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Makoto | Kati Mohr | pi & anne @pi-and-anne.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

all day rain the scent of lilac lingers under my umbrella —t.j. zhang @kurokuroart.bsky.social #haiku #poem #tjzhang #kurokuroart

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

hello hello! i just want to let my readers know that i’m moving to substack! :D if you love reading my haiku, you can subscribe to my email list using this link! happy writing! :D substack.com/@tjzhang&r=3...

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

new post on substack! these are haikus about my time in Virginia~ i went there to celebrate Christmas with my long-distance girlfriend ❤ if you want to read the whole thing, please consider subscribing to my email list in the link down below! substack.com/@tjzhang?r=3...

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

hot air balloon we gaze at the cotton candy sunset #haiku

eight moon, fifth day, 2025

Liz and i were able to find two dried ghasts in the soul sand valley in Minecraft last night. we brought them to the overworld and rehydrated them in the pond beneath our moon house. we wated for them to grow and when they did, we rode them up into the sky.

hot air balloon
we gaze at the cotton candy
sunset

we named the happy ghasts Oswald and Penguin after the cartoon series Oswald. though the actual name of the penguin in that series is Henry. we only found out after we nametagged them.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

made a substack~ i’ll slowly transition into it as i really want to start focusing on building a community and adding people to my mailing list. if you want to be added, you can do so by signing up on my website! kurokuroart.weebly.com#/ frosty brook pouring the last ounces of hot chocolate

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

amid swarm of cicada killer wasps cicada husk #haiku

eight moon, third day, 2025

on my way home coming from the bridge.

amid swarm
of cicada killer wasps
cicada husk

what a terrible fate it is to spend years of your life underground just to emerge into a land full of predators. it makes me feel so bad for them. it's just a husk though so i don't really know what happened to the actual cicada. and the killer wasps! they're actually gentle giants. i used to be terrified of them until i found out they are harmless. now i can walk through a swarm of them without any worries.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

reading under a bridge the mosquito finally gave up #haiku

eight moon, third day, 2025

reading the book i borrowed from the library yesterday.

reading under a bridge
the mosquito
finally gave up

i also went here because i wanted to see my name and Liz's name that we both spray painted a couple weeks ago. it just makes me happy every time i see our graffiti.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

farmer’s market eyeing the last dutch apple pie #haiku

eight moon, second day, 2025

i was trying to decide what to buy in the market. i just wanted to go home with something.

farmer's market
eyeing the last
dutch apple pie

i just love pies. specially the crumble pies. they're so good with coffee. that last one was calling for me so i decided to buy it.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

farmer’s market how big! those cherries are! #haiku

eight moon, second day, 2025

after getting a library card and a book, my uncle and i went outside to check out the weekly farmer's market.

farmer's market
how big!
those cherries are!

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Makoto | Kati Mohr | pi & anne @pi-and-anne.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"art of tanka" issue 5 by Pamela Babusci has landed on my doorstep, and look, there's one of my tanka inside!! Forgive me that I possess only the heart of a child, turned towards shadow play, unblinded by the light. —Makoto #tanka #artoftanka #poem #published

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

library the receptionist hands me a flower pen #haiku

eight moon, second day, 2025

my uncle and i decided to go to the library after i cut his hair. i've been wanting to get a library card for a while now so we drove there this morning to get one.

library
the receptionist hands me
a flower pen

i love the library so much. i decided this is where i am going to revise my script in the next couple of months. it's just so quiet and peaceful and i love the smell of books. it got me so inspired. i went to search for haiku books in the catalog and i found some! i decided to borrow one for now and it's called "A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Haiku" by William Scott Wilson. also, i found a writer's club in the brochure and it happens to be on my next weekend off! how amazing is that? i am so excited and also quite nervous. but mostly excited!

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

jukebox parrots of all colors dancing the night away #haiku

seventh moon, thirty-first day, 2025

on our hillside deck after taming six parrots and two rusty wolves in Minecraft.

jukebox
parrots of all colors
dancing the night away

Liz loved the dancing parrots. she played several discs with her jukebox and we watched the parrots bob their heads up and down all night long. they're just so cute! we named four of them. i named one of the blue ones "Blue," the red one "Red", then Liz named the white parrot "Nigel," and the cyan one "Wilbur."

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

midsummer noon pond ripples to the sound of cicada #haiku

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

i am grateful to have everyone in this journey as well 😌 i hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving :D thank you webtoon!

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

cart corral giving the old lady her quarter back #haiku

seventh moon, thirtieth day, 2025

near the entrance of Aldi, an old lady from the other side of the street called me and asked if i want her shopping cart. i didn't need one but i offered to bring her cart back to the return station.

cart corral
giving the old lady
her quarter back

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

aisle of greeting cards she offers her condolences for a little girl #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twenty-ninth day, 2025

while browsing cards for Liz at The Paper Store, two ladies right beside me were catching up to one another. one of the stories i overheard from them was a very sad and heartbreaking one.

aisle of greeting cards
she offers her condolences
for a little girl

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

anxious squirrel quite unsure where to hide her peanut #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twenty-eight day, 2025

while taking a breather under a black locust tree.

anxious squirrel
quite unsure where to hide
her peanut

she would keep digging slowly, stop, and then awkwardly move to another spot to do the same thing again. it was funny.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

orange night lamp admiring the trinket box she made for me #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twenty-seventh day, 2025

in my room before i went to bed.

orange night lamp
admiring the trinket box
she made for me

i love it so much. it's a very special box. Liz drew paper lanterns on it using black, silver, and gold markers. it reminded me of the time when we sat in a boat under hundreds of sky lanterns in Minecraft back in march. that night was just magical. and now i have this lovely lovely box that will remind me of that beautiful moment forever.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

lady on a wheel chair longing by the glass door #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twenty-seventh day, 2025

on our way outside the nursing home after clocking out.

lady on a wheel chair
longing
by the glass door

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

hillside deck her music box tinkles with the stars #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twenty-fourth day, 2025

in Minecraft, Liz and i decided to go back to our house after getting some stuff from our hometown ten thousand blocks away. there, we spent the rest of the night listening to her discs on the deck she built a couple days ago.

hillside deck
her music box tinkles
with the stars

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

summer stream those are the ducks she named that day #haiku #poem #journal

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

the silver tassels arrived and I tried it on this sample bookmark. really loving it! can’t wait for the final versions 😖 #haiku #bookmark

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

(the bird in the pic might be a finch 🤔 i just wanted to use it) with a whistle a sparrow catches a peanut midair

(the bird in the pic might be a finch 🤔 i just wanted to use it)

seventh moon, twenty-third day, 2025

during my walk towards the grocery store, i stopped on this one path where i always see one of my feathered friend.

with a whistle
a sparrow catches a peanut
midair

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

cool summer one two fireflies here and there #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twenty-second day, 2025

on my way back home coming from my grandparent's apartment.

cool summer
one two fireflies
here and there

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

our family dog how noticeable now his aging fur #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twenty-second day, 2025

after eating at a chinese restaurant for dinner, me and my family went to my grandparent's apartment to visit our aunt's dog Barkley. i haven't seen him in a long time. when we opened the front door, he was there wagging his little bulldog tail.

our family dog
how noticeable now
his aging fur

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

summer kiss the subtle taste of her lip balm #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twentieth day, 2025

sitting on the ledge over a stream still reminiscing about our time together.

summer kiss
the subtle taste
of her lip balm

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

speaking of fears, i want to share a writing exercise i did for the writers’ circle two weeks ago. we were asked to think about what our fear is and then try to personify it. we only had fifteen minutes but these are the ones that came into mind that day. #fears #purpose #purposedrivenlife

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

river’s edge squirrel on a root reaches for water #haiku #journal #storytelling

seventh moon, twentieth day, 2025

still sitting on the ledge, eating dried fruits.

river's edge
squirrel on a root
reaches for water

i used my binoculars to see the squirrel more clearly.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

train station saying our rain-soaked i love yous #haiku #haibun #poem

seventh moon, eighteenth day, 2025

four days ago, Liz banned me from Minecraft for a few days because she wanted to build a surprise for me for our date night the following the day. but before she did that, she asked me to log in for a little bit because she needed help getting back to our house as she spawned in the middle of nowhere during a rainy night. thankfully she saw and followed the railroad i built and we met at the foot of the cherry blossom hill.

train station
saying our rain-soaked
i love yous

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

abrupt awakening a blue jay squawking for more peanuts! #haiku #haibun #journal

seventh moon, eighteenth day, 2025

i had a date with Liz last night so i slept in this morning. around 6 AM, a loud sound from a feathery friend woke me up!

abrupt awakening
a blue jay squawking
for mor peanuts!

i usually put seeds, rice, and peanuts on my windowsill around that time so the birds usually perch there very early.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

farming wheat gazing at our sunset lit hillside house #haiku #minecraft

seventh moon, eighteenth day, 2025

during our Minecraft date last night.

farming wheat
gazing at our sunset lit
hillside house

it's just so nice seeing the house we built together grow slowly. five months ago there was only the moon house that Liz built for our first date. now, more rooms were added along the cherry blossom hill. there's also a basement where the storage room is located, there's an artificial waterfall and river directly at the bottom of the house, a train station, farms, bamboos, pathways, lanterns, and so much more. i love it so much.

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

my distant star all i can think about is december #haiku

seventh moon, fifteenth day, 2025

in my room, holding the stuffed toys Liz gave to me as a gift. i really miss her a lot.

my distant star
all i can think about
is december

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

summer pond a bumblebee gently sways on a wildflower #haiku #poem #journal

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

pulling garbage bins chair cushions as our umbrellas #haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, fourteenth day, 2025

towards the end of our shift, me and my coworker were deciding what to use to cover ourselves from the rain for when we throw the garbages later on. we ran out of garbage bags, which we usually use to make makeshift rain coats, but thankfully we found some cushions outside the kitchen.

pulling garbage bins
chair cushions
as our umbrellas

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

mehehe i can do these stuff now using my flyers and books. also, i finished a lot of things this week including my brochure, stickers, exhibit labels, posters, and more. i just need to print them. we’re getting there, one step at a time #webcomic #webtoon