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Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

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#poet
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Doug @flip89db.bsky.social · Sep 8

a broken willow
gold buds curling open—
root strength

#DailyHaikuPrompt (willow)
#haiku

Doug @flip89db.bsky.social · Oct 18

LEANING ON A BROKEN WILLOW

#poem

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

crushed cayenne
on the tip of my tongue
her name

#haikufeels (crush)
#haiku

November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM

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Amy Borgman

@ireneaddie.bsky.social

no drip candles
the inconvenience
of crying

#senryu #senryusunday

November 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

youngest child
teaches the new boss
to expect less

#SenryuSunday
#haiku
#senryu

November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM

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Jenn R-J

@jennfel.bsky.social

Sunday in Madrid
an unexpected onslaught
of Americans
#SenryuSunday #senryu

November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

autumn butterflies
as if wild happiness
always stayed near

#haiku

November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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@tregallery.com

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bright nexus
warm cat tree presents
a Pye hole

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
#EastCoastKin
#haikuchallenge Nexus

#haiku #俳句 #senryu #FreeVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Caturday #catsofbluesky #Photography

This is a close-up portrait I took of Pyewacket, my blue-grey mink ragdoll. He is peeking from a grey carpet-lined hole in the top bed of our cat tree. With blue eyes staring into the camera, his white whiskers and creamy, smokey, fluffy, grey-striped hair plumes around his sweet face. I asked him for this photo, and he was very pleased with it. Yes, I showed it to him, and he gave this image a slow blink. When I announced the opening is now called a Pye hole, he smiled. This portrait inspired my haiku for today:

bright nexus
warm cat tree presents
a Pye hole

November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

deflating swan
where to next time
we transport . . .

#vss365 (transport)
#haiku
#senryu

November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM

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freshoutmag.bsky.social

@freshoutmag.bsky.social

#digital #haiga by new contributor, Stephanie Zepherelli, a Cali native & former dance professor. She has lived on #Oahu the past 40 years, has a drawer full of mismatched spoons & a tribe of Madagascar geckos #poetry #poetrylovers #haiku #politics #micropoetry #penny #hawaii #cancelled

November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM

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Herb Tate

@herbtate5.bsky.social

blue note classic
the barfly taps out
time again

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (classic)

November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

warm winter moon
grandma’s Flexible Flyer
in a Polaroid

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt (winter moon)

November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

cloud peaks
meeting the world
where it is

#DailyHaikuPrompt (cloud peak)
#haiku

November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM

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Shinobazu Pond 俳句

@shinobazupond.bsky.social

A puddle
fracturing underfoot
- winter moon.

#dailyhaikuprompt winter moon
#haiku 🌙

November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM

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Amy Borgman

@ireneaddie.bsky.social

winter moon
your waves crash but I am warmed
in nectar light

#haikuchallenge #dailyhaikuprompt
#haiga #scape #PureMichigan
#LakeMichigan

A beach scene with sand dunes, beach grass in the foreground and waves with white caps hitting the shoreline. A house is in the distance in the wooded dune. The low setting sun rays are bringing warm orange light to the scene.

November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM

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freshoutmag.bsky.social

@freshoutmag.bsky.social

#haiku by Doug Belleville @_flippoetry Doug writes both short (haiku) & long-form #poetry. Based in #Ohio, he is a mental health professional, & enjoys traveling, reading, hiking, & playing chess. #saxophone #poetrylovers #moon #harvestmoon #micropoetry #poetrycommunity

November 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

another draft
a window left open
her unsent résumé

#haikufeels (edit)
#haiku
#senryu

November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

the myth
we are controlling
thoughts and prayers

#vss365 myth
#senryu
#haiku

November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Doug

@flip89db.bsky.social

a measure of joy
in the digital world
children fading

#DailyHaikuPrompt (fading, children)
#vss365 (measure)
#hsikufeels (loss)
#haiku
#senryu

November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM

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Catherine Baker

@catbake.bsky.social

late morning sunlight
a gold leaf from the birch tree
moving through the chords

November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM

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Jenn R-J

@jennfel.bsky.social

forest clearing
a pine sapling begins
to measure up
#vss365 #haiku

November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM

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lichtbringer

@saintghost.bsky.social

#completethehaiga 123
#haiga #haiku

@completethehaiga.bsky.social ✨

tumbling autumn leaf
only in the falling
do i feel alive

November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM

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Anne

@annemorrigan.bsky.social

Hey #haikufeels haijin! It's your last chance to have your #OneLineOctober one liners and monoku included in a special (and free!) compilation—so send them in today!

👉 check the post for more details