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井川奎(Ikawa kei)
@ikawakei.bsky.social
Paid Web Novel Writer🇯🇵
Writing free verse and haiku

ネオページ契約作家。
デジマ様にて【大正イノセントストーリー麗しの君に。】コミカライズ配信中
エブリスタなどに小説投稿中。


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https://ikawakei.substack.com
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The manga adaptation of my story is now available.
Japanese only. But feel free to take a peek!

只今、#デジマ 様にてコミカライズ公開中です。
作画は #一春 先生。

大正イノセントストーリー 麗しの君に。 rimacomiplus.jp/digitalmarga...
大正イノセントストーリー 麗しの君に。
大正イノセントストーリー 麗しの君に。 by デジタルマーガレット。「私が君の見合い相手だ」――義理の家族となった西条家で、疫病神と虐げられる月子。病の母のために辛い日々を耐えていた。そんなある時、月子に縁談が舞い込んでくる。それは男爵の弟で、身分は確かだけど『訳あり』と噂される相手で…!? 突然のお見合いから始まる大正ロマンストーリー、開幕!
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Watching you leave—
I don’t call your name.
Winter morning.

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Morning cries—
a nameless bird
echoes through the sky

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
February 5, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The boulevard gathers crowds
and quietly draws loneliness.
Neither day nor night,
five o’clock drifts between.
Returning, leaving, hesitating—
unnamed feelings search for a place to rest.

#poetry #freeverse

🎨Louis Anquetin, "Boulevard Clichy, 5 PM" (1887)
January 31, 2026 at 1:23 AM
silent winter hush—
softly, footsteps drawing near,
gentle breath of spring

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Unbearable boredom.
Days asking for no stimulation.
Yawns and sighs gone.
Only distorted time flowing—
walking through nothingness.

#poetry #freeverse
January 26, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Powdered snow falls
Car wipers beat a soft tune
Winter drifts along

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 AM
One lone cough sounds
A wheeze’s warning echoes
Winter room listens

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
A quiet pause,
drawn into the enchanting aroma.
Bitterness dances on my tongue,
and memories of what passed
come to mind.
If only I had stayed this way,
sipping my coffee,
dreamlike thoughts linger—
bitter-sweet.

#poetry #freeverse
January 22, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Shamelessly reclining,
Shadow stretched in moonlit night,
Softly drifts the dark.

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
January 20, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The dancer spins alone.
Defeated in love,
betrayed,
she untangles the knots that bind her.
Around and around,
in awkward turns,
yet the dancer spins alone—
striking a pose,
carrying her quiet pride.

#poetry #freeverse
January 18, 2026 at 4:13 AM
What does the red of her dress mean?
Why did she choose that color?
No one knows.
She wears it not to be seen,
nor to be desired,
but as if obeying a quiet voice within.
The red explains nothing.

#poetry #freeverse

🎨Felix Vallotton "Romanian Woman in a Red Dress"
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Reposted by 井川奎(Ikawa kei)
The glass already broken
The leaf carried by the river
The cloud that is are not the sky
The moon behind the finger
A wordless koan.

A mantra (of sorts)
But enough
For the moment
To get me by.

#poetry #life #zen #journey #chaoticworld
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Reposted by 井川奎(Ikawa kei)
low clouds—
the river keeps
another secret
#haiku #poetry
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Reposted by 井川奎(Ikawa kei)
December 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
River flowing on,
birds beating their wings high—
my heart aches within.

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I faced something unfair today.
I turn my back,
holding back both tears and anger.
Whether this is the right way
no one can say…
yes, because it is unfair.

🎨Vilhelm Hammershøi "Young Woman from Behind" (1904)
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
A slender crescent moon
breathes quietly,
gazing down on the raging waves,
as if mocking its own small role.
It hangs in the corner of the sky,
fragile, almost fading—
yet one day, it will shine large and full.

#poetry #freeverse

🎨Yokoyama Taikan
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Weary waiting
doubts like morning steam rising
coffee drifts softly

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Reposted by 井川奎(Ikawa kei)
I wrote a book!

A dark, lyrical noir about grief, predators, and the stories we tell to survive.

A weary investigator.
A haunted vampire.
A city that keeps applauding the wrong monsters.

Some crimes never stay buried.
Some ghosts want justice.

It's on Prime a.co/d/dNDu13Q

#booksky #horrorsky
January 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
My breath clouds the air,
Chill bites as I see your back—
Far, you disappear.

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
January 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
We sit quietly,
feeling the door against our backs.
We know what lies beyond it,
even without being told—
yet we still want to be sure.
On the other side
there must be something
that refuses words.
And so we remain here,
clinging to something unreal,
like a fading vision.

#poetry
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Reposted by 井川奎(Ikawa kei)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (winter grass) #haiku

beneath
cold blades
soft wings sleep
January 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Reposted by 井川奎(Ikawa kei)
Winter days left behind
As the cold settles in
Rain comes down again
Morning fost bites my lips
So I stay inside where it's warm
Cuddled up with my cat
Until winter has passed by
Again
#poem #poetry
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Shower passes by—
a fleeting name drifts away,
etched upon my heart.

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
January 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM