not yet fading, these jewels hang on before tree's loss becomes ground's new gain, before all decays 🍃 🍂 #DailyHaikuPrompt #fading #haikufeels #loss #haiku #tanka #poem #poetry #autumn #trees #leaves #change #photography

"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

In 2004, my mom wrote about what war costs—not just for those who fight, but for those who wait, worry, and live with the aftermath. Twenty years later, I’m sharing her words again, along with my reflections as a veteran, son, and father. tcspress.com/2025/11/11/t...

My quiet ritual for release. I shape forgiveness into light, let it leave my body, and trust that what needs to soften… will. Healing can be this gentle. #softhealing #shadowwork ##emotionalalchemy #forgivenessritual

not yet fading, these jewels hang on before tree's loss becomes ground's new gain, before all decays 🍃 🍂 #DailyHaikuPrompt #fading #haikufeels #loss #haiku #tanka #poem #poetry #autumn #trees #leaves #change #photography

It's 11:11 on 11/11. That is all. 😁

Christian Paul Kusch © 2025 #writer #poetry #substack

The hope of it all New day potential stuns me Love one another 💙 #stunday #blueskyartshow #haiku #love #peace

autumn oak and fox comparing their new clothes crimson & fire #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

What #language arboreal hangs in the air through scents and signals lives in networks underground gossiping and loving in ways we will never understand? #vss365 #prompt #poem #poetry #trees #autumn #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #evening

#bakedrhymes If you love a poet You mustn't cage her The heart of a poet Is a timid thing Prone to depression And loneliness If you love a poet You must love yourself Watch her come Bask in your warmth If you love a poet Treat her well For it is a precious thing To be loved By a poet

It was fitting that I saw this first thing today after dropping my baby boy kittens off to be neutered 😂😅🤪 As Bob Barker would say, don't forget to spay and neuter your pets. PLEASE! Because I can't adopt any more kittens born under my deck 😭 *not my content* #cats #kittens

All before 8:30am : ✔️ Dropped kiddo off in carpool (on time today! 😅) ✔️ Took kittens to sterilization appointment ✔️ Arrived at coffee shop to edit the Chaos Section Poetry Project volume 2 that @nickallison80.bsky.social put together and to work on the intro! 🥳 @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social

Why didn't you protect me? #7syllablesentence #protect

You can’t build an autistic-friendly life with neuronormative tools. That’s why so many of us stay stuck - the map we were given wasn’t written for us. You need a new framework, not a new mindset.

#tangle of limbs, a copse of color - autumn evening #VssMagic #haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #trees #photography

Painted tonight instead of sketching and actually pretty pleased. This went from being “the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen and made in my entire life” to “oh, oh, this turned out pretty good!” 😂 I love art. #art #painting #oils

the everyday, priority

("What's something you wish you knew about #autism when you were first diagnosed?")

#tangle of limbs, a copse of color - autumn evening #VssMagic #haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #trees #photography

Today's #LiftToTheSky goes out to @sarahmillswrites.bsky.social - I think you're cool, I like your writing, and I like that your outfit photo reminds me of Wednesday Addams 😊

the all-consuming mid-cycle mystery sadness will be my band name

I'm stressed and really down today. Here's a photo as a #poem. Not sure that I'll write one today, but I'll try later, if I feel like it. #photography is #poetry (even when it is amateur 🤪)

Yes, Monday. We all know, you’ve arrived. ☕️ Let’s all bow to your drama & cater to your whims, shall we? 🙄🍩

*not my content* #witchsky #pagan #wheeloftheyear #samhain #yule #light #dark #ShadowWork

turnip season - the grackles have flown southward #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #turnip #poem #poetry #autumn #birds #harvest #leaves #photography

Trust, the brittle bone once broken, never the same when a storm rolls in. #haikufeels #brittle #promptcombo #storm #haiku #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #3lines #poem #poetry

some part of me waited for the sky to open as if revelation were a thing that needed clearing I’ve learned not to chase clarity some truths are meant to blur like moonlight through clouds or the outline of your face in a dream I wake too soon from #poetry

Day 2 of the @texasbookfest.bsky.social. Come down, check out the vendors, grab some good street food, say hi to Sarah at Lioness Books, and if you spot me wandering around, I’ve got a few free copies of “Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age” to give away. #texasbookfest

heavy sky in mind colors beautiful but far leaden november #haikufeels #lead #haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #trees #SeasonalDepression #photography

weeds grew through cracks of the brittle fence - defiance of expectations in wearing bright color #haikufeels #brittle #tanka #haiku #poem #poetry #fall #autumn #leaves #photography

Uffffffffffff, Rachel, thank you for giving personal depth and lived experience to this offering. In selecting the image and lyrics, I had in mind the many souls wrenched from whatever has been most familiar ... and which ultimately binds us in a universal vulnerability and yearning. 🪷

turnip season - the grackles have flown southward #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #turnip #poem #poetry #autumn #birds #harvest #leaves #photography

you deserve to, be heard, felt, seen

We sang this song in my school choir when I was in 7th grade living in Seattle, 2000 miles away from my mom (I was living with my oldest brother and his wife after homelessness with my mom). It has always touched something deep inside me ✨️ #music is #poetry

*not my content* #poem #poetry

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead #haikufeels #Prompt #Lead #Senryu #Haiku #LaurelAndHardy #WordPlay #Humor #DadJoke

What #language arboreal hangs in the air through scents and signals lives in networks underground gossiping and loving in ways we will never understand? #vss365 #prompt #poem #poetry #trees #autumn #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #evening

heavy sky in mind colors beautiful but far leaden november #haikufeels #lead #haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #trees #SeasonalDepression #photography

evening walk - north wind blows through these old trees #DailyHaikuPrompt #NorthWind #haiku #poem #poetry #trees #colors #autumn #photography

From the @emilydickinson.bsky.social's Facebook page. #poem #poetry #EmilyDickinson #Dickinson

Nick is at the #TexasBookFest in #Austin with free copies of “Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age” to give away. Say hi if you see him!

lime curtain will soon fall to our feet, revealing limbs, revealing sky - an end to autumn #WildWalkPrompt #curtain #poem #poetry #autumn #photography

“Record of #Dissent” features 44 #poems of #protest, resistance, and hope in response to the rising authoritarianism of the #Trump era in America. On sale now for $9–or of course you can read it for free online: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params... thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...

evening walk - north wind blows through these old trees #DailyHaikuPrompt #NorthWind #haiku #poem #poetry #trees #colors #autumn #photography

North wind passes by solitary bridge trembles friends for a moment #DailyHaikuPrompt #North_wind #haiku

#warped morning view rainbows reflected in my coffee #haikufeels #haiku #poem #poetry #reflection #coffee #rainbow 🌈

I don't know these men, but I just wanted to say it is INCREDIBLY SAD that most women I know have dealt with each of these types. GO AWAY

Today's #DailyHaikuPrompt is #NorthWind, which reminds me of this song I used to sing to kiddo at bedtime, back when she still asked me for lullabies ✨️💖 "Where the north wind meets the sea, there's a river full of memory" #poem #haiku #music is #poetry

moon rise the breeze caresses the tide #DailyHaikuPrompt #MoonRise #Breeze #poem #poetry #moon #FullMoon #photography