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#haiga
#art
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#poetry
#senryu
#micropoetry
#tomfoolery
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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
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darker months sidewalks become lined with brown shirts
#resistance
#haiku
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4 days 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
5 days ago
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dadakuku
6 days 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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dadakuku
6 days 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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26 days 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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wolf moon craters open downtown
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Only Human: A Senryu Journal
11 days ago
Only Human is a new journal of English-language senryu that explores what it means to be human. Submissions open February 1, and our inaugural issue will be released in April. In the meantime, visit our website to check out our guidelines and meet the editors at
www.onlyhumansenryu.com
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From Frogpond 46.1 summer showers the soft sibilance of her kiss
#haiku
about 2 months 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
11 days ago
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From Issue 19 of tsuri-doro. visiting time trying to remember what not to say All issues are available to read here:
tsuridoro.org/issues
9 months ago
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dark church we bow down at the foot of a Rothko
#haiku
from tsuri-doro #22
10 months ago
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From tsuri-doro 16 online undertakers doomscrolling
#doomscrolling
#haiku
#senryu
8 months ago
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The Haiku Foundation
15 days ago
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Haiku for Healing – The Role of Senryu
The role of senryu The post Haiku for Healing – The Role of Senryu appeared first on The Haiku Foundation.
http://dlvr.it/TQ3dFJ
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A poemword
#haiga
from Lavana Kray’s ‘Black & White Haiga’ site: disasteroids (disaster, asteroids, steroids)
ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com?m=1
15 days ago
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A
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from the latest
@prunejuicejournal.bsky.social
edited by
@pippaesque.bsky.social
and Orrin Prejean: more than Ωhms the strength of resistance
#haiku
#senryu
#resist
about 1 month ago
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In the latest issue of Presence haiku journal: blackbird song the jailhouse window inches wider
#haiku
#senryu
Website:
haikupresence.org
22 days ago
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Enjoy today everyone!
#christmas
#art
19 days ago
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At Shadow Pond Journal edited by
@thewovenwords.bsky.social
what she left himalayan indigo waving in thin air Go here for many lovely
#haiku
and
#senryu
:
shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/shad...
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At Shadow Pond Journal edited by
@thewovenwords.bsky.social
what she left himalayan indigo waving in thin air Go here for many lovely
#haiku
and
#senryu
:
shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/shad...
21 days ago
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In the latest issue of Presence haiku journal: blackbird song the jailhouse window inches wider
#haiku
#senryu
Website:
haikupresence.org
22 days ago
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At December’s Haiku Nook from The Wee Sparrow Press: patterns in frost the limits of the universe in my old radio Thanks to Claire Thom and Marc Brimble for the selection of this
#haiku
Link:
sites.google.com/view/wwwthew...
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In this week’s Haiku Dialogue with guest editor
@arvinderk.bsky.social
at
@haikufound.bsky.social
a haiku of quiet nostalgia: periwinkle dusk I loiter in the garden my parents tended
#haiku
#garden
Link for Arvinder’s other selections and commentary:
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...
26 days ago
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Very much enjoying these two books by
@pi-and-anne.bsky.social
full of
#art
#tanka
#haiku
and
#micropoetry
Why not get yourself a copy or two?!
about 1 month ago
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The evil genius readies his masterplan…
#cats
#catphoto
#mastercriminal
about 1 month ago
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Two
#haiku
from the latest Autumn Moon Haiku Journal edited by Astrid Andreescu and Kristen Lingquist: dawn choral a blackbird fills the ivy with notes of light tilling the land the earth turns slowly under our feet Link to many more poems:
www.autumnmoonhaiku.com
#micropoetry
#nature
about 1 month ago
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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni
about 1 month ago
So there's still plenty of time to get the Tube Mapper calendar. I was selling some of these in a Christmas market the other day and came up with the tagline... "It's a gift that lasts a whole year!" Anyway I'm very proud of the selection of images in the calendar so do enjoy.
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Two
#haiku
from the latest Autumn Moon Haiku Journal edited by Astrid Andreescu and Kristen Lingquist: dawn choral a blackbird fills the ivy with notes of light tilling the land the earth turns slowly under our feet Link to many more poems:
www.autumnmoonhaiku.com
#micropoetry
#nature
about 1 month ago
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A
#haiga
from the latest
@prunejuicejournal.bsky.social
edited by
@pippaesque.bsky.social
and Orrin Prejean: more than Ωhms the strength of resistance
#haiku
#senryu
#resist
about 1 month ago
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Three
#haiku
from the latest Leaf Journal edited by Ravi Kiran
about 1 month ago
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spring narcissi the hallway mirror checked again At
@haikufound.bsky.social
per diem with this one originally at
@waleshaiku.bsky.social
#haiku
#senryu
2 months ago
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Makoto | Kati Mohr | pi & anne
about 1 month ago
Read the winning entries for my book giveaway <3: there it is again that harvest moon in the well of my whisky glass John Hawkhead, Presence 50 * * * in a dream over a field of irises the moon t.j. zhang,
kurokuro.art
pi-and-anne.com/2025/12/01/g...
#book
#giveaway
#winners
#published
#tanka
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Get your copy of Don’t Write About The Moon :)
So, my book is now available! You can find all the information about it here on my website :). I received two fantastic submissions in response to my call on social media to share a haiku or tanka …
https://pi-and-anne.com/2025/12/01/get-your-copy-of-dont-write-about-the-moon/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOagklleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7idX6P298Q4B9Gna_e77BrodxXPHCFzCi067OHBZSggfS4MKkyJLJ4aJc1fg_aem_L0A8R5vykgiy8rocKc6YPQ
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Alan Summers
about 1 month ago
The Pan Haiku Review 6th edition with its journal and a bonus arts feature by Tim Roberts:
www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haik...
#haiku
#haiga
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Wales Haiku Journal
2 months ago
We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment,
#read
, and connect.
#haiku
#newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
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AUTUMN 2025 | home
The Summer '25 Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal
https://waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
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Lothlorien Poetry Journal
7 months ago
Welcome to Lothlorien Poetry Journal. Our Blog has now had ONE MILLION VIEWS. Submissions Open. No reading or submission fees.
lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com
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isabella mori
about 2 months ago
Great article in Haiku Canada Review by Randy Brooks about typesetting words in
#haiku
late autumn haze a constellation of gnats skydiving ampersands By
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
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A
#haiku
from last year in
@waleshaiku.bsky.social
late frost puffs of small cloud in a wren’s song
#wren
#songs
about 2 months ago
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Makoto | Kati Mohr | pi & anne
about 2 months ago
My new
#book
'Don't Write About the Moon' is now AVAILABLE in book stores 🥰!!
pi-and-anne.com/books/
#WIN
A COPY! Comment here 1-2 of your own fav. haiku/tanka that include the moon or night till Nov 30, I'll share the best on my blog & pick a winner from the entries in early Dec 😁!
#giveaway
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Books | Bücher
Don’t Write About the Moon €9.90 Buy now ‘A moth, a nocturnal creature, finds its way in the dark.’In her debut tanka novel, Makoto metamorphoses—craving a flight path, fluttering through ope…
https://pi-and-anne.com/books/
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Have you writers of
#haiku
and
#senryu
been to Kelly Moyer’s ‘Circle of Salt’
circleofsaltmag.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-ha...
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A Haiga by John Hawkhead
~ John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing three books of haiku & senryu in that time. He lives in t...
https://circleofsaltmag.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-haiga-by-john-hawkhead.html?m=1
about 2 months ago
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From Frogpond 46.1 summer showers the soft sibilance of her kiss
#haiku
about 2 months ago
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6 months ago
#digitalhaiga
by regular contributor, John Hawkhead of Bradford-upon-Avon, UK. @haikuhawk
#poetry
#haiga
#art
#digitalart
#poetrycommunity
#england
#micropoetry
#poetrylovers
#haiku
#uk
#senryu
#artlovers
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freginold
2 months ago
#haiku
&
#tanka
journals reopening for submissions today: - bottle rockets - Frogpond - Kokako - Quail Eggs - right hand pointing - The Cicada's Cry - tsuri-dōrō
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freginold
2 months ago
currently open
#haiku
(& related forms) contests: - 11/23/25: Polish International Haiku Competition - 12/31/25: IHS International Haiku Contest - 1/31/26: San Francisco International Competition for Rengay - 1/31/26: Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition (1/2)
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Sonic Boom Journal
10 months ago
We're pleased to present our March 2025 issue, featuring short poems and visual poetry by 34 artists. Happy reading! 🙂 Cover Artist: Jean LeBlanc Download here:
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom/cu...
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Reid Hepworth
about 2 months ago
Tickled pink to announce that my new book, the improbability of sea monkeys, is now available at an Amazon near you! It’s available in print and kindle version. Amazon Canada:
a.co/d/g8gRIHa
Amazon US:
a.co/d/d7W0YvO
Amazon India:
amazon.in
Amazon UK:
www.amazon.co.uk
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7 months ago
Highly recommended
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A couple of
#haiku
out at
@nvha.bsky.social
Haiku In Action
#senryu
#NickVirgilio
about 2 months ago
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