On this day… 2 beautiful verses to locate 2019 / 2020 from Is this the way the Universe works? (555 verses / 77 verses) 2023 by me and @littleonion.bsky.social out on Set Margins’ @freeklomme.bsky.social www.setmargins.press/books/is-thi... #bibliomancy #tanrenga #haiku

. digital kills the video star energy, land and labour . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social

. a pile of old books to remind me I’m human the frost starts to melt . #haiku #books #micropoetry #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social

. coasting into the new year a hard frost glistening the plant blankets a young man sleeping in the kebab shop doorway . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #happynewyear #tanka #micropoetry #homeless

. coasting into the new year a hard frost glistening the plant blankets . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #happynewyear

. Women of the Sun on the shores of the Dead Sea Women Wage Peace a post breeding season drop in testosterone weakens my antlers . #twohaiku #haiku

. coasting into the new year a hard frost glistening the plant blankets . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #happynewyear

. ceasefire olive branches wrapped in barbed wire Fiddy gets one over on Diddy . #haiku #ceasefire #tanskenga #rapbattles

. service station a gull lifts chips from an empty table Tom’s stunt double finally gets a go . #tanskenga #haiku #micropoetry

. ceasefire olive branches wrapped in barbed wire . #haiku #ceasefire #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #war #micropoetry

. service station a gull lifts chips from an empty table . #tanskenga #haiku #micropoetry @gavinwade.bsky.social #driving

. let me show you different yous you can become the barber flicks a flame around my ears . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #tanrenga #micropoetry #tanka #barber #hair

. profundity in simplicity intoxicatingly bad verses minimal audiences maximum love . #twohaiku #haiku

. let me show you different yous you can become . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #tanrenga #micropoetry

. myrtle leaves the weight of a curse in the wind female mealy bugs laying a white Christmas . #haiku #tanskenga #xmas

. myrtle leaves the weight of a curse in the wind . #haiku #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #phaedra #mythology #micropoetry

. Isamu travels to Paris to work with Constantin a skylark hovering over the Moulin Rouge . #tanskenga #haiku @littleonion.bsky.social #noguchi #brancusi #tanka #micropoetry #Paris #birds @gavinwade.bsky.social

. Christmas reflex praying to the toilet gods to make the world go away private spaces filled with particles of a public nature . #twohaiku #haiku

. a person tossed from one country to another all of the koi welcome Two Chains to their pond . #twohaiku #haiku

. Isamu travels to Paris to work with Constantin . #tanskenga #haiku @littleonion.bsky.social #noguchi #brancusi

. unicorning stalking teasing ghosting belonging why sing? infinity gets into places others can’t reach . #twohaiku #haiku

. I document the terrible minutiae of their lives a quill pen and an ink pot but no blotting paper . #tanskenga #haiku #renga @littleonion.bsky.social #writing #pens @gavinwade.bsky.social

. I document the terrible minutiae of their lives . #tanskenga #haiku #renga @littleonion.bsky.social

. polyphonic songs pitch against pitch point to counterpoint don’t ask about my fortune all I have to beguile is this one smile . #twohaiku #haiku

. diplomacy dolphins around the world form super pods frozen edamame into the pot and boiled . #haiku #tanskenga

. diplomacy dolphins around the world form super pods . #haiku #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #diplomacy #dolphins #micropoetry

. intermittent lights cracks, drips and mould his house, body and mind she tells me the hermit crab isn’t a real crab . #tanskenga #haiku @littleonion.bsky.social @gavinwade.bsky.social #crab #tanka #micropoetry

. it really is the silent soul speaking in song Blood Orange is playing How Soon Is Now? on the cello . #twohaiku #haiku #bloodorange #thesmiths #song

. intermittent lights cracks, drips and mould his house, body and mind . #tanskenga #haiku @littleonion.bsky.social

. after a warm early morning zoom call afternoon chill I walk out my problems on the towpath . #haiku #micropoetry #tanskenga

. afternoon chill I walk out my problems on the towpath . #haiku #micropoetry #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social

Chelsea by Craig Walker and Marc Hurtado from their forthcoming full album release Dream Up A Dream open.spotify.com/track/2fZryY... @listigeplaylists.bsky.social #electronicmusic #chelsea

. slipping into Louise’s hole of anxiety we travel north to Blackburn . #haiku #tanskenga #blackburn #beatles #tanka #micropoetry #blackburn #anxiety @littleonion.bsky.social @gavinwade.bsky.social

. slipping into Louise’s hole of anxiety . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social

. maximize value minimize costs optimize everything incompatible visions of how humans should organize themselves . #twohaiku #haiku

. merch table relics of a cult nobody joined no cis white men on stage at the poetry night . #merch #haiku #tanskenga #cis #transrights

. merch table relics of a cult nobody joined . #merch #haiku #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #gigs

. the belief that ordinary people can govern themselves constant monologuing in this beautiful cruel world . #twohaiku #haiku

. a cold frost charging the car in the middle of the night who’s this little dancer come dancing to my door? . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #written #at #the #service #station @gavinwade.bsky.social #billyidol #tanka #micropoetry 🥶

. a cold frost charging the car in the middle of the night . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #written #at #the #service #station 🥶

. some people zip tie children’s hands and feet and bury them alive Mr. Smith gets ready for chilblains season . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #freegaza #chilblains #winter #cold @gavinwade.bsky.social

dancing figs the bare winter tree in zig zag silhouette the slalom skier falls at gate number five . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #skiing #ski #tanka #micropoetry

. dancing figs the bare winter tree in zig zag silhouette . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social

. some people zip tie children’s hands and feet and bury them alive . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #freegaza

. on average haiku writers write about a thousand haiku flag shaggers flagging national symbols fading in the winter sun . #twohaiku #haiku

. fleeing on foot Rapid Support Forces take control of El Fasher the second city second in population and deprivation . #twohaiku #haiku #sudan #birmingham

. rotting bodies shovels and picks a mackerel sky over barbecue coals here comes the night . #haiku #tanskenga

. a mackerel sky over barbecue coals here comes the night . #haiku #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #night #micropoetry Van Morrison #herecomesthenight music.youtube.com/watch?v=zSzl...

. what’ll I do when all around the world is screwed Henderson’s relish meat pies and mushy peas . #tanskenga #tanka #micropetry @gavinwade.bsky.social #sheffield #comfortfood

. what’ll I do when all around the world is screwed . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social