. the crack of a pool cue the crackle of the spheres voices conversations silent weeping on the inside #Tanka for #TankaThursday <weep> theme Thanks @StevieNicks

weeping willow in the midday heat drooping limbs after the doctor says it's time to call hospice #tanka #TankaThursday #weep

What a nice surprise! My poem published by FreshOutMag. That's very exciting. 😁😁😁 @freshoutmag.bsky.social #haiku

Many thanks to guest editor Deborah Karl-Brandt for selecting my verse for this week's Haiku Dialogue on the theme of alcoholic intoxication. Hello and congratulations to the rest who appear in the long list! thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku along with his at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal: 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/h...

My debut with Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 9:2 Spring/Summer 2026 Many thanks to Editors: Astrid Andreescu and Kristen Lindquist Link to the full issue www.autumnmoonhaiku.com

park bench— watching my shadow circle Fatma Zohra Habis #haiku #HaikuSaturday #poetry #senryu #inkMine

a warbling thrush the cock-a-doodle-doo of a rooster my neighbour crowing over his new lawn #Tanka for #TankaThursday <crow> theme

#tankathursday ##vss365 #Schwerin * tears of joy on the bishop's robe an O'Keefe of embracing women's ordination * Celebrating 70 years of women's ordination in the UMC...

at dawn a crow settles on my porch waiting in vain for the sun #Tanka #TankaThursday #crow #vss365 #dawn #micropoetry #micropoem

nor omen nor divine the raven croaks, the crow caws listen to the call ~ it's nature's voice, nature's cry neither song nor lullaby … #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #crow #poem #poetry #tanka @evecastle.bsky.social #raven #croak #caw

. squawking mockingbird crowing about its latest catch acting as if some dime a dozen berry is gods own forbidden fruit #vss365 #haiku #tankathursday #tankapoem

a murder gathers slick, iridescent plumage black branches crowded wind carries intense cawing wishing I'd understood them #TankaThursday crow #poetry #tanka @evecastle.bsky.social

From the latest Password Journal edited by Melissa Allen: spinning a home galaxy of scars Read the whole issue here: veryshortpoetry.com #haiku #senryu #monoku #poetry #micropoetry #haiga

#haiga / #shahai by Debbie Strange. This piece uses a #haiku previously published in Mayfly, with new art by Debbie. Her newest collection Random Blue Sparks won 3rd Place in the 2025 HSA’s Merit Book Awards, & is available @ Snapshot Press. IG @debbiemstrange & X @Debbie_Strange #snow #canada

summer break all the wild Irises and Brendas #DailyHaikuPrompt (wild iris) #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

growing up a slippery slope wild iris #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #SenryuSunday

a small universe orbing around just one star high school dance #SciFaikuSaturday (hybrid) #senryu #33lines #micropoetry

I am thrilled to be in the "PetalsJournal 2026 Edition" of the Waka Society of America My heartfelt thanks to An'ya, the founding member and editor of Petals Journal, Marilyn. wakasocietyofamerica.com #TankaThursday #tanka #5lines #inkMine #poetry #Tankapoem

in our orchard an old olive tree bears no fruit I rest beneath its shade and remember my roots Fatma Zohra Habis #TankaThursday #tanka #5lines #shade #inkMine #NaTankaMo

how I long to see the moon in this twilight I stop, take a breath then begin again Fatma Zohra Habis #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #inkMine #twilight

last day of holiday I sink further into the sunbed into the sunset The Art of Tanka #6 (June 2026) Pamela Babusci's excellent #tanka print journal #TankaThursday

A new verse from returning contributor @marjoriepezzoli.bsky.social: 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲 X//[o}!!cell:e?lent hELLth — Marjorie Pezzoli

#haiku #photohaiku disappearing into foxglove fingers - honey bee yn diflannu i mewn i bysedd y cŵn - gwenynen fêl 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social comments on two outstanding experimental haibun, one by Kati Mohr @pi-and-anne.bsky.social, both on difficult topics, both quoted in full. contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-con...

tanka weekly #poetry challenge June 4, 2026 this week’s prompt: twilight write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

painting the walls again like it will change how it feels to be blue #NaTankaMonth #tanka #micropoetry

I am very pleased to have a tanka published in: art of the tanka issue 6 spring/summer 2026 editor: Pamela A. Babusci

I’m delighted to learn that this poem placed second in The Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai for May, with the theme of ‘Bronze’. Thanks so much to Editor Tom Borkowski, and a special thanks to anyone who may have voted for this piece. 😊 thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

A very big shout out and much appreciation to Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social for hosting National Tanka Month prompts and supporting everyone’s work who participated. #NaTankaMo #Tanka #tankapoem She also hosts a weekly tanka prompt #TankaThursday A tanka of Eve’s in Ribbons - Fall/Winter 2025

In case you missed it: For May 28th the weekly #TankaThursday prompt is ‘daydream’ I’ll post a new weekly prompt beginning Thursday June 4th. I typically post the day before late on Wednesday. Looking forward to more #5lines poems. Thanks to all who participated in daily #NaTankaMo #MayTanka 🤩💕🫶🏼✨💝

democracy or be a bee on a sunny day democracy or be a bee #Tanka for #NaTankaMo <bee> theme I hope everyone has enjoyed this year's #NaTankaMo - I would encourage all to review your #tanka in the future - can they be improved, tweaked, edited, expanded or cut down 1/2->

hospital room as yellow as a bee in the corner I wonder how it will feel when you are gone #tanka #NaTankaMo #MayTanka Thank you @evecastle.bsky.social for a wonderful month of prompts. Could you do it again next month? 😉💙💐

music festival — a drop of water on my can I become a statue as the bee sips #natankamo #bee #maytanka #poetry #tanka

a coin in the mouth bribe for the grim gondolier he who does appear to row the dead 'cross the Styx - he doesn't do it for kicks #coin #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #tanka #poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky

day at the beach human lizard hybrids soaking up sun #SciFaikuSaturday (hybrid) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

bound to earth yet the drifting clouds beckon me chasing achievements I forget to daydream Fatma Zohra Habis #TankaThursday #tanka #5lines #daydream #inkMine #NaTankaMo

I throw a tarnished coin into the empty cup of the folk singer and ask him to shut up singing about peace For #NaTankaMo <coin> theme #MayTanka A #tanka set simultaneously in both 1968 and 2026

alone I gaze at the gray sky clouds erasing memories a peek-a-boo of blue enough to change my plans Fatma Zohra Habis #TankaThursday #tanka #5lines #peek #inkMine #NaTankaMo #aMwriting

subtle distortion flickers in the shade where light cannot reach- the bent edges of reality shrinking the world to remnants #subtledistortion #GrimScribe #shade #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #remnant #vss365 #tanka #poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky

duskcolor fills the twilight sky the day's weight rests on my shoulders what shade of blue am I #tanka #NaTankaMo #MayTanka

#NaTankaMo 30 May 2026 Shakespeare coined it powerful sequencing of words "all the world's a stage" so we live & play our roles seekin̈g the acclaim of love

worn down like an old coin —your hands how I forget tomorrow Published: Bright Stars 5, An Organic Tanka Anthology M. Kei, Editor, 2014 #NaTankaMo #MayTanka 5/30/26 prompt: coin #5lines #TankaPoem #micropoetry #poem #tanka

in the shade of the ginkgo tree he carves their names into the bark to last a thousand years #Tanka for #NaTankaMo <shade> theme #MayTanka #5lines

washing day above side streets different shades of grey clouds billow in the breeze. #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #Tanka

quiet afternoon lifted by the whispers of rustling pines that carry her back to herself #tanka #TankaThursday #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #daydream

Honoured to have one of my #haiku selected today for commentary by such wonderful people such as @thehaikutec.bsky.social at thehaikufoundation.org/revirals-557...

I am deeply honored to be nominated Woman of the Month at Power Magazine. My books will shine on Times Square billboards in September. Thank you so much to everyone who reads me and supports Literary Revelations ❤️ #haiku #haikuforsoulmates #poetrylovers