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#haiku
#haiga
#art
#tanka
#poetry
#senryu
#micropoetry
#tomfoolery
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John Hawkhead
dadakuku
about 14 hours ago
A new verse from returning contributor
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
: 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 the thing is then we arrived at where is the — John Hawkhead
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Small Language Model
the thing isthen we arrived atwhere is the — John Hawkhead
http://dadakuku.com/2026/02/27/small-language-model/
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#haiku
#epsteinadministration
#Basho
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seasons turn a spent firework goes off again
#haiku
#fireworks
about 1 month ago
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From a walk on Appledore beach: obituary a ragged ribbon of tide returns to the sea
#haiku
#obituary
#tides
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From a walk on Appledore beach: obituary a ragged ribbon of tide returns to the sea
#haiku
#obituary
#tides
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John Hawkhead
tinywords.com
27 days ago
Dear readers and writers, tinywords is accepting submissions for issue 26.2 at this page:
tinywords.com/submit/
We look forward to reading your tiny poems! Deadline: February 28
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We invite you to contribute/submit to the next issue of tinywords, 26.1. Please send your best, preferably unpublished work. We’re looking for haiku, tanka and other tiny poems, brief tanka p…
https://tinywords.com/submit/
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under a slate sky we come to understand the hand of the sea Photo: Instow beach, Devon
#haiku
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Out today at ‘smols’ edited by Robin Beach Jacobsen: online scrolling dead seas More here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
#micropoetry
#haiku
#deadseascrolls
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Out today at ‘smols’ edited by Robin Beach Jacobsen: online scrolling dead seas More here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
#micropoetry
#haiku
#deadseascrolls
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under a slate sky we come to understand the hand of the sea Photo: Instow beach, Devon
#haiku
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Wonderful shocking poetry today by Julia B. Levine:
rattle.com
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Rattle Poetry
without pretension since 1995
https://rattle.com
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The Solitary Daisy 🌼
14 days ago
Today's issue is out! Welcome to
@sbwrightpoet.bsky.social
, our new columnist! Also congrats to our two choices for senryu -
@thehaikutec.bsky.social
and
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
! Enjoy, everyone 😊
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/02/issu...
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Issue 68 – Calendar Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
I'm really pleased to announce that we have a new team member here at the Solitary Daisy! Join me in welcoming Sean Wright.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/02/issue-68-calendar-haiku/
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A proper door
#photo
#photography
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John Hawkhead
15 days ago
A delightfully light-hearted
#Sciku
by
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
this week. Clever wordplay on top of dense quantum physics and not a dead/alive cat in sight! quantum superpositioning myself in her g-B-o-A-o-D-d books
#ScienceHaiku
#SciComm
#Quantum
#Schrödinger
thescikuproject.com/2026/02/13/a...
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A super position by John Hawkhead - The Sciku Project
quantum superpositioning myself in her g-B-o-A-o-D-d books - Visit The Sciku Project to discover John's superposition sciku!
https://thescikuproject.com/2026/02/13/a-super-position/
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John Hawkhead
The Winter 2025-2026 edition of
@waleshaiku.bsky.social
is out and includes this: gunmetal skies in the crow’s morning call an iron hawser Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and Luci C.X. Turner for the inclusion. Link:
www.waleshaikujournal.com
#haiku
#senryu
#micropoetry
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This was a recent publication at Horror Senryu Journal edited by Thomas Tilton: urban decay a crack in the light where the ice got in
#senryu
#haiku
#micropoetry
More here:
horrorkujournal.blogspot.com?m=1
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This was a recent publication at Horror Senryu Journal edited by Thomas Tilton: urban decay a crack in the light where the ice got in
#senryu
#haiku
#micropoetry
More here:
horrorkujournal.blogspot.com?m=1
19 days ago
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23 days ago
I can't work out whether the idea behind this excellent
#Sciku
by
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
is bleak or weirdly positive. Perhaps it's both? Either way, it's a great poem! quantum worlds every possibility has an ending
#ScienceHaiku
#ManyWorlds
#SciComm
thescikuproject.com/2026/02/05/m...
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Many endings by John Hawkhead - The Sciku Project
quantum worlds // every possibility // has an ending - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about this MWI sciku!
https://thescikuproject.com/2026/02/05/many-endings/
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This at smols poetry journal edited by Robin Beach Jacobsen: madman changes my mind map See and submit here:
smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
#poetry
#micropoetry
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The Winter 2025-2026 edition of
@waleshaiku.bsky.social
is out and includes this: gunmetal skies in the crow’s morning call an iron hawser Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and Luci C.X. Turner for the inclusion. Link:
www.waleshaikujournal.com
#haiku
#senryu
#micropoetry
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Prune Juice Journal
27 days ago
PJ's submission window is NOW open for the month of February! We’re looking for your best
#senryu
and related forms of
#poetry
, including
#kyoka
,
#haibun
,
#gembun
,
#haiga
, and
#sequences
Submission guidelines:
prunejuicesenryu.com/submissions/
#WritingCommunity
#submissions
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5haikuSpoken
about 1 month ago
Episode 20 is coming up. Have you submitted your haiku to be spoken?!
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Some suggested reading for all
#books
#dystopianreality
29 days ago
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at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal edited by DJ Tyrer: just one type of love they say these things are worthless without provenance Link:
webmail.shellenergy.co.uk/modern/email...
#senryu
29 days ago
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This is in the latest Asahi Haikuist Network edited by Prof. David McMurray: velvet engineer a solitary mole extends a grave Lots more here:
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
#haiku
#micropoetry
#nature
29 days ago
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hardening ice alarm bells go off inside me
#haiku
#ice
#beaware
about 1 month ago
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John Hawkhead
dadakuku
about 1 month ago
A new verse from returning contributor
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝗨𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 Dare you smile with that xylophone teeth arrangement dull wooden laughter? — John Hawkhead
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The Means to Destroy Us All
Dare you smile with thatxylophone teeth arrangementdull wooden laughter? — John Hawkhead
http://dadakuku.com/2026/01/27/the-means-to-destroy-us-all/
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seasons turn a spent firework goes off again
#haiku
#fireworks
about 1 month ago
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black ice a murder of crows lands in minnesota
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An old ticket to the Goblin Ball
about 1 month ago
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black ice a murder of crows lands in minnesota
about 1 month ago
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Alan Summers
about 2 months ago
Have you ever fancied a big challenge, written
#haibun
before, or never before, or curious why
#prose
and a
#haiku
poem or
#tanka
verse is part of this mysterious genre?
www.callofthepage.org/courses/haib...
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New page
https://www.callofthepage.org/courses/haibun-courses/the-shape-of-haibun/
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John Hawkhead
𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬
about 1 month ago
The Wolf Twin Review opens 2026 with new
#haiku
&
#senryu
from an award-winning haikai poet. We invite you to learn more about the marvelous John Hawkhead (
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
). May your New Year be inspiring! Let's keep howling together. 🐺🎊🐺✍️
#WolfTwinReview
#Interview
#PoetryCommunity
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Wolf Twin Review's interview with John Hawkhead.
https://www.wolftwin.com/post/john-hawkhead-interview
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John Hawkhead
about 1 month ago
Eternally grateful to
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
for his wonderful and clever poetry. Thank you, thank you, thank you! möbius strip sending a thank-you card for a thank-you card
#Sciku
#ScienceHaiku
#SciComm
#Mobius
thescikuproject.com/2026/01/22/e...
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Eternally grateful by John Hawkhead - The Sciku Project
möbius strip // sending a thank-you card // for a thank-you card - Visit The Sciku Project to learn more about this möbius sciku!
https://thescikuproject.com/2026/01/22/eternally-grateful
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Night coast
about 1 month ago
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A very short poem from Smols, edited by Robin Beach Jacobsen: mortal remains the last option
#haiku
#micropoetry
#senryu
about 1 month ago
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From the latest Take 5ive edited by Steve Wilkinson, two of four
#tanka
in my first outing: spring rains otters play tag with bubbles joining up dots in a stream almost lost among leaves cast in winter winds a creaked whisper in the oak’s heart Lots more here:
take5ive.weebly.com
about 1 month ago
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John Hawkhead
9 months ago
This wonderful
#Sciku
by
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
(with an outstanding third line btw) reveals that there's so much more to ice than meets the eye. Visit The Sciku Project to find out more! a deep understanding of the chemistry of ice cracks in our matrix
#SciComm
thescikuproject.com/2025/06/05/i...
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Ice by John Hawkhead - The Sciku Project
a deep understanding // of the chemistry of ice // cracks in our matrix - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about John's sciku!
https://thescikuproject.com/2025/06/05/ice/
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Worth posting this one again right now I think…
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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The latest Folk Ku Journal edited by Jodie Hawthorne is out with a ‘water’ theme: moonlight in ripples throughout the dark times we had each other Link:
kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-jour...
#haiku
#senryu
#micropoetry
about 2 months ago
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John Hawkhead
about 1 month ago
#digitalhaiga
by regular contributor, John Hawkhead of Bradford-upon-Avon, UK. (IG: @haikuhawk )
#poetry
#haiga
#art
#poemwords
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From the latest tsuri-doro, edited by Tony Pupello: morning light the scent of fresh linen in her coffin
#haiku
#senryu
about 2 months ago
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From the latest tsuri-doro, edited by Tony Pupello: morning light the scent of fresh linen in her coffin
#haiku
#senryu
about 2 months ago
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darker months sidewalks become lined with brown shirts
#resistance
#haiku
about 2 months ago
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John Hawkhead
about 2 months ago
We're starting 2026 with this phenomenal and poignant
#Sciku
by
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
. John is a master at blending the scientific and the personal in just a few gorgeously arranged words. black hole horizon the galaxy of freckles mum used to own
#ScienceHaiku
thescikuproject.com/2026/01/09/f...
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Freckles by John Hawkhead - The Sciku Project
black hole horizon // the galaxy of freckles // mum used to own - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about John's poem!
https://thescikuproject.com/2026/01/09/freckles/
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A recent outing at Daily Haiga: winter dawn puckered up for a kiss from a snowflake Thanks to editor Linda Pilarski for the acceptance.
#haiga
#haiku
#winter
#snow
about 2 months ago
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John Hawkhead
dadakuku
about 2 months ago
I'm pleased to reveal dadakuku Vol 3! This anthology, with 657 verses from 239 authors across 313 pages, is the largest yet. As usual, it is jam-packed with baffling brevity from the international avant-garde literary community. Thank you for your support!
a.co/d/8CpODc1
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John Hawkhead
dadakuku
about 2 months ago
A new verse from returning contributor
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
: knock noctilucent clouds who’s there — John Hawkhead
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knock noctilucent clouds who’s there — John Hawkhead
http://dadakuku.com/2026/01/07/8524/
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John Hawkhead
2 months ago
@mfainzilber.bsky.social
's poetry always combines captivating writing with fascinating subjects. Today's
#Sciku
is no different, exploring the toxic relationships of blue ringed octopi: love hurts the semen and the venom
#SciComm
#SciArt
#ScienceHaiku
#Octopi
thescikuproject.com/2025/12/18/a...
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A toxic relationship by Mike Fainzilber - The Sciku Project
love hurts // the semen // and the venom - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about Mike's octopi sciku!
https://thescikuproject.com/2025/12/18/a-toxic-relationship/
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