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Bridget @8rid6et.bsky.social · 5d
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autumn advances
facing my own reflection
without makeup

#haiku #senryu #fall #ageing
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No New
Dept of Ed Dept of War

hug your children tight

#senryu
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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all around
engine sounds
canned thunder

#haiku #senryu
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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bleak overcast days
and misty cold rainy nights
TV static

#haiku #senryu
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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confronted with thoughts
of standing nude all winter
some trees turn bright red

#haiku #senryu #autumn
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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familiar dial tone
radiator kicking on
north wind is calling

#haiku #senryu #autumn
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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the last unicorn
and Nessie, one and the same
hiding from our view

#completethehaiga #haiku #haiga #lochnessmonster #fantasy
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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hand tied
knots of love
belly button

#haiku #senryu
A small hole in a tree trunk, from where a branch was lobbed years ago
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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autumn advances
facing my own reflection
without makeup

#haiku #senryu #fall #ageing
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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embracing change
growing constant
hip pain

#senryu #ageing
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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have another
glass of water
shamrock flower

#haiku #senryu
A sad potted green shamrock blooms delicate white flowers after being watered
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The Volunteer

seek to contribute
and by your contribution
to belong

#senryu #micropoetry
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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#poetry #micropoetry #autumn #robertfrost #fall #gingko #virginia
A yellow dog with hazel eyes, with a gold ribbon and a purple collar on her neck stands looking at an angle past the camera in a grassy area covered in gingko leaves. The poem reads: I might have let her Off her leash that day But in the gingko grove Mellowed by the yellow trove I heard Robert frost say Nothing gold can stay
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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paper airplanes
take off from the maple tree
your flight is grounded

#haiku #senryu #autumn #shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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once summer’s shade
now winter’s blanket
I trust my instincts

#haiku #senryu #fallcolors #gold #autumn #season #gingko #virginia
Looking up at two giant gingko trees, their light green leaves turning yellow against a robins egg blue sky in early autumn Deeper gold color as leaves start to carpet the forest floor in November in a seemingly endless grove of meticulously planted symmetrical rows of mature gingko. Spots of sunlight reach the ground through the canopy. A few people in the distance walking
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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american gulf
is between
the ears

#senryu #senryusunday #shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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pretty pumpkins
placed on porches
instead of plates

#snap #haiku #senryu #autumn
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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a kiss
before I go to slumber
and to snow

#haiku #senryu #autumn #fall
red mandevillia flower opening, waited until I brought it inside for the winter to bloom
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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tap dancing suitors
nowhere in sight, just crickets
singing in the rain

🦗

#haiku #senryu #autumn
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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snap, crackle and pop
my tendons in the morning
fall leaves underfoot

#haiku #senryu #autumn #ageing
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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a life well lived
inside the mind begins and
ends in poetry

#senryu #micropoetry #introvert
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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fresh faced
I remembered
save the best for last

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warm blanket of leaves
tucking in perennials
for a long cold sleep

#haiku #senryu #autumn #mums
hot pink chrysanthemums with bright yellow centers bloom through the fallen brown redbud leaves
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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depression moon
peeking out from behind clouds
just to say goodnight

#fullmoon #haiku #senryu #autumn
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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perhaps tonight
I’ll just read
instead of write

#senryu #dada
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8rid6et.bsky.social Bridget @8rid6et.bsky.social · 17d
I’ll be reading my poem Homeland Insecurity, published in Maintenant 19 by @threeroomspress.bsky.social at the Virtual #Dada Festival, streaming live from their Facebook page Wednesday 11/5 at 7:30 pm est ✌️

#poetry #event
The photo is an ad for the Virtual Dada Festival hosted by Three Rooms Press featuring artists from Maintenant 19. The event will be streamed live on Facebook 11/5 at 7:30 pm est
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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early November
the remaining raspberries
make their own sorbet

#haiku #senryu #fall #gardening
Ripe Red raspberry in green raspberry bush leaves
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Says the moon:

Earth! Look at this

picture of the sun

☀️

#fullmoon #haiku
#senryu
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM