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K. S. Shepherd
@kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
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I write stuff that nobody reads; returned peace corps volunteer (kenya), special educator, pluviophile and logophile; invisible and trillium seeking; she/her
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masked
by a puff of cloud
middle sister

#dailyhaikuprompt mask
Three Sisters, Oregon
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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calling for dinner
in the fading light
barred owl

#dailyhaikuprompt fading
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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on the mantle
above the fireplace
dad’s ashes

#dailyhaikuprompt fireplace
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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last resort
for great expectations
turnips

a little Dickens inspired today #dailyhaikuprompt turnips
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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ripped up
calendar page
clear day

#dailyhaikuprompt clear day
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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north wind at sunset
tangling gray hair
in a coral sky

#dailyhaikuprompt north wind
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposted by K. S. Shepherd
ireneaddie.bsky.social
supermoon
pauses to rest
on a needle

#supermoon #beavermoon
#haiku #frostmoon #haiga
*photo taken by a neighbor friend near our homes.
Pink skies with eastern pine and the full moon low in the sky.
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
earlier each day
from the kitchen window
moon rise

#dailyhaikuprompt moon rise
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
blue with red trim
on a park bench
found or lost mittens

oops, out of order #dailyhaikuprompt mittens
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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garden party
hosted by
pine sap

#dailyhaikuprompt pine sap

*in our backyard, it’s Douglas Fir sap😂; love those trees but not their sticky mess
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
gray days
endured
with good books

#dailyhaikuprompt endure
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
frozen
before hitting the ground
slippery words

#dailyhaikuprompt sleet
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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still pond
to the frog
no carping

#dailyhaikuprompt carp
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
morning forecast
before coffee
foggy

#dailyhaikuprompt foggy
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
tear stained
in a lingerie drawer
maudlin love letter

#dailyhaikuprompt maudlin
October 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
one leaf left hanging
content to be

desolate

#dailyhaikuprompt desolate
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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frog jumps
the still pound
groan

#dailyhaikuprompt groan
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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restrained fire
revealed
by her coolness

#dailyhaikuprompt coolness
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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halting
stream of consciousness
beaver dam

#dailyhaikuprompt halt
October 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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waiting pear
on the counter
not quite ripe

#dailyhaikurompt ripe
October 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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to
be
the
last
to
fall
silly
leaf
endeavor

#dailyhaikuprompt endeavor
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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observed joy
my mother
pear tasting

#dailyhaikuprompt pear
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
kshepherdwrites.bsky.social
democracy
under a haystack
fast asleep

#dailyhaikuprompt haystack
October 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Reposted by K. S. Shepherd
haikubycrane.bsky.social
days shortening &
milkweed close to dehiscence—
time to bundle up

#haiku #fall #nature
This is a picture of a lone Asclepias aka milkweed, a flowering plant.
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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pavers
where the lawn had grown
displaced rose petals

#dailyhaikurompt grown
October 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM