scrubbing the bathroom floor a ringing phone in the background #tanka

Leeks are great in soup at this time of year. Thankfully, workers on California’s Central Coast are packing and loading up the day’s harvest for your soup bowl. #WeFeedYou

A new verse from new contributor Nora Fletcher: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 All my spoons are used up, I am rotting. — Nora Fletcher

Wild Nights - Wild Nights! Wild nights - Wild nights! Were I with thee Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile - the winds - To a Heart in port - Done with the Compass - Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden - Ah - the Sea! Might I but moor - tonight - In thee! Emily Dickinson #poetry #poem

sitting Shiva—entering deeper into an extended barren season #senryu

"Saul" and "Juan" work as irrigators in CAs Imperial Valley. Here they are removing the irrigation from the broccoli rapini fields, so that the machine can come in to harvest the crop. #WeFeedYou

Lunch today ✨

What I had for dinner tonight.

#haiku before you can speak she touches your machine

#haiku in a jar pennies bide their time

On this day at 10am it was 41° in Mettler CA were these workers are hard at work in the tangerine harvest. "Ana" says, "The cold temperatures stiffens our hands and slows our movement, but we keep on going. Our work puts citrus on tables are crossed the country." #WeFeedYou

A new verse from returning contributor Heath Brougher: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘁𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 I am an old folded chair— except I’m not. — Heath Brougher

drawbridge I stop speaking mid-sentence

"Eri" is pruning grapevines in San Ardo, CA. "It's tiring because I must prune many plants during the day. By the end of the day my arms and fingers ache from the repetitive motion." #WeFeedYou

flickering down the main road... a firefly Issa #haiku Lanoue, trans.

Lunch and Dinner today.

"Mario" works in Salinas, CA vegetable industry as a tractor driver. He is currently preparing the land for the next planting and harvesting season. #WeFeedYou

A new verse from new contributor Loius Talbot: 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 work hard play hard mallard — Louis Talbot

running every red light the wind #dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng. Today’s haiku was originally posted on Aug 26, 2023 #daily #haiku #micropoetry #smallPoemSunday

from mother's back the baby monkey watches... burning field Issa #haiku Lanoue, trans.

Collage #1537 Empalizada.

Last night for dessert I had Rainbow Sherbet + Freeze Dried Candy ✨(a little bag of freeze dried candy was marked down a lot and I never tried freeze dried candy ever so I decided to give it a try). In the end turned out tasty 🎶. San Lang feeding his beloved. #hualian #dessert

#haiku blue grass beneath barren branches

A new verse from returning contributor Salvatore Difalco: 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗶 Yes, it means 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥. But nah, that’s not what she meant. — Salvatore Difalco

The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility & desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere w/ its material comforts & its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled. ~Aldous Huxley,The Art of Seeing

𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼 A gentleman was given a talking to after having been deemed deserving of receiving a talking to as a result of having given a talking to to a gentleman to whom according to the gentlemen by whom he was given a talking to he’d had no right to have given talking to. — Eli S. Evans

"When they throw the water on the witch, she says, 'Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?' That line inspired my life. I sometimes say it to myself before I go to sleep, like a prayer." John Waters by Robin Marchant, 2013 #Witchsky

as usual awake all night reading Friday arrives #senryu

my morning alarm the laughing kookaburras greet me to the day #MorningHaiku #haiku

This tractor driver is mulching leftover watermelons in a field. It looks simple from a distance but takes skill. The driver moves slowly over uneven ground, watching for ruts, and makes sure every pass breaks down the old crop so the soil is ready for planting. #WeFeedYou

bsky.app/profile/orri... follow this artist a brilliant senryu poet

the strong and pungent smell of bindweed gathering at the villa of a friend who's mother has just died #tanka

neighbor´s wife crossing street with bag of fish-heads #senryu

revising her will aged actress wants her swan provided for #senryu

children nappin' he and i sit around drinkin' coffee #senryu

postcard sent off: an old haiku friend gets my senryu #senryu

being asked what id want for dinner— hydrangea rain #senryu

secretly i eat peppermint chocolates— a boring night #senryu

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open.spotify.com/track/7f8fOH... i thought this appropriate...

A new veteran from returning contributor Nicholas De Marino: 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 apparatus on apparatus hallucinatory peristaltic her her technique — Nicholas De Marino

Fresno county farm workers are planting onion seeds for next years' harvest. They are basically bent over or on their knees on cold damp ground all day long. In this cold and weather that is hard on their body and they share their bones ache at the end of the day. #WeFeedYou

Alma Thomas didn’t become a full-time artist till she was 69 years of age. At 80 she was the first African-American woman to have a solo exhibition at The Whitney Museum. Alma Thomas, The Eclipse, 1970 Acrylic on canvas

"Jorge" shared this video to show how almond trees are pruned. He shares we're paid CA minimum wage. The almond tree pruning starts in Nov and ends in Feb. Early pruning is critical for a good production. Mistakes made at this stage are difficult to correct. #WeFeedYou

making themselves at home asleep, awake... geese at my gate Issa #haiku Lanoue, trans.

On my walk this morning.

Workers in King City CA are harvesting broccoli. They earn piece rate so try to go as fast as they can so they could earn more money. However this field has been harvested before and this is the last pass. It is hard to harvest enough to make more than minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

playing hide-and-seek in tea flowers... sparrows Issa #haiku Lanoue, trans.

On the anniversary of Issa's death January 5, 1828-- 64 years old-- his death poem: a bath when you're born a bath when you die how stupid Issa #haiku Robert Hass, trans.

#haiku a wild party the spoons and the knives