cooling off — a child shoos a crow from the shade #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #cooling-off

overcast sky a crow lands on the blacktop no one but me home and your perfume #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #tanka

the doorbell rings and for a moment my heart lifts a cardboard box in the porch #tankathursday #tanka #visitor

kettle steam from the camping stove morning cloud #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #morningcloud #poetry

#短歌 #tanka #poem the scent of something new in the store we wander around until we find it

#completethehaiga #haiku art by Josiah @completethehaiga.bsky.social

midday heat strolling through the market herbs and spices next to the sunglasses… I linger between #tankathursday #tanka #market #Spain

Cook’s pine — the shade they planned 30 years ago #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #shade

burnt toast — a sparrow returns for more #haikusaturday #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #toss #poetry

maybe this lantern will help you find me? I’ve left it somewhere phones can’t reach #tankathursday #tanka #lantern #poetry

the glow of your lantern eyes in this chilly dawn brings back warmer days Fatma Zohra Habis #TankaThursday #tanka #5lines #poetry #inkMine

the weeping willow dips its tendrils into the river— as if a single touch could cool her #tankathursday #tanka #weep

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tucked in the pocket of her red coat — a fallen maple leaf #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #maple

bird app — tracing the source of a nightingale’s song #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #source

no umbrella the coolness of rain washing over me #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #coolwater

caught in the flutter of oak leaves — a red admiral #versionsHaikuSaturday #haikuSaturday #haiku

three ravens somersaulting over the rooftops — two cats unimpressed #tankathursday #tanka #poetry #crow

spraying water on my painting — shifting clouds #dailyhaikuprompt #spray #haiku

#completethehaiga #haiku art by Josiah @completethehaiga.bsky.social

cadmium yellow along the towpath — wild iris #dailyhaikuprompt #wildiris #haiku

twilight a sliver of moon reaching the ground just enough light to guide us home #tankathursday #tanka #twilight

twilight my daffodils concertina little shop awnings close for the night. #TankaThursday #HaikuChallenge #Tanka

waterfall — speaking out a haiku letting it go #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #waterfall

swallows nest I struggle to calm my sore heart #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry

first swallow trying to fill the sky — all I can see #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #swallow

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music festival — a drop of water on my can I become a statue as the bee sips #natankamo #bee #maytanka #poetry #tanka

lemon tea steaming in my kitchen am I in Portugal grasping the fruit straight from the tree #tankathursday #daydream #natankamo #maytanka

my future on the doormat … a white envelope unopened even as dusk sweeps in #natankamo #tanka #poetry #fear

#completethehaiga #haiku art by Josiah @completethehaiga.bsky.social

watching bees flit flower to flower I find myself lost in a world of colours I cannot name #natankamo #tanka #lose (this tanka appeared in Blithe Spirit, May 2026)

a scent of dampness... rock moss in summer beside the pond the color of peace is green #tanka #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #moss

her silver bangles still chiming footprints in the sand #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #chime

a long time waiting for your short letter so few words … between the lines I prize out what you left unsaid #tankathursday #natankamo #tanka #poetry #prize

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her voice tiptoes over broken glass yet we listen as frost loosens in the morning sun #natankamo #maytanka #brokenglass

rare wildflowers on the river’s edge a heron takes flight brief moments of peace to carry home #natankamo #maytanka #rare

pylons prop up grey skies — distant thunder #dailyhaikuprompt #thunder #haiku

broken eggs found on the grass starting over #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #nest

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

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a journal found in the book swap box — tanka poems the start of my journey into another way of seeing #natankamo #maytanka #start

elm leaves shimmer in the shade — fluttering light #haikusaturday #haiku

watercolours strewn across the table ultramarine drying in its dish — an unpainted sky #natankamo #maytanka #tankapoem #paint

changing weather — the same old winter coat keeping out the wind #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #wintercoat

summer nights lengthening shadows a flickering newsreel those lost days — morning dew #tankathursday #maytanka #natankamo #dew

dusk— i press my forehead to the window glass and the whole forest fits inside my head #tanka

#completethehaiga #haiku art by Josiah @completethehaiga.bsky.social

beyond the pond every shade of red— tulips reflected each one holding its own cup of sun #tankathursday #tanka #abundance