#SenryuSunday at the detention center ululation

valentine's day long hours in bed with nancy dŕew #haiku #micropoetry credits : Nancy Drew Anthology @silverbirch.press failed haiku issue 2 #MichaelRehling editor💜

Valentine’s Day — seeing the world thru rose-tinted glasses Joint 15th place March 2018 Indian Kukai (n=79)

Another poem at 5-7-5 yesterday. Thanks to DJ Tyrer 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/h...

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm" www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw... #R4Today

broken record on and on and on on the virtues of vinyl #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

Couldn’t be more chuffed to receive my contributor’s copy of @poetrywales.bsky.social and see my name under ‘new Welsh poets’ #poetry #welshmythology

old friends, old paths - our steps and souls entangled #senryusunday #haiku #poetry

Oooh, this minimalistic one-line #senryu, also known as a #monoku, has appeared in Robin Jacobson's smols journal for brief poetry. Many thanks to the editor! I'm quite pleased with it. smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com

I came across this early #whoku which I wrote back in August 2009. Peter Mandelson. He has no horns but I’m sure he is the devil. He is a British politician, a friend and associate of Jeffrey Epstein. He’s probably the most famous from the UK after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

‘The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

zen koan the nothingness begins to rain #dailyhaikuprompt #senryu #haiku #micropoetry

I'm proud to have a distinctive minimalist haiku with a juxtaposition in the latest @waleshaiku.bsky.social, congrats to all those who contribute and thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse & @loverpoetic.bsky.social. A beautiful issue into which to immerse. Check it at www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025.

After Alex Honnold's scaling of Taipei 101 live & unaided on Netflix, you say I should write a 48 verse poem about his life of climbing? I ALREADY HAVE! 'After Free Solo' @spillwordspress.bsky.social was written about the gripping 2018 documentary which won an Oscar. spillwords.com/after-free-s...

I’m excited to have these two horror senryu featured in Horror Senryu Journal today. Thanks so much to Editor Thomas Tilton. #senryu #horror horrorkujournal.blogspot.com?m=1

wi-fi down throughout the house volume up #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

Many thanks to Robin for publishing my poem at smols. How cool is that? Yay! 😁 #haiku #microcontroller smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1

Happy to be part of the January 2026 Sonic Boom, another great selection of poetry and artistry from Shloka Shankar. sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom

#Winter has fully arrived at FreshOut’s headquarters. To celebrate, here’s a playful #verse by Jenni Wyn Hyatt. @siffrwd (Of note: it’s the first iambic pentameter submitted to FreshOut in quite a few years! More please?) Jenni was born in Wales, but now lives in #Derbyshire. #poetry #poetrylovers

Green Party leader ⁦Zack Polanski says “we need to disentangle our security apparatus from the USA so that we are genuinely independent”. A “first step” is to “review how we can remove US bases from British soil while maintaining our own security”. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Another from the latest issue of Take 5ive, edited by Steve Wilkinson. This one is a #kyoka, a humorous or satirical variant on a #tanka. Today there is very little of Sherwood Forest left. take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu... Sherwood Forest trudging from tree to tree providing content for free

from where did you come winter fruit fly #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

ignoring the rules of chess — they play monopoly #SenryuSunday #senryu

I'm very pleased to have 5 poems in the latest Jan-26 issue of Take 5ive, the on-line journal for 5-line poetry. This of mine is a #tanka, I think, and a personal favourite. take5ive.weebly.com/current-issu... sharing a sofa and a bottle of rosé binge watching while northern lights shine outside

I'm very pleased to contribute to the latest Folk Ku Journal from King River Press, curated by Jodie Hawthorne and featuring #haiku from 25 countries on a theme of Trees. The PDF is free to download at kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-jour....

Thanks to Jodie at King River Press for hosting my ku at Folk Ku Journal Issue 6 which is available to download as a pdf: kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-jour...

A new verse from returning contributor @bobcarlton3.bsky.social: 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 I hate adverbs. — Bob Carlton

Huge thanks once again to Robin at five fleas fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/01/afte... a shimmer of wings deep inside the worm's lair fathoms deep the dead eye looking back at me #haiku

A new verse from returning contributor LeRoy Gorman: ̶i̶m̶m̶i̶g̶r̶a̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶ice — LeRoy Gorman

Delighted to be back itching and a scratching in Five Fleas. Thank you to flea keeper, Robin Jacobson for publishing my ku #haiku #poetryasprotest

It was fun to write a review of @meldenn73.bsky.social's delightful chapbook 'Caravan... a trail of haiku' for the literary journal North of Oxford. This short collection is available at cost from amazon.co.uk/Caravan-trai... or via your country's site. northofoxford.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/c...

#tanka / #kyoka & #photo by returning contributor Melissa Dennison @melissa.dennison.54 , a writer of haiku & other short form #poetry from the United Kingdom. #womenshistorymonth #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #micropoetry #women #haiku #womensrights #unitedkingdom

5haikuSpoken: issue 18 Poets @poetsheikha.bsky.social Melissa Dennison Tracy Davidson Jerome Berglund Tony Williams #5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetrytok #poetry

This was a nice moment for me during 2025.

Very happy to have this poem published today by @atriumpoetry.bsky.social #poetry atriumpoetry.com

Congratulations to Eavonka Ettinger & Mark Gilbert @markgzero.bsky.social Nun Profit Press, editor @jeromeberglund.bsky.social Stellar collaboration!! #SplitSequenceHaiku #haiku #scifi #indiepublisher

Reposting this excellent #haiku #sequence from 2025:-

Thank you co-Editor Marc Brimble, over there at the Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook for including my poem in the clutch for August ‘25. Much appreciated! #WeeSparrow

Another #haiku, or #scifaiku, that caught my eye during 2025:- Goldilocks world stripped of minerals and bombed to hell David C. Kopaska-Merkel Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 26th July 2025 fivefleas.blogspot.com

We are absolutely delighted to share that the SFPA's Lifetime Service Award goes to David C. Kopaska-Merkel, which SFPA president @bugthewriter.bsky.social announced today. We will host an online ceremony for the 2026 poetry award winners and David's Lifetime Service Award. Stay tuned for details!

Honoured to be included in the European Top 100 haiku authors in 2025, many thanks to curator Krzysztof Kokot haikueurotop.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Pleased to contribute to the latest Five Fleas Itchy Poetry with this #tanka. Well done to all who appear. Many thanks to editor Robin Jacobson for her ongoing contributions to the small poetry scene. fivefleas.blogspot.com/2025/12/afte...

Very pleased to appear in Shadow Pond Journal #6 thanks editor Katherine E Winnick well done to all who appear. shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/shad...

Happy to participate and pick up a few points in the Caribbean Kigo Christmas Kukai. Thanks to Gillena Cox for her enduring efforts. Well done all who took part and Cezar Florescu who won with this: silent night a carol reverberates among refugees wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.com/2025/12/158....

#monoku by new contributor, Pegah Rahmati Nezhad ( @rahmati_pegah ) is a physician, scientist, artist, & poet from Tehran, Iran. She loves micropoetry & lyrical prose, & believes in the power of words. #poetrylovers #pain #tehran #haiku

shortest day — an old man with a white beard wearing shades Failed Haiku #61 (Jan-21) #solstice #senryu #haiku

intelligent robots -- once were characters in science fiction stories 🤖🤖🤖 #thingstowriteabout (robot) #senryu

Received my copy of Eucalypt: A Tanka Journal, Issue 39, from Australia this week. During my morning coffee, I’ve read and been moved by all the beautifully emotive tanka. Many thanks to editor Julie Thorndyke for including my poem and Pim Sarti for the lovely illustration❤️

mid December hanging heavy in the air the scent of war #haiku #senryu

From Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 9:1. Thanks to eds Astrid Andreescu & Kristen Lindquist. One might think this haiku has a wintry feel, but of course bears hibernate in winter, and this one shows no sign of retreating to its den. www.autumnmoonhaiku.com a bear rolls down the slope rumble of thunder