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To edit, or not?
Last question before posting.
Nope, now it's perfetc.

#haiku #haikufeels [edit] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I loved Grandma's treats --
peanut brittle, not so much --
thought I broke a tooth

#haiku #haikufeels [brittle] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Who's that goose up there,
tip of the vee, no goose-ends
in sight -- just blue sky

#haiku #haikufeels [lead] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Loom warped and wefted --
loose strands gathered and tightened --
a rainbow fabric

#haiku #haikufeels [warped] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hand on subway pole --
boss wrote "See me," no context --
O rider, just breathe

#haiku #haikufeels [relax] #writingprompt #blueskypoets
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hair combed, teeth brushed -- a
first date -- fingers crossed -- damage,
rear not thy foul head

#haiku #haikufeels [damage] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reposted by John Kerl
#HaikuFeels #haiku

spring rain—
each drop a vote
for the buried seed
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Rocky Mountain rain,
continental divide: drops
fall, choose an ocean

#haiku #haikufeels [vote] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Reposted by John Kerl
I voted for peace,
Took the tiny pencil home,
Wrote a small poem.

#haikufeels vote
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Reposted by John Kerl
blank page waiting
its perfect snowfall quiet
before the first word

#haikufeels #haiku
November 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Nothing is perfect --
but walking with you, my dear,
comes ever so close

#haiku #haikufeels [perfect] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Leaves fall, and branches
let go -- love's labors released --
awaiting the spring

#haiku #haikufeels [apart] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by John Kerl
cold moon on still roofs
leaves drift #apart in silence
one finds my window

#haikufeels #haiku #poetry #prompt #writingprompt
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Pale fingers writhe --
steam swirls -- rolling boil,
pot of spaghetti

#haiku #haikufeels [writhe] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reposted by John Kerl
deep in the forest
silence wears the sound of rain
like an old garment

#haikufeels #haiku
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hiking in the woods,
this is music to my ears:
the sound of silence

#haiku #haikufeels [silence] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I can't quit you, said
November to October --
I miss that spooky

#haiku #haikufeels [quit] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Felt :)
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Fear outweighs kindness --
trembling, unoffered solace
withers on the stem

#haiku #haikufeels [wither] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Each generation's
brainrot -- comic books, cable --
my turn to eye-roll

#haiku #haikufeels [rot] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Bandage flowers red --
what heart pumps, body can't hold
against world's strife

#haiku #haikufeels [seep] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
October 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Reposted by John Kerl
sparrow song seeps
through the fog -
rainy morning

#haikufeels
October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM