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

cold comes singing through the streets snow bright night #haikusaturday #haiku

rose-plum sky streetlights pulse a path through the snow #haikusaturday #haiku #January

How do YOU discover books to read? Have your reading habits changed in past year? Pls take a few minutes to answer this anon, multiple-choice informal survey: reading-2026.paperform.co I'll post results on my blog. One goal: to help book creators. Thank you! 🩷📚 #BookSky #EduSky #KidLit

Literary Revelations @LR_Publisher will launch tomorrow a new call for submission for a new #haiku anthology Haiku for Soulmates. Please help me spread the word 🙏❤️ literaryrevelations.com/2026/01/04/n...

ice underfoot no shiny metaphor all I got is falling #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting

I'm really enjoying this book, Seasons of Wonder. I've been searching for more meaning in my life & this book is so inspiring. I love the idea of "making the ordinary sacred".

the year lets go your birth this morning harbinger of change #haikusaturday #haiku #firstgandbaby #grandaughter

Happy #WinterSolstice, my friends.

mother tree watches shadows lengthen, light recedes solstice sentinel #HaikuSaturday

Hazel doesn't fit, at school, out in the world, even at home. When her best friend Jack changes & then disappears, she goes after him entering a world of dark fairy tales. Anne Ursu's writing is alive with imagery & Hazel's voice, true to childhood both aware and inexperienced. #SnowQueen #kidlit 📚👍🏻

The Last Last by @wendyjwhittingham.bsky.social and Brianna McCarthy turns the bittersweet of leaving one home to the sweetness of greeting another. I especially loved how the birds, although different in each location, provide connection. #kidlit #canadiankidlit 📚👍🏻

finding @teresarobeson.com's video of the titmouse, um, refreshing - (revitalizing!). "joie de vivre"!

shimmer of stars brighter in these dark days scent of cinnamon #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting

A thought provoking, layered #YA novel by @torreybalsara.bsky.social, #TheGreatandtheSmall with captivating illustrations by the author. Two points of view: a human girl & young rat, each navigating buried trauma alongside external threats in their intersecting worlds. #kidlit #CanKitLit 📚👍🏻

dad lightens the day discovers he's ninety-three remembers candles #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting 5/7/5

The Love Song of Mr. Byrd by @phdowding.bsky.social with illustrations by Caroline Clarke is a balm for the soul. A reassuring story of friendship: poignant, lyrical, wise in an empthetic perspective for young readers. I loved this book. Much needed in our current world. #kidlit #canadiankidlit 📚👍🏻

the sun sails out dialing down the chill- delayed bus #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting #November

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Author Philippa Dowding answers some questions about her new chapter book #TheLoveSongofMrByrd published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

Thank you to Patricia and @thepoetrypea.bsky.social for including one of my senryū in Volume 2 of the Little Marvels 2025 Anthology. I'm honoured to be included.

#HaikuSaturday #haiku 5/7/5: leaves dangle and fall as the rhythm of life slows-- whispers of winter short form: leaves dangle and fall as life's rhythm slows-- winter prelude Please add a version if you feel like it.

#haiku #haikusaturday #puppy #ears #translucence twin lanterns the orange sunset through a puppy’s ears

#HaikuSaturday decaying log piles safe havens for butterflies stalwart survivors. #haiku #mourningcloak

Porcini, oyster, shiitake on polenta— flavor festival #haikuSaturday

Happy Saturday! ssss! pop! pop! ssss! cranberry percussionists relish the rhythm #haiku #haikusaturday

twinkles through branches reflections off water play shadows welcome us #HaikuSaturday #haiku #photography

bare forest snuggly the fox wears his own fire. #haikusaturday #dailyhaikuprompt #senryu

Happy #HaikuSaturday … because art—and science—makes life better (something the White House occupants don’t know). Fully saddled up, waits patiently for rider with leafhopper zen. I serendipitously spotted this sweet Saddled Leafhopper while walking around the property last weekend. #IchigoIchie

polaroid picture— old woman without a face thins into the fence #haiku #haikupoem #prompt #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #haikusaturday #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter

bare oak branches warming outstretched hands by the fire Happy #HaikuSaturday 💙