the edge of a pond petals of frost softening winter peony

falling snow~ bird tracks by the feeder, gone #haiku

Reflection moonlit blue the winter moon perched high above sees itself shine in the endless golden marshland ~Adrianna's alt text a cold breeze from the unseen sea washes me clean #haiku & collaborative #haibun

Closed wings, fold, Guarding the peace of this night; The silence, a gift. 🕯️🍊 #PoetrySky #MicroPoem #ThreeLines #KazThoughts #DragonPeace

At Yale University’s Art Gallery is the shrine to the god Mithras known as the Mithraeum from Dura-Europos, dating to 168-69 CE. It don’t care much about Mithras but do adore the Palmyrene archers in the Roman army who renovated it in 209-211 CE & added some mean mugging animals (pic is my own). 🐴

#stunday #watercolour #painting #art #clevedon #WatercolorOnPaper

I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.

a ripe persimmon resting in a blue bowl the morning sun wakes me from a dream of you feeding me fruit #tanka #TankaThursday

Some nights I like sitting alone in my room by the open window: the sound of coyotes just behind the barn, on the edge of the woods. A sound almost like laughter, but clear, like annuciating. hot night iced tea in an old mayonnaise jar

new year - trembling hands thread the needle #dailyhaikuprompt

(But also: the people gleefully wishing for this kid to come home in a body bag so they can taunt the mother--look it up--are gross. We should all be hoping that this somehow ends without further escalation and as few Venezuelans and Americans as possible die)

Disobedience is, in fact, an option. It's always an option. *Consequence-free* disobedience is rarely an option. Sources cited: I refused to carry out an order in Iraq. (That said, the officers giving these orders are the ones I have more of a bone to pick with, not the 23-year-old enlistees)

In a protective presence shift in the West Bank last week, activist Nati Hanadari confronted Israeli soldiers about why they were protecting settlers going from community to community to harass Palestinians. (1/3) >>>

cottony snow by a half-empty church snow angels #SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines

_Very_ frustrating, take it from me, but I know enough Jewish history I accept that I cannot call Christian Nationalists etc. fake Christians. That only works if most Christians throughout history have been fake, in that they advocated or accepted violence against Jews, Muslims, pagans.

Proof #poetry #writing

snowy owl a sudden rush of wings #thingstowriteabout

That buzz! hummingbird? or horsefly? #haiga #haiku

bonewhite moon-haunted softness of the dust of us settling on our house

last leaf on the tree like a little brown tag without a price #haikufeels

@thewordemporium.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky!

happy first #smallpoemsunday of 2026! 💜 feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :) in the spirit of new beginnings, here’s one I love by Steve Scafidi~

The elegant twist Inside a whelk’s broken home - A stranded shellwreck. #haikuSaturday

Reminder that my new poetry collection (my SEVENTH because I apparently cannot take a hint) is available from Picador www.panmacmillan.com/authors/luke...

I admire poets who can do, with virtuosity and panache, that which I cannot. I love poems that in the midst of seriousness make me laugh out loud. @lukekennard.bsky.social -- The Book of Jonah, a "late" Christmas gift.

"Just because I’m not on the keyboard, I’m suddenly the product of some soulless technology? Please. AI has no deadlines. No ego. No sleep-deprived human brain stockpiling forty of me in a draft, just for an editor to cut twenty." #McSweeneysTop25of2025

Love this story about traditional ecological knowledge and stingless beekeeping in Peru! news.mongabay.com/2026/01/im-p...

#俳句 #haiku something swimming in a lost raindrop longs to get back to the sea

I looked for an hour for a quote tonight none were right either too dark or too light for today I want to encourage to quote of beauty and hope of freedom and sanity and these are the only words I can find

Super alt text on a great photo!

The first morning of 2026 … let the wonder begin 📷🕊️

Bottlenose Dolphins at dawn, Assateague Island, Maryland. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Assateague

Initial-word panel surrounded by a floral border inhabited by birds at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) #ParashahPictures BL Harley 7621; Torah with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos; 1450 CE-1474 CE; Italy, N. E; f.76v

Reflection moonlit blue the winter moon perched high above sees itself shine in the endless golden marshland ~Adrianna's alt text a cold breeze from the unseen sea washes me clean #haiku & collaborative #haibun

The initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Shemot (שְׁמוֹת) is inhabited by dragons, birds, hybrids, and faces. #ParashahPictures BL Add 21160; 'the Yonah Pentateuch'; 13th century; Germany; f.63v

Free link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...

It's also worth noting here that the *minimum* salary for these ICE positions is $52,205. While the *median* salaries for childcare workers and home health aides are less than $35,000 per year.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

@billseligman.bsky.social Hi Bill 👋!

trying to remember the sacred colors no camera can catch #haiku / #senryu Plastic film or pixels, they never get it _quite_ right, because bright and dark clouds crowd so close.

My first photo subject of 2026! Went to see some Bald Eagles yesterday. They did not disappoint! This is an adult Bald Eagle in flight. #birds #BaldEagle #birdoftheday #CaughtInMotion

More from the atlas: December 27, 1657 31 citizens of Flushing sign the Flushing Remonstrance: “The law of love, peace and libertie in the states extending to Jews, Turks and Egyptians . . . . for wee are bounde by the law of God and man to doe good unto all men and evil to noe men”

In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.

“Good Character Counts”* Girl in Alabama greeting monks on their Walk for Peace *message for our time

And I first learned about this nation's bloodthirsty aggression from my dad, who went to Vietnam when he was 17 to, as he always said, "follow the US government's orders to kill other people of color." He was the most radical one of us... I wish he were here everyday AND I'm glad he missed Trump.

Any time Trump does something violent and/or stupid and blames the victim for his actions, I think of this essay by Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social She explains well the motivations of the perennial perpetrator. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...

This is a lovely list of aspirations, some sensible, some wise, and some, like this one, funny and so true.

Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! Miriam Anzovin of Daf Reactions owns my book (Elijah and the Rabbis). This makes my day!