Martina Matijević
@tinamatijev.bsky.social
Croatian cat-tea-haiku-obsessed writer
she/her though does it matter if we're all human
Touchstone Award Nominee '25
The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when your arrows are spent.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
she/her though does it matter if we're all human
Touchstone Award Nominee '25
The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when your arrows are spent.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pinned
Reposted by Martina Matijević
5haikuSpoken:
issue 20
Poets
Martina Matijević
Melissa Dennison
Dr. Deepak Dev
John S. Green
@lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
Dr Deepak Dev’s haiku with signpost:
RING
— answered softly
I hear your call
between the words I don’t say—
silence picks up first.
#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
issue 20
Poets
Martina Matijević
Melissa Dennison
Dr. Deepak Dev
John S. Green
@lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
Dr Deepak Dev’s haiku with signpost:
RING
— answered softly
I hear your call
between the words I don’t say—
silence picks up first.
#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
February 2, 2026 at 12:28 AM
5haikuSpoken:
issue 20
Poets
Martina Matijević
Melissa Dennison
Dr. Deepak Dev
John S. Green
@lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
Dr Deepak Dev’s haiku with signpost:
RING
— answered softly
I hear your call
between the words I don’t say—
silence picks up first.
#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
issue 20
Poets
Martina Matijević
Melissa Dennison
Dr. Deepak Dev
John S. Green
@lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
Dr Deepak Dev’s haiku with signpost:
RING
— answered softly
I hear your call
between the words I don’t say—
silence picks up first.
#5haikuSpoken #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
Reposted by Martina Matijević
BON MWA LISTWA NWAR! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🤎🔥🙌🏽🙌🏽
(Happy Black History Month!)
(Happy Black History Month!)
February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
BON MWA LISTWA NWAR! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🤎🔥🙌🏽🙌🏽
(Happy Black History Month!)
(Happy Black History Month!)
Reposted by Martina Matijević
I rise with the city
because I am one of its lights.
because I am one of its lights.
January 31, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I rise with the city
because I am one of its lights.
because I am one of its lights.
#Paintku Tuesdays Week 5
A busy week, but I’m back.
I thought we could use something lighter, so today’s pick is Laying Down the Law (1840) by Sir Edwin Landseer — a playful nod to the Court of Chancery.
courtroom
his words sealed
on their flews
Feel free to join with your own haiku.
A busy week, but I’m back.
I thought we could use something lighter, so today’s pick is Laying Down the Law (1840) by Sir Edwin Landseer — a playful nod to the Court of Chancery.
courtroom
his words sealed
on their flews
Feel free to join with your own haiku.
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 PM
#Paintku Tuesdays Week 5
A busy week, but I’m back.
I thought we could use something lighter, so today’s pick is Laying Down the Law (1840) by Sir Edwin Landseer — a playful nod to the Court of Chancery.
courtroom
his words sealed
on their flews
Feel free to join with your own haiku.
A busy week, but I’m back.
I thought we could use something lighter, so today’s pick is Laying Down the Law (1840) by Sir Edwin Landseer — a playful nod to the Court of Chancery.
courtroom
his words sealed
on their flews
Feel free to join with your own haiku.
Reposted by Martina Matijević
Written a year ago. We're still here... most of us. And we're still the lucky ones.
#poetry #battlecry #fuckice #fightfascism
#poetry #battlecry #fuckice #fightfascism
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Written a year ago. We're still here... most of us. And we're still the lucky ones.
#poetry #battlecry #fuckice #fightfascism
#poetry #battlecry #fuckice #fightfascism
Just got in bed and my mind is like: should we overthink world politics, the possible WWIII, your last relationship that failed (and what does that reveal about you), embarrassing high school stuff… or what?
I am so thoroughly tired of hearing about him 24/7.
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Just got in bed and my mind is like: should we overthink world politics, the possible WWIII, your last relationship that failed (and what does that reveal about you), embarrassing high school stuff… or what?
Superb!
LES SOUVENIRS DE MARCEL
Every moment relived -
catching a cough
in a handkerchief.
#paintku #haiku #senryu 🖼️
Every moment relived -
catching a cough
in a handkerchief.
#paintku #haiku #senryu 🖼️
#Paintku Tuesdays Week 3
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Superb!
Nya, wonderful as always!
January 21, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Nya, wonderful as always!
#Paintku Tuesdays Week 4
This project has officially lasted longer than some of my relationships.
Today's pick: Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (Albert Bierstadt, 1868).
I like the serene atmosphere of this painting.
the lake surface…
below mountains
more mountains
#paintku
This project has officially lasted longer than some of my relationships.
Today's pick: Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (Albert Bierstadt, 1868).
I like the serene atmosphere of this painting.
the lake surface…
below mountains
more mountains
#paintku
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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January 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
@mightyathena.bsky.social I adore this!
#Paintku Tuesdays Week 3
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
January 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
@mightyathena.bsky.social I adore this!
Welcome to PJ's prompt feature! We invite you to write senryu concerning: #pearl (with or without the word in your senryu)
What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
Find out more here: www.hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...
Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 09
#WritingCommunity
What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
Find out more here: www.hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...
Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 09
#WritingCommunity
a sea shell with a pearl inside of it
ALT: a sea shell with a pearl inside of it
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January 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
January 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The pinned senryu is dedicated to my late best friend from high school. I was feeling low when I wrote it. It's incredible how just seven words can be interpreted in so many ways by readers. This particular interpretation of the senryu made me laugh. Thanks.
He wanted to put a joke in English. The priest wouldn’t allow it, so they wrote it in Irish.
“I told you I was ill.”
Hahaha.
“I told you I was ill.”
Hahaha.
January 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The pinned senryu is dedicated to my late best friend from high school. I was feeling low when I wrote it. It's incredible how just seven words can be interpreted in so many ways by readers. This particular interpretation of the senryu made me laugh. Thanks.
BLACK & WHITE HAIGA/HAISHA
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January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
BLACK & WHITE HAIGA/HAISHA
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Reposted by Martina Matijević
tiny lot
when i was tiny
the room was big
now i am big
the room is tiny
what happened
half way
when i was tiny
the room was big
now i am big
the room is tiny
what happened
half way
January 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
tiny lot
when i was tiny
the room was big
now i am big
the room is tiny
what happened
half way
when i was tiny
the room was big
now i am big
the room is tiny
what happened
half way
Reposted by Martina Matijević
even death cannot silence
the murdered poet
from our wrecked hearts,
our tear-choked throats:
her voice
💙💔💙
#poem L.C. Goodwin
#micropoem
#art Nikkolas Smith
#AmericanGestapo
#resist
the murdered poet
from our wrecked hearts,
our tear-choked throats:
her voice
💙💔💙
#poem L.C. Goodwin
#micropoem
#art Nikkolas Smith
#AmericanGestapo
#resist
January 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
even death cannot silence
the murdered poet
from our wrecked hearts,
our tear-choked throats:
her voice
💙💔💙
#poem L.C. Goodwin
#micropoem
#art Nikkolas Smith
#AmericanGestapo
#resist
the murdered poet
from our wrecked hearts,
our tear-choked throats:
her voice
💙💔💙
#poem L.C. Goodwin
#micropoem
#art Nikkolas Smith
#AmericanGestapo
#resist
Reposted by Martina Matijević
Le Moulin dancing
Renoir’s dream of a sweet life
Doomsday enhancing
#Seranya #Haiku -ish🦄
#Writing #Poem via #Prompt
#Paintku by #artist @tinamatijev.bsky.social 🦋
#BlueskyPoets #PoetryCommunity
Renoir’s dream of a sweet life
Doomsday enhancing
#Seranya #Haiku -ish🦄
#Writing #Poem via #Prompt
#Paintku by #artist @tinamatijev.bsky.social 🦋
#BlueskyPoets #PoetryCommunity
#Paintku Tuesdays Week 3
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Le Moulin dancing
Renoir’s dream of a sweet life
Doomsday enhancing
#Seranya #Haiku -ish🦄
#Writing #Poem via #Prompt
#Paintku by #artist @tinamatijev.bsky.social 🦋
#BlueskyPoets #PoetryCommunity
Renoir’s dream of a sweet life
Doomsday enhancing
#Seranya #Haiku -ish🦄
#Writing #Poem via #Prompt
#Paintku by #artist @tinamatijev.bsky.social 🦋
#BlueskyPoets #PoetryCommunity
#Paintku Tuesdays Week 3
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
#Paintku Tuesdays Week 3
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.
Today’s pick: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876)
I fell in love with the painting the first time I saw it, back in high school.
the laughter
of dancing couples
twilight long
Feel free to join in with your own haiku.