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Jonathan Roman
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the bush warbler's cry
my boat is green

--Shioto Takei

ほうほけきょ私の舟はミドリ色 竹井紫乙

ほうほけきょ: "hoo-hokekyo"; the onomatopoeia for the sound a Japanese bush warbler makes, so:

hoo-hokekyo
my boat
is green

#haiku #gendaihaiku #translation
June 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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#poignant #senryu by Adele Evershed, a Welsh poet, currently living on America’s East Coast. @ad_libby #poetry #war #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #cherryblossoms #micropoetry #USA #wales
May 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Today's theme for #JanuArty is shadow...

I enjoyed trying to create this mysterious person emerging from the shadows with a minimum of dots. #art
January 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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just past dusk
the mountain swallows
the moon

Fireflies' Light, Missouri Baptist University
#mpy #haiku #poetry
December 26, 2024 at 3:41 AM
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black butterfly—
all the possible words
in the inkwell

—Pippa Phillips
#Poetry #Haiku #Senryu #NYC #Metronorth
December 24, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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sudden rain—
I open an umbrella
inside me

—Pippa Phillips @pippaesque.bsky.social
#Poetry #Haiku #Senryu #GrandCentralStation #NYC
December 21, 2024 at 12:11 AM
December 17, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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tanka weekly challenge

December 5, 2024

this week’s prompt:

lightning

write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem

#tanka resources to develop your practice:

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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Hi everyone! I've had some large emergency medical bills, both animal and human, lately so if you've ever thought about buying one of my books or some of my art, now would be a fantastic time to do so!

Here's a little thread of what's on offer...

Art prints at www.inprnt.com/gallery/whis...
December 3, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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sunshine on sleet
in this crystal silence
a tree breaks

#WalesHaikuJournal #sleet
I spent about 15 minutes turning this around in my head while attempting to meditate this morning . . . time well spent.
Wrote it down, looked again, and changed "landscape" to "silence."
December 3, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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mycelium our wordless conversation

—Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2022

#vss365
#Haiku or #Senryu
#OneLine
December 4, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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morning air
I slowly inhale
the valley

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#haiku #senryu #micropoetry
November 23, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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Good morning & happy weekend. ⛅️ We have company arriving tomorrow. So busy day.

Shadow Pond Journal is open for subs of themed haiku through Dec 10. I may try there. Will see. I think subs are via Duotrope. Where are you submitting?

Make it a great day for yourself & others! 🫶💝🦋 ☮️

#SaturdayVibes
November 23, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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candlelight—
a quieter way
to burn

#haiku #haikusaturday
November 23, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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trekking
into the forest
falling leaves
cover the footsteps
that lead to another world

#TankaThursday
#Poetry
#Berserk
#Manga
November 21, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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tanka weekly challenge:

November 21, 2024

this week’s prompt:

footsteps

write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem

#tanka resources to develop your practice:

Tanka Society of America:

www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
November 20, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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from the leaf litter,
the rasp of a mating song—
katydid

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

#books #reading #booksky #poetry
November 20, 2024 at 3:34 AM
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anticipation
crumbling leaves between
my fingers

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku
November 21, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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dark morning...
dried leaves sparkle
with frost

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#micropoetry
#poetry
#haiku
November 20, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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proof, they say,
of dragons . . .
dried leaves burned black

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Poetry
November 21, 2024 at 3:16 AM
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morning sea
I shake the night
from my wings

Kingfisher 5 (2022)
A New Resonance, Red Moon Press (2023)
#haiku
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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this is what the world
is made of
birds building nests
and wind
November 13, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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Hello Blue Sky writers, you're invited to join me every Sunday for #SenryuSunday. There are no prompt words, just post your original Senryu poem to the hashtag, & visit the hashtag to enjoy everyone else's work. Here's a link with more information on the Senryu form
akitahaiku.com/what-are-hai...
What are Haiku, Senryu and Tanka?
What are Haiku, Senryu and Tanka?   To help you get started, here is a short introduction to Japanese poetry styles.   What are Haiku?   Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 morae…
akitahaiku.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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My first book of #haiku & #tanka, The Call of Wildflowers, was published by Title IX Press (now Moth Orchid Press) in 2020 & contains poems about parenting & motherhood. You can read it for #free here:

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#poetry #poets
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November 16, 2024 at 7:42 PM