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The Owl who was afraid of the Dark' ,illustrated by Nika Goltz, ( 1925 - 2012).

It's such a pretty day :))

I love seeing people get excited about things they like 💖 the world needs more joy.

odd number a couple apart #vss365 number #haikufeels #dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #verse #wss366

when a cat stretches the space time continuum reverberates oyoguhito #haiku haikueye.blogspot.com #cat #cats

a leaf falls on the other side of a smile a bud opens

quiet prayer on the back porch wind in the weeping willow

Osaka's shaggy heat, walking through it --Maya Okuzaka 大阪の毛深き暑さ其れを歩む　奥坂まや #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

no more nectar, so the bees start their rest; winter moon #HaikuChallenge #nectar #DailyHaikuPrompt #wintermoon #Haiku #micropoetry

drowning in bureaucracy... a random number #BraveWrite #bureaucracy #vss365 #number #Senryu #micropoetry

broken limb after a winter storm still holding on who would have expected me to see such truth #tanka #5lines Published Bright Stars 2, An Organic Tanka Anthology M. Kei, Editor #TankaPoem #micropoetry #poem

picking up a prescription new grass struggling to grow #senryu

In the midst of swirling dust, I live temporarily in this barren land during wartime – Tomiko Matsumoto #tanka

church pew the predators’ apologists #oneline #senryu

the river only darkness flowing . . . fireflies ~ Chiyo translated Dick White of @dailyhaikai.bsky.social My response: cloudy night in the country light rain falls invisibly

a shiny object d a n g l e s 🪩 #7syllablesentence prompt for Friday, November 14th is #object

Do you want to rest your feet? Can I get you coffee? Tea? Why sound so uncertain, friend? I don't #object to kindness! #7syllablesentence

these endless flat fields clouds mutating above us blackbird hawk dragon

in the far of the field unbounded by fence chain an old, forlorn oak tree wears its crows like black pearls

🖼️ The Wind, Christina Rossetti.

a sky full aurora borealis —my tan’renga cap to this #haiku: the river only darkness flowing ... fireflies Chiyo (1703-1775) [tr. Dick Whyte]

Goodnight. 🖼️ Moon Meadow, Josie Wren.

My mother saw me as a treasure and an impossible task I think in equal measure When alive, she'd have insisted "treasure" except in anger I ask her, trim and intense, younger than I am -- Was I lazy? Selfish? Smart, artistic, sweet? The photo only smiles Inspired by @orrinonline.bsky.social

As we are handed our plate of food one by one, and sit down at the table – tears come flowing through – Tomiko Matsumoto #tanka

autumn sunshine~ a gold thread through green needles ☀️🌲 #haiku

over the lake thin shadows of birches waver in place #haiku

Recent reads. 📚✨️ #booksky #amreading

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the rain still falling the rain that fell yesterday all you can absorb

stalking the garden the #mantis is more deadly than dragons of #myth #vss365 #whistpr

#haiku fly on the desk looks like the one at home

The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

This needs a poem, but I can't think of one right now.

after the frost- the river stitching its silver wound #haiku #poetry

it’s hard to hear of the crimes of these men and not burn for the sword that Judith did swing

double-checking when the door closes... the mask sits #DailyHaikuPrompt #mask #Senryu #micropoetry

measuring to make the final strike praying mantis #vss365 #measure #whistpr #mantis #Haiku #micropoetry

college hallway creative writing professor mid-sentence why is the kiss i recall the unwanted one Published in: Ribbons Tanka Society of America Fall/Winter 2025: Volume 21, Number 2 #Tanka #TankaPoem #Micropoetry

to sit on my lap she leaves the radiator miss ambivalence

Caw--caw--caw the crow wonders hoarsely what door is it for?

The Force is strong in this one.

Wow.

Just caught that this became a great #haiku exchange with Jim @oyoguhito.bsky.social ... Enjoy!

school fence… in every link a sparrow #haiku #poetry

little mice huddle in the haystacks cold nights are coming #haiku

earlier each day from the kitchen window moon rise #dailyhaikuprompt moon rise

tell me more, tell me everything— another ripe apple falls

snow flurries~ her red ribbon caught in the reeds #haiku

a silver key nestled in moss, a crow calls #haiku