O sweet spontaneous earth how often have the doting fingers of prurient philosophers pinched and poked thee ,has the naughty thumb of science prodded... ...thou answerest them only with spring) ~e e cummings #PoetryMonth Full Poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148505...

"My best poems don't get written, because I'm still scared..." From "Explanation" by Canadian poet, Alden Nowlan full poem also in alt text. Celebration #PoetryMonth

Spring's doorbell a woodpecker drums its welcome #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting

Brilliant!

Nice to see this happening! @metuiteme.bsky.social do you know about this?

We need events like this!! Canadian author fronds (indie and trad) check it out!

Celebrating #WorldPoetryDay today. From Unesco: "poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace." World Poetry Day | UNESCO share.google/Il0ZeeGRngZo... Do you have a favourite poem, Friends?

The 2026 @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social haiku contest. Open until April 4. Info below.

rare sleep-in that darned cardinal again cheer-cheer-cheering #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting

Thank you Sean for including my #haiku about pi/pie here.🙏🏻

The annual @canscaip.bsky.social #WritingForChildrenCompetition is now open. Years ago the story that became my first published book #LilyAndThePaperMan was among the finalists & it gave me the confidence to persevere. #Kidlit CANSCAIP - Writing for Children Competition share.google/4LPbk2O4WfoD...

blueberry dreams the constant of pi in my stomach #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #amwriting Happy #PIday 𝛑

waxing gibbous— almost remembering why we parted #haiku #haikusaturday

Psyching myself up to teach later today but popping in for #HaikuSaturday since I missed it the past couple of weeks. Call of the wild— Sandhill Cranes sail the seasons, half joy, half business. #birding 🪶

an outstretched hand offering to share its drink humanitree #HaikuSaturday 💚 #trees 💚 #rolemodels 💚 #humanity

buttercup by the road with the milk cans waiting for the bus #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #kidlit #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff #haikusaturday #senryusunday #dailyhaikuprompt #vssmagic #bravewrite #thingstowriteabout #2wordprompt #haikuchallenge #inkmine #plant #bspp51 #floret #bloomrise #flower #bloom

sitting in traffic— through the sunroof underbellies of geese #haiku #haikusaturday

spring promise bare patch of mud by the road side #haiku #HaikuSaturday

#HaikuSaturday #haiku The Poetry Pea poetrypea.com has wonderful podcasts on 1 line haiku & other topics on their YouTube channel. There are also submission opportunities listed on the website for online & print journals & books. (I've deleted my previous post, as I wrote the website incorrectly.)

daylight savings- the cardinal insists on celebrating #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting

A simple day of play and hopefully of photographing butterflies is much more in @booksbycindy.bsky.social's new #picturebook BUTTERFLY SEA, illus by @marielaurecouet.bsky.social, publ by @tielmourpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/03/butt...

Join #CanKidList #kidlit creators at these free March events hosted by #SCBWICanadaEast. For more information and to register, visit www.scbwi.org/regions/cana...

tulip faces open in the vase mid-winter promise #haikusaturday #haiku

It’s Freedom To Read Week, an annual event that encourages us to reaffirm our commitment to critical thinking, intellectual freedom, & education. The freedom to read can never be taken for granted, even in Canada. Keep the conversation going—and keep reading! #FTRW26 #FreedomToRead

It’s day 2 of the Bail Out the Banned Book Contest! #FTRW26 "We Are Water Protectors” has been banned and challenged across the US for themes of environmentalism & Indigenous rights. Like and share for a chance to win a challenged book! Learn more: buff.ly/3EzrNnY

Feb.22-28 is #FreedomToRead Week! www.freedomtoread.ca "Only when readers of all ages become active, only when readers are willing to stand up to the censors, will the censors get the message that they cannot frighten us." - Judy Blume. #KidLit #FTRW26 #BannedBooks

Happy Birthday to #EdwardGorey. He would have been 101 today. Photo taken of a painted sculpture at his house.

#haiku #HaikuSaturday Last call for submission @LR_Publisher . Submit 5 haiku for our anthology Haiku for Soulmates by February 26 at [email protected] Label your submission Haiku for Soulmates. Happy weekend ❤️

#HaikuSaturday #haiku 5/7/5: rare pitter-patter on parched earth, roofs and flowers-- a winter rainsong short form: pitter-patter on parched earth-- winter rainsong Please add a version if you feel like it.

forever love written on the bridge beware the trolls #haikusaturday

Some people make judgments about the past based on values and developments today, without considering the perspectives of yesterday. HAIKU "I don't like Shakespeare," my English student told me, "He writes in clichés." #haiku #haikusaturday #3lines #poetry #poem #Shakespeare #literature #edusky

Happy Saturday! Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentines for birds showing love by building homes crafty caring troll #haiku #haikusaturday

valentine a cardinal's first love song displaces the snow #haikusaturday #haiku #valentinesday #amwriting

Writers, Graham is offering a discount on his manuscript evaluation service. Use this discount code when prompted on my site: HEARTWRITERS For more go to: www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.ph...

Celebrate friendship with THE LOVE SONG OF MR. BYRD! An early reader chapter book about what it means to love your friend, right to the very end. For ages 6 to 9 (and 99), a gentle read-aloud for everyone. MORE: phdowding.blogspot.com @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

Thank you @thepoetrypea.bsky.social for including three of my poems in your Urban Haiku podcast S9E4🙏🏻 S9E4 Urban Haiku Podcast – More City Life in Short Poetry – Poetry Pea share.google/zYpJa3MKKlcT...

icicle ambitious audition for role of porch post Happy #HaikuSaturday 💚 (Gotta fix that dripping gutter 🙃...)

clear cold night... I can almost feel the moonscape #BraveWrite #moonscape #Haiku #HaikuSaturday #micropoetry

Hello #HaikuSaturday friends! What do you do when life gives you lemons 🍋? You make a haiku 😄 You see three lemons in my hand; I see meringue pie in my future. (These are homegrown Meyer lemons.)

glitching universe tangled timelines changing script searching worlds for you #scifaikusaturday #scifi #poem #poetry #haiku #haikusaturday #scifisat #bluskypoets #poetrycommunity

Wishing you warmth this weekend. eyes lifted skyward squinting through frozen lashes-- winter basking #HaikuSaturday #haiku

HAIKU Do we need to be broken apart before we can be rebuilt whole? #haiku #haikupoem #haikusaturday #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #transformation

#HaikuSaturday #haiku 5/7/5: soft warm morning light and leafing plants and birdsong-- springtime tiptoes in short form: Tohee tweets and flowering pink magnolias-- spring tiptoes in Please add a version if you feel like it.

We can use our words to build up or to tear down... How will you use yours? #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry #WritingCommunity

after the storm paths through fluffy drifts marked in dog #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting

Do you have a #picturebook manuscript to revise? Please check out my guest post "Deconstruction & Reconstruction: A Primer on Picture Book Revision” on Jesse Weiner's Inksations blog. BTW, Jesse's newsletter is worth subscribing to. Writing calls, gigs, articles, interviews, and more! #kidlit

January sun blinding against the snow new flock of floaters #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting

Helen's blog #CanLitforLittleCanadians is an incredible resource for #CDN #kidlit books. 👇🏻

Looking forward to Paul Coccia's upcoming debut #picturebook next month: The Bear Fairy. #kidlit #cankidlit 👇🏻

sometimes it’s only a small prickly thing standing in front of the fall #haikuSaturday