Shannon Haiku Insight
@shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social
Haiku insights from years of teaching folks to write haiku—preteens to senior citizens
I post more of my own haiku in #haiku from @haveahaiku.bsky.social
See
www.haiku-insight.org
for free Writing Prompts, Haiku Tips, Recommended Reading, & more.
I post more of my own haiku in #haiku from @haveahaiku.bsky.social
See
www.haiku-insight.org
for free Writing Prompts, Haiku Tips, Recommended Reading, & more.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I aim to post to my website www.haiku-insight.org
my haiku that first appeared on Bluesky. Starting with the earliest and working forward, I now am up to those written through February 2025.
Warning: a haiku a day adds up to a LOT! However, writing gets easier as days go by.
Take a look?
#haiku
my haiku that first appeared on Bluesky. Starting with the earliest and working forward, I now am up to those written through February 2025.
Warning: a haiku a day adds up to a LOT! However, writing gets easier as days go by.
Take a look?
#haiku
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I aim to post to my website www.haiku-insight.org
my haiku that first appeared on Bluesky. Starting with the earliest and working forward, I now am up to those written through February 2025.
Warning: a haiku a day adds up to a LOT! However, writing gets easier as days go by.
Take a look?
#haiku
my haiku that first appeared on Bluesky. Starting with the earliest and working forward, I now am up to those written through February 2025.
Warning: a haiku a day adds up to a LOT! However, writing gets easier as days go by.
Take a look?
#haiku
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#HaikuTip It’s valid to call haiku about being human either senryu or haiku. Ironically, our most personal, revealing haiku may be the most appealing. Centuries ago Issa wrote:
when will it become
a cricket’s nest?
my white hair
(p. 66, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
I can still relate today.
#haiku
when will it become
a cricket’s nest?
my white hair
(p. 66, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
I can still relate today.
#haiku
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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#AutumnShowers
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops” -Langston Hughes
Umbrellas appeared today like mushrooms pop up on the forest floor after the rain
#BloomScrolling #Nature
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops” -Langston Hughes
Umbrellas appeared today like mushrooms pop up on the forest floor after the rain
#BloomScrolling #Nature
October 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#AutumnShowers
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops” -Langston Hughes
Umbrellas appeared today like mushrooms pop up on the forest floor after the rain
#BloomScrolling #Nature
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops” -Langston Hughes
Umbrellas appeared today like mushrooms pop up on the forest floor after the rain
#BloomScrolling #Nature
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#UpForAChallenge ?
Yes, I did post a haiku using the word “autumn”
yesterday. Did you?
autumn view
sliced up by
slats in the blind
Today can we write like the haiku masters, clearly suggesting the season without naming it?
outside my window—
on one branch, yellow leaves glow in the sun
#haiku
Yes, I did post a haiku using the word “autumn”
yesterday. Did you?
autumn view
sliced up by
slats in the blind
Today can we write like the haiku masters, clearly suggesting the season without naming it?
outside my window—
on one branch, yellow leaves glow in the sun
#haiku
October 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#UpForAChallenge ?
Yes, I did post a haiku using the word “autumn”
yesterday. Did you?
autumn view
sliced up by
slats in the blind
Today can we write like the haiku masters, clearly suggesting the season without naming it?
outside my window—
on one branch, yellow leaves glow in the sun
#haiku
Yes, I did post a haiku using the word “autumn”
yesterday. Did you?
autumn view
sliced up by
slats in the blind
Today can we write like the haiku masters, clearly suggesting the season without naming it?
outside my window—
on one branch, yellow leaves glow in the sun
#haiku
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October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#HaikuTip Listening to Ezra Klein/Brian Eno podcast: creating Art is adult play, discovering & exploring our feelings.
For me, haiku is Art. I am sometimes transported, enlightened, enriched reading haiku & often uncover new meanings as I write haiku of my own, putting feelings into words.
#haiku
For me, haiku is Art. I am sometimes transported, enlightened, enriched reading haiku & often uncover new meanings as I write haiku of my own, putting feelings into words.
#haiku
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
October 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
September 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Looking for inspiration or advice on how to get started writing haiku?
Two new Writing Prompts have been added on the
www.haiku-insight.org
One is to trigger early autumn observations; the other is step by step instructions on how to write a haiku.
Added more My Haiku also.
#haiku #HaikuTip
Two new Writing Prompts have been added on the
www.haiku-insight.org
One is to trigger early autumn observations; the other is step by step instructions on how to write a haiku.
Added more My Haiku also.
#haiku #HaikuTip
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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September 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#HaikuTip Some writers of haiku determinedly keep themselves out of haiku moments they share; not Issa. Others find his many introspective haiku very relatable even today. The day his father was cremated he wrote:
splashing me
the survivor . . .
grassy dew
(p. 64, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
#haiku
splashing me
the survivor . . .
grassy dew
(p. 64, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
#haiku
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#HaikuTip A haiku may seem silly on the surface & yet have an undercurrent of sabi (loneliness, melancholy, appreciation for the old & faded), inviting reflection, like this one by Greg Longenecker:
abandoned farm
the dandelions make
their own wishes
(p. 58, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
#haiku
abandoned farm
the dandelions make
their own wishes
(p. 58, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
#haiku
September 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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September 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#HaikuTip Issa poked fun at pomposity, sometimes with potty humor. A mild example:
pointing
at the fart bug . . .
laughing Buddha
(p. 51 of Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
We need not take ourselves or others too seriously, regardless of station. A haiku can be both funny & food for thought.
#haiku
pointing
at the fart bug . . .
laughing Buddha
(p. 51 of Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
We need not take ourselves or others too seriously, regardless of station. A haiku can be both funny & food for thought.
#haiku
September 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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September 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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September 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM