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Michele Rule 🇨🇦📝 she/her
@michelerule.bsky.social
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Poet/Writer. Proud mom and grandma to both humans and pets. Disabled. Recovering politician. Chocolate lover. Human rights friendly. Coeditor at @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social.
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Time to order Beyond Blue, an anthology edited by @christinamyers.bsky.social and Olga Nwobosi! I have the story of my postpartum depression in it! Published by @caitlinpress.bsky.social #canadianpress #postpartumdepression
September 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Thanks to Haiku Girl Summer for including this little #haiku today!
Black text on a white background garlic scapes the stew rises above its ordinary roots Michele Rule Kelowna BC Canada www.michelerule.ca
August 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Happy International Cat Day from Stanley and me! #blackcat
A black cat with a white bib, green eyes and long white whiskers looks into the camera. He is loaf-sitting on an orange and brown blanket. In the background is a blurred electric fireplace and wooden shelves.
August 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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It's great to live in a country where you can meet the prime minister and take a selfie together 😊🇨🇦
An older man with a dark blue suit and a grey tie stands beside a middle-aged woman with long hair in a ponytail and light pink glasses wearing a checked beige and white vest. Behind them is a vineyard, and large lake and some low mountains.
August 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Furry friends are the best. My little pup keeps me calm when my anxiety kicks in.
A small brown dog with big ears is cuddled into a black and white blanket in the basket of my mobility scooter which is out of sight.
August 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Thrilled to have one of my haiku appear in @teatimehaiku.bsky.social 's Haiku Girl Summer! Thanks to guest editor Jessica Allyson! #haiku
White page with black text. Text reads wildfire might as well give up smoking Michele Rule Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada www.michelerule.ca
July 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Had fun with this sketch by Josiah! #completethehaiga @completethehaiga.bsky.social #haiga
A black and white image. What looks like a ragged piece of snake skin from larger head end down to very narrow tail end. Text reads snakeskin for once the rattle lies silent Michele Rule Artist signature read Josiah
July 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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So pleased to have a haiku on the theme of "books" in the latest issue of the Haiku Canada BC Yukon newsletter! #haiku #haikucanada
A plain white sheet with a pressed pink flower in the bottom right hand of the page. Text from the top reads: haiku challenge/défi haiku (books/livres) July/Juliet 2025 no. 10 first date - we tell each other our favourite books Michael Dylan Welch Sammamish (WA) clearing bookshelves last year's roses pressed in romance novels Michele Rule Kelowna (BC) heirloom dictionary a language we share ... pressed flowers Karin Hedetniemi Victoria (BC)
July 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Happy Canada Day! We hang this Canadian flag designed by First Nations artist Curtis Wilson in honour of the people who have lived here for time immemorial. Today is a day to celebrate but also look at the hard truths that exist in our country. We pledge to continue to work towards reconciliation.
A small white house with a brown door and a brown trellis. Yellow and purple flowers in the foreground. On the far left side of the house hangs a flag, vertically. Red stripes on each side of the flag and a red maple leaf. Inside the red portions are the First Nations symbols of orca and eagle.
July 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Pierre got a little bored on our visit to the flower show today ... #pierrethedog #mexicanchihauhau
A small brown dog with big ears lies in a basket lined with a black and white blanket. He has his chin resting on his paw.
June 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Thanks to David McMurray for publishing this duostich in today's Asahi Shimbun! Kalamalka means "lake of many colours" in the Syilx language. The lake is full of rainbow trout 🙂 #haiku
On a background the runs from aqua at the top to mauve at the bottom are two white text boxes. Written in black, the text reads The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch ice fishing on Kalamalka lake a rainbow beneath our feet
June 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Great show tonight with Steven Page, Greg Notley and Kevin Fox! Wonderful anniversary gift from my husband ❤️
A stage with three performers. From left to right, a man playing a brown electric guitar, a man playing a brown acoustic guitar, and a man, seated, playing a black cello. All three are wearing suits but only the man in the middle has a tie. Behind them is a brown grand piano.
June 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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She thought I couldn't see her in there ❤️
A mule deer peeks out from a hiding spot of green grasses and willow tree
June 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Lovely to have this little haiku debuting in the Haiku Canada Membership Anthology 2025! #haiku #haikucanada
A plain white background with black print. The text reads: snowflakes on my tongue the beginning of a new language Michele Rule
June 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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A beautiful day for a ginko walk in Kasugai Gardens #haiku #kasugai #kelowna
A weeping crabapple tree partially shades a stone pagoda. In the background is a pond with lilypads and further back on the other shore of the pond are a variety of shrubs and trees as well as a Japanese style gateway made of wood.
June 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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How would you complete the haiga? @completethehaiga.bsky.social #haiga #completethehaiga
A simple line sketch in black on a white background gives the allusion of water and a shark fin. In the bottom left hand corner is the text: rough seas the shark glides by the empty beach In the bottom right corner is the text: Michele Rule Vertically along the right hand side is the text: @completethehaiga (complete the haiga)
June 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Big day at the plant nursery at Rona 😊. All this plus two bags of dirt. #springplanting #gardenersofbluesky
A blue metal cart is parked on a road beside bags of soil. In the cart is a box of annual flowers like dahlias. There is also a honeysuckle vine and another plant I've already forgotten the name of but it has clusters of tiny cream coloured flowers.
May 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Out for a coffee date with Pierre the Chihuahua! Model Bean Coffee is so yummy!
A middle aged woman with her hair back and light pink glasses smiles into the camera. A small brown dog wearing a purple harness is in profile, he is sitting in a metal basket with a green blanket.
May 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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A bit of sun is all it took for the purple allium to pop! #springflowers
A horizontal photo of around twenty purple orb-shaped flowers made up of many tiny blossoms, on between one and two feet tall stems. Bright green foliage on the bottom of the photo and a mottled background of shadowed trees and shrubs.
May 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Happy Mother's Day, especially to this lively one! My mom 😊❤️
An older woman with short grey hair wearing a black and gold striped T-shirt and a middle aged woman with shoulder length brown hair and glasses wearing a grey striped sweater with a blue striped T-shirt underneath sit together on an old fashioned loveseat with gold lamme fabric and wooden arms and legs. In the background is a wall made of wooden slats.
May 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Had a nice visit with a burrowing owl today at #sorco (South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls) in Oliver, BC! #burrowingowl
A small brown and white striped owl sits on a gloved-hand.
May 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Happy Birthday to our grandson! Seven years old now!
Against a painted background of a cherry tree with Easter egg decorations and a white picket fence with large easter eggs in front sits a rustic wooden bench. On the bench sit a middle aged man and woman, both wearing sunglasses. On the arm of the bench sits a little boy with dark hair.
April 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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I have a new recliner. The pets have both abandoned me lol #pierrethedog #stanleythecat
A middle aged bald man with glasses lies on a brown couch. A large black and white cat lies beside him and a small brown dog is sitting on his lap. The background is cluttered with a plant, a lamp, a black and white blanket and a red pillow and behind that is a large window. It is dark outside.
April 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Today's garden visitor #quail #birdsofbluesky
A male quail sits on the wing of a concrete bird that is affixed to a concrete birdbath. In the background are bits of green plants and a bright red camping chair.
April 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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A few of my Easter haiku, published today at the Word on the Street Easter edition 🐣 #easter #haiku
On a background that runs from blue at the top down to lilac at the bottom. Text reads farmer's daughter baby chicks on her Easter bonnet - Michele Rule Canada moonless night one last look at the sealed tomb - Michele Rule Canada
April 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM