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JL Abbott
@jeshila.bsky.social
600 followers 350 following 530 posts
(he/they)
poet, writer, and musician
haiku every day, WIP books and short stories

might talk about games and rpgs, too

No AI.
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jeshila.bsky.social
cardinals gather
perhaps discussing how to
divvy the seed pile

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #cardinal #photo
a treeline over snow, dotted by bright red cardinals
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
falling carelessly
each snowflake collides with me.
they’re so impolite

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter
February 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
snow settles outside,
optimistic cat begs for
scraps of chicken fat

#haiku #poem #poetry #Winter
February 2, 2026 at 11:03 AM
jeshila.bsky.social
trading my blanket
for one of snow, doesn’t it
seem like a bad deal?

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #snow #blanket
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
snowdrift threatening
to recover my tires,
leave while the way’s clear.

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #snow #snowdrift
January 28, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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#completethehaiga 135
#haiku
#senryu
art by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social
@completethehaiga.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
without a shovel
frantic clawing like a wolf
into the snowbank

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #snowbank #wolf #snow
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
my neighbor and I
silently work in tandem
brushing off the snow

#haiku #winter #snow #poem #poetry
January 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
snowstorm rolling in,
it’s easy to stay in and
keep myself busy

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #snow
January 25, 2026 at 3:23 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
huddled together
the space heater and blankets
our hearts on fire

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #heat #cold #love
January 25, 2026 at 12:18 AM
jeshila.bsky.social
ten below freezing
yet my spirits feel brighter
than ever before

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #spirit #freeze #bright
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
model train
never has to worry
about iced tracks

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #ice #train
January 22, 2026 at 5:08 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
wishes unfulfilled
the morning alarm sounds off
without a snow day

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #snow #wish
January 20, 2026 at 12:40 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
two turtles
unbothered, indoors
without snow

#haiku #poem #poetry #snow #turtle #winter
January 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
cardinals gather
to divide and distribute
the feast before them

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #cardinal #bird
January 19, 2026 at 2:59 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
easily brushed off,
but the stones do not bother
proudly wearing snow

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #snow #stone
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
cleaning the kitchen
while the dharma teacher speaks
sumos listen, too

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #sumo #orange #dharma
January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
procuring spices
seems I’ll need an extra stop
for gumbo filé

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #stew #gumbo #filé #spice
January 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
cradling coffee
a memory of the first
like ice down the spine

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #ice #coffee
January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
empty baseball field
free to run the bases with
steam billowing out

#haiku #winter #steam #baseball #field #poem #poetry #breath
January 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
a chickadee, there
idly pecking at seeds
leaves without eating

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #bird #chickadee #seed
January 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
clinging to its leaves
the January tree shivers
tattered overcoat

#haiku #poem #poetry #winter #January #tree #shiver
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
wolves gather, snarling
ready to bite hands, trees, dirt,
whatever teeth reach

#haiku #winter #poem #poetry #wolf #teeth #bite #anger
January 13, 2026 at 12:58 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
the lost keys
turned out to be inside
my other coat

#haiku #winter #cost #lost #poem #poetry
January 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
jeshila.bsky.social
head cold
power through shopping
after a hot bath

#haiku #winter #cold #sick #bath #poem #poetry
January 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM