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mostly #haiku #satire
small #photo #haiga
#poems
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at his wake-
Granny giving sweets
to the great-grandkids

#haiku #senryu
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things.
‘Sweets’
A lovely bit of photo realism from artist: Harry Wingfield (First Picture Book 1970)
June 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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"Blinking in the morning sun.....
One day like this a year would see me right"
Elbow #WildlifeWednesday #deer #sunrise #goodmorning
May 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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13/5/25 - nocturn
May 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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from deep in the peony's stamens
a bee crawls out
a reluctant parting

#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho between 1684-1688
translator: Jane Reichhold
#poetry
May 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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farmers market...
the due diligence
of a magpie

#senryu #haiku #poetry
May 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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this year
leaning into the sunlight
a young oak

too close to the wall
this young oak...but that will be
not my problem

little oak-
i'll protect you
as long as I can

#poetry #shortform
May 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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It's Here ☀️! The Spring Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal is now live. Join us for a selection of #haiku, #monoku, #haiga and #haibun gathered from all over the world, which explore what this season represents, and what it means, to all of us.

www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring2025
SPRING 2025 | home
www.waleshaikujournal.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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sitting here
again
in this place I'll never be
again

this is what it is
to transcribe some

sacred
beautiful
suffering

around me
into me

the rivers of unknown
flow in

nothing mystical
just admitting
I know nothing

while
yet
I need

a little taste
April 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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an april breeze
swirling around the geraniums
buzzy bees
April 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Do you think he'd be peeved if I haiku'ed all over his serene photos ?

Photos by
©Michael Kenna
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘A form of meditation’: a photographic haiku to Japan – in pictures
A poetic new exhibition of dreamlike black and white images captures the country’s contemplative beauty, from lonely Torii gates to sprawling temple trees
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
April 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
April 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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#dailyhaikuprompt #comfort
#haiku
#poetry

comfortable silence
forty years of marriage
separate earbuds
April 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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after the frog splash...
Basho's smile upon this
returning stillness

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#internationalhaikuday
#senryu #haiku #poetry
April 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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maybe we too
soften with age
moss-covered stones

Happy International Haiku Poetry Day!

This piece is an 11x14 mixed media collage made with paper, acrylic paint, ink, colored pencil and glue on cradled birch panel.

#haiku #haiga #collage #aging
April 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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16/4/25 - nocturn
April 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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The waves crash with timeless rhythm along the rugged coast of Inis Meáin, #Ireland.
Part of the Aran #Islands, Inis Meáin is known for its wild Atlantic beauty, traditional stone walls, and deep connection to #Irish heritage.
[Damien Marshall]
April 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
April 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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pausing at the door-
the difference between
mist and rain

tree by the sea,
I see you, hear you
in the misty rain

dig deep
little oak
the sea is coming

ah, cork oak
at earth's edge
holding the sea

peaking over
the edge-roots deep
in crumbling air

misty sea
by a tree

#sequence #haiku
April 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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This is me reading Claggart, a #poem, which first appeared in the excellent FourXFour magazine. #poetrycommunity #booksky
April 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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sounds woke
April 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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You’re quite violent
But you’re fragile—
Like a Gatling gun
Of glass

You will break
In million pieces
Should your heart
E’er go full blast

Under #pressure
You can’t dial it back
Cuz fateful die’s
Been cast

Keep playing life
Like a video game—
Doubt for long
You’ll last
#vss365
April 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
April 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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the hush of evening
twilight
becomes the stars
April 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM