverWaterShed

🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 dude—u are knocking it outta the ballpark lately…😎

Anyway... Pygmy Grasshoppers exist - and you will never be this goth. Aztec (Paratettix aztecus) As the common name implies, they are smol ~7mm They almost always live near water. #inverts #becurious PS - they swim, you know...

The grasshopper game was strong in the Rogue River NF yesterday! This bitty nymph is just all kinds of pretty! #inverts #becurious (dining on an Alder leaf)

a handful of chamomile blooms-- sunday morning #haiku

mouse scratching scratching scratching-- so many dreams #haiku

#haiku a tin of beans welcome to the war

my group chat is just me my bathroom poltergeist geofforry and three other people who aren’t as hot as us

this!

here he comes... barely able to hide my exasperation #senryu

all the baby spiders scatter... to make a living Issa David Lanoue, trans. #haiku