A pass for May 29 National Coq au VIn Day (whole organic chickens range from $30–$50), and settling for omelettes made with farm fresh, organic eggs ($8/doz.).

Iɴ ᴛʜᴇ Hᴀᴍᴍᴏᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Oʀᴄʜᴀʀᴅ frivolous dancing dragonflies and damselflies fly nuanced colours #haiku #summer #change #transformation #joy

Iɴ ᴛʜᴇ Hᴀᴍᴍᴏᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Oʀᴄʜᴀʀᴅ In Japan, as May comes to an end, it's the time to tidy up and bring out the summer wardrobe though with climate change, there's really no set time to follow the old tradition. #𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘦 garden reverie... ambiguity changes dry rainy season

Iɴ ᴛʜᴇ Hᴀᴍᴍᴏᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Oʀᴄʜᴀʀᴅ The latest 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 and a pitcher of homemade limeade is the only interest on a glorious afternoon. First, a check on the "Goings-On," then what's happening at Cannes. That's all. 🏖 : www.newyorker.com/culture/goin... 🎬 : www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

10 Yᴇᴀʀs Aɢᴏ silence grows the wind has changed on the old pine —Maria Teresa Sisti | "Haiku in English," 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪, December 23, 2016 _________ "The Old Pine, 1872," by John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872) + Metropolitan Museum of Art

having passed eighty small wind direction changes course heading unset —Gloria Rhea Grante | After Alexis Rotella, "Coming of Age at 79" #senryū #haiku #smoothsailing

here there ev'rywhere ev'rything is outta whack precarious time #senryū #haiku _________ "cat balancing act" + #watercolor #art by Yutaka Murakami (1936–2022)

Mᴀʏ ɪs Nᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ #Tᴀɴᴋᴀ Mᴏɴᴛʜ hello God it's me ageing in place mindfully is the ask too much dear lord let me see sun rise and sun set each day morbid daily prayer octogenarian's wish that each day isn't the last #senryū #haiku #MayTanka #NaTankaMo

𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥...

the blue peony majestic king of flowers I bow and adore #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt peony #botan #牡丹 #hanakotoba

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#haïku #DailyHaikuPrompt snapshot • 25.05.2026

captured by feelings small moment of reflection pretty chill haiku —gloria rhea grante senryū

Good morning, from somewhere on the streets of any city! ©️Street Art Utopia #robotics have ❤️

Canada stands watch beefs up its defence forces north still strong and free prime minister and king rule unruly downstairs neighbours #tanka #CUSMA #USMCA #NAFTA

Said it better than I ever could. Thx. 🖖

wandering worry everyone hears wind crying on road to deep north refugees can't find border but don't lose sense of humour #tanka #humour #MayTanka #NaTankaMo Gloria Rhea Grante gogyōka + Galaxy.ai image • 24 May 2026

It's not escaped my notice that Claude can't be Followed on the Bluesky platform, presumptuous mortals that we are, thinking we know The Way. But Anthropic has begun consulting diverse groups, starting with wisdom traditions, to broaden the frontier AI's horizon, then ... ⤵️

Bashō's frog just wanted to go for a midnight swim. Issa's frog was a song-and-dance man: 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 / 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 / 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘨? They never met, but on some still summer night, you might hear both ♬ 💦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯' / 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨...𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? ♬ 🐸

My taste buds remember matcha deserts in the garden cafe at The Tale of Genji Museum in Uji City, Kyoto, but at home today, it's just a bowl of green tea for a late afternoon pick-me-up. fleeting tea of steam vanishes in an instant the pathos of things #haibun #haiku #matsukaze #𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦

May is National #tanka month. deep in moss-filled cracks between the rocks the mountain waters make no sound as the years have passed by —Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192–1219), trans. Thomas McAuley, 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘩ū 450 #waka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo #prompt moss

❛ 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴.❜ —Bob Rae, "Forward" ⤵️

Pseudo-diplomacy in the Iran war is only a churning of the markets and news cycles, while close to 2 million Muslims perform the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Jews worldwide celebrate Shavuot. the hajj seals pilgrims protected from iran war until end of june #haibun #prose #haiku

galaxy.ai already in LEO elbowing Starlink _________ ✨️ Galaxy AI elbows Grok AI ¤ Gloria Rhea Grante senryū via Bluesky 🦋 Portal #haiku #LowEarthOrbit #satellites

Here's the "The Serpent in the Grove" story, by Jamir Nazir that's got 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 in a huff, because Claude.ai didn't give the publisher the answer it wanted. The self-evident problem is why an LLM was asked for veracity. The contest judges relinquished 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 judgment to a machine! Oh, the bane of it!

The seasonal word is 🪰 "fly," and it's summer. "Noisy" (五月蠿い) refers to flies in May! #haiku #haikai #kigo #housefly

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 Newsweek 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘱. 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀. West Georgia AI Corridor to house the tallest (affordable) towers and Vancouver’s first in an approved cluster of data centres. AI engineers and techs already love it! #TELUS #BCPlace

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘜𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐𝘵? hyperscalers join pipelines-cables at the hip no explanation just active risk management nothing to see move along #tanka #gogyōka #micropoetry #BigTech #AI #undersea #overland #data

deny even when caught with someone else's model cheating large fromage #senryū #haiku #AI #LLM #vss365 #micropoetry

the gate closes now binary pulse fades to dark swept clean and silent until the next thinking push the machine keeps its silence #gogyōka #AI #LLM #vss365 #micropoetry

Carp Over the Kanda River: "Suidõ Bridge and Surugadai" Hiroshige’s eyes— same place same time same angle Kichiya photos

𝘖𝘌𝘋 Wᴏʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Dᴀʏ: 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝗴𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶𝘁, adjective, Scottish; fussy about food ignorant and grand you play the 'nice' gourmet now fussy and foolish; a nice-gabbit butcher's pride drowning in a shallow dish #tanka #gaelic #shade

𝘖𝘌𝘋 Wᴏʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Dᴀʏ: 𝗯𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲, verb; to hum or buzz; to make a low buzzing or droning sound numbers in the dark mapping chaos into light algorithms hum flashing logic bombilates seeking truths in binary #haibun #datacentres #NLAs

May is a wonderful time to visit the UBC Botanical Gardens: the paulownia and showy blue poppies are in glorious bloom.

Vancouver, British Columbia, is no stranger to Japan's architects "throwing shapes" on the eastern Pacific shores. Whenever Nippon Nostalgia🗼stirs, we stroll through the West End to 'Alberni' (Kengo Kuma, architect) to sigh in reminiscence, before heading for sushi 🍣 at a nearby🏮𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢.

Following Mother's Day... out of the shadows chilled saké and seared scallops rising harmony —Gloria Rhea Grante🍶senryū + Lara Victoria photography

pretty as a picture Howe Sound in springtime —Leon M. Zolbod (1930–1991), haiku-inscribed, author-signed 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑘𝑢 𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1982, First Edition)

𝘕𝘠𝘛 WORD OF THE DAY: palpable tension palpable static frozen in the air something's gonna snap #senryū #haiku

May is National #tanka month.

hAIku recoded 221B Baker Street ambiguously #senryū #Watson #Holmes

There's a haiku here somewhere... record trade surplus Canada has what world wants we're in the money —Gloria Grante senryū (With thanks, PM Mark Carney)

end of the world lands parallel neural pathways Murakami-esque hard-boiled AI instructions taken with a grain of salt #gogyōka #tanka

a drift of azaleas awash in blooms…full stop —Margaret Anderson | Vancouver, BC Poignant selection by Haiku Foundation guest editor Carole MacRury that gave her pause, and so was led astray gazing on blossoms drifting on a May evening 🌸 #monoku #onelinehaiku #poetry 🫶