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Roger Bonner (we is)
@bonnerr.bsky.social
#Poet, #playwright, #writer of children's books, living in Basel, Switzerland. #Haiku #poetry #humorist #satirist
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Great #news two of my #haiku have been accepted for the #HaikuCrush
#Anthology #BestHaiku #2025!
#Haiku is alive in '25!

The 3 judges @haikucrush.bsky.social have announced... two haiku by Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social of #Basel #Switzerland will be published in The Best Haiku 2025 anthology.

"I love the fleeting moment of a haiku based on direct observation."

#poetry #poetrycommunity
Wilting but still brave,
tulips maintain dignity,
yet the dustbin waits

Here’s my #Tuesday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365
#BlueSkyPoem #photography
#HaikuCrush #autumn #Fall
#micropoetry #Tulips
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Here’s my #Thursday
#Senryu #Poetry #BirdFeeder #WinterPrep #NaturePoetry
#BlueSkyPoets #Micropoetry #PoetryCommunity #HumorPoetry #BackyardBirds #vss365
#photography

Bird feeder set up
for winter’s freezing days —
where’s the clientele?
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Here's one for #Wednesday
#Senryu #Poetry #WinterPoetry #Snowfall #Micropoetry
#PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets #WritersOnBlueSky #HumorPoetry #HaikuCrush
#SeasonalPoetry

Waiting for the snow
to tumble down from heaven —
pillow fight with God
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Here’s my #Tuesday
#Senryu #Poets #Humor #Satire
#BlueSkyPoet #Vss365
#HaikuCrush
#SillySenryu #love
#TravelPoetry #Paris

Adrift in Paris,
and there is love in the air —
Damn, passport stolen!
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Reposted by Roger Bonner (we is)
The Best #Haiku 2025 is now available at Amazon and its brick/online partner #booksellers! Here's a shortcut to its U.S. Amazon page: tinyurl.com/TheBestHaiku/ Some countries vary.

#giftidea #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #haikufeels #poetrybook #booklovers #haikusunday #haikusaturday #haikuchallenge
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Here’s my #Monday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365
#BlueSkyPoem #photography
#HaikuCrush #autumn #Fall
#micropoetry #Tulips #Flowers
#Shelley #Spring

Last of the tulips
standing at attention still —
is spring far behind?
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Here’s my #Sunday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365
#BlueSkyPoem #photography
#HaikuCrush #rain #autumn #Fall
#micropoetry

Water drops shimmer
on branches lit by lamplight —
rain weaving a web
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
For the #2wordprompts #plummet and #stare
#Senryu #AntiWarPoetry #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets #Micropoetry #WritersOnBlueSky #WarAndPeace #TruthPoetry
#Vss365

Watch the bombs plummet,
while staring at the TV —
wars can hit us too!
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Here’s my #Wednesday
#Senryu #Poetry #Humor #Satire #BlueSkyPoet #Vss365 #pumpkin
#Haikusmash #photography
#SillySenryu #BlueSkyPoets
#Fall

Wrinkled old pumpkin,
you’ve become a real giant –
what a pie you’ll make!
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Here’s my #Tuesday
#Senryu #Poetry #Humor #Satire #BlueSkyPoet #Vss365 #eggs
#Haikusmash #Dinosaurs
#SillySenryu #BlueSkyPoets

Tyrannosaurus
eggs for breakfast, be aware -
Momma’s coming fast!
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Here’s my #Sunday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365
#nature #Way #mountain
#BlueSkyPoem #Zen #snow
#HaikuCrush #photography
#poem #BlueSkyCommunity

The way leads to snow –
does it know how long it takes
to reach the summit?
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Here’s my #weekend
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365
#leaves #trees #nature
#BlueSkyPoem #moonlight
#HaikuCrush #alchemy
#photography

Moon caught in branches,
bare now, leaves withered on ground -
drops of quicksilver
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Here’s my #Thursday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365 #Ginkgo
#leaves #trees #nature
#BlueSkyPoem #moonlight #livingfossil
#ivy #lonely #HaikuCrush
#photography

Late light burning low
in the lonely ivied house –
Ginkgo leaves eavesdrop
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Here’s my #Wednesday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365 #Ginko
#leaves #trees #nature
#BlueSkyPoem #moonlight #livingfossil
#dinosaurs

Ginkgo leaves shimmer
under the same moonlight where
dinosaurs once roamed
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Congratulations to Mara Gajic for having a Haiku chosen!
#Haiku is alive in '25!

The 3 judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce... a haiku by Mara Gajic of #Vienna #Austria has been chosen to be in The Best Haiku '25 #anthology.

" ...whenever you feel overwhelmed by your thoughts, try to put them into a haiku."

#poetry #micropoetry #poets
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Here’s my #Tuesday #nostalgic
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365 #memory
#BlueSkyPoem #kiss #love
#romance #HaikuCrush

Sometimes, in a flash,
it is nineteen fifty-eight -
first kiss through glasses
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Here’s my #Sunday #haiku
#BlueSkyPoets #NaturePoetry
#Sanryu #Vss365
#poetry #micropoetry
#mountain #Alps #clouds
#photography

Buoyed by rising mist,
the mountain peak looms skyward –
restraining clouds form
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Here’s my #Friday #Halloween #Sanryu
#BlueSkypost #Vss365
#photography #HaikuCrush
#micropoetry #shadows #graveyard
#moonlight #hands #graves
#HappyHalloween!
#BlackBoughPoetry

Moon gleams through branches,
shadows creep about tombstones –
a hand breaks from grave
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM