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John Hawkhead

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Do scroll down for… #haiku #haiga #art #tanka #poetry #senryu #micropoetry #tomfoolery

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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 14h
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here’s a short piece from the latest Pebbles in Petrichor Journal: Agent Orange the elephant in the ballroom Here’s a link: petrichormag.com #monoku #haiku #idiots #trump-ballroom
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As Joel Cairo
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here’s issue 5 of Post-ku edited by @petrock.bsky.social America first 1% This is what it’s about: post-ku.com #haiku #micropoetry
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The great Peter Lorre!
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freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#monoku by Patricia Hawkhead of Bradford-upon-Avon, UK. Patricia has been submitting Haiga, shahai and #poetry to FreshOut for several years and her work appears widely in many other fine publications. Find her on IG: @boujolais8 #flowers #haiku #UK
Against a white background, this #monoku by Patricia Hawkhead of Bradford-upon-Avon, UK, reads,

cut flowers a study in still death

Patricia has been submitting Haiga, shahai and #poetry to FreshOut for several years and her work appears widely in many other fine publications. Find her on IG: @boujolais8 #flowers #haiku #UK
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have a couple of #senryu out in the new issue of tsuri-dōrō edited by Tony Pupello: crematorium the new extractor fan takes our breath away urgent kisses in the taxi ride home the meter runs over The whole issue is here: tsuridoro.org/issue-35-oct... #haiku #art #tsuri-dōrō #micropoetry
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The latest from @waleshaiku is out edited by Joe Woodhouse and C.X. Turner and includes this #haiku breaking dawn the sun comes out of a cracked shell See the whole issue here:: www.waleshaikujournal.com/_files/ugd/f... #dawn #micropoetry
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And a painting of à #rook
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
À poem about rooks… #poem #poetry #rooks #corvids
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here’s a something from Only Human edited by AJ Wentz that was written during the football world cup this year and yet another farcical intervention by an orange ballon of gas: own goal in off the post truth A whole senryu journal here: static1.squarespace.com/static/ #monoku #haiku #micropoetry
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Bonnie Helen Hawkins @bonniehawkinsart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MUSE, 2 days to go! Just £450 left to raise. MUSE mixes my artwork with 12 wonderfully authors, creating part art book, part anthology, and total labour of love. help me get it into print, there are just 2 days left. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... Every pledge and every share helps. ❤️
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MUSE
MUSE is a unique collection of art, stories and poetry inspired by myth.
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks Tracy (so do I 😁)
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thescikuproject.bsky.social @thescikuproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I always enjoy a #Sciku where one of the lines is just a single word, and this one by @haikuhawk.bsky.social is a great example, just a very well put together and clever poem! pheromones the short-lived affair of ant flights #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Pheromones thescikuproject.com/2026/10/01/p...
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Pheromones by John Hawkhead - The Sciku Project
pheromones // the short-lived affair // of ant flights - Visit The Sciku Project to learn more about John's pheromone sciku!
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here’s a short piece from the latest Pebbles in Petrichor Journal: Agent Orange the elephant in the ballroom Here’s a link: petrichormag.com #monoku #haiku #idiots #trump-ballroom
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fury
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you 👍
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
À #haiku from Haiku Journal edited by Glenn Lyvers: stolen rowboat at midnight her fingers trailing through reflected stars Link here: haikujournal.org/issue14-poem... #micropoetry #stars #senryu
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A short monoku from Folk Ku 7 edited by Jodie Hawthorne: in one small bloom heartsease #haiku #nature #love
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Michael Aaron Harrington | Cinnatus @cinnatus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
heavy snow arriving in one fall all my sadnesses -John Hawkhead ( @haikuhawk.bsky.social ) #haiku #senryu
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A short monoku from Folk Ku 7 edited by Jodie Hawthorne: in one small bloom heartsease #haiku #nature #love
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thescikuproject.bsky.social @thescikuproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The wordplay in this #Sciku by @haikuhawk.bsky.social is simply delightful, just a fantastically elegant six words: tectonic plates she finds faults everywhere #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #Tectonics thescikuproject.com/2026/09/21/t...
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Tectonics by John Hawkhead - The Sciku Project
tectonic plates // she finds faults // everywhere - Visit The Sciku Project to discover more about John's sciku!
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As a #haiga
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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social: 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗱 t e e t h m a r k s as if we were fossils or parallelograms — John Hawkhead
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Another Clud
t e e t h m a r k sas if we were fossilsor parallelograms — John Hawkhead
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The latest Asahi Haikuist Network is out, edited by Prof. David McMurray: congealed milk all those times I promised the whole of the moon Here’s the link for #haiku on the #moon : www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A new verse from returning contributor Helen Buckingham: Upon publication of this piece and the subsequent receipt of my Nobel/Ig Nobel/FIFA Prizes in Lit. I hereby promise you the sum of $5,000 (ink permitting). — Helen Buckingham
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Upon publication of this pieceand the subsequent receipt ofmy Nobel/Ig Nobel/FIFA Prizesin Lit. I hereby promise you thesum of $5,000 (ink permitting). — Helen Buckingham
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thank you!
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Incredibly honoured to have been nominated for à Best of Net by ‘Sense & Sensibilty’ editor Patricia Carragon: broken sandcastles clearing away the remains of children #WeSeeYou #senryu #haiku Good stuff here: sensesensibilityhaikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/b...
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A monoku from the latest Trash Panda Journal edited by Lisa Johnson: habitat loss getting blood from a stone curlew #habitatloss #haiku #monoku
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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
modŏ 50+ new & selected one-line haiku Alan Summers The Daily Haiku with Alan Summers’ Book Announcement: charlottedigregorio.wordpress.com/2026/09/09/t... #monostich #haiku #monoku #articles #footnotes #features
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The Daily Haiku with Alan Summers’ Book Announcement: Sept. 10, 2026
Screenshot modŏ50+ new & selectedone-line haiku by Alan Summers Copyright 2026 (modŏ is a Latin adverb derived from modus which frequently implies “just now.”) Multi-award-winning poet and auth…
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There are just 36 days left to back this terrific Kickstarter from @bonniehawkinsart.bsky.social - it's going to look gorgeous, so please check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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MUSE
MUSE is a unique collection of art, stories and poetry inspired by myth.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Warning: May contain me. :-)
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Here’s a prelaunch link for @bonniehawkinsart.bsky.social fabulous MUSE Project - do give it a look, you’ll love it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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Coming soon: MUSE
MUSE brings original art and diverse voices together in a unique collection of myth-inspired stories and poetry.
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you are at all interested in this fantastic project then it’s important to back the Kickstarter campaign - particularly if you’re a fan of #art #poetry and #shortstories it’s a fabulous piece of work.
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Gorgeous!
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The scattered seeds of a windblown rainbow.
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you are at all interested in this fantastic project then it’s important to back the Kickstarter campaign - particularly if you’re a fan of #art #poetry and #shortstories it’s a fabulous piece of work.
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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Even more minimalist than haiku, the one-line haiku is a poem in one short line. They’ve become increasingly popular and more widely published in journals and anthologies: www.callofthepage.org/courses/haik... #haiku #monostich #monoku #callofthepage #courses
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A monoku from the latest Trash Panda Journal edited by Lisa Johnson: habitat loss getting blood from a stone curlew #habitatloss #haiku #monoku
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
late-summer graveyard gatekeeper butterflies flit from light to shadow geriatric ward each wheelchair crosses the tiles with its own wobble #haiku
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Press freedom: 99% approve 1% object
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
late-summer graveyard gatekeeper butterflies flit from light to shadow geriatric ward each wheelchair crosses the tiles with its own wobble #haiku
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A set of four #haiku / #senryu at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. Two below and the others in a comment: where water lilies throw open their solar flares her hand closed on mine canopy shyness rivers of stars meander through the winter sky See many more here: 575haikujournal.wordpress.com
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
falling blossom the wind blows away liberty #haiku #Trump-Epstein
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A haiku from the EJCA 2026 anthology: mist-light blues wood anemones spread through the graveyard The massive file is here: ejca.org/Spring-Haiku... #haiku #senryu #micropoetry
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
How about a haibun? I don’t write many haibun but thought I’d share this one from Drifting Sands in 2022 ending with a senryu: #attic #skylight #haibun #haiku #senryu
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I just backed MUSE on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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MUSE
MUSE brings original art and diverse voices together in a unique collection of myth-inspired stories and poetry.
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Bonnie Helen Hawkins @bonniehawkinsart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A page from MUSE, the book I am hoping to fund via #Kickstarter goes live tomorrow at 12 noon. 12 fabulous writers have sent me stories and poems for my 56 page art book. Follow along and join in..... www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... #illustration#art#booksbooksbooks#ampublishing
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Coming soon: MUSE
MUSE brings original art and diverse voices together in a unique collection of myth-inspired stories and poetry.
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Bonnie Helen Hawkins @bonniehawkinsart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A page from MUSE, the book I am hoping to fund via #Kickstarter goes live tomorrow at 12 noon. 12 fabulous writers are included in my 56 page art book. These are early prep sample pages. Follow along and join in..... www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... #illustration#art#books#ampublishing
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