The little artist of nature, who paints the world with golden dust. Every small effort creates something beautiful. ✨💛🐝

This whale has built up years of trust with this boat captain to remove lice from it’s head.

This painting is titled "Sun on a House, Dieppe" and was created in 1937 by British artist James Proudfoot (1908–1971).

recess— bullet resistant fabric ripples #senryu #haiku #poem #vss365

sunny desk~ round little letters in bright pink ink #haiku

Baby sperm whales are so playful Incredible video ... What a 🌎 Why are we destroying it? #WarOnNature #Metacrisis

💖💚💛 love is love 💖🤎🧡

The selected artwork is titled "Echoes in Chlorine", a captivating contemporary painting created by the Canadian artist Rebecca Aldernet.

It can be a single poet with a single haiku or senryū. Of course two or more poets can write a series, crown, or sequence etc... of either or both! #haiku

Thank you, that's really kind and deeply appreciated!

Looking for a writing challenge? The Haiku Shack Gallery is looking for your work! creativeramblings.co...

#NaTankaMo #MayTanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #tanka #haiku #poem #poetry the light in a woodland tunnel a hermit thrush singing me back to myself

daydreaming... now adult there's no way i can dodge raindrops #gembun

TUNNEL LIGHTING Asked for advice, I realise how deeply I am wading through cherry blossoms— (K. Mohr) old towel I fold your memory in half (D. Karl-Brandt) Tan-Ku Association Online Magazine KIZUNA No. 3, Jan. 2026 en.kitakubo.com/index.php/vi... #tanku #tanka #haiku

'bless you child of God...' scratchiness of the priest something warm about the smell of varnish and these Catholic shadows #tanka

A new verse from returning contributor Alex Calderwood: 𝗯𝘂𝗯𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘀 lililysa and lilisaly spool pools of drools in litly italy — Alex Calderwood

Two haiku that were both selected at different times to be one of the best 100 haiku written in that particular year! charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/t... #haiku

the summer before my grandmother died how the wind chimes smelled like lilacs #NaTankaMonth #tanka #micropoetry #poetrysky #poetry

the lotus flower — it does not need to be cut for the spirit shelf. #haiku #poetry #solseed @arwashington.bsky.social

Rarely has any film so boldly presented its methods in plain view. Jeff sits in his wheelchair, holding a camera with a telephoto lens, like a movie camera would. What he sees, we see. What conclusions he draws, we draw, all without words, because the pictures add up to a montage of suspicion.

As a teacher of English, I can definitively state that yes, this is exactly what happened. Particularly, the curse words. ◡̈

PHR7 details up as a heads up before we announce dates! www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haik... #haiku #cherita #haibun #tanka #writing #poetry

Thank you so much! We did another one which I might post later!

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A new pwoermd from returning contributor Scott Metz: Thoreaught — Scott Metz

procession of clouds the plain face of an old house blooming with shadows

something waits in the porcupine grass… sunflared butte #completethehaiga 151 #prompt #haiga #haiku art by josiah @completethehaiga.bsky.social

So pleased to have these two chosen by Tanya for the April edition of Kingfisher - print and pdf copies available via the link below. #haiku kingfisherjournal.com

#StreetArt by Peeta Manuel Di Rita in #Delft #Netherland

Somehow this book totally missed me when it came out. Got it in Atlanta a couple days ago and am kind of hooked.

A Sandhill Crane couple guides their colts over the metal bridge. This is the same couple that raised a Canada Goose several years ago. I can tell as the male Sandhill Crane is missing part of a toe on his left foot.

out-of range the pitchy high g in the last hymn #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

great insights on revision, sitting with a poem, and finding the right voice and tone.

holding the out-breath the quiet light of late spring the spent white flowers

Librarians literally saved my life

May is National #tanka month. Please add tag #NaTankaMo &/or #MayTanka Daily Prompts May 12-17, 2026: 12 - café 13 - sunflower 14 - first love (#TankaThursday) 15 - debris 16 - nap 17 - rare #TankaPoem #5lines Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

the arms of the willow drape so lovingly i think of mother Fireflies' Light, Missouri Baptist University Issue 25, March 2022 One of mine for #smallpoemsunday Happy Mother’s Day 💕 #TankaPoem #MayTanka #NaTankaMo

museum visit — after the sunflowers those battered shoes my aching feet in dull trainers #natankamo #maytanka #vangogh #Amsterdam #sunflowers

There is no steady flame in our huts. —Makoto Prompt 4 - flame for National #tanka month #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #tanka #poem open.spotify.com/track/5GorCb...

afterwards amid the debris she found bits of whimsy and some lost souls #tanka #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #debris

Today's Feature: reef aquarium . . . the filament light of jelly lanterns Mikō 🐸, May 5th 2026 Video: Jellyfish Aquarium (4K) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTvo... Image: "Jellyfish" by Alexey Bogdanov from Sumi-e group

pi-and-anne.com/2026/05/14/t... A #freeverse #poem . Read on the blog (English + German) or ↓

Thanks to Iliyana for choosing these two of mine for the latest edition of Blithe Spirit (May 2026). calling me out… the only star I know just setting trail of ants… oh, such a lot of coming and going #haiku britishhaikusociety.org.uk/journal/

bookmail! @biswajitca.bsky.social new book of haiku and micro poems!! digging in tonight!

So true

AMEN!!!!

A new verse from returning contributor Chris Meadows: 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵… Blessed are the Studebakers — Chris Meadows

#haiku by Dr. Randy Brooks (IG: @brooksbookshaiku ). Randy teaches on Japanese poetics at Millikin U. in Decatur, Illinois. He & wife, Shirley Brooks, publish Brooks Books & co-edit Mayfly haiku magazine. His latest publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards. #poetry #river #illinois

This is 'Red Beach' on Hormuz Island off the coast of Iran. The red mud is actually one of the island's most important natural resources: OCHRE. It's a mix of silica, clay & iron oxides. Let's talk about the unusual geology, vibrant colors & culture of Hormuz Island, Iran. (📷: Sirsilentbob423)