from farm to table salmon fresh from the net pen looking a bit pale #DailyHaikuPrompt (salmon) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

A #somber hombre sombrero shades searing sun brim shelters his glare - You can shade the body from the sun, but not the mind from its shadows. #HaikuFeels #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

say so long, but not goodbye, to summer... today's #haikufeels #prompt is agony ~~ my love the agony is part of it

brief passage through equanimity fall equinox #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

church entrance the empty vessel of a beggar #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

first yellow leaf who knows how many mornings we have left #DailyHaikuPrompt (morning) (needed to correct this)

The 20 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is #CARE ✍️ 👽 🛸 👍 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts

no humans left to care for the planet it blossoms and thrives #SciFaikuSaturday

leaving earth so many things I shouldn't have cared about air plants the aging astronaut yearning for roots #SciFaikuSaturday (care) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

cascading failure no place for the water to go #DailyHaikuPrompt

first yellow leaf who knows how many morning we have left #DailyHaikuPrompt (morning) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

another orchid teaching my green thumbs humility #DailyHaikuPrompts (orchid) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

for as long as I live orchids flowering #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (orchids)

corn moon after the street festival rats on the cob #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines

this autumn too endless chrysanthemums - school shooting season #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt

bearing up… white chrysanthemums unbearable #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (chrysanthemums)

tested again my avoidance strategies pumpkin spice latte #DailyHaikuPrompt (pumpkin) #senryu #SenryuSunday #3lines

Our haiku prompts for Sep 13-20. The equinox is coming. As always, feel free to use the prompts as you like. North South 09/13 Pumpkin Dew 09/14 Chrysanthemums Wild Rose 09/15 Deer Grass 09/16 Orchids Walnut 09/17 Lotus Subtle 09/18 Morning Horse Tail 09/19 Glow Harvest 09/20 Cascade Cooling […]

weightless travel the old astronaut's craving real resistance #SciFaikuSaturday (crave) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

The 13 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is #CRAVE ✍️ 👽 🛸 👍 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts

corn moon nothing to harvest but bruised apples #DailyHaikuPrompt (harvest) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

better? how they break these chandelier crystals dull September light into pocket-sized rainbows for a future rainy day #TankaThursday (crystal) #tanka #5lines #micropoetry

husk cob niblet #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - harvest

fresh puddles reflections of a younger me in every one #DailyHaikuPrompt (puddle) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

a darkness in which all articles are indefinite will we know ourselves by our shadows our own words #TankaThursday (dark) #vss365 (article)

plum season granny teaching me things like the value of lost love #tankathursday #tanka #senryusunday #Haikufeels #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #verse #vss365 #dailyhaikuprompt

redirecting my eyes upward again to the crystal chandelier how it breaks dull white light into rowdy rainbows #TankaThursday (crystal) #tanka #5lines #micropoetry

tanka weekly #poetry challenge September 11, 2025 this week’s prompt: crystal write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.org

harvest time sparrows seeking out the loose grains #DailyHaikuPrompt (Harvest, Sparrow) #haiku

early autumn bending to the will of willows #DailyHaikuPrompt (willow) #senryu #haiku #3lines #micropoetry

lingering rain a video of my granddaughter's laughter #DailyHaikuPrompt

stocking up on a toddler's laughter while there's time #DailyHaikuPrompt (laughter) #senryu #SenryuSunday #3lines #micropoetry

leaning into the river's slow flow church-less Sunday #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

shedding light on starving children corn moon #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

forgot who I was this imperfect reflection wind across the waters #micropoety #haiku #spoken

new moon nascent fear of the next news cycle stuck in space finally time to read "Fear of Flying" #SciFaikuSaturday (fear) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

forget-me-nots whirlwind's knots in the hair #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #vssmagic #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff #2wordprompt #scifaikusaturday #haikusaturday #senryusunday #flower #knot #handkerchief #whirlwind #romance #inkmine #love #dailyhaikuprompt #swirl #blueskypoetry #wind #inspiredhaiku #wild

middle school the crimson face when I pass my love interest #DailyHaikuPrompt (crimson) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

new moon another vow of silence #DailyHaikuPrompt (new moon) *A recycled #haiku that was also pubbed in May on Chen-ou Liu’s website: neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2025/05/butt...

a sparkle of first graders new moon #DailyHaikuPrompt (new moon) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

not ready to harvest what I sowed sour grapes #HaikuFeels (harvest) #haiku #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

O snail
 Climb Mount Fuji, 
But slowly, slowly! 
- Kobayashi Issa ************ one more day grandma and the garden snail walk together - Mary Beth D. #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #snail #poetry #micropoetry''

In the morning mist, crow cracks snails with stones. I brush out my beard. #DailyHaikuPrompt ( mist, snails) #Haiku #MicroPoetry

morning breath the mist on my mirror curdling #DailyHaikuPrompt (mist) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

Our Haiku Prompts for Aug 30 to Sep 6 Offered for consideration. There's power in showing up. North South 08/30 Clover Mud 08/31 Mist Fresh Water 09/01 Snail Sprouts 09/02 Spice Spring Mud 09/03 Swirl Stork 09/04 New Moon Bird Song 09/05 Vines Abalone 09/06 Crimson Chill The bitter […]

trying snail goo against the signs of time sticky vanity #DailyHaikuPrompt (snail) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

failing despot our collective yearning for the AD #vss365 #SenryuSunday #senryu

reality tangles moonlight scatters in the mist which way home #SenryuSunday #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #mist #poetry #micropoetry

resurrected by the postlude's last notes a stubborn faith #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

still in the shade the soccer mom outcast her sugary snacks #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry