A second #tanka for #TankaThursday <cool> prompt no moon discussing which star is the coolest on this endless evening no moon

windows flung open cool morning air rushes in with birdsong I trade this spring for drying of my tears Fatma Zohra Habis #TankaThursday #tankapoem #inkMine #poetry #cool

#tanka for #TankaThursday <cool> prompt my knee needs: an ice block wrapped in a towel would be cool I need to look after my health & well being 23:05, 15th April 2026 Hoping to finalise another one.

impossible to be cool now here I am but hotter #TankaThursday (cool)

hot summers of my youth spent outside —no iphones or tablets spitting watermelon seeds was way cool back then #TankaThursday cool #TankaPoem #micropoetry

the cool murkiness of a primeval forest the path obscured and yet she blindly enters trusting the dark once again #tanka #TankaThursday

I'm extremely pleased to have not received zero votes in the latest Caribbean Kigo Kukai Contest. Although I did finish a clear last place with one point. Many thanks to all who entered. Here's my entry. dive in enjoy the flavor drink responsibly wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.com/2026/04/160....

Another #haiku for #InternationalHaikuPoetryDay . roving from safe zone to safe zone searching for peace . Check out the fun at thehaikufoundation.org/earthrise-ro...

#Monoku #haiku for #InternationalHaikuPoetryDay . sheepswool snagged on last year’s bramble . bramble = wild, prickly shrubs of the Rubus genus, particularly the blackberry. Check out the fun at thehaikufoundation.org/earthrise-ro...

Happy to appear in Haiku Dialogue, "Sanctuary of the Senses - Touch and/or Taste" long list. My gratitude to the guest editor Carole MacRury for including my Ku 🌺 thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue…#haikuk#HaikuSaturdaya#senryusundaya#inkMinen#poetryr#poetrycommunityty

I’m delighted to have this senryu included in the latest installment of Haiku Dialogue, with the theme of ‘Sanctuary of the Senses, Touch and/or Taste’. A nod to my husband on our soon to be 25th wedding anniversary. 🎉 Congratulations to all featured poets. thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

Poets COMING SOON! Daily #Tanka Prompts for May. May is National #tanka month. In May add #NaTankaMo and/or #MayTanka to your tanka poems. Tanka = 5lines May = 5th month Do some, do all, or stick with one a week for #TankaThursday. Credit to originator of 5th month as Tanka month M. Kei (2019)

where the wisteria begins and ends… before and after me #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (wisteria)

#monoku by new contributor, Katherine E Winnick, an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published internationally in 18 countries. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. #haiku #poetry #perfume #spring

#tanka for #TankaThursday <troll> theme trolling with his thumbs from the safety of his cave one day deciding to stop trolling forever but he’ll always be a troll More a #kyoka but in classical tanka form of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables. I'm up to 7 variants of this so far, including some #choka versions.

enemy within humanity trolls itself time and time again there is nobody to blame except eight billion people #TankaThursday #troll #tanka

#tankathursday a tombstone sky obscures what is behind it my dialogue with light

some salad nicoise at least we were pretending indulged together each other's company made formidable seasoning #tankathursday #tanka #poetry #poetrycommunity

trolling vintage markets every Sunday … still searching for something that reminds me of you #tankathursday #tanka #troll

i searched the dark sky for the fire that knew my path the star we once named collapsed, it's light encapsulated- still burning somewhere in me #tankathursday #emoetry ✨🔭

Streamside hedges overgrown around rusted wheelbarrow&troll nestled in leafy shrubs sneaky hedgehogs grab slugs #tanka #TankaThursday #poetry #vssfantasy #vss365 #inkmine #BSPP52 #poem #thingstowriteabout #skypoets #writing

morning viaduct with a fairytale view they tip-tap at screens maybe trolls or hopeful goats but I see gold in their hair #TankaThursday (troll)

fishing boat— the trolling of bait down the river I realize again I can never trust you #tanka #TankaThursday

a ceasefire or a pause the difference may matter to someone Only Human 1.1 (Apr-26) Many thanks to editors David Oates & @ajwentz.com Proud to appear in the inaugural issue @onlyhumansenryu.bsky.social www.onlyhumansenryu.com #kyoka

#shahai #collab by Mark Gilbert (verse) & Eavonka Ettinger ( #photo). Mark writes short prose & #poetry in the UK. He & Eavonka published “Variations on the Planets”, an astronomical poetry chapbook on Nun Prophet Press. Eavonka lives in Long Beach, CA. Shahai combines her love of photos & #haiku.

(open) (your eyes) (and the world is) probably (beautiful) --Daisuke Kawai (目を)(ひらけ)(世界は)たぶん(うつくしい)　川合大祐 #senryu #gendaisenryu #translation

I’m honored to have a Senryu included in Issue 41 of #FemkuMag celebrating International Women’s Month.Thanks so much to Editor Vandana Parashar for including it. Congratulations to all featured poets. #haiku #senryu 69b046c2-a7e1-4a9a-9a22-1c70986eaa24.filesusr.com/ugd/f4c0ea_9...

This is my ultimate WOW!-moment so far: I made the longlist of the 2025 Touchstone Awards with my #haiku published in The Mainichi! Fingers crossed it will make the shortlist... #TouchstoneAward #poetry #poem #writing #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity thehaikufoundation.org/2025-touchst...

Love that!! 😍

🩰 soft pink petals fall I used to be a ballerina #haiku #senryu #nostalgia #spring

spread sheets filling fields with death tolls From the inaugural issue of Only Human edited by AN We to and David Oates. Well worth a read here: www.onlyhumansenryu.com #senryu #micropoetry #war

a faded map... the sound of a flute in the distance a robin's egg blue sky it's later than you think #tanka #TankaThursday

Another topical poem, this one written a long time ago. It refers to the UK's role in the illegal occupation of Afghanistan. It's called 'Somewhere in Helmand'. I hope you like it. BEWARE It contains rhymes which may offend. * PLB = Personal Locator Beacon

round and round the search to me

Delighted to be included in the first issue of Only Human, a journal of English language senryu! @onlyhumansenryu.bsky.social static1.squarespace.com/static/693c8...

Hey, a serendipitously topical #haiku by me at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, with a bit of #simile and #hypallage in there too, thanks to editor dj tyrer at Atlantean Publishing #war 575haikujournal.wordpress.com

Dear Humans, Our first issue is live! We are so grateful to all of our wonderful contributors, and we cannot wait for the world to meet these poems inside this issue. You can read it on our website:

by an old tomb a magpie's eggs begin to crack all those promises I made last New Year Fatma Zohra Habis #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #tanka

Beyond grateful to be included in Prune Juice Issue 48. Thank you Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips, and congratulations to all— #senryu prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u...

Issue 48 of PruneJuice journal is out and it is truly sizzling! I am extremely pleased to have a senryu included. Huge thanks to Prune Juice Editors Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips, and congratulations to all featured poets. prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u...

#Tanka for #TankaThursday <egg> theme (not mentioning the prompt word) you get the yolk and I get the white 100% protein denatured, but hey it’s good for me

For #TankaThursday Tanka weekly #poetry challenge April 2, 2026 this week’s prompt: egg write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social

cloud covered the full moon last night … still mulling over those eggshells I walked on #tankathursday #tanka #egg

maundy thursday in the hen shack no eggs while the moon wanes rooster crows #TankaThursday #eggs #DailyHaikuPrompt #waning #TankaPoem #Tanka #micropoetry #micropoem

April Fool's! Our latest issue is live! Check it out at prunejuicesenryu.com #senryu #poetry #TheWritingCommunity

Variations on the Planets, a short chapbook by Mark Gilbert and Eavonka Ettinger, is available in paperback at minimum price via Amazon. It combines science & sci-fi in 37 individual #haiku within 8 poems. www.amazon.com/Variations-Planets-Eavonka-Ettinger/dp/B0DW9HBDGR or your own country's site.

Dear #haiku friends you are invited to participate in the Caribbean Kigo Kukai for #InternationalHaikuPoetryDay. #Haiku MUST include the words 'dive in'. Deadline is April 2nd. The results will be published on April 17th. See full guidelines at wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.com. #Fun

Thanks to guest editor Nancy Brady for including my haiku in the Haiku Dialogue zoo-related Long List. An enjoyable selection of verses at thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...