Kimberly K
blueiris5432.bsky.social
Kimberly K
@blueiris5432.bsky.social
Poet. Mostly haiku and senryu. I was a Rhysling Award Finalist.

I have a pet cockatiel.

I'm on here intermittently.

My Twitter and Instagram (but I'm not active on either):

https://twitter.com/BlueIris5432
https://www.instagram.com/blueiris5432/
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In the Golden Haiku 2025 Poetry Competition, my haiku was selected to be displayed on a sign in the Golden Triangle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Theme: Bridges of Belonging.

goldentriangledc.com/events/golde...

My haiku was previously published in Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2024.
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even in death
there’s something on her mind
wriggling maggots

— Kimberly Kuchar
September 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Thank you, Patricia, for introducing me to #tanka and featuring one I submitted in @thepoetrypea.bsky.social 's S7E53 podcast, The Poetry that is Tanka. It's such a gorgeous artform! Congratulations to everyone who has work included. #haiku
January 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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duckweed haiku zine - copier printed - ea pg illustrated - ea pg a work of art - sub 3 haiku in an email to pk122085@gmail.com - subject line: duckweed Your Name - copyright reverts back after pub - will pub print copy when ready - free PDF - will accept what we like - no $ paid - DM / email with Qs
April 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In the Golden Haiku 2025 Poetry Competition, my haiku was selected to be displayed on a sign in the Golden Triangle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Theme: Bridges of Belonging.

goldentriangledc.com/events/golde...

My haiku was previously published in Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2024.
April 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Me, too! However, the work in this collection is not asemic. Check out my book-- 75 surrealistic and experimental poems and anti-poems available nowhere else! More info & praise for the book on my website: www.madverse.com/p/in-ghostly... ❤️
<i>in ghostly onehead</i>
www.madverse.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Presence, 81, arrived. I spent some time on our sunny porch reading it, and it was time well spent. I am honoured and grateful to the incredible editor Ian Stor for selecting one of mine. Best wishes to Ian as he steps down, and congratulations on a successful tenure❤️
#haiku
April 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Mark Gilbert (Tw/X: @ MarkgZero ) has likely been wondering what happened to this #haiku , submitted & selected long ago, but FreshOut has been saving it for today - #EarthDay #poetry #micropoetry #poetrylovers #earth #poetrycommunity #environment #climate #human
April 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor @blueiris5432.bsky.social:

drops of blood . . .
the consumption
of democracy

— Kimberly Kuchar
drops of blood . . .the consumptionof democracy — Kimberly Kuchar
dadakuku.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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A new verse from returning contributor Kimberly Kuchar:

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁

a
fallen
sparrow…

I
C
U

— Kimberly Kuchar
Just
a fallen sparrow… ICU — Kimberly Kuchar
dadakuku.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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One of my favourites is “What’s Left” a rengay by Kimberly Kuchar and C.X. Turner with commentary from John Thompson. A snippet:

her smile
one slice of orange
in her palm

thinning hair
a mother’s hands
weave lullabies

The link is sublime!
March 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Heterodox Haiku Journal and Nun Prophet Press editor @jeromeberglund.bsky.social offers a collection of various linked forms such as rengay, renku, and tan-renga written in collaboration by poets from around the world. The poetry is exceptional. Highly recommend ❤️
#bookrecommendations #haiku
March 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Variations on the Planets, a short chapbook by Mark Gilbert and Eavonka Ettinger, is available in paperback to purchase at minimum price via Amazon. It combines Japanese aesthetics, space science & sci-fi in 37 individual #haiku in 8 sequences. Here's the universal link:
www.azonlinks.com/B0DW9HBDGR
February 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'm pleased to have 2 haiku in Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2025. Thank you, Editor Robin White.

and yet . . .
a little bee asleep
in the cosmos

lengthening days . . .
a mother bear s t r e t c h e s
in the den

—Kimberly Kuchar
April 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Don't forget to check out today's haiku at bit.ly/HaikuAdvent
Haiku Advent 2024
Michele & Sally has created an advent calendar for you! Happy holidays! :)
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December 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I'm thrilled to have a senryu in Cold Moon Journal, along with all of the other wonderful poetry that went up on December 2nd. Thanks to editor Roberta Beach Jacobson.

coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2024/12/by-k...
December 5, 2024 at 6:03 PM