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AsurasHaiku @asurashaiku.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'll try to be as honest as a sewing pin --Shinko Tokizane 待針のように素直になってみる　時実新子 Note: 素直 - 1. obedient, meek, docile; 2. honest, upfront, frank, straightforward; 3. straight "as straight as a sewing pin" might work as well or better... #senryu #translation

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"A Case For Unplugging, Temporarily", New York Times, Melissa Kirsch #BlackOutPoetry #FoundPoetry

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

. winter morning meat pies smothered in ketchup #FoundPoetry #BlackOutPoem

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

galaxies shimmering on every rose bush dewy spiderwebs

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

apricot sky an orchard of softness in my sunset

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@deftnotes.bsky.social just inspired two entirely different #senryu / #haiku still in my body a cloudy dusk fading into black rain still in my body after he comes home weary I unpack groceries A thought: modern senryu in English usually have haiku-like juxtaposition. Not so much in Japanese.

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Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

something inside me turning white lilies and marigolds in the Church's yard #tanka

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

our compasses have broken into roses the charts show peace we sail

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

listening to your crimson voice i peel a little flame from your lips

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's great when a friend finds and likes something I had forgotten writing, and I like it. Thanks @opjtx.bsky.social

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

. balloon festival coming back down to earth with fair food #Senryu

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

. lost in blue . . . the sudden landmark of a balloon

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

. hot air balloon feeling the color of altitude #FridayFeeling

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Wendy Gent @wendyg63.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

the weeping willow dips its tendrils into the river— as if a single touch could cool her #tankathursday #tanka #weep

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 04/09/2026

As a writer, I personally enjoy the character limit on here because it has taught me a lot about boiling down ideas & how many extraneous words you can cut & synonyms you can use. Playing, experimenting with language is endlessly fun, even when challenging. Maybe don't turn that over to a machine...

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

. rush hour a lanternfly travels on her suitcase #Haiku

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Nicholas Klacsanzky @haikuforlife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

subway ride . . . carrying the scent of strangers to my cubicle --- haikuKATHA, issue #58, 2026 #haiku #poetry #poem

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Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

overly sensitive about everything even thinking spider lilies stare at me condescendingly #tanka

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

summer storm the roofer runs across the sky #haiku #poetry

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What if bats landed on an island where there were no other flying creatures and had to adapt to live on land? What if they evolved into the dominant carnivores of their little ecosystem? LONG LIVE THE FLOOER AND THE NIGHTSTALKER!!! (After Man: A Zoology of the Future Dougal Dixon, Desmond Morris)

flightless bats are cool!!! go read the book. they are what bats could look like

#specevo #afterman #speculativeevolution #speculativezoology #speczoo

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy #InverteFest! Your eldritch mantis friend says trans rights!

Digital drawing in black ink of a praying mantis looking out of the image with arms raised and wings unfurled. The insect has patterns in white ink on its body, including shapes that resemble human eyes. Its wings are semi-transparent and are shaded in pink, blue and white to reflect the colors of the trans flag. The background is pink toward the top and blue at bottom. There is a white frame around the image that evokes the feeling of an old-fashioned printed photo.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Watercolour of recent beach finds from northeast England. I suspect the Langoustine claw may not have got there through natural means - probably someone’s seafood picnic! 🐡 #art #seashells 🦀🦞 #fossils

Watercolour painting of beach finds - claws of Norway Lobster and Velvet Swimming Crab; coral fossils; fragment of a sea urchin and shells of cockles and cowrie

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

. it isn't a knock on you, she seemed to say, nonetheless she was wrist-deep in my chest my heart held in fermata #TankaThursday

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AsurasHaiku @asurashaiku.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

like forgetting to turn off the light all day this yearning --Shinko Tokizane 昼の灯を消し忘れたる如き思慕　時実新子 Take 2: a longing as though I forgot to turn off the lights #senryu #translation

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

tanka weekly #poetry challenge September 3, 2026 this week’s prompt: knock write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #tanka resources to develop your practice: 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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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

. on & off rain weaving between lines of code #Senryu A man passed by with a #TheMatrix umbrella. I couldn't resist :)

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AsurasHaiku @asurashaiku.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

the bush warbler's cry my boat is green --Shioto Takei ほうほけきょ私の舟はミドリ色　竹井紫乙ほうほけきょ: "hoo-hokekyo"; the onomatopoeia for the sound a Japanese bush warbler makes, so: hoo-hokekyo my boat is green #haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 04/01/2025

Today's theme for #JanuArty is shadow... I enjoyed trying to create this mysterious person emerging from the shadows with a minimum of dots. #art

Art piece of a drawing of a black panther emerging from behind fern like plants. The animal is created against a black background by small white dots creating its shape. It has long white whiskers and yellow eyes and looks fierce.

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

just past dusk the mountain swallows the moon Fireflies' Light, Missouri Baptist University #mpy #haiku #poetry

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

. black butterfly— all the possible words in the inkwell —Pippa Phillips #Poetry #Haiku #Senryu #NYC #Metronorth

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 03/12/2024

Hi everyone! I've had some large emergency medical bills, both animal and human, lately so if you've ever thought about buying one of my books or some of my art, now would be a fantastic time to do so! Here's a little thread of what's on offer... Art prints at www.inprnt.com/gallery/whis...

Art drawing of a large blue owl with orange eyes perched on a skinny gray branch next to a gray tree trunk. the sky is a deep purple and large white fluffy snowflakes are falling

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

sunshine on sleet in this crystal silence a tree breaks #WalesHaikuJournal #sleet I spent about 15 minutes turning this around in my head while attempting to meditate this morning . . . time well spent. Wrote it down, looked again, and changed "landscape" to "silence."

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

. mycelium our wordless conversation —Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2022 #vss365 #Haiku or #Senryu #OneLine

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Good morning & happy weekend. ⛅️ We have company arriving tomorrow. So busy day. Shadow Pond Journal is open for subs of themed haiku through Dec 10. I may try there. Will see. I think subs are via Duotrope. Where are you submitting? Make it a great day for yourself & others! 🫶💝🦋 ☮️ #SaturdayVibes

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Ellie @ellenkrupich.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

candlelight— a quieter way to burn #haiku #haikusaturday

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Jonathan Roman @deftnotes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

. trekking into the forest falling leaves cover the footsteps that lead to another world #TankaThursday #Poetry #Berserk #Manga

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

tanka weekly challenge: November 21, 2024 this week’s prompt: footsteps write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #tanka resources to develop your practice: 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 journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...

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Debra Lynn @debra-lynn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

from the leaf litter, the rasp of a mating song— katydid #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever. #books #reading #booksky #poetry

A poem by Langston Hughes titled "Tired". It reads as the following:

"I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two --
And see what worms are eating
At the rind."

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Thomas Haynes @thomashaynes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

anticipation crumbling leaves between my fingers #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku

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Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

dark morning... dried leaves sparkle with frost #DailyHaikuPrompt #micropoetry #poetry #haiku

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