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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October Rabbit #joncarling #art #fall
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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
poison apple #joncarling #inktober #art #apple
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Jon Carling @joncarling.bsky.social · 22h
'The Cactus Seller' inktober day four #joncarling #inktober #inktober2026 #cactus
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MuederKrieger @muederkrieger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
my bequest written on skin blood moon #vss365 #bequest #HaikuHorrorPrompt #blood #Senryu #micropoetry #micropoem #spooky #Halloween
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Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
empty lobby, quickly gathering my things to leave #senryu
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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 14h
election season another white truck donning a for sale sign #senryu
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Prune Juice Journal @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social · 13h
Our prompts for this month are all borrow words! Tag #PJSenryu and we’ll retweet your poems! Today’s Prompt: Robot Casual reminder that submissions are open! #writingprompts #poetryprompts #WritingCommunity
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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 17h
winter moth dazzled by the bonfire #NaHaiWriMo
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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 8h
kitchen after dark the distant moon still gilding the cheeks of apples
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Sillionshine @sillionshine.bsky.social · 15h
Too much colour vivid chatter of lorikeets in a red bottlebrush tree #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt
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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 10h
plausible these ends of the world but golden those far windows #DailyHaikuPrompt (vivid)
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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 5h
altocumulus ... a current with no shore #BlueskyMonday #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #ECK
Wide-angle view through dark hanging branches and leaves at a blue sky with glowing white altocumulus clouds
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 4h
daily, I'm asked to authenticate myself -- what self? #senryu
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 1h
Daily bunny no.3463 is going to fix the place up
Two bunnies go through the ruins of a small stone house of sometime. The building is ruined and has no roof. One bunny looks through the top window, assessing the damages.
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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#haiku water pulled up by the stems glistens at the top
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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#haiku things get wet in the shade of the willow
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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#haiku we’re just happy our peanut butter is back
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Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
discarded sunglasses a heavy rain and traces of dry wine #senryu #hiraku
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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 17h
It’s entertaining first, but it still gets you thinking about some of those issues, which I think is valuable in itself.
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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 17h
I don’t think Love to Hate You is some hard-hitting feminist masterpiece, but for a rom-com I thought it did a really good job. It brings up issues around sexism, double standards, sexuality and gender expectations without becoming preachy or trite. www.netflix.com/us/title/814...
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For an attorney who despises losing to men and an A-list actor who distrusts women, love means nothing — until they're forced to date each other.
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Laughing Monkey @laughingmonkey0.bsky.social · 15h
great blue heron standing so still gold leaves falling #haiku
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Angelika Wienert @haikushelf.bsky.social · 15h
trees turn gold and do not deserve to be ignored #haiku
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Angelika Wienert @haikushelf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
trimming the nails the autumn light just right #haiku
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meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Huge thanks to @waleshaiku.bsky.social for pushing my haiku in the Autumn 2026 issue. I am tickled pink. 😁🥳 www.waleshaikujournal.com #haiku
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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
between flowers and first frost lengthy pause #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost)
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AsurasHaiku @asurashaiku.bsky.social · 19h
to be write one then two --Shinko Tokizane 生きるべし一の次には二を書いて 時実新子 Note: The Shakespeare is 生きるべきか死ぬべきか (To be, or not to be), but more literally translated reads "Should I live or should I die"; line 1 could be translated "(I/you/we) should live"; I opted for Shakespeare #senryu #translation
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 19h
The fluffy comet squirrel is in her hazel bush again. 🥰
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 19h
My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim (tr by Chi-Young Kim) was quiet and beautiful and terribly sad. My heart is all frayed now. It’s about a 16-year-old boy with progeria and his parents, a tightly knit, loving, unbreakable family, fighting a fight they know they will lose. My rating: 4/5
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 19h
Vielen Dank. 💖✨️ Ein blaues Stückchen Ruhe in der Nähe von Ferlach, Kärnten. 💙
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 20h
espresso-colored plate a pool of sunlight on the spoon #haiku
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 20h
Sunny lake surrounded by forests and hills. Sunny lakeSunny lake, a fence in the foreground
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elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs @pleides.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dog-walking time Friendly ones wag their tails I learn names and ages #senryusunday #senryu #poem #opportuniyforconnection
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Dwrgi @dwrgi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
overnight frost - the draping of lace across the garden #Haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt Frost
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lililimonada @lililimonada.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
lotus harvest moon monsoon fading line by line
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Lycoreia @lycoreia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
incantation
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Leigh Goodwin @leighgoodwin.bsky.social · 23h
even in these times of bitter losses, of pain & anger I recall how water carries light: small waves burn at dawn, rivers flame at sunset misted rain halos solitary streetlamps stars are obscured but faithful, patiently shining in case of cloudbreaks 🌬✨️ #poem L.C. Goodwin #art Marianna Armata
haloed streetlights reflect
in this long stretch of
rainwatered black pavement 

photograph
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Leigh Goodwin @leighgoodwin.bsky.social · 22h
how I miss the velvet glow of her purr at my shoulder 🌙✨️ #poem L.C. Goodwin #senryu #micropoem #art Xuan Loc Xuan #resist
only her spirit lingers now, bright impression
in the garden of memory

illustration: white silhouette of a cat looking up into a tree
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
reflecting sunset: a giant cloud of orange 🍊 sherbet Not a #haiku for the ages, or even next week, but sometimes I can only describe what I see, silly metaphor and all.
A large fluffy pale orange cumulous cloud hugs the horizon. A one story house below, and a palm tree and pine in black twilight silhouette on the left.
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
achy hands, legs, head after a pastel sunset more rain #haiku or #senryu I keep my rheumatoid arthritis at bay with a rather strict diet...and it seems that my two quesedillas yesterday were one too much.
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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Close-up looking down at the spiral of a pine cone surrounded by out-of-focus pebbles and autumn leaf litter
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
without caring if it's caught half way down a red leaf #haiku #haiga #shahai Gorgeous photo, Dave. Thanks to @amyborgman.bsky.social for reposting.
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Makoto | Kati Mohr | pi & anne @pi-and-anne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the bathtub, I lift my knees gently into the foam . . . so this is how it feels like, my softest self. —Makoto #tanka #poem open.spotify.com/track/5Ut0SU...
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This Love Will Carry
Dougie MacLean · Singing Land · Song · 1985
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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A day late for Susan’s gorgeous haiku. @andrewssusanm.bsky.social clouds drift… Owl, the emissary from moon Also for #smallpoemsunday #HaikuSaturday #haiku #VersionsHaikuSaturday #Oulens #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
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Gerhard Oevermann 🐦‍⬛ @oevermann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
between birdcalls the woods become much larger #haiku
A photograph deep in the woods of central Virginia.
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Excited to say I am published in Issue 37 of Drifting Sands: Haibun and Tanka Prose. Thank you, guest editor Neena Singh drifting-sands-haibun.org. Thanks also to @thepeternewton.bsky.social, for great revision advice.
The picture is the full text of the haibun below: 

Fledging

The hospice nurse came on shift at 6:00 AM, made sure the patient's diaper was dry, checked her pulse, listened to her breathing. Her husband stood and stretched slowly, waiting for the nurse to advise him to get some sleep, or to tell him what he was half expecting to hear. 

She said it softly: "It won't be long now." 
"I, uh, know it's not your job... but could you get me some coffee? Jar's on the counter?"
The nurse smiled, "Just a little milk, right? I'll make a cup for myself too." 

He sat down again, taking his wife's left hand in his right, covering his eyes with his left. It's so stupid, he thought, that I'm still embarrassed to have someone watch me cry.

The woman on the bed could not feel her hand in his.

. . .  she is trying to remember something, a dream she had when she was small . . . 
ah . . . the woman with blue feathers . . . she sits then stands easily, raises her arms
to take flight, smiling fondly at his bald head far below

leaf-dappled 
dawnlight on the wall . . . 
the shape of wings
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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
still out at moonrise watermint in the stream-bed silver with mildew
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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Orrin’s maeku: watching his struggle to give an answer Spanglish I wrap his native tongue around mine
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 21h
Cassell's book of birds, 1875.
Illustration of two blue jays in autumn oak.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Daily bunny no.3462 arrives on the island
A bunny with a small suitcase walks off of a ferry to the pier in a summery island. A nearby bunny is busking with an accordion, and seagulls are all around.
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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Find someone who cherishes you like you're the last radish in Aiden's garden.
sidewalk chalk drawing of a raccoon gently cradling a large radish
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