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Steven Stokes
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Strategic Comms and Engagement Director for a Welsh Charity. RSA Fellow. Haikuist. Own views. Cymru / Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Haiku poems via https://stevenlstokes.wordpress.com
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Steven Stokes @steven-stokes.bsky.social · Nov 17
New to Bluesky? Welsh? Connection to Wales?

This might be a starter pack for you.

If there’s somebody you think should be added, or if you’d like to be added, let me know 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#Wales #Cymru
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in the eye
of a bathing robin
herself

#Haiku #Poem #Poetry

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Herself
in the eye of a bathing robin herself  (C) Steven Stokes
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November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Time to leave this crazy world for a couple of hours courtesy of a delightful stout and Pink Floyd on Sky Arts.
A bottle of organic chocolate stout on a small table and Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder concert on the TV,
October 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Manchild post alert…

Come on the #Swans.
A picture of me, a beardy bloke in glasses wearing a Swansea City football shirt.
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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90+2 mins - Swans 1 Notts Forest 2

90+7 mins - Swans 3 Notts Forest 2

THE END
Swansea City and Nottingham Forest players on the pitch under the floodlights, on a very wet night.
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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white noise
my eyes rest on the
tideless bay

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry

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white noise
white noisemy eyes rest on thetideless bay (C) Steven Stokes
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September 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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It’s been a few weeks since I last posted on #HaikuSaturday. My writing has been practically non-existent this year - but the ebbs and flows of life all add to our prose.

ice cream drips
the fountain spray
cools my neck

#Haiku #Poetry

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Fountain Spray
ice cream drips the fountain spray cools my neck (C) Steven Stokes
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July 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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A proper test match. Every single player, red and gold, gave everything.

#Lions
Full-time score, Australia 26 British and Irish Lions 29.
July 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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early hair grass
a severn sea breeze
brushes past

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry

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Severn Sea Breeze
early hair grass a severn sea breeze brushes past (C) Steven Stokes
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June 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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solstice
sunlit beads ready
to drop

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #SummerSolstice #Poetry

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solstice
solstice sunlit beads readyto drop (c) Steven Stokes
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June 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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the heat
of a looming storm
strawberry moon

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry

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Strawberry Moon
the heat of a looming storm strawberry moon (c) Steven Stokes
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June 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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semi conscious
the 3am poet writes
in briefs

#HaikuSaturday #Senryu #Poetry

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3am Poet
semi conscious the 3am poet writes in briefs (c) Steven Stokes
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June 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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the heat
of a looming storm
strawberry moon

#Haiku #Poetry #MicroPoetry #StrawberryMoon

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Strawberry Moon
the heat of a looming storm strawberry moon (c) Steven Stokes
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June 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Oh Wales. The emotions. The emotion of it all.
June 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Missed out on Oasis tickets first time around?

Win 2 tickets to their Cardiff gig on 5 July. Just buy a raffle ticket and you’re in with a chance.

All proceeds go to the Wales Air Ambulance Charity (@air-ambulance.bsky.social).

Good luck 🤞🏻

To enter, visit www.walesairambulance.com/oasis
A graphic that says ‘Win Oasis Tickets + VIP Hospitality’.
May 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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golden sun soaring high golden finch

#Monoku #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry

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golden
golden sun soaring high golden finch (c) Steven Stokes
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May 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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spring sunset
eyes soften
to birdsong

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry

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Spring Sunset
spring sunset eyes soften to birdsong  (C) Steven Stokes
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May 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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pencil stub
the boat that set out
never returned
May 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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To mark International Dylan Thomas Day yesterday (14 May), here’s a Thomas-inspired #Haiku.

#Poetry #DylanDay

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white cross
Llareggubsombre steps to the white cross (c) Steven Stokes
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May 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Yesterday (14 May) was International Dylan Thomas Day, so I’m slightly late with this.

That said, any day is a good day to listen to the perfect combination of Thomas’s words with Richard Burton’s voice.

Enjoy 🙂

#Poetry #DylanDay

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Fernhill
YouTube video by Richard Burton - Topic
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May 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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sky and sea
a pastel palette
as one

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry

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Sky and Sea
sky and sea a pastel palette  as one (C) Steven Stokes
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May 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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A wonderful new #Haiku publication.

‘Tranquility: A Haiku Anthology’, edited by @g-marie-milton.bsky.social, is out now.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6D3P9SC
May 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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sky and sea
a pastel palette
as one

#Haiku #Poetry

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Sky and Sea
sky and sea a pastel palette  as one (C) Steven Stokes
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May 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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cool air
on my nose
a dew drop

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry

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cool air
cool airon my nosea dew drop (c) Steven Stokes
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May 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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That was an enjoyable game. The sun is shining, great atmosphere (both sets of fans), some good goals and a lovely send off for Joe Allen and Kyle Naughton.

FT: Swansea 3 Oxford 3
May 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Hello, my dearest friends, Tranquillity: An Anthology of Haiku, published by Literary Revelations has been for 2 days a #1 bestseller. Congratulations to all. The post below contains important info so please read 🙏❤️

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Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku, published by Literary Revelations, is now the #1 Bestseller on Amazon [Japanese and Haiku Poetry]
My dear followers, Literary Revelations is thrilled to let you know that Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku is now the #1 Bestseller on Amazon [Japanese and Haiku Poetry] Congratulations from the b…
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April 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM