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"Life is a journey and the journey itself is home" - Matsuo Basho (Japanese master of haiku poetry)

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 1h
travelling light a dropped verbena flower on a bronze shieldbug
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Shinobazu Pond 俳句 @shinobazupond.bsky.social · 21h
After the foghorn sounds - milk swirls around a teaspoon. #BlueSkyRemnant 13th Oct: after the foghorn sounds #haiku #senryu
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18h
Artwork by Katja Lang, contemporary German artist based in Berlin #WomensArt
Sketch of a tiny central lone human figure in a vast flat and bleak landscape
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18h
Liz Cooksey, UK textile artist who is inspired by natural habitats, hedgerows, garden boarders, meadows #WomensArt
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 17h
my bag ready i check the time every few minutes #senryu
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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 20h
Monday night — and here I remain with all these dreams
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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 16h
full moon gloom — you don’t know the half of it #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (full moon)
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Angelika Wienert @haikushelf.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
time to take the frozen plum crumble out of the freezer some cinnamon added later will make it better it's Sunday people argue online as they always did but more aggressive #poetry
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meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
between earth and sky... only birdsong Grateful to the fabulous team over at poetrypea for including my poems in this week's podcast. That is wonderful. 😁 m.youtube.com/c/PoetryPea #haiku @thepoetrypea.bsky.social
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Laughing Monkey @laughingmonkey0.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
mIschievous oaks dropping acorns on passersby #haiku
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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 19h
#haiku in line at the door ghosts
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Kizuどん @kizu-kagoshima.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
10/12 Mon.       #KizuJapan 🇯🇵 📸 山口県周南市   鹿苑山漢陽寺「曲水の庭」    Autumn Fantasy 🍁 Shunan City   Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 16h
This atmospheric woodblock print was made by Hiroshige in 1857. This artwork was greatly admired by Western artists in the late 1800s and was even being copied in oils by Vincent van Gogh in 1887. ☔️ Sudden shower at Ōhashi Bridge, Atake, Hiroshige Utagawa, I (1797 - 1858), 1857. EAX.4740
A woodblock print of Sudden shower at Ōhashi Bridge by Hiroshige Utagawa I.A woodblock print of Sudden shower at Ōhashi Bridge by Hiroshige Utagawa I.
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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 16h
hindema, adj: last (in time). (HIN-deh-ma / ˈhɪn-dɛ-ma) #OldEnglish #WOTD
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AndreaCConnolly \ umi yuuki @andreacaecilia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
She counted the bells Far away the tide churning Her ear a sea shell Dreams of wind chimes Along Hiroshima Bay ©️ #AndreaCConnolly 12.10.2026 #FromOneLine 431
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john mαtthєw @jdubqca.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
St. Bridget’s Church, the Norman Settlement was built in 1894 near the towns of Morse & Solon Iowa.
St. Bridget’s Church in rural Johnson County IA St. Bridget’s Church in rural Johnson County IA
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Shinobazu Pond 俳句 @shinobazupond.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Pink dahlias - the butterfly takes its frill. #haiku #senryu 🦋 for @magedah.bsky.social
A group pink dahlias with an orange and black butterfly feeding on one of the blooms; photo by Tim Chamberlain, Jindai Botanical Garden, Tokyo, 2026.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A tiny posy of October garden flowers in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle. There are small spots of dopamine-inducing floral colour out there if you search for it...🌿
A tiny posy of flowers found in the garden and a very few very common ones from a nearby hedgerow, in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle
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Steve Ullom @jotter111.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
the water reeds yesterday over there in sun today here in clouds #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt
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AndreaCConnolly \ umi yuuki @andreacaecilia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
She counted the bells Far away the tide churning Her ear a sea shell Dreams of wind chimes Along Hiroshima Bay ©️ #AndreaCConnolly 12.10.2026 #FromOneLine 431
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
She counted the bells a toll of false homecoming Sail on, maiden midnight voyager no stranger to rough seas She set course alone illumined prow gleaming And on her brow a crown of stars worthy of Eärendil #vss365 #FromOneLine 431 #poetsofbluesky #poetrysky #photography #ECK #WCK 💙📷 me
Star of India, San Diego Harbour 
Photograph by Winter Ives. 
©️2017, All rights reserved. 

A photograph of the clipper ship, Star of India, lit up at night for the holidays.
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tinywords.com @tinywords.com · 09/10/2026
water over stone the unhurried song of the mountain   -Gavin Austin tinywords.com/2026/10/09/50445
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gracemac.bsky.social @gracemac.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
the big bang starting a touch light for our human race. #scifaikusaturday #senryu
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Hege A. J. Lepri @hegelincanada.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
deer in headlight the whole forest stirring hunter's moon #DailyHaikuPrompt (hunter's moon) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
hunter's moon — the futile search for daylight #DailyHaikuPrompt
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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
hunter’s moon another thing preys on my mind #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (hunter’s moon)
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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
geese overhead the familiar V of change #VersionsHaikuSaturday #Haiku
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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
flightpath of the wren threading the gaps between leaves straight through the hawthorn
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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How to Eat a Poem by Eve Merriam #smallpoemsunday #poetry
How to Eat a Poem
by Eve Merriam

Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.

You do not need a knife or fork or spoon or plate or napkin or tablecloth.

For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away.
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Hege A. J. Lepri @hegelincanada.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
all the stops the organist playing slightly hungover #SenryuSunday #3lines #micropoetry #senryu
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
On the streets of Osaka, Japan. 1938
Four women stroll arm-in-arm down a sunlit street in Osaka in 1938, their backs turned to the camera as they navigate the urban pavement in crisp white tabi socks and lacquered wooden geta clogs. Each wears an expressive Meisen or patterned silk kimono tied with a distinct, boldly designed obi sash: a large plaid pattern paired with a grid obi on the far left, a swirling floral robe matched with a dynamic cartwheel (genroku-guruma) obi, a dark ensemble anchored by a wheel-and-floral motif, and an outer haori jacket trailing dynamic butterfly or bird silhouettes on the right. Modern streetlamps and concrete architecture frame their path, capturing a lively snapshot of pre-war metropolitan fashion. The photograph resonates with a vivid sensory atmosphere: the sharp, rhythmic clatter (karankoron) of wooden clogs striking smooth pavement, the crisp rustle of stiff silk weaves brushing together in motion, the low, warm murmur of laughter and conversation shared between companions, and the dry, lingering scent of starch, silk, and urban dust under an afternoon sun.

Captured in Osaka during the thirteenth year of the Showa era (1938), this street photograph offers a compelling window into the casual elegance of urban women during a transitional chapter of pre-war Japanese history. Osaka, Japan's bustling commercial and industrial powerhouse, was a vibrant center for the production, retail, and popular styling of meisen textiles—innovative, machine-spun silk garments produced using stencil-dyed warp and weft yarns (ikat or kasuri). Meisen offered young women an affordable, durable, and highly expressive canvas to embrace bold graphic motifs inspired by Western Art Deco, avant-garde geometry, and classical Japanese iconography.
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inkMine @inkmine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
mining some ink? spill it #prompts October 09, 2026 Weekend #Prompt - COURAGE (any form of the word) sixword~tenword~tanka~haiku ** please! No AI ** **no AI words photos or art** post with the hashtag: #inkMine
over an image of spilling ink, this design states:

Weekend Prompt: COURAGE 

use any form of the prompt word in a sixword, tenword, tanka or haiku

please credit art & photos

combo prompts welcome

post with the hashtag
#inkMine
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Jenni Wyn Hyatt @ydryw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt #bleed #micropoetry absolutely worth the bleeding fingers - October rosebuds
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inkMine @inkmine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mining some ink? spill it #prompts Monday Oct 05, 2026 Weekly #Prompt - KISS VALOR GOODBYE SPINELESS SYCOPHANT POLTROON ** please! No AI ** **no AI words photos or art** post with hashtag: #inkMine
over an image of spilling ink, this design states:

Weekly Prompt: KISS, VALOR, GOODBYE, SPINELESS, SYCOPHANT, POLTROON  

use the prompt words, or their evocation in an original write

please credit art & photos

combo prompts welcome

post with the hashtag
#inkMine
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ひとみ @hitomihcx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Randen Arashiyama Station/嵐電嵐山駅/2026.10.03 #Kyoto #京都 #arashiyama #嵐山 #Randen #嵐電 #京福電気鉄道 #ArashiyamaStation #嵐電嵐山駅 #NearbyStation #近所の駅 #KimonoForest #キモノフォレスト #Nagatsujidori #長辻通 #京都府道135号嵯峨嵐山停車場線
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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
tanka weekly #poetry challenge* 10/8/26 — trust 10/15 — heal 10/22 — VOTE 10/29 — monster 11/5 — magic write a tanka using prompt & hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry *away a lot = prompts for next 5 weeks #tanka resources: Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our print journal, Ribbons, our membe...
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
autumn rain-- wet shoes, wet socks cold bony fingers creeping up my legs
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tinywords.com @tinywords.com · 06/10/2026
night walk in the forest I'm a sound   (Originally published in Betty Drevniok Award 2025, Honorable Mention) -Srini tinywords.com/2026/10/06/50313
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
autumn dawn the slow falling of a leaf #haiku
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
rain all day a red leaf clings to the gate #haiku
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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cosmos have helped more than a few Nara temples turn their fortunes around. Abe Monju-in (安倍文殊院) creates a cosmos maze for guests to enjoy each autumn. The temple started life as Sūke-ji (崇敬寺) in 645, founded by Abe-no-Kurahashimaro (安倍倉梯麻呂). #cosmos #コスモス
Cosmos flowers blooming at Abe Monju-in.Cosmos flowers blooming at Abe Monju-in.Cosmos flowers blooming at Abe Monju-in.Cosmos flowers blooming at Abe Monju-in.
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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Forty years ago Hannya-ji (般若寺) was rather down on its luck, its grounds gone to seed. The then abbot came across a single cosmos, and so started researching the flowers. Little by little he began to transform the precints, and now 150,000 cosmos plants grow here! #般若寺
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Jane Dougherty @janedougherty47.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One for #PoemsAbout #Bites @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetsofbluesky
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the scent of rain streetlight out again the sound of falling #haiku
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Michael Hall @mhallarts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Just a little part of nature is more important than the most expensive things in the world!" #photography
Frosty trees with yellow Aspen in the background
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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My deep assertions still subject to change, as life doles out her lessons. #2wordprompt #subject #assert #haiku #senryu
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
sunny autumn day-- the aroma of baked apples fills the quiet house #haiku
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Angelika Wienert @haikushelf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
photographers the autumn mushrooms catch their eyes #haiku
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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Space in my heart, like an empty chair at dinner the place always set. #bspp58 #haiku #senryu #micropoem
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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1st thing: starlight, strongly
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