waking up groggy somewhere outside the sound of thunder #haiku #senyru

summer cicadas as loud as the sun Is hot

sundazzled daisies growing underfoot as if grace meant submission

tucked in the pocket of her red coat — a fallen maple leaf #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #maple

what ever happened to the baby’s red sneaker lost in the library? or outside the garage, never spotted again

half-open sky the other side of a blackbird's song #haiku #senryu #senryusunday

the owl sees them first . . . plum blossoms Kobayashi Issa (1762-1826) #haiku #micropoetry Tr. David G. Lanoue Date of #poem: 1803

mountain cuckoo— early afternoon on a mountain road Kobayashi Issa (1762-1826) #haiku #micropoetry Tr. David G. Lanoue Date of #poem: 1790

drifting cumulus mockingbird and mourning dove sharing a light pole #haiku

hot summer day~ the restless shadows of birch leaves cool on my legs

a nothing day— so stay in, read books, listen to the rain’s rhythmic dripping In a crockery bowl outside

solstice saltwater taffy stretches across hemispheres #haiku #HaikuSaturday

gaps in leafshadow every time you look away these little white moths

summer shadows a lizard doing push-ups on a high limb

#dailyhaikuprompt #maple #fox maple leaves hidden in the undergrowth the rusty red fox

after tea i spent ten minutes trying to identify one bird #haiku

I climb a hill With a fish over my shoulder. The purple flowers In the potato fields Are now in full bloom. —Kitahara Hakushu

with crow feathers draped in ancient doubts she rises up into clouds of certainty bathed in golden light #tanka #TankaThursday

last summer’s love a lightning bug flickers on a grass blade haiku—

white crown sparrow greets morning with a new tune Beethoven’s Fifth #haiku

expressing yourself wind in the green restless beech in a borrowed voice

I climb a hill With a fish over my shoulder. The purple flowers In the potato fields Are now in full bloom. —Kitahara Hakushu

walking home after class an icy December night; stars pinned between bare limbs, a quiet owl vocalizing; I’ll never memorize Chaucer —tanka

rainy day~ the snails suddenly full of confidence #haiku

beyond the pond every shade of red— tulips reflected each one holding its own cup of sun #tankathursday #tanka #abundance

#haiku we mistake the mildew for dust

A birthday #haiku for @haveahaiku.bsky.social morning walk she notices new flowers growing in the path

summer evening a bee and I drift toward the sunset #coloraday #imageandverse #NaTankaMo #tankapoem #tanka #haiku #micropoetry #lighthouse #puremichigan

June lightning waiting out the days’ heat by the open window

the gull searches among plastic and seaweed

sunbeams through broken glass then... a rainbow — my one way ticket to paradise #MayTanka #NaTankaMo #brokenglass #WriteMap #through #DailyHaikuPrompt #rainbow #micropoetry #micropoem

gentle rain the sound drowned out by a blender #haiku #poem #spring

to be drinking tea the soft touch of hard porcelain and the slow hot rush #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #senryu #tanka

Morning light - humming a half-remembered melody. #dailyhaikuprompt melody #haiku #senryu

on a sunny slope crickets sing in tall grass #haiku

oh, my darling you are the silent ampersand in all my many sentences #poetry

wellspring every day a new source of outrage #SenryuSunday #senryu

spring breeze patiently the bee works the blossom

open window~ the smallest teddy bear looking out at the trees #haiku

this ocean breeze on a deserted highway brings me home to a much simpler time if only in my mind #tanka #NaTankaMo #MayTanka

pink mimosa blooms dark lacy edges of a spring rain cloud

spring evening - a cat chases butterfly shadows * waning lilac - spring waves adieu with butterfly wings #haiku #poetry

from two fields away it sounds sweetly nostalgic bellringing practice

new clothes the constant itchiness of uncertainty #DailyHaikuPrompt #senryu

stormy day scent of apples from the back porch

even though it's too sweet I take a slice of birthday cake and eat around the frosting #NaTankaMonth #tanka #micropoetry

i don't buy it still i turn back to look again #haiku

#dailyhaikuprompt #bright a bright beam on an ivy leaf the hoverfly rests

lost and found— I wrap presents in old road maps #senryusunday #senryu #haiku