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David
@haikubycrane.bsky.social
Author of Day Breaks on the Bottom of a Blue Sea. Words in Chicken Soup for the Soul, 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, The Five-Two, Live Nude Poems & many others.
Pinned
from twisting flames
a ‘face’ surfaces,
stirring sympathy

#haiku #pareidolia
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a small joy
a bouquet of flowers
for everyone

#streetart #tagtuesday
#haiga #haiku #shahai
The mural is located in northern lower Michigan, and was created by artists Dominic Laporte and Anaïs Labrecque of Drift Mural Co.
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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after the frost-
the river stitching
its silver wound
#haiku #poetry
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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clear day
the heart still bluer
than the sky ever could

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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late morning sunlight
a gold leaf from the birch tree
moving through the chords
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Why,
You grave but reckless senators
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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sunlit fence~
each nail head
a tiny sun

#haiku
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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I’m cruel and evil and write about Satan and all that stuff, but the “fuck people on SNAP/let’s make sure the billionaires are okay” crowd is subhuman garbage.
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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on the baking tray
root veggies tease and nestle
roasted side dish

#DailyHaikuPrompt | turnips, flirt
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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the North wind
between fall and winter;
sitting in the lee
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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relicts, you and I
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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cold morning~
i sprinkle extra cinnamon
on my cereal

#haiku
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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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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beyond the headlights
shining off the muntjac’s eyes
a nearly full moon
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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moon
splintered
into a thousand feathers
and filled my pillow
with dreams of you

#Photography 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔫🌹𝔏𝔞𝔲𝔯𝔞
@franlaura.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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sunset…
leaves peeling
to the wind

#haiku #poetry
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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moonrise…
waves peeling
to layered sands

#haiku #poetry
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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A simple gesture
A door held for another
Small bits of kindness

#haikucommunity #haiku #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #kindness #benice
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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With nowhere to start
And so many stars it’s hard
To connect the dots.

#haiku #poetry
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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starry night
up and down the street
flickering porch lights

#dailyhaikuprompt
#porch
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Fever flares again,
I feel my mother’s warm love—
Softly by my side.

#haikuchallenge
#haiku
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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The house you live in .... the rent .... the other tenants .... the deposite in the savings-bank .... the trade at the grocery,
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Grandma’s porch at dusk
shelling peas in mason bowls
stories in the wind

#dailyhaikuprompt (porch)
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
#haiku
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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wrong turn
right sunrise
and nothing to fix
#haiku #poetry
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Go call the people
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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dogwood blossoms
wind rushes through
my chakras



Kokako, issued #38, 2023

Upside Down: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2024

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM