the new blackbird sings a fresh repertoire but first: intermission #haiku #senryū #tenword

night’s soft mysteries fade with the song of the wren desires calling beyond bounds of time and space bodies reverberating #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

speckled clouds float by stoic to magpies’ chatter, solace whispered soft through cluttered days and tender nights stories waiting in the wings #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry #SenseWrds [226]

a distressed blackbird let its feelings known to the moon #haiku #tenword

pale moon bears witness to the long, slow dance of stars old, as stories told left behind by travellers making up for lost time #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

upon the steep slope between deep sleep and half-dreams ghostly desires linger, old as fractured time past promises unfulfilled #haiku #tanka #micropoetry

dreams that are not dreams a sweet fruit ripe for picking plunge into the pool where the water’s warm and deep heat still shimmering on skin #haiku #tanka #micropoetry

in the dark, stillness caresses soft silhouettes a world to explore as in other lives just like this so we will find our way #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

a wren postulates words I still can’t seem to hear upon skin, whispers in the heat, dreams lose their form melting in the morning glow #haiku #senryū #tanka #kyōka #micropoetry

early morning sighs before birds begin to sing seed new hope for dreams quiet streams by wild roses paths to worlds unexplored #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry #ourpoetryx

delicate blue blooms reach for wide blue dome of sky a caress, a yearn a colour we had no name for when words are not enough #haiku #tanka #micropoetry #SenseWrds 222

golden cast of dawn lingers upon memories secrets the night stole old tales told around fires’ glow no one will ever know #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

bumblebee bustles over sweet pincushion blooms hours, days flutter by fatigue weighs, a morning fog questions – answers yet to find #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry #inkMine

a grey morning dawns dreams of the magical hour float upon the breeze whispers soft, touch like feather as if your hand in my hair #haiku #tanka #micropoetry

delicate blooms dream of blue skies and bright sunshine beyond wind and rain of serendipity in time wandering roads with no maps #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

raindrops on green leaves gathering, bejewelling the dust of the day, whispering words of solace, a safe refuge from the storm #haiku #tanka #micropoetry

a new moon rises the blackbird tires of song uneasy quiet #haiku #micropoetry

skies, familiar blue perhaps every tale, a spell a lost memory dreams our bodies remember songs our souls never forget #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

tender morning holds effervescent memories of dreams in the dark; desires defying distance, bright fires that never die #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

sparkling, crystalline, like the first kiss of true love evaporating too soon, to leave us behind as if time were a river #tanka #MayTanka #TankaThursday #poempass @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social care to add your beautiful words to a thread of water-themed poems? Quote post/reply, pls tag a friend. :)

lost correspondence, fragments found in boxed archives – hidden encounters through sunrises and sunsets; stories within stories #haiku #senryū #tanka #kyōka #micropoetry #slowwriting

little blackbird sings of days that whirl like eddies mosaic of dreams upon which we grow gardens with seeds of stories to tell #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

under open skies sweet mysteries unfold, slow in liminal hours the house on the beach calls, there you shall find me in your dreams #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

trees dance in the breeze to memories of the sea unexplained magic between twilight realms of dreams echoing under the stars #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

strawberry blossoms tell uncountable stories every seed, a dream infinite universes I would choose to be with you #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

green tendrils explore vines uncurl in morning sun curiosity flares small bright sparks setting alight boundless imagination #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

gentle flowers bend towards the warmth of the sun a lingering moon recalls the calm in the dark the truth of who we are #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry #ourpoetryx #haiku4u

two coal-tits return conversations between souls old as fractured time love always moves, like the line between shadow and sun #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

a coal-tit visits bearing high-pitched songs, singing beyond thick grey clouds the sky remains forever blue always, the sun still shines #haiku #tanka #micropoetry

sheep dot the chalk downs dreaming of wild, grand ideas here: take an acorn for a tale of an oak queen or the boy who played nearby #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

a crow passes by to say the songs have been heard and it’s not too late for stories that knife the heart for new worlds yet to weave #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry

gentle rain leaves pearls wisdom sparkles like dewdrops offering solace for wounds that hurt before they heal for slow tears to freely fall #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry #emoetry

flower moon rises casting light on purple blooms clouds catch silver fire kitchenful of warm aromas weaving spells for new dreams #haiku #senryū #tanka #micropoetry #haiku4u

birds never belong in cages, however gold walking on tight wire yields no precursor to joy I will cry your tears when you cannot be fragile hold on to the truth of who we know you to be call upon old friends for release from lands beneath because love does not punish #haiku #chōka #micropoetry

a tall spear of mint scents morning air to freshness a mountain to climb lists to complete, worlds to write in blank pages of a book #haiku #senryū #tanka #kyōka #micropoetry #inkMine

sweet morning stillness betrays restless agony stories yet to tell while we soothe new days with dreams in echoes of old magic #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry #SenseWrds 215

small moments of joy we covet under moon haze between twilight folds #haiku #senryu #dailyhaikuprompt running knight whispered that you sacrificed a pawn which might have been queen with no rook to split the board I see your moves—to buy time #tanka #micropoetry

delicate blossoms harbour secrets of the moon into the new day destinies are ours to choose despite how cards fall pages at our fingertips to turn, to who we are #haiku #senryu #choka #micropoetry

scattered dreams drift soft between memories held close and worlds yet to be strange eternal mysteries of dragons and seas stories we might one day tell that no one will believe #haiku #senryu #choka #micropoetry #fantaiku

with each day that turns cold sun rises, pale moon sets time, a ghost river— fleeting shapes of thoughts flutter like butterflies not yet here #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry #ourpoetryx

blaze of morning sun burns away soft twilight swirl slow ache of waking from dreams that evaporate I’m not fast enough to seize #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry #inkMine

an anxious spider guards over tall shoots of beans from her ceiling web sunroses and sage tell stories of other times of warm soil in spring soft voices kindle memories of gentle words writhe in haunting wind #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #bspp52 #ourpoetryx

an old door opens where space folds and time bends, down an uncharted path to warm fire, safe place to rest to new worlds yet forged where you take me by the hand daring to desire, to dream #haiku #senryu #choka #micropoetry

fractured flutterings no words, never images— sometime shifts of air: clouded emotions; an ache as if my hand on your heart #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry

fallen petals drift through a certain calm – landscapes that minds may forget on shrill moment of waking; imprinted on soul and skin #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry #vssfantasy #dailyhaikuprompt

bright sunrise blazes unaware of night’s slow dance under sable moon where we meet halfway in dreams making up for lost time #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry #vssmagic

city clouds scurry shrouded in fog of ideas dancing with daydreams horizons gleam iridescent with worlds yet to explore #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry #bspp52

dwell not on times past but in the warmth of our souls where futures guide us with whispers of unborn dreams as if we only live once #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry #7syllablesentence

the wild river flows reminding us to give grace to who we have been in the calm, seed dreams to bloom for who we might one day be #haiku #senryu #tanka #micropoetry

ladybird settles between fragrant leaves of sage dreaming of new worlds #haiku #senryu #micropoetry