another go with the zen garden rake untangling today #DailyHaikuPrompt (rake) #haiku

Tom wrestled with LED lights Suspended at towering heights With talons a-freezing He couldn't help sneezing Tom feared this could lead to last rites! Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

bakewells and sponges on the telly unfamiliar classics #DailyHaikuPrompt (classic) #haiku

singing the classics on the long and winding road in my old beetle #DailyHaikuPrompt (Classic, Road) #haiku

and yet… still apple-cheeked winter moon #DailyHaikuPrompt (winter moon) #haiku

covering multitudes first snow #DailyHaikuPrompt (first snow) #haiku

mud mask hiding beneath the layers better days #DailyHaikuPrompt (mask) #haiku

michelin stars the turnip soup flirts with richness #dailyhaikuprompt

Tom’s feathers were trembling and shaking So to combat his nerves he got baking Cinnamon and spice Mixed in to entice In no time the sweets quelled the quaking Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

lying fallow my thoughts turnip surprising wisdom #DailyHaikuPrompt (turnips) #haiku

ushering in a lopsided moon north wind #DailyHaikuPrompt (north wind) #haiku

seasonal blues pricked by shards of moonrise at four pm #DailyHaikuPrompt (moonrise) #haiku

A #poem for those who still believe in democracy on November 5, 2025.

With another Thanksgiving ahead Tom panicked...fall filled him with dread! He started to cry "No more pumpkin pie!" And pulled covers over his head! Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social and me

What do you call… …a handyman who stops complaining? an “enter” #DailyHaikuPrompt (carp) #senryu #pun-ku

losing track my foggy brain capitulates #DailyHaikuPrompt (foggy) #haiku

gen-x dreamin’— joyous desolation and a stiff drink #DailyHaikuPrompt (desolate) #senryu #micropoetry

cold shoulder season October turns a blind eye #DailyHaikuPrompt (coolness) #haiku

sea breeze dreams as the meeting drags on I wade deeper #DailyHaikuPrompt (coolness, soft breeze)

The Crown jewels of France were purloined "Tom, help us!" the Surete enjoined With berets on their heads Thieves escaped on mopeds And completed the mission conjoined! Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

adding one more task to my to-do list high tide warning #DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide) #haiku

to be the last to fall silly leaf endeavor #dailyhaikuprompt endeavor

treacherous jelly bean— “juicy pear” #DailyHaikuPrompt (pear) #senryu #haiku

blurred reality searching for haystacks amidst the needles #DailyHaikuPrompt (haystack) #haiku

where have you gone new moon declines to answer #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku

singing herself to sleep new moon takes her ease #DailyHaikuPrompt (ease) #haiku

fallen stars another icon departs #DailyHaikuPrompt (fallen) #haiku *in honor of Diane Keaton’s incredible body of work

pest control an ominous crunch beneath your feet #DailyHaikuPrompt (crunch) #haiku

The Turkey Trot race had begun Tom thought it had sounded like fun He puffed his chest, proud And ran with the crowd... But when would he ever be done?!🥵 Turkey Tom's Thanksgiving #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

A.I. art— soullessness in vivid hues #DailyHaikuPromptv (vivid) #senryu #haiku

last straw a bridge to new horizons #DailyHaikuPrompt (straw) #haiku

Hey #kidlit #poets! We're looking for a few camping/nature poems for a school collaboration. I'd love for these to be in a variety of forms. DM us or email @ [email protected] if you've got something that fits this. These will be used as examples for kids during their camping themed lit night!

a honking in my brain my thoughts fly south #DailyHaikuPrompt (geese) #haiku

I’m Weeping Over Jane Goodall & the supermoon has started to deflate so I've missed that too and my coffee tastes more bitter than usual and I— proud of my abilities to drink it black as a raven’s wing— think perhaps I’ll add some sugar today to celebrate a life well lived #poetry #poetsofbluesky

night chill my basil plant throws in the towel #DailyHaikuPrompt (night chill) #haiku

sticky thoughts I sprinkle more flour on the dough #DailyHaikuPrompt (flour) #haiku

With Canadian Thanksgiving coming Tom figured he’d hit the ground running "Their stuffing and peas Will be served without me!" So he flew off to Cabo for sunning Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

letting go anew yellow leaf #DailyHaikuPrompt (yellow leaf) #haiku

frost-covered window the urge to avoid too much clarity #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) #haiku

camouflaging our true selves hunter’s moon #DailyHaikuPrompt (hunter’s moon) #haiku

high tide the moon and I exhausted #DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide) #haiku

summer slips by carried on the laughter of yellowing grasses #DailyHaikuPrompt (laughter) #haiku

painting the town red against our better judgment we stay up past nine #DailyHaikuPrompt (red) #haiku

low tide another attempt to fill myself #DailyHaikuPrompt (low tide) #haiku

changing seasons my willow weeps dappled tears #DailyHaikuPrompt (dapple) #haiku

slew of walnuts in my carrot cake layers of disappointment #DailyHaikuPrompt (walnuts) #haiku #senryu

unprecedented times erasing tiny footsteps with gunfire #DailyHaikuPrompt (footsteps) #haiku

legendary footsteps… the different ways I find to fail #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (footsteps)

swimming upstream her salmon overcoat a distraction #DailyHaikuPrompt (salmon) #haiku

breath in the shape of a ghost a mourning walk #dailyhaikuprompt chilly