Kris Lindbeck
@krislindbeck.bsky.social
Haiku etc.. Also, Jewish Studies, Christianity, Buddhism, art and cool science stuff. Some politics . . .
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Kris Lindbeck
@krislindbeck.bsky.social
· Oct 24
How to Write Bad Haiku
A humorous guide to writing "bad" haiku -- mediocre and boring ones -- whose goal is to help people write and edit haiku better.
discover.hubpages.com
I few years ago I wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide to writing literary haiku called "How to Write Bad Haiku."
It also has a picture of the late great Jabberwok, who was tortoiseshell with white patches, and whom I miss.
Enjoy!
discover.hubpages.com/literature/H...
It also has a picture of the late great Jabberwok, who was tortoiseshell with white patches, and whom I miss.
Enjoy!
discover.hubpages.com/literature/H...
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"The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself."
William Blake
William Blake
February 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
"The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself."
William Blake
William Blake
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The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
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REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
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softly rolling to September
August 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
softly rolling to September
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light both particle and wave
October 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
light both particle and wave
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February 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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This morning, I awoke to an email from Fr Richard Rohr meditations to discover they'd sent out a podcast I recorded with them several weeks ago.
It is hopeful, empowering, beautiful. A perfect way to begin Lent. I hope you'll take 30 min and lean into good news.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
It is hopeful, empowering, beautiful. A perfect way to begin Lent. I hope you'll take 30 min and lean into good news.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
There is Good News
We need to learn where and how to look
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
This morning, I awoke to an email from Fr Richard Rohr meditations to discover they'd sent out a podcast I recorded with them several weeks ago.
It is hopeful, empowering, beautiful. A perfect way to begin Lent. I hope you'll take 30 min and lean into good news.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
It is hopeful, empowering, beautiful. A perfect way to begin Lent. I hope you'll take 30 min and lean into good news.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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I don't live in the city. I am not an expert on anything NYC-related. And, this video moved me. The Mayor of NYC, preaching on the moral imperative to love the stranger. Drawing on Bible, Torah, Bhagavad Gita, Qur'an.
This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I don't live in the city. I am not an expert on anything NYC-related. And, this video moved me. The Mayor of NYC, preaching on the moral imperative to love the stranger. Drawing on Bible, Torah, Bhagavad Gita, Qur'an.
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*headdesk*
Never again means air pollution, toxic emissions, and environmental racism!!
Never again means air pollution, toxic emissions, and environmental racism!!
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM
*headdesk*
Never again means air pollution, toxic emissions, and environmental racism!!
Never again means air pollution, toxic emissions, and environmental racism!!
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I've read every Tubman biography at this point. For those interested, the materials from teach-ins I've facilitated about her over the years are here: radicalblackwomen.com/harriet/
Harriet
I was looking for a place to host some resources for the Tubman teach-in and decided to put it here temporarily. Here are two readings to prepare for our discussion: Harriet Tubman, Called Moses of…
radicalblackwomen.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I've read every Tubman biography at this point. For those interested, the materials from teach-ins I've facilitated about her over the years are here: radicalblackwomen.com/harriet/
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February 17, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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February 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Orion breaks clear, Rigel and Betelgeuse in place
The courtyard fragrant with rain
A lone silhouette bars the window without blinds
In the oval mirror, a single stroke.
-Karin Lessing,
from “Yunnan Sketches”
The courtyard fragrant with rain
A lone silhouette bars the window without blinds
In the oval mirror, a single stroke.
-Karin Lessing,
from “Yunnan Sketches”
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Orion breaks clear, Rigel and Betelgeuse in place
The courtyard fragrant with rain
A lone silhouette bars the window without blinds
In the oval mirror, a single stroke.
-Karin Lessing,
from “Yunnan Sketches”
The courtyard fragrant with rain
A lone silhouette bars the window without blinds
In the oval mirror, a single stroke.
-Karin Lessing,
from “Yunnan Sketches”
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what a good house
the sparrow is delighted with
millet at the back door
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho between 1684-1688
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
the sparrow is delighted with
millet at the back door
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho between 1684-1688
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
what a good house
the sparrow is delighted with
millet at the back door
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho between 1684-1688
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
the sparrow is delighted with
millet at the back door
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho between 1684-1688
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
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February 17, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
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Your regular reminder that what people look like, their hair is like, their clothes are like, is not the point.
We are here to call people to account for what they do and say. That is what matters.
We are here to fight for the dignity of every single human being.
Pursue justice justly.
We are here to call people to account for what they do and say. That is what matters.
We are here to fight for the dignity of every single human being.
Pursue justice justly.
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Your regular reminder that what people look like, their hair is like, their clothes are like, is not the point.
We are here to call people to account for what they do and say. That is what matters.
We are here to fight for the dignity of every single human being.
Pursue justice justly.
We are here to call people to account for what they do and say. That is what matters.
We are here to fight for the dignity of every single human being.
Pursue justice justly.
February 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The sorcerer's cave
was walled & roofed with bones
of those he loved
memories gathered weeping
from rainy battlefields
#UnknownFairyTales #tanka
was walled & roofed with bones
of those he loved
memories gathered weeping
from rainy battlefields
#UnknownFairyTales #tanka
February 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The sorcerer's cave
was walled & roofed with bones
of those he loved
memories gathered weeping
from rainy battlefields
#UnknownFairyTales #tanka
was walled & roofed with bones
of those he loved
memories gathered weeping
from rainy battlefields
#UnknownFairyTales #tanka