cappuccino dregs copyedit marathon coffee-acrid sweat

pressed in Plath meadow flowers #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (meadow)

pining for flowers parched earth #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (parched)

stratus nebulosus if only I could go where my shadow goes #DailyHaikuPrompt (overcast)

binned jazz— what a wonderful world in pieces Many 🙏 to editor Tony Pupello for including this one! tsuridoro issue 28 July/August 2025 #poetry #tsuri-dōrō #poetrycommunity #monoku For the whole lovely issue, visit: tsuridoro.org/issue-28-jul...

#dailyhaikuprompt, #haiku, #poetry small hands offer great treasure pebbles

Nice to find myself in such good company. Thanks to editor, Kelly Moyer (Failed Haiku #110). #haiku #senryu Full Issue available here: failedhaiku.com/2025/06/30/f...

kingfisher— some of us need to dive deeper #haiku #senryu #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (kingfisher)

#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku blushing amber the sunset heart of the plum

embracing summer morning glory bravely trellises herself #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (trellis)

let’s all begin again new moon #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (new moon)

overcast night sky; uncertain constellations of teeming fireflies

Yellow wagtail on some wheat linktr.ee/vickyouten... 🪶🦉 #birds #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #photography #ThePhotoHour #yellowwagtail

summer solstice again we tip our hats to the sun #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (solstice)

fresh peas the familiar unzipping of summer #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (fresh peas)

moss and stone some of us thrive in the shadows #Brida #bridahaikus #bridahaiku #haiku #gardening #gardensky #gardeningfeed #moss #stone #shadow #bloomscrolling 📷 mine

our first flirtatious moment fireflies #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku

firefly dusk— how brief the life of a shooting star #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (fireflies)

sun flowers together we reach for the sky #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (sun flower)

fog-tangled willow tears trickling from your branches, why do you weep so?

sweat rings on me and the coffee table hot night #haiku #poetry #SenryuSunday #dailyhaikuprompt (hot night)

canvas sails gullwing– cumulus drift west, and I follow where they lead

waxwings and catbirds strip the Juneberry – summer circles and settles #dailyhaikuprompt | hydrangea / Juneberry (serviceberry) #smallpoems #Iowa * My "yard" in NE Iowa is all native plants; the difference between "woods" and "house" is blurry. I remember hydrangeas from my childhood in town […]

shedding the weight of sorrow snakeskin #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (grief)

after the storm the ragged grief of an empty bird nest #DailyHaikuPrompt

lunar ebb and flow; swift-retreating tidewater leaves my mood aground

hens and chicks— prissy pink poppies grapple with the wind #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (chick)

the slow erosion my father's memory and the shoreline every day on our walks more questions than answers #tanka #NaTankaMo (answer, shore) #MayTanka #poetry #TankaPoem #5lines

morning rain— tender petals pooling in the hollows #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (pool)

springtime invitations and expectations the pressure to bloom #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #poetry #senryu #haiku #vss365 #dailyhaikuprompt #haikuchallenge (genuine)

precious memories unweaving at the edges while I watch, helpless

breaking my voice with a radio song— rusty brown thrasher #haiku #senryu #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (rust | road)

mockingbird— this sunny Friday lost in a cloud #haiku #senryu #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (lost)

#DailyHaikuPrompt #butterfly #senryu for this old world I nurture a chrysalis of hope in my heart

patio snail trails my mind itching with wanderlust #haiku #senryu #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (patio)

amid rumors of layoffs — peanuts for patio crows #DailyHaikuPrompt (patio) #Senryu #Haiku

broken heart the impact of returning from orbit #ScifaikuSaturday (impact)

woodpecker— until I hear nothing but dahlias #haiku #poetry #SenryuSunday #dailyhaikuprompt (woodpecker) #haikuchallenge (dahlia)

with a glance your bashful blush pink peony #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (peony)

pink peony my empty arms sway with her absence #DailyHaikuPrompt #HaikuSaturday #Haiku

church potluck— first to arrive ants on a log #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (ant)

accidentally smelled jasmine flowers despite this burning world #haiku #senryu

petals reach to embrace the wide sky so close to falling #FlowerReport

#DailyHaikuPrompt #hawk flowing free her yellow hair crowned with hawkbit

overhead a skylark rides the wind my mind wanders #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (skylark)

#poetry #micropoetry #vsspoem #tanka #tankapoem #windfall time slipping around our ankles like fish in surf silent moments thunderous gravities sweet birdsong in a storm

#photography #bwphotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #BW #shotoniphone #nature #naturephotography #macrophotography Rose 05 2025 Digital iPhone 14 pro w/Apexel lens

dark melody the simian cackle of barred owls #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku