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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

damselflies for a held breath I'm that girl we both dreamed about #DailyHaikuPrompt (dragonfly)

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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

daybreak opening patio chair and teatime fog drifting about #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #3lines

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Sarah Hina @sarahhina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I followed the crickets' song and found my youth in the middle of an abandoned field off county road 9. It was right where I'd left it— under the old oak tree, next to the old book. I picked it up, dusted it off and skipped back to the car.

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Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Autumnal morning Windswept Thunderstorms Colorfully purify #vss365 #purify

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Beneath the Weeping Canopy By Jeff Stanford

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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#dailyhaikuprompt #gust #dragonfly fragile balance a dragonfly wavers in gust of wind

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Kimberly Vanderhorst @kymburlee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

this day —a symphony of sunlight and salt #poetry

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

dragonfly tattoo in the autumn rain still spring #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (dragonfly)

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

hare at the wood’s edge pausing for one long moment your breath visible

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Goodnight. 🖼️ Tuesday Riddell

Woodland at night with full moon, silhouetted trees, wildflowers in foreground. In the centre there is a tented structure of branches; in the darkness inside are lots of little pairs of eyes. Painting.

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

let me be the old cat's slow stretch into a sunbeam #DailyHaikuPrompt (sunbeam)

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Salem Islas-Madlo (ella/she/her) @deepsouldiver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'Tis said White puffs of magic Lie in wait Where fairies doth tread Cackling Like brittle leaves #poetry

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Kimberly Vanderhorst @kymburlee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the ocean bends these tidal bones waves my marrowed deep seaborne but mountain grown the hills are now my keep the tide a call the shore an ache the sea a distant plane the wind my breath the waves my pulse within each salt-brined vein #poetry

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T @mamafirefly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

dancing with ghosts at midnight

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Sarah Hina @sarahhina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

all we were all we could have been water without edges rippling wind

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Sarah Hina @sarahhina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

half day half night I balance on the dusk

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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

morning promises were forgotten by sunset in the empty night #SenryuSunday #senryu #poetry

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Salem Islas-Madlo (ella/she/her) @deepsouldiver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Writers ✍️🏽 I'm easing into writing a memoir...and am discovering that protecting writing time isn't the same as creating a life in which writing can happen...my question is how have you created that kind of life for yourselves?

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

below the lifting fog a fawn sleeps #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Picnic anarchy, An outraged ant colony Rising in revenge. #WildWalkPrompt #ant #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Playfully skimming, Shimmering gossamer wings, Dragonflies dancing. #OurPoetryX #shimmering #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

secretly . . . mere appearance made into joining

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Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

kids leaping upon a pile of the past

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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼, 𝑡𝑜𝑜, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔. #PaintbyWords | music #mobilephotography #photography #fibonacci #poetry #micropoetry

14 Nov 2020. I didn’t have the location tag set on my phone and honestly cannot recall where I took this photo. I believe this shot is from a visit to one of the surrounding area’s op shops. One never knows what unexpected treasure might be lurking. Unfortunately, the paper wreath hanging on one of the shop’s walls wasn’t for sale. This wonderful piece of craftwork is constructed entirely from sheet music and is in the form of a blooming flower (think perhaps a carnation).

Which reminds me, perhaps I should sit down and play my piano : ) This week’s #PaintbyWords prompt was a good reminder to embrace my music.

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𝑠𝑒𝑒
𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐
𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡
𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼, 𝑡𝑜𝑜, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔.

#PaintbyWords | music
#mobilephotography #photography
#fibonacci #poetry #micropoetry

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c @3boxesofsighs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

La Técnica Tina Modotti

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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

if this life is only borrowed time then let me borrow a little more one more morning thinking of you one more moon knowing its light shines on you one more impossible distance made small by love until one day I no longer wonder where you are I reach out and there you are #ForYouuuu

A quiet pond surrounded by reeds and late summer greenery, reflecting trees, clouds, and a wide blue sky.

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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

september window behind the little pine two green eyes watching summer disappear #Caturday #Tanka #Pentastich #Poetry #Autumn 🐈🍂🌿 📷 mine

Tabby cat with green eyes sitting behind a small green plant by a window.

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Tori Gallagher @rockingpines.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

time to cozy up with tales of haunts and monsters long October nights #haikuchallenge #thingstowriteabout

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

cozy café a cat sleeps by the fireplace #thingstowriteabout

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

chrysanthemums hints of shadows on petals #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (chrysanthemums)

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

dark forest— on a branch a red cloak hanging

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

in the moonlight a cluster of pale mushrooms around a mossy stone

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

good morning, with coffee

Photograph

through prism, through window, the world

: round glass disc through to woodlands

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Deep Wild Coaching (ella/she/her) @deepwildcoaching.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

5 signs U may be seeking certainty when instead U need #safety 🌻U keep researching long after u have enough info 🌻U struggle to begin until u can see the whole path 🌻U repeatedly question decisions already made 🌻Rest feels harder when something is unresolved 🌻U mistake discomfort for a warning

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Hege A. J. Lepri @hegelincanada.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

watching the first migratory birds turn south quiet wind storm #DailyHaikuPrompt (wind storm) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

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Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

aging skin each day a new discovery a constellation my rubric of speckles I become the galaxy #TankaPoem #tankathursday #tanka #haiku

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Old Robot knows the most words, some nights saying them at random as we walk. So, I guess their meaning. Bistro's a wild dance, or vestibule's a cold nose drip. The rules are, Old Robot lets me keep one word my way. When leaves whisper between us and the stars, we call that illustrious. #inkMine

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Buddha statue, Japan.

Veiled behind a luminous, soft-focus canopy of scarlet maple leaves (momiji), a carved stone Buddha (sekibutsu) sits in eternal, inward contemplation. The blurred, vibrant pinkish-red foliage casts an ethereal, dappled filter across the statue's features, partially screening its face and chest. Sculpted from weathered grey stone, the figure exhibits the traditional spiral snail-shell curls (nikkei) crowning the uṣṇīṣa, serene downcast eyes (hangan) closed in meditation, and softly flowing, parallel pleats of monastic drapery cascading over its shoulders. The porous, pitted surface of the stone—flecked with subtle weathering and the patina of age—stands in striking contrast to the delicate, translucent softness of the autumn leaves floating through the foreground.

Outdoor stone Buddhist icons (sekibutsu) have formed an integral part of the Japanese spiritual landscape since the introduction of Buddhism, gaining widespread popularity during the Heian and Kamakura periods as devotion expanded into mountain sanctuaries and temple gardens. Unlike gilded bronze or lacquered wooden images enshrined within the dark interiors of main halls (hondō), stone statuary was sculpted specifically to endure the elements, becoming living components of the surrounding environment. In sacred precincts across Kyoto and Nara, the arrival of autumn brings momijigari (the traditional pastime of viewing autumn foliage), where the brilliant, fleeting turn of the leaves frames centuries-old statuary, transforming temple grounds into dynamic, seasonal mandalas.

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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 - 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #mobilephotography #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #haikufeels | boost #haiku

Mid-Aug 2026. A picture of a Polygala Petite Butterfly shrub with their striking and wonderfully whimsical blooms. Whilst out on walkies, I wandered a way I'd not been in a while. Winding my way through the local neighbourhoods, this beauty caught my eye and my heart. It’s a low-maintenance evergreen shrub that blooms nearly all year and is pretty tolerant to the differing weather conditions here in NZ. The flowers are a vibrant magenta-purple shaped much like pea blossoms. The fluffy, brushy white tufts are the crests of the keel flower. These keels make a great landing surface for pollinators. Everybody jazz hands, now! The background is softened behind the larger group of flowers in the front centre of the photo. The leaves are a gentle sage green. Other flowers in various stages of bloom are scattered throughout the background as well.

I wasn’t necessarily feeling down on this walk but dangit if these sweeties didn’t give me a boost!

𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 -
𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡
𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒

#Stunday #ImageAndVerse
#mobilephotography #photography
#bloomscrolling #flowers
#haikufeels | boost
#haiku

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

cold fusion trying to keep the family together #thingstowriteabout

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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

hazy clearing shows marvels of midmorning mist robins greeting dawn #vss365 marvel #haiku #poetry

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Linda @lindabythesea.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Looking at the Horizon (2026) by Magdalena Krzak. Acrylic on canvas.

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A jaw can only Take so much clenching before Teeth start to shatter. #vssdaily #jaw #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 @standingmountain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

𝙰𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝— 𝚢𝚘𝚞.. 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚠𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚢. ⭐️🌌⍟✪✨⁂✫★☆◬◦⋆ #▪️◾️◼️🔲⋆⋆ #JoshuaTreeNationalPark #Photography

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 @standingmountain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And what we cannot bear to leave unnamed we cast into distance— a star, a god, a number, another body. The silence becomes geometry, The invisible is measured, The breath is suspended… #Azúl

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Salem Islas-Madlo (ella/she/her) @deepsouldiver.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

thunder rolling between flashes open window seafoam green rose cream knitted blanket soaking the rain I sit in the dark Chopin's Nocturnes teenager shadows no where else to be #poetry

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