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Founder of Call of the Page, and Pan Haiku Review
https://www.callofthepage.org
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Haiku Across the Senses - this long-standing & popular course is a stepping point between "Introducing... Haiku" & "Intermediate Haiku" classes, also a good reboot for anyone wanting to remind themselves to use all of the senses over their writing:
www.callofthepage.org
#haiku
#writing
#senses
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the quiet life… experience rests on a garden hoe
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
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#dailyhaikuprompt
#HayField
hay field reaching into the horizon the lapwing's flight
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Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also great to see two Call of the Page poets as winners and three as runners up! big congrats again Herb, and to the CoTP poets too!
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Petra Michaela
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Without bees, not only would our plates be significantly emptier – the diversity and nutritional value of our food would also be severely limited. Many foods that we enjoy daily, such as berries, nuts, or coffee, are directly dependent on pollination by bees.
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subway tunnel— the city in its throat
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dadakuku
4 days ago
A new verse from new contributor Avah Hyde: 𝗧𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 I am a brand new species and you are dying to name me. — Avah Hyde
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I am a brand new species and you are dying to name me. — Avah Hyde
http://dadakuku.com/2026/04/02/taxonomists/
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S P Clark
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S P Clark shares the books that shaped him as a writer this International Children’s Book Day. From Winnie the Pooh to Roald Dahl, a personal reflection on stories that never really leave us.
www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/interna...
#Books
#Writing
#ChildrensBooks
#Reading
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International Children’s Book Day: The Books That Shaped Me
My journey to becoming a writer has its roots deeply embedded in my childhood. From a very young age, I found myself drawn to words – how they sounded, how they could be spoken, and most importantly, ...
https://www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/international-children-s-book-day-the-books-that-shaped-me
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Nicholas Klacsanzky
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Haiku by my father: incense fills the cathedral square game of chess - George Klacsanzky
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#poem
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anne
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word up! today's
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#prompt
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Bridget
5 days ago
🩰 soft pink petals fall I used to be a ballerina
#haiku
#senryu
#nostalgia
#spring
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JUST OUT! 🔵 The Blue Apple murmurs after Sylvia Plath
contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-con...
#tanka
#prose
#haibun
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Alan Summers: The blue apple murmurs - contemporary haibun online
Alan Summers The blue apple murmurs after Sylvia Plath summer angstthe writing dreamsof a High T-bara sandal strap forms a "Tau"across her instep One long mirage pockets emotions to travel the length ...
https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-contents-22-1/tanka-prose-22-1/alan-summers-the-blue-apple-murmurs/
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Catherine Baker
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early morning mist poplars on the horizon are cooling towers
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Wildlife
6 days ago
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) 13cm (5.1in). This spectacular Kingfisher is also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher & is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. Fantastic photo taken by Sanjeev Kapadia in India See more at:
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Celebrate National
#Poetry
Month: read, study, write and share poetry. ¿What’s your fav form
#haiku
#tanka
#renga
#senryū
,
#free
#verse
#monoku
#ghazal
#sonnet
#ballad
#ode
#elegy
#prose
#lyric
#limerick
#acrostic
#epic
#villanelle
… ⁉️ 📚✍🏽📚✍🏽📚✍🏽♥️
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dadakuku
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A new verse from returning contributor Paul David Mena: Leonardo’s face as he finishes eating the last crayon — Paul David Mena
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Leonardo’s faceas he finishes eatingthe last crayon — Paul David Mena
http://dadakuku.com/2026/03/21/8722/
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Rachel
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@completethehaiga.bsky.social
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8 days ago
Maple syrup under a microscope. That is why Canadians are so happy, we literally eat glitter. 😊
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What a great world we would have if all we had left was the left…
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Rae Radford
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Amen!
#BookSky
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Paul David Mena
8 days ago
one beer too many I become the minister of silly walks
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Jim Young
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Free iPads ruined kids’ reading in Norway. Now it’s fighting back
www.thetimes.com/article/6a2a...
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Free iPads ruined kids’ reading in Norway. Now it’s fighting back
The nation’s libraries offer rollerskating, rap workshops — and, most importantly, books to reverse the decline caused by a classroom tech experiment
https://www.thetimes.com/article/6a2ac4f4-58e2-41fe-8935-53b50f962d96?shareToken=d2b34339ca6a6fed7a36fccbfa97cd71
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Lee Madgwick
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Detailing..
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9 days ago
journey’s end… choosing the place where everyone lays to rest
#haiku
#senryu
#SenryuSunday
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Tanja
9 days ago
new shoes— the squeaks loud in the empty hall
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Frosted Poptart
9 days ago
Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23. She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24. Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method." It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.
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Jenn R-J
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caught inside a revolving door cricket song
#vss365
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Richard Dean Barnes🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☸️
10 days ago
early spring… all at once dandelions
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dadakuku
about 1 month ago
A new verse from returning contributor Gloria Glau: 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 Starved mouth, Meet hand. — Gloria Glau
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Liars welcome
Starved mouth,Meet hand. — Gloria Glau
http://dadakuku.com/2026/03/06/liars-welcome/
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Book review: Modō by Alan Summers Reviewer: SB Wright 🇦🇺 Mar 06, 2026
thesehaiku.substack.com/p/book-revie...
#monostich
#monoku
#haiku
#book
#review
#poetry
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Book review: Modō by Alan Summers
Alan Summers is widely known as a teacher, editor, and advocate for haiku in English.
https://thesehaiku.substack.com/p/book-review-modo-by-alan-summers
about 1 month ago
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Wow, that's fantastic!
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Wonderful collection of
#haiga
, beautiful work!
#haiku
#art
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JRBHaiku
about 1 month ago
willow leaves a galaxy of green new moons
#DailyHaikuPrompt
(New Moon, Willow Leaves)
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about 1 month ago
the go-between — I carry a message for the evening star
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
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Richard Dean Barnes🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☸️
about 1 month ago
streetlight… rain shadows down the wall
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Becky
about 1 month ago
leaving the dentist the moon less distracting
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Catherine Baker
about 1 month ago
moonlight and starlight what’s shining from the pavement? a blueblack beetle
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Rachel
about 1 month ago
This looks gorgeous, Eric. 😁
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Just released! modŏ – new & selected A collection of one-line haiku by Alan Summers
www.callofthepage.org
#haiku
#monostich
#monoku
about 1 month ago
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Marilyn Ward
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
about 1 month ago
Our NEW Book of the Week is by a real
#BooksforKeeps
favourite, Paddy Donnelly. Go adventuring again with Meara and Grandad as they discover the magic of looking at things differently in THE UPSIDE-DOWN LIGHTHOUSE
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
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#booksky
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The O’Brien Press
about 1 month ago
Happy publication day to Paddy Donnelly’s mesmerising new picture book ‘The Upside-Down Lighthouse’ – out in all bookshops! Paddy will be launching this magical story on Wednesday, 11th March, 6pm in Dubray Grafton Street – come along!
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
about 1 month ago
Our NEW Book of the Week! 🌊
booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-u...
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School Reading List
about 1 month ago
Have a look at our topic book lists for KS1 and KS2 - ideal class packs and links to free teacher resources for topic-based teaching, humanities, science, technology & PSHE
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/gen...
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#teachertwitter
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Children's nonfiction, genre and cross-curricular books
Curated book lists sorted by genre for reading for pleasure and cross-curricular teaching. Ideal for children in primary and secondary schools.
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/genres/
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Paul David Mena
about 1 month ago
fresh snowfall the bluejays don't offer to clear my driveway
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Thomas L. Vaultonburg
about 1 month ago
wheatfield wind the sky stitched shut with black wings
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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️⚧️♿
about 1 month ago
The neuroscience of Haiku and its implications for craft.
open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...
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The Haiku “Aha”: What Neuroscience Reveals About the Cut
Why does a good haiku feel like a small flash of illumination?
https://open.substack.com/pub/thesehaiku/p/the-haiku-aha-what-neuroscience-reveals?r=43e1w&utm_medium=ios
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Bobbie Draper - Martian Marine & Cucumber Sandwich Enjoyer
about 1 month ago
Really happy that Bill Duke got his flowers and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Great actor but also really great director who made a couple of great movies in Deep Cover and Sister Act 2. Love him . Also his villain on the Pegasus on Battlestar Galactica, compa ATE!
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keepworkin_art
about 1 month ago
Watercolor sketch..
#watercolor
#photography
#artchallenge
#birds
#artist
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freginold
about 1 month ago
scifi/fantasy/horror journals, anthologies & podcasts closing to submissions tomorrow (2/28): - Afterlives 2025: The Year’s Best Death Stories - Aurealis - Carmen et Error - Fusion Fragment - Haven Spec - In Another Time Magazine - NewMyths - NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast (1/2)
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