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Micro-poems for The Hours
by Ann Collins
Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. --Rumi
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by Ann Collins
Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. --Rumi
72seasons.substack.com
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January 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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speaking about spring
and still living in winter
the snowdrops’ white tongues
and still living in winter
the snowdrops’ white tongues
February 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
speaking about spring
and still living in winter
the snowdrops’ white tongues
and still living in winter
the snowdrops’ white tongues
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January 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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January 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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katydids cry out
the earth moans in prayer
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microseason 34
katydids cry out
the earth moans in prayer
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microseason 34
#俳句 #haiku #poet:anon #kigo:spring #kigo:blossoms ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "blossoms" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
![花散るや蛙のこゑの香に匂ふ [無名]
blossoms scatter—
scent of the frog's voice
perfumed
[Anon]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreidmfcdfwzuzav5vgdiikxgqg42a24sl4jkrorfh5gyfwzlb36voby@jpeg)
January 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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katydids cry out
the earth moans in prayer
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microseason 34
katydids cry out
the earth moans in prayer
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microseason 34
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a bird singing
in a vast field
with nothing to hold onto
Basho
in a vast field
with nothing to hold onto
Basho
January 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
a bird singing
in a vast field
with nothing to hold onto
Basho
in a vast field
with nothing to hold onto
Basho
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Meanwhile the moon listens
and hums along
Microseason 33
Meanwhile the moon listens
and hums along
Microseason 33
#俳句 #haiku #poet:Otokuni #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:autumn #kigo:insects ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "insect" or "fate" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
![虫よ虫鳴いて因果が尽きるなら [川井乙州]
insect! insect!
crying as if it is possible
to exhaust fate
[Otokuni]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreictwavxna7b6edc2dmd6c6flnegw3jej7xn72tocvyffjnleni64a@jpeg)
January 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Meanwhile the moon listens
and hums along
Microseason 33
Meanwhile the moon listens
and hums along
Microseason 33
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Beech tree
shimmering
in cold wind
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the rustling of dry leaves
holding on for spring
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Microseason 71
Beech tree
shimmering
in cold wind
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the rustling of dry leaves
holding on for spring
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Microseason 71
January 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Beech tree
shimmering
in cold wind
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the rustling of dry leaves
holding on for spring
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Microseason 71
Beech tree
shimmering
in cold wind
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the rustling of dry leaves
holding on for spring
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Microseason 71
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Around this time last year I was capturing the nearly Full Moon. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #MoonHour
January 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Around this time last year I was capturing the nearly Full Moon. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #MoonHour
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Ebony jewelwings hover,
humming with light.
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Ebony jewelwings hover,
humming with light.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Ebony jewelwings hover,
humming with light.
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Ebony jewelwings hover,
humming with light.
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. . . and now he translates light & shadow into music in his mind while his hand writes letters upon the sky and I look on, astonished . . .
January 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
. . . and now he translates light & shadow into music in his mind while his hand writes letters upon the sky and I look on, astonished . . .
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I'm so happy with how this came out. Has that traditional japanese/chinese brush work vibe and nothing makes me happier.
Someday I hope I'll learn Japanese & kanji to be able to do the calligraphy and write my own verses in Japanese.
#haiga #haiku #sumi-e #painting #poetry #zenart #japaneseart
Someday I hope I'll learn Japanese & kanji to be able to do the calligraphy and write my own verses in Japanese.
#haiga #haiku #sumi-e #painting #poetry #zenart #japaneseart
December 31, 2024 at 2:18 PM
fainter than
the sound of falling rain
first frogs
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Thunder claps its hands--
my heart jumps!
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Microseason No. 11
the sound of falling rain
first frogs
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Thunder claps its hands--
my heart jumps!
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Microseason No. 11
#俳句 #haiku #poet:Shōhei #school:Shōmon #era:1600s #kigo:spring #kigo:first-frogs ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1898) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "frog" as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
![降る雨の音より低し初蛙 [祥平]
fainter than
the sound of falling rain,
first frogs
[Shōhei]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreicdd5pdr2bjb4zmseyq6d76fg7vei6dl2l3cvzzk4jgt27qxev64e@jpeg)
January 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
fainter than
the sound of falling rain
first frogs
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Thunder claps its hands--
my heart jumps!
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Microseason No. 11
the sound of falling rain
first frogs
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Thunder claps its hands--
my heart jumps!
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Microseason No. 11
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January 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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#276
“Love is the necessary foundation enabling us to survive the wars, the hardships, & the sickness & the dying with our spirits intact—it is love that allows us to survive whole.”
—bell hooks (via Tash)
@tashmahal.bsky.social
#aphorisms #proverbs #poetry
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“Love is the necessary foundation enabling us to survive the wars, the hardships, & the sickness & the dying with our spirits intact—it is love that allows us to survive whole.”
—bell hooks (via Tash)
@tashmahal.bsky.social
#aphorisms #proverbs #poetry
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January 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
#276
“Love is the necessary foundation enabling us to survive the wars, the hardships, & the sickness & the dying with our spirits intact—it is love that allows us to survive whole.”
—bell hooks (via Tash)
@tashmahal.bsky.social
#aphorisms #proverbs #poetry
🖤
“Love is the necessary foundation enabling us to survive the wars, the hardships, & the sickness & the dying with our spirits intact—it is love that allows us to survive whole.”
—bell hooks (via Tash)
@tashmahal.bsky.social
#aphorisms #proverbs #poetry
🖤
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Happy New Year, friends. ✨
Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley, December 31, 1929:
Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley, December 31, 1929:
January 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy New Year, friends. ✨
Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley, December 31, 1929:
Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley, December 31, 1929:
first steps on fresh ground,
I scatter sunflower seeds
#俳句 #haiku #poet:Ransetsu #school:Shōmon #school:Setsumon #era:1600s #kigo:spring #kigo:new-year ❖ Source: #BHChamberlain (1902) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "New Year" as a #dailyhaikuprompt! 🖤
![元日や晴れてすずめのものがたり [嵐雪]
new year's day--
about the sky clearing
sparrows gossip
(Ransetsu)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihzkat3qpck4s2mf5qvbph35m2ysf4w27x2b2k6qegd4wntrinrga@jpeg)
January 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
first steps on fresh ground,
I scatter sunflower seeds
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December 31, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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This starless image of the Andromeda galaxy is definitely one of my best, and one of the few I can enlarge and get lost in the detail.
December 28, 2024 at 12:07 PM
This starless image of the Andromeda galaxy is definitely one of my best, and one of the few I can enlarge and get lost in the detail.
oh the joy of mothering a spider, a beetle, a butterfly!
What an absolutely adorable poem 🖤
the other is wrapped in christmas paper
Janet Sutherland
Janet Sutherland
December 27, 2024 at 2:02 AM
oh the joy of mothering a spider, a beetle, a butterfly!
