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Kij Johnson
@kijjohnson.bsky.social
Some books, some awards, one cat. Licensed to sell weasels and jade earrings.
Novel-writing workshops: https://kijjohnson.com/teacher/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/kijjohnson
Latest feat: RiverBank RPG! https://riverbankrpg.com
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Most of what I do here is write very short poems, but I am otherwise a writer of fantasy, SF, and experimental fiction, as well as roleplaying games. I also teach workshops on novel structure every summer and occasional other workshops.
cat sleeps pressed into my armpit
this emotion
too dangerous for words
#haiku #senryu
January 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
only a hundred starlings
trying
to murmur
#haiku #senryu
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
the crow eating a chicken nugget
under the overpass—
"No, YOU change lanes."
#haiku #senryu
January 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Every time I think I can't get more ashamed of this country, it proves me wrong.
January 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
write seven first lines
give up on
eight
#haiku #senryu
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
furnace hums
ground bass
#haiku #veryshort
January 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
the sparrow
practices its line
different inflections
#haiku #senryu
January 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
drive carefully
asleep in the back seat
is everything
#haiku #senryu
January 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
fallen bur oak leaves
clear shining brown
and supple as leather
#haiku #senryu
January 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
in the winter woods
the discarded tetherball
bright as a hedge apple
#haiku #senryu
January 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
afternoon slump
from my couch
I hear just the one bird
#haiku #senryu
December 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
there is always a day
a year ago
I can compare today to
#haiku #senryu
December 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's not the scarecrow
that's the problem
it's the poisoned corn
#haiku #senryu
December 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
cold snap—
blankets on the windows
pet snake asleep
#haiku #senryu
December 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
shotgun in the woods
my neighbors firing rock salt
to get the owl to leave the squirrels alone
#haiku #senryu
December 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Kij Johnson
Every older person becomes like a creature who evolved in an alien ecosystem, the past
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I'll be playtesting the second #RiverBankRPG demo for #PAGE this Saturday 2-4:30 at #DragonsHoard in LFK. If you are in town and want to be part of it, contact me and I'll put you on the list.
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
hoodie
and two blankets
and it's still winter
#haiku #senryu
December 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
woodpecker tests the wall
I don't have the heart to stop it
in this weather
#haiku #senryu
December 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
winter
curls around the house
cold seeping in
#haiku #senryu
December 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
late December
needles brown
wreaths ready to be gone
#haiku #senryu
December 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
it turns out
the chipmunk rushing across the street
was a blown leaf
#haiku #senryu
December 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
the jays' call—
a knife
drawn across old tin
#haiku #senryu
December 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Sometimes it IS my job to explain my work, such as this afternoon when I playtest a demo for #RiverBankrpg. The real demo is at #PAGE in January, but I want to make sure it flows. Title: "Aunt Sophronia's Cordial." If you're in #LFK, join me, 2pm at #DragonsHoard. A couple of slots open.
December 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Kansas weather:
spring for three days
back on your heads, break's over
#haiku #senryu
December 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM