tasting of forgiveness ripe figs #vss365 #monostich #monoku

rain barrel— a wasp drinking the whole sky #haiku #poetry

This week's Fallen Petals post. Five of the best Haiku/Senryu on Bluesky. Featuring poets: @shinobazupond.bsky.social @oevermann.bsky.social @flip89db.bsky.social @8rid6et.bsky.social @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social Motel Bibles and hot flashes open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...

on the way to vote for herself the sunflower stops following the sun #NaTankaMonth #tanka #micropoetry #poetrysky Sunflowers were a symbol of suffrage at one point in time. Vote in person, volunteer to observe if you can, arrange ride shares. Vote strong, and do more than just vote.

#completethehaiga 150 #haiku art by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social @completethehaiga.bsky.social

upright chestnut bloom— mother doesn’t get my author's bio —Makoto #gendaihaiku #senryu #poem open.spotify.com/track/4sTjyR...

Haiku Across the Senses Excellent as a good reboot for anyone wanting to remind themselves to use all of the senses over their haiku writing. www.callofthepage.org/courses/haik... #haiku #writing #callofthepage #poetry #course

morning sun on the fence — clematis turns #haiku #poem #micropoetry #vss365

empty cradle forever haunted by what ifs #vss365 #SenryuSunday #senryu

#completethehaiga 149 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka #tankapoem #natankamo art by @lessethereal.bsky.social

shell collecting I search high and low for the misfits #vss365 #senryu

Haiku by my father: every slope the sun has touched rising mist - George Klacsanzky #haiku #poetry #poem

crip tax the cost of my walking stick multiplies #senryu #monoku #haiku #poetry Find more haiku and haibun here: kasasagi.blog

pre-op a slit of sky to talk to #haikufeels #haiku

This week’s Fallen Petals, best of Bluesky, Haiku and Senryu featuring poets: @haikuhawk.bsky.social @jennfel.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @shinobazupond.bsky.social @haikuforlife.bsky.social Heavy snow and uncertainty open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...

mall atrium— a portrait of the meadow it used to be #haiku #haikufeels

blue light a phantom in the hand #vss365 #monoku #micropoetry

blackwater creek— the dark arriving by fishmouths #haiku #poetry

the things we hold dearest tree hollow #vss365 #senryu

#earth #micropoetry #poem #poetry #tanka #5lines #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #tankapoem #tankathursday the doe with the broken ankle somehow now pregnant— something in me resists calling this hope

Me talking about labelling English Language Haiku and Senryu. open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...

#completethehaiga 149 #haiku #senryu art by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social @completethehaiga.bsky.social

grey flannel the phantom feel of a life unfinished #vss365 #senryu

uvula rind of lemon #completethehaiga 149 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu @completethehaiga.bsky.social art by josiah

#completethehaiga 149 #haiku #senryu art by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social @completethehaiga.bsky.social

glacier cave— our lanterns teaching blue about yellow #haiku #poetry

special occasion we capture our affection for posterity #SenryuSunday #senryu

With thanks to editor Tony Pupello tsuri-dōrō #33 May/June 2026 #haiku #tsuridoro

Much gratitude to Editor Tony Pupello for giving my poem a place in the issue #33. Read full issue here tsuridoro.org/issue-33-may... first village trip grandma introduces me as my dad’s son

✨️🌸🌿🌼🌺🪻🐰🪻🌺🌼🌿🌸✨️ Congratulations to @waleshaiku.bsky.social, and everyone featured in the Wales Haiku Journal Spring '26 issue! What a gorgeous collection of haiku! Thank you so much, Joe and Luci, for including my #haiku. To read more, follow a link to the full #poetry issue in the comments: 🔗 ⬇️

pulse oximeter… spring morning robins squabble #haiku #poetry #vss365 #senryu #micropoem

butterfly net— the meadow suddenly aware of us #haiku #poetry

many thanks to Caroline Skanne for including this poem in hedgerow #152 #haiku

Many thanks to Editor Jack Caradoc for including this poem with three others in the May 2026 issue of The Candyman's Trumpet The text version is in the comments

an abundance of high pitched chortles eventide our bodies remember freedom from disease #TankaThursday #Tanka

Many thanks to Editor Eric Lohman for giving my poem a face on today’s Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective @freshoutmag.bsky.social

golden hour— he rakes his shadow into a pile of leaves (previously published in Cold Moon Journal) #Haiku #NationalPoetryMonth #WritingCommunity I chose this gif for you, @ajarhiannavo.bsky.social

shorting sky… the ash of spring grass #haiku #vss365 #poetry #micropoem #haikupoet

underpass puddle— the city skyline shaken by sparrows #haiku #poetry

This weeks best of Bluesky haiku and senryu. Featuring poets: @itsoprejean.bsky.social @thehaikutec.bsky.social @haikuforlife.bsky.social @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social @joypops.bsky.social Rotten peaches, Cherry Blossoms and faces in the rain open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...

hospice bed— grandfather clock wound down #haiku #senryu #vss365 #poetry #micropoem

. daydreaming into the next realm cherry blossom Alan Summers 4th Annual Sakura Haiku Challenge - Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto  #haiku #cherry #blossom

I was moved when I learned that I had won a 2025 Touchstone Award for Individual Poems. But I was moved to tears when I read the jury panel's commentary. #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #TouchStoneAward #gender #trans #transgender thehaikufoundation.org/marjolein-ro...

I’m in Hedgerow issue #152! #tanka #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

ball(less)room #senryu #oneline #monostitch

This book is still available and, sadly, is just as relevant as when it came out. Read the reviews and purchase here: www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Horse-P... #war #haiku #fourhorsemen #senryu #micropoetry

Delighted to be featured on @papersigh.bsky.social #poetry #tanka #poetrysky

wild leeks— a bite of earth’s pulse #7syllablesentence #nature #haiku #wildflowers Harvesting wild leeks, I also meet yellow trout lilies and other lovely wildflowers.

#completethehaiga 148 #haiku art by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social @completethehaiga.bsky.social

pushing through last year’s exit wounds new leaves #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #SenryuSunday #senryu