last call the hummingbird finishes his drink by firefly light #haiku #micropoetry

I was reading on the porch when this one, perched on a wire, interrupted. impromptu solo the insistent mockingbird performs even just for one #haibun #haiku

I personally haven't felt very poetic lately, so I'll step back and let nature step up to the mic.

A less common variety of "bachelor buttons" (Centaurea montana); I'm pleased it overwintered so well.

persistence plastic shreds deftly woven into the bird's nest #haiku #micropoetry

Figuring out how to fit the most dishes into the washer while still getting them clean is basically boring, grown-up Tetris. #miscellany

the bumbling bee as unsure of the trail's path as i am #haiku

Twofer! endless subtleties the mathematical elegance of hen and chicks true to its name not just overwintered, but thrived sempervivum #haiku #haiga

🌿 somehow I get to be part of the pattern #haiku #senryu #rainforest

#SenryuSunday #senryu a night of falling stars and nothing to wish on

Went hiking with a friend this weekend. He picked this trail because it led to a particular spot. I had to enjoy it vicariously through him, since I was still getting over a head cold. a distant childhood hiking in etna's shadow the scent of pine groves #haiku #haibun

When you need to clean the salt off, but the washer fluid immediately starts to freeze and blur the view, anyway... both irked and awed tendrils of frost ferns spreading across my windshield #haiku #haibun

#haiku #micropoetry

We've been in a days-long deep freeze around here. I threw some birdseed out on the crusted snow in the back. in a day, the seeds had disappeared with tidy holes cast once more; dusk found tracks pressed on sun-softened snow brief respite from the famine #tanka

I know it's just atmospheric effects and air pollution, but still... sallow winter moon casts her jaundiced eye on us her judgement silent #haiku #haibun

This area had a fair amount of snow followed by rain that froze overnight. I went to clear it this morning, and made a delightful discovery. old childhood magic walk over the crusted snow leaving no traces #haiku #haibun

Spotted on a recent hike...

Found it flipped over like that; not sure how it happened. We have had some high winds in this area lately.

I thought it was a cat at first, until it turned and looked at me while crossing. green foxfire glare in the glare of my headlights urban nightlife #haiku #haibun

finally revealed bare winter branches host a flawless empty nest #haiku

#lichen #fungifriends

lone, steady dawn star brighter than the faded lane lines a long road ahead #haiku

reclamation from the rotting railroad tie a hardy blossom #haiku #haiga

The Dead? No words will bring them back. Only words will bring them back.

the fading fall bloom offers its all, golden beads to the tired bees #haiku #haiga

all eyes on the sun casting its red ripples, while beneath our boats in the black, brackish water ghostly jellyfish drift, bloom #tanka

Happy Friday from #Japan! The scorching heat is over for this year and I'm getting in the mood for a much-needed #autumn - so hear are some photos from Ukan Valley, a fabulous location in #Okayama Prefecture. #photography #naturephotography #scape #ArtYear #EastCoastKiin @bskyphotos.bsky.social

there once were many of these silver shard blazes their brief, bright flare already overtaken by the crawl of vines and time #tanka #micropoetry

The birds were launching nearby and circling past, closer than I've ever seen them. I could see tiny cars wending down the highway, farms and fields. But that wasn't what they were looking for... different perspectives sharing the view with vultures bustle, and decay #haiku #haiga

late night crickets replace the whirr of AC after the heatwave #haiku

the decisive pop flower fireworks finale last bloom of the bed #haiku #haiga

both of us resting kayak paddle on my knees dragonfly on the edge #haiku

faint light, fading fast, lonely beacons of summer: mid-July fireflies #haiku

It feels like an odd sort of compliment when the turtles think I'm harmless enough that they don't have to leave their log when I pass by. timid young turtles warily eye the paddler while their elders know better than to bother stay still, serenely sunning #tanka #micropoetry

fleeting figurehead dragonfly perched on the prow of the paddleboard #haiku

oddly relaxing to watch someone work so hard bustling bumblebee #haiku

and when I awoke rolled up poems corked in hull's holes kept my craft afloat #haiku #micropoetry

empty promises the horizon's heat lightning brings no relief #haiku

hidden industry a clinging mist reveals the subtle spiderwebs #haiku

First day lily bloom of the season. #flowers #daylily #photography

unexpected guest your visit quick as your wings summer hummingbird #haiku

firefly dusk— how brief the life of a shooting star #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (fireflies)

full, closed summer buds, color peeking through the edge: anticipation #haiku

wind blown trees wild brush strokes painting frames of memory #haiku

anemic sunset tinged with distant wildfire haze and yet: dim fireflies #haiku

A neighbor has a mulberry tree in their yard, and some of the branches overhang the sidewalk. I plucked a few in passing. arching mulberries somehow all the sweeter for being stolen #haiku #haibun

#stunday #photography #EastCoastKin #haiku #micropoetry #PoetsOfBlueksy lines inscribed between an ending and fresh starts

Counting waves, just one. Breakers becoming and not. One sea, countless shapes. #haiku #Zen-Humanism #boundless #sea