C.X.Turner (Luci)
@loverpoetic.bsky.social
poet and co-editor WHJ @waleshaiku.bsky.social
2025
New Resonance 14 from cxturner.etsy.com
2024
evergreen from cxturner.etsy.com or Alba Publishing
2023
Building Sandcastles from https://a.co/d/7psrCFA
anemones from Yavanika Press
she/her/they/them🏳️🌈
2025
New Resonance 14 from cxturner.etsy.com
2024
evergreen from cxturner.etsy.com or Alba Publishing
2023
Building Sandcastles from https://a.co/d/7psrCFA
anemones from Yavanika Press
she/her/they/them🏳️🌈
Pinned
My debut solo collection of #haiku, #senryu and #tanka 💚🌿
wild roses
clinging in the rain
everything we can be
Available now in my Etsy shop!
cxturner.etsy.com
Signed copies with personal message 💚🌿
wild roses
clinging in the rain
everything we can be
Available now in my Etsy shop!
cxturner.etsy.com
Signed copies with personal message 💚🌿
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Delighted to have 2 haiku in the Autumn Issue of @waleshaiku.bsky.social
Many thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and @loverpoetic.bsky.social #haiku
#poetryasprotest
Many thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and @loverpoetic.bsky.social #haiku
#poetryasprotest
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Delighted to have 2 haiku in the Autumn Issue of @waleshaiku.bsky.social
Many thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and @loverpoetic.bsky.social #haiku
#poetryasprotest
Many thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and @loverpoetic.bsky.social #haiku
#poetryasprotest
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We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment, #read, and connect.
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
AUTUMN 2025 | home
The Summer '25 Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal
waleshaikujournal.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment, #read, and connect.
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
None of them had labels
a cupboard of jars
clouded with years
#bass drifts faint
from another decade
I move the glass
as if it might open
but the lids hold fast . . .
roots through the floorboards
remain unseen
#vss365 #FromOneLine #poem
a cupboard of jars
clouded with years
#bass drifts faint
from another decade
I move the glass
as if it might open
but the lids hold fast . . .
roots through the floorboards
remain unseen
#vss365 #FromOneLine #poem
August 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
None of them had labels
a cupboard of jars
clouded with years
#bass drifts faint
from another decade
I move the glass
as if it might open
but the lids hold fast . . .
roots through the floorboards
remain unseen
#vss365 #FromOneLine #poem
a cupboard of jars
clouded with years
#bass drifts faint
from another decade
I move the glass
as if it might open
but the lids hold fast . . .
roots through the floorboards
remain unseen
#vss365 #FromOneLine #poem
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night river
a bone white hand
rowing itself
— C.X. Turner
a bone white hand
rowing itself
— C.X. Turner
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
night river
a bone white hand
rowing itself
— C.X. Turner
a bone white hand
rowing itself
— C.X. Turner
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graveyard fog
the jawbone grins
without lips
— C.X. Turner
the jawbone grins
without lips
— C.X. Turner
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
graveyard fog
the jawbone grins
without lips
— C.X. Turner
the jawbone grins
without lips
— C.X. Turner
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Many thanks to @jeromeberglund.bsky.social for selecting my verse for Heterodox Haiku: Contrarians, haiku that goes against the grain. An excellent collection. The essays by @loverpoetic.bsky.social and @shortpoemz.bsky.social are also must-reads.
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August 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Many thanks to @jeromeberglund.bsky.social for selecting my verse for Heterodox Haiku: Contrarians, haiku that goes against the grain. An excellent collection. The essays by @loverpoetic.bsky.social and @shortpoemz.bsky.social are also must-reads.
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archive.org/details/hete...
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archive.org/details/hete...
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A new verse from returning contributor @loverpoetic.bsky.social:
𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲
when the walls drink my moan nails click like teeth the joists smell of wing-dust I lean in whispering torn silk
morning chill
his breath
of moths
— C.X. Turner
𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲
when the walls drink my moan nails click like teeth the joists smell of wing-dust I lean in whispering torn silk
morning chill
his breath
of moths
— C.X. Turner
aftertaste
when the walls drink my moan nails click like teeth the joists smell of wing-dust I lean in whispering torn silkmorning chillhis breathof moths — C.X. Turner
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August 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A new verse from returning contributor @loverpoetic.bsky.social:
𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲
when the walls drink my moan nails click like teeth the joists smell of wing-dust I lean in whispering torn silk
morning chill
his breath
of moths
— C.X. Turner
𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲
when the walls drink my moan nails click like teeth the joists smell of wing-dust I lean in whispering torn silk
morning chill
his breath
of moths
— C.X. Turner
sleep wouldn’t come
the night
sat #grumpy in the corner
crickets sawed
through the heat
like rusted blades
moonlight pooling
in hollows
where dreams should be
#FromOneLine #vss365
the night
sat #grumpy in the corner
crickets sawed
through the heat
like rusted blades
moonlight pooling
in hollows
where dreams should be
#FromOneLine #vss365
August 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
sleep wouldn’t come
the night
sat #grumpy in the corner
crickets sawed
through the heat
like rusted blades
moonlight pooling
in hollows
where dreams should be
#FromOneLine #vss365
the night
sat #grumpy in the corner
crickets sawed
through the heat
like rusted blades
moonlight pooling
in hollows
where dreams should be
#FromOneLine #vss365
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From the latest @waleshaiku.bsky.social
two young crows
harrying a hawk
the hill’s steep climb
Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and @loverpoetic.bsky.social for the selection!
#haiku #crows
two young crows
harrying a hawk
the hill’s steep climb
Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and @loverpoetic.bsky.social for the selection!
#haiku #crows
August 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
From the latest @waleshaiku.bsky.social
two young crows
harrying a hawk
the hill’s steep climb
Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and @loverpoetic.bsky.social for the selection!
#haiku #crows
two young crows
harrying a hawk
the hill’s steep climb
Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and @loverpoetic.bsky.social for the selection!
#haiku #crows
August 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Very much enjoyed reading @WalesHaiku summer issue. Grateful to editors, @loverpoetic.bsky.social
and @joewoodhouse.bsky.social for including these two #haiku
and @joewoodhouse.bsky.social for including these two #haiku
August 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very much enjoyed reading @WalesHaiku summer issue. Grateful to editors, @loverpoetic.bsky.social
and @joewoodhouse.bsky.social for including these two #haiku
and @joewoodhouse.bsky.social for including these two #haiku
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Honoured to have a couple of #haiku* in the beautiful Summer 2025 issue of @waleshaiku.bsky.social. Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse & @loverpoetic.bsky.social. Congrats to all who appear. Available to view free at www.waleshaikujournal.com
* Great to have a Welsh poem in there! 1/2
* Great to have a Welsh poem in there! 1/2
August 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Honoured to have a couple of #haiku* in the beautiful Summer 2025 issue of @waleshaiku.bsky.social. Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse & @loverpoetic.bsky.social. Congrats to all who appear. Available to view free at www.waleshaikujournal.com
* Great to have a Welsh poem in there! 1/2
* Great to have a Welsh poem in there! 1/2
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☀️ It's here!
The Summer 2025 Edition of Wales #Haiku Journal is live, filled with global voices and unique evocations of Summer. Like this one by Bryan Rickert.
Join us, and celebrate summer in every line…
www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025
#HaikuCommunity #poetrycommunity #newissue
The Summer 2025 Edition of Wales #Haiku Journal is live, filled with global voices and unique evocations of Summer. Like this one by Bryan Rickert.
Join us, and celebrate summer in every line…
www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025
#HaikuCommunity #poetrycommunity #newissue
July 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
☀️ It's here!
The Summer 2025 Edition of Wales #Haiku Journal is live, filled with global voices and unique evocations of Summer. Like this one by Bryan Rickert.
Join us, and celebrate summer in every line…
www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025
#HaikuCommunity #poetrycommunity #newissue
The Summer 2025 Edition of Wales #Haiku Journal is live, filled with global voices and unique evocations of Summer. Like this one by Bryan Rickert.
Join us, and celebrate summer in every line…
www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025
#HaikuCommunity #poetrycommunity #newissue
morning feathers
still damp from dreaming
we lift together
innocence beneath us
the sky begins to
listen
#vss365 #innocence #poem
still damp from dreaming
we lift together
innocence beneath us
the sky begins to
listen
#vss365 #innocence #poem
July 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
morning feathers
still damp from dreaming
we lift together
innocence beneath us
the sky begins to
listen
#vss365 #innocence #poem
still damp from dreaming
we lift together
innocence beneath us
the sky begins to
listen
#vss365 #innocence #poem
July 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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There are just a few days left to #submit to our Summer Edition, but if that’s a bit of a squeeze, there’s still a solid six weeks left to enter our inaugural Summer #haiku #competition ☀️.
To discover more details, head to waleshaikujournal.com
To discover more details, head to waleshaikujournal.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
There are just a few days left to #submit to our Summer Edition, but if that’s a bit of a squeeze, there’s still a solid six weeks left to enter our inaugural Summer #haiku #competition ☀️.
To discover more details, head to waleshaikujournal.com
To discover more details, head to waleshaikujournal.com
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Happy Friday haiku poets, new and experienced!
This week’s #prompt: poppy / poppies
Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖
We’re ready to follow wherever your creativity goes.
#haiku #senryu
This week’s #prompt: poppy / poppies
Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖
We’re ready to follow wherever your creativity goes.
#haiku #senryu
June 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Happy Friday haiku poets, new and experienced!
This week’s #prompt: poppy / poppies
Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖
We’re ready to follow wherever your creativity goes.
#haiku #senryu
This week’s #prompt: poppy / poppies
Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖
We’re ready to follow wherever your creativity goes.
#haiku #senryu
June 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Our community has now grown to over 5,000 across our social media. We’d like to thank you all for your support, your words, your time, your care for our #journal and this wonderful form. Thanks to Kevin Valentine for this #haiku which encapsulates our feeling on the journey…
June 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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I just introduced my 17 yo daughter to this much-loved poem.
If you beat yourself up mentally though you don’t hurt others, if your brain is different so your thoughts are loud and tangled, if you’re conscientious but still very strict with yourself, then it’s also for you:
If you beat yourself up mentally though you don’t hurt others, if your brain is different so your thoughts are loud and tangled, if you’re conscientious but still very strict with yourself, then it’s also for you:
June 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I just introduced my 17 yo daughter to this much-loved poem.
If you beat yourself up mentally though you don’t hurt others, if your brain is different so your thoughts are loud and tangled, if you’re conscientious but still very strict with yourself, then it’s also for you:
If you beat yourself up mentally though you don’t hurt others, if your brain is different so your thoughts are loud and tangled, if you’re conscientious but still very strict with yourself, then it’s also for you:
June 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Summer’s #realm reminds us of our losing two brilliant Souls @DawnHosmer7 & @Poetryin13
(Scott Christopher Beebe) who were & will always be #progenitors of #vss365.
Like you, they were some of my closest friends & inspirations.
#RIPDawn🕯️
#RIPScott🕯️
We love and miss you…
(Scott Christopher Beebe) who were & will always be #progenitors of #vss365.
Like you, they were some of my closest friends & inspirations.
#RIPDawn🕯️
#RIPScott🕯️
We love and miss you…
June 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Summer’s #realm reminds us of our losing two brilliant Souls @DawnHosmer7 & @Poetryin13
(Scott Christopher Beebe) who were & will always be #progenitors of #vss365.
Like you, they were some of my closest friends & inspirations.
#RIPDawn🕯️
#RIPScott🕯️
We love and miss you…
(Scott Christopher Beebe) who were & will always be #progenitors of #vss365.
Like you, they were some of my closest friends & inspirations.
#RIPDawn🕯️
#RIPScott🕯️
We love and miss you…