It's okay not to feel okay, crouching, not moving, in the dog days of summer— —Makoto #tanka #poem open.spotify.com/track/6KZZJR...

in the liquor aisle⁣ muttering 108 times⁣ 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯⁣ —Makoto #senryu #poem open.spotify.com/track/4A6Wc8...

. glass both sides the winter fly's indecision Alan Summers #haiku #monostich #monoku #kerouac

It's possible to write honest #haibun that even seem shocking. The thing is that's life for many people, and people are shocked that this exists. I still hope they might one day be more shocked by the circumstances that lead there and by the lack of support & understanding that still happens.

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fear wants to -------------- hold my hand back from writing against hate the times of violence are back in our yard, Mr. Chaplin language— but the heart should listen too (1/3) #tanka #poem #sequence #blog pi-and-anne.com/2026/05/04/f...

Cover reveal Upcoming soon!

19. Anthony Q. Rabang ~ the whole house confluencehaiku.com/19-anthony-q...

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876 – 1950) was a 20th-century Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker. Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) - 1933 Color woodblock print on paper 27.4 × 39.9 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Blick aus der bayerischen Staatskanzlei (Cartoon von Erl)

Wow, that's fantastic!

Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.

A nes issue of Confluence is available featuring an alluring poet Sophia Conway. confluencehaiku.com/18-sophia-co...

Just on Charlotte DiGregorios Blog. View Tom Painting's engaging haiku and one of my tanka. charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com

17. Deborah Karl-Brandt ~ and yet the world is a sphere confluencehaiku.com/content/imag...

This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm

The Cicada's Cry Winter 2025: featured poets Joanna Ashwell (United Kingdom), Mirela Brailean (Romania), Goran Gatalica (Croatia), Ruth Holzer (Virginia, USA), Monica Kakkar (India), Deborah Karl-Brandt (Germany)

when war began ... your name cut into the beech trunk (FemkuMag) #haiku #senryu evamaria-limbach2.blogspot.com/2025/12/when...

Very much enjoying these two books by @pi-and-anne.bsky.social full of #art #tanka #haiku and #micropoetry Why not get yourself a copy or two?!

Confluence has a new issue out. Explore the outstandting tanka poetry of Cynthia Bale confluencehaiku.com/14-cynthia-b...

Haiku-Online-Kurs Viermal wollen wir tiefer in die verschiedenen Techniken des Haiku-Schreibens einsteigen. Nach kurzen theoretischen Einführungen wollen wir rasch ins eigene Schreiben übergehen. Di, 03.02., 03.03., 14.04., 05.05.2026, jeweils 18:00 – 19:30 Uhr 37,60 EUR VHS-Rhein-Sieg

A new verse from returning contributor Colleen M. Farrelly: 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 Her boyfriend buys a bouquet of bitcoin and joins an online quantum paintball brigade. superposition his keyboard lovebombs her — Colleen M. Farrelly

Cover reveal! Yup. Another book, and this time it's a book-long tanka sequence. Read more about it on my blog! pi-and-anne.com/2025/11/06/o... #book #coverreveal #tanka #tankasequence #tankanovel

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Confluence October Issue 13, 2025 features Colleen M. Farrelly. There are two favorite poems of this awesome writer I want to share snow angels they find her lying on her park bench haunted basement a sock ghosts the washer

the demonic child sucks on bones and marrow ... it is never enough

Definitely my book of the year!

I'm honored to be selected as a fellow 2025/2026. Please check out this exiting magazine. confluencehaiku.com?ref=confluen...

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How relevant 💙📚🪐 #booksky #goingpostal