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Benjamin Waldrum
@happilybearded.bsky.social
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writer, former journalist | he/him

It's an odd life. I follow NBA, wrestling and gaming news, fail at snark and try to blog.

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Benjamin Waldrum @happilybearded.bsky.social · Sep 18
A found family
Can be more true and dear than
Those who share your blood

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #ffxiv #koana #wuklamat
Fanart of Final Fantasy XIV characters Koana and Wuk Lamat as children. Credit: Esshemasha.
happilybearded.bsky.social
Still weird to me to see a studio with guys I watched for years, like Dirk, Nash, Blake, Harlem, D-Wade, etc. But I think that's also how I felt when guys like A-Rod, Pedro and Big Papi started becoming MLB TV regulars.
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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ain’t there too many heads in the world?
December 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
happilybearded.bsky.social
As the ivy curls
Vines twist around and outward
Time measured in leaves

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
English ivy grows outward and down from a large earthenware pot with other miscellaneous plantings. Credit: Elizabeth Whiting.
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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"Record of Dissent" paperback is 4.99, the at-cost minimum Amazon allows. If you want a copy or want to give one to someone who believes in pushing back, now’s a good time. And if you’ve already read it and got something from it, we’d be grateful for a review. Reviews help a ton with visibility.
Holiday Pricing for Record of Dissent: $4.99
Happy holidays, friends. As a little end-of-year thank you, we have dropped the price of Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age on Amazon to $4.99 for the entire month of Decem…
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December 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
happilybearded.bsky.social
Yes, I am enough
Some days it feels like a lie
But it must be true

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Watercolor image of an animal holding themselves amidst a large crowd and saying, "I'm a little nervous, but I belong here." Artist unknown (forgotten, sorry!)
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
Enter your password
Apps and programs quizzing me
I'm not a robot

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #captcha
Image of a robot typing on a computer. Credit: Dissolve.
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
Why is it canning
Preserving food in glass jars
It should be jarring

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Image with glass jars filled with bright red homemade strawberry jam. Credit: Soulfully Made.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
Christmas tradition
Nut brittle for my father
Mostly fun to make

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Image of the author's peanut and pecan brittle, made each year.
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
Warped, witty humor
Now a part of our culture
Monty Python troupe

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #montypython
Image of the original Monty Python comedy troupe. Credit: BBC.
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
It's hard to relax
There's always more things to do
And so little time

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Art of a person overwhelmed in making several decisions. Credit: frimages.
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
I love DoTs
Accumulated damage
While standing around

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #worldofwarcraft #warcraft #warlock
Image of a dwarf warlock from the video game World of Warcraft. Credit: High Ground Gaming.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
The perfect breakfast
Toast with butter and jelly
Plus a mug of tea

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Image of two pieces of toasted bread with butter and jelly, next to a mug of tea. Credit: Reddit user tefiiiiii.
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
Quitting something is
Often viewed as failure but
It can take courage

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Adobe stock image of the silhouette of a person triumphantly breaking through shackles.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
writhe and wriggle under the sheets until you're a cozy burrito

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober #thesimpsons #homersimpson #toastycinnamonbun
Image from The Simpsons of Homer Simpson happily cozied up in bed.
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
fall offers hints of silence, chilly mornings in warm tranquility

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober
Image of a road winding through an autumn scene of colorful trees. Credit: unknown.
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
a Scooby-Doo denial: rot, rot, a thousand times rot

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober #scoobydoo #harveybirdman
Screenshot from Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law in which Scooby-Doo characters Shaggy and Scooby are on trial for marijuana possession.
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
wondering whether winter weather withers whiskers

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober
Screencap from Star Trek: The Next Generation in which first officer William Riker says that beards are an ancient and proud tradition.
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm
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October 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
noise canceling headphones form a protective shroud but it's not enough

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober #officelife
Artistic photograph of a man covering his ears in frustration. Credit: Science Photo Library.
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
rain seeps through to roots, revived from summer drought, and all is green again

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober
Image of a colorfully planted rain channel built into a backyard. Credit: Chris Brown Photography.
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
happilybearded.bsky.social
through its mono eye, Dusknoir guides souls to the spirit world

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober #pokemon #dusknoir
Art of the Pokemon Dusknoir with several Sableye, looking menacing. Credit: Twitter user VanZe85.
October 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
Do that Key & Peele funny names skit but instead of athletes like Ozamataz Buckshank and Hingle McCringleberry it's Gundam guys like Full Frontal and Bring Stabity.
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
what echoes of time will others find as proof that we once lived?

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober #amaurot #ffxiv
Artist's interpretation of the ancient lost city of Amaurot from Final Fantasy XIV. Credit: Instagram user anadiachan.
October 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
happilybearded.bsky.social
cellar dwellers have nowhere to go but up

#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #monoku #OneLineOctober #nba #washingtonwizards
Image of Washington Wizards NBA players Bilal Coulibaly (0) and Alex Sarr (20). Credit: NBA.
October 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM