Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An October storm swept away summer’s remains yet brought forth new bloom of a few cosmos amidst the asters #tanka #haiku #gardening #asters #cosmos 030
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A monarch alights On a butterfly blossom Taking delight in Its extended reign In the October sun #tanka #gardening #butterflies 040
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026we weathered the storm the front garden still intact asters in full bloom #haiku #gardening #asters 030
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Tree fallen in the storm Thor wants to take a closer look Pulling on the leash #haiku 040
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Nor’easter warning the garden looks bedraggled awaiting the storm #haiku #gardening 050
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 23/09/2026the sinkhole began expanding to encompass the trees clouds and sky #haiku 0130
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 23/09/2026asters grow either by shooting tall or creeping simply as needed #haiku #gardening 050
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 23/09/2026an inner collage or the world that comes to mind with both eyes closed #haiku #Senryu #meditation 181
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026fiscal #equinox summer falls into arrears autumn’s bill comes due #haiku #gardening 060
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 20/09/2026to fall off a mountain may be impossible but first you must climb it #haiku #senryu #kerouac #poetry 050
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026the cyan sky and cloud scuttling across the counter outside comes in #haiku 080
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026the eerie canal flows seamlessly between dream and waking states #haiku 0111
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026wherever you look in an urban landscape … more hieroglyphs #haiku love this photo by @gambolloch.bsky.social 192
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026as each azinnia knows flowering is a process of individuation #haiku #gardening 050
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The waters of Weesuck Creek Once again, at the full, and round Fourth Neck’s shores Lie like the folds of an elastic girdle Stretching still to higher ground #tanka 040
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 12/09/2026How many AI instances does it take to screw in a light bulb let alone an entire planet? #tanka #Senryu #AI Have you heard this joke yet? You can read the punchline here: compostreporter.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-da...compostreporter.blogspot.comA Dangerous JokeHow many AI instances does it take to screw in a lightbulb let alone an entire planet? Have you heard that joke yet? Do you know the punc... 010
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 12/09/2026How many AI instances does it take to screw an entire planet? #haiku #senryu 020
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 12/09/2026please tell the showrunner earth needs an intervention before season’s end #haiku #senryu 020
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“You can be a joke and be really dangerous at the same time.” Astra Taylor, speaking about Trump and Musk in interview in today’s NYTimes. How right she is! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/m...nytimes.comNaomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the TableIn a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise. 000
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Ocean Aymara tomorrow lies behind us the past lies straight ahead #haiku #senryu 030
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 06/09/2026@ysl.bsky.social how’s this for an aphorism … We make paths out of our habits but must learn to follow them by our instincts 110
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 06/09/2026a broken promise between me and the blank page not to say a word #haiku #senryu #poetry 1659
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 05/09/2026flowers are poems inscribed directly in the soil each blossom a verse #haiku #gardening 0112
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 05/09/2026a tomato goes rogue in the zinnia bed each seed has thoughts of its own about where and when it’s good to grow #haiku #gardening 060
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 03/09/2026my riveror’s off but if there’s any down time be sure to find it #haiku #foundpoetry #vmailtranscripts 050
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 01/09/2026a rolling temple accepts nature’s offerings from near and far #haiku 161
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Throughout the year Everything makes more sense If you can keep in mind The zinnia bed At its August peak #haiku #gardening #senryu #tanka written with Bayleigh at the vet’s 061
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 29/08/2026the monarchs perform their vertical ballet en point on blossom #haiku #gardening 0133
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 26/08/2026looking changes states by imparting energy the mere blink of an eye #haiku #senryu (image by Andrea Cote) 050
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 25/08/2026the flower is brush the garden is canvas painted by sun and shade #haiku #gardening 060
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 25/08/2026the fifth season is here zinnias and dahlias call monarchs to feast #haiku #gardening The fifth season is a term I learned about from my wife last year. You can read more about it here: insearchofsangha.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-...insearchofsangha.blogspot.comThe Fifth SeasonToday Marissa told me About the fifth season Wedged between summer and fall A time of transition From the peak of what has been To the pl... 020
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Creativity is a clock that must be wound for the hands to run #haiku #senryu 061
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Wouldn’t you know that Crabgrass proliferates Due to climate change More that we don’t want Is heading this way #tanka #haiku #climatechange 030
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 18/08/2026a circle of flame the sunflower’s petals in homage to the sun #haiku #gardening 1101
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 13/08/2026donning his ghost shirt Paiute prophet Wovoka with two followers #haiku 030
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 13/08/2026the elders debate a fine point of church doctrine in the fairie kingdom #haiku 053
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 11/08/2026each petal a trope turning inward on itself devoted to the sun #haiku #gardening 020
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 11/08/2026garden to table a spray of zinnias conveys amazing grace #haiku #gardening 020
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 11/08/2026roadside queen anne’s lace three thousand realms of suchness in a single bloom #haiku #gardening #Buddhism 130
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 10/08/2026among the weeds the black eyed susan blossoms in chorus #haiku #gardening 0101
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 07/08/2026exceptionalism becoming the rule is a problem for everyone really #haiku #senryu 040
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Our growth derives from succumbing to the mighty in deepest defeat Just had occasion to reread the #Rilke poem, The Beholder, and noticed it ends with this fine #haiku or #senryu. You can read my translation of the whole poem here: lampoetry.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-...lampoetry.blogspot.comThe Beholder (by Rilke)After so many lukewarm days The trees now lash At the windowpanes Speaking fearfully Of a storm to come Things in t... 020
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 06/08/2026sharp as a needle reaching under skin’s sheath a poem is a serum of truth suffused in the flesh #haiku #tanka 050
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 04/08/2026a head of lettuce when it’s gone to seed begins to resemble a bunny #haiku written on the patio sitting in the sun 031
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 03/08/2026an egret delves in the bardo of water spanning two realms #haiku 081
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 31/07/2026mad as the world is the garden is flourishing dahlias now emergent #haiku #haiga #gardening 1111
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The limelight over extends itself in its quest for efflorescence #haiku #haiga #gardening 091
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 29/07/2026molten wax applied across the cloth of the sky -- photo batik #haiku 181
Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 28/07/2026flowers come in waves hurling themselves at the sun importunately #haiku #gardening 091