Catherine Baker
@catbake.bsky.social
Writer and editor in educational publishing.
waxing gibbous moon
pearl-white bulbs under the hedge
dreaming of lilies
pearl-white bulbs under the hedge
dreaming of lilies
December 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
waxing gibbous moon
pearl-white bulbs under the hedge
dreaming of lilies
pearl-white bulbs under the hedge
dreaming of lilies
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I tally
the year’s regrets—
falling snow
❄️
the year’s regrets—
falling snow
❄️
December 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I tally
the year’s regrets—
falling snow
❄️
the year’s regrets—
falling snow
❄️
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December 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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elderly oaks bring
out their dead in crackling heaps;
life accepts the gift
#autumn #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt
out their dead in crackling heaps;
life accepts the gift
#autumn #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt
December 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
elderly oaks bring
out their dead in crackling heaps;
life accepts the gift
#autumn #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt
out their dead in crackling heaps;
life accepts the gift
#autumn #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt
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December 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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#shortpoemSunday
Hutain
I tell myself that it's all wrong -
too early for the birds to sing
and primroses do not belong
in bleak December. They're for spring.
All this should make alarm bells ring...
but from the thrush's speckled throat
a miracle is issuing
with joy and hope in every note.
JWH
Hutain
I tell myself that it's all wrong -
too early for the birds to sing
and primroses do not belong
in bleak December. They're for spring.
All this should make alarm bells ring...
but from the thrush's speckled throat
a miracle is issuing
with joy and hope in every note.
JWH
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#shortpoemSunday
Hutain
I tell myself that it's all wrong -
too early for the birds to sing
and primroses do not belong
in bleak December. They're for spring.
All this should make alarm bells ring...
but from the thrush's speckled throat
a miracle is issuing
with joy and hope in every note.
JWH
Hutain
I tell myself that it's all wrong -
too early for the birds to sing
and primroses do not belong
in bleak December. They're for spring.
All this should make alarm bells ring...
but from the thrush's speckled throat
a miracle is issuing
with joy and hope in every note.
JWH
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December 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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White pines look greener,
a drop on every needle
in this gentle rain.
HDT ~ December 28, 1851
a drop on every needle
in this gentle rain.
HDT ~ December 28, 1851
December 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
White pines look greener,
a drop on every needle
in this gentle rain.
HDT ~ December 28, 1851
a drop on every needle
in this gentle rain.
HDT ~ December 28, 1851
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a child patiently
waiting for the first snowflake
a blizzard of memories
oyoguhito
#haiku
haikueye.blogspot.com
waiting for the first snowflake
a blizzard of memories
oyoguhito
#haiku
haikueye.blogspot.com
haiku eye
as eyes seize it
haikueye.blogspot.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
a child patiently
waiting for the first snowflake
a blizzard of memories
oyoguhito
#haiku
haikueye.blogspot.com
waiting for the first snowflake
a blizzard of memories
oyoguhito
#haiku
haikueye.blogspot.com
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opening their hearts
ice and water
are friends again
-Teishitsu
#imageandverse #haiku #haiga #shahai #naturephotography
#nature #haiku #photography
ice and water
are friends again
-Teishitsu
#imageandverse #haiku #haiga #shahai #naturephotography
#nature #haiku #photography
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
opening their hearts
ice and water
are friends again
-Teishitsu
#imageandverse #haiku #haiga #shahai #naturephotography
#nature #haiku #photography
ice and water
are friends again
-Teishitsu
#imageandverse #haiku #haiga #shahai #naturephotography
#nature #haiku #photography
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December 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Haiga by Debbie Strange.
A haiga (俳画) is a Japanese art form that beautifully blends a haiku poem, calligraphy, & a painting or drawing into a single, unified artwork, where the image and words complement or contrast to deepen meaning, not just illustrate.
Note: Google definition
#SmallPoemSunday
A haiga (俳画) is a Japanese art form that beautifully blends a haiku poem, calligraphy, & a painting or drawing into a single, unified artwork, where the image and words complement or contrast to deepen meaning, not just illustrate.
Note: Google definition
#SmallPoemSunday
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Haiga by Debbie Strange.
A haiga (俳画) is a Japanese art form that beautifully blends a haiku poem, calligraphy, & a painting or drawing into a single, unified artwork, where the image and words complement or contrast to deepen meaning, not just illustrate.
Note: Google definition
#SmallPoemSunday
A haiga (俳画) is a Japanese art form that beautifully blends a haiku poem, calligraphy, & a painting or drawing into a single, unified artwork, where the image and words complement or contrast to deepen meaning, not just illustrate.
Note: Google definition
#SmallPoemSunday
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December 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
this cold winter morn
branches sway in howling wind
flurries of ash leaves
short form:
blustery winter night
flurries
of ash leaves
Please add a version if you feel like it.
5/7/5:
this cold winter morn
branches sway in howling wind
flurries of ash leaves
short form:
blustery winter night
flurries
of ash leaves
Please add a version if you feel like it.
December 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Today's erasure poem at Via Negativa. The Feast of the Holy Innocents (Dec. 28 or 29) commemorates the mass slaughter of infants ordered by King Herod in Matthew 2:16-18. www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/feas...
December 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Today's erasure poem at Via Negativa. The Feast of the Holy Innocents (Dec. 28 or 29) commemorates the mass slaughter of infants ordered by King Herod in Matthew 2:16-18. www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/feas...
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cold, and damp
a glance at my boots
the hard sell
#HaikuFeels #SenryuSunday #haiku #senryu #poetry #MicroPoetry
a glance at my boots
the hard sell
#HaikuFeels #SenryuSunday #haiku #senryu #poetry #MicroPoetry
December 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
cold, and damp
a glance at my boots
the hard sell
#HaikuFeels #SenryuSunday #haiku #senryu #poetry #MicroPoetry
a glance at my boots
the hard sell
#HaikuFeels #SenryuSunday #haiku #senryu #poetry #MicroPoetry
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December 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
ink drops in water
at the edges of our breath
the ice flows softly
at the edges of our breath
the ice flows softly
December 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
ink drops in water
at the edges of our breath
the ice flows softly
at the edges of our breath
the ice flows softly
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& end of the sky's ebb-tide from the back step of the next step: 10 car loads (mostly books...), onwards towards a new year
December 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
& end of the sky's ebb-tide from the back step of the next step: 10 car loads (mostly books...), onwards towards a new year
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December 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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what if
it never stops
snowfall
it never stops
snowfall
December 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
what if
it never stops
snowfall
it never stops
snowfall