Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 14hPace of the process: The initial generating is quick, but the sequencing and order of the larger project – figuring out its shape and intention – is usually what takes the most time. 020
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 14hGives new meaning to the expression "thumb print" ... 110
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 16hpiled high against winter haystack #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - haystack 051
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Dried mushrooms Reconstituted Umami rich #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - mushrooms 020
Reposted by Francois Lachancerob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Zhang, Smith, Farina, Heroux, Luckring, Araki-Kawaguchi + Marlatt, / @ezhang77.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/10/touc...robmclennan.blogspot.comTouch the Donkey : new interviews with Zhang, Smith, Farina, Heroux, Luckring, Araki-Kawaguchi + Marlatt,Anticipating the release next week of the fifty-first of Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] , why not check out the interviews that h... 085
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A cardigan with pockets for mints Perfect, for chilly weather #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - chilly 0133
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 06/10/2026From childhood connection: I remember writing stories about my first dog, Joker, when I was only six years old. 010
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 06/10/2026apples celery walnuts Waldorf #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - walnut 050
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026where the writing leads: I am learning that revision can also mean allowing a poem to remain unresolved. Sometimes the stronger choice is not another explanation but an image. Not another sentence but a break. Not another word but white space. 010
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026translucent wings dragonfly manoeuvres hovering near water #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - dragonfly 050
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026from Wales Haiku Journal farmers’ market— two sparrows hopscotch on spilled millet Neena Singh www.waleshaikujournal.com/_files/ugd/f...waleshaikujournal.com 020
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Sunday sentence: Instinctively, they kicked their feet slightly as they walked through the fallen leaves, sending up a slight flutter and a musky autumn scent. Louise Penny Still Life 011
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026sunbeam pierces clouds part puddles dry up #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - sunbeam 051
Reposted by Francois LachanceFrancois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026low-lying fog softens the contours of the up-poking valley #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - fog 022
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 03/10/2026low-lying fog softens the contours of the up-poking valley #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - fog 022
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 02/10/2026crimson maple slash against sky autumn scar #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - crimson 0124
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026pumpking soup queen of the harvest #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - harvest 190
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Congratulations and best wishes for many more happy years. 010
Reposted by Francois LachanceCoach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Discover the bpNichol digital archive!: bpNichol.ca ❤️bpnichol.cabpNichol Digital ArchivebpNichol.ca is the online digital archive of Canadian author bpNichol (1944-1988) and a burgeoning community of readers, artists, and scholars inspired by his work. On this site you’ll find over 200 o... 051
Reposted by Francois LachanceFrancois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In conjunction with upcoming municipal elections, the City of Toronto has organized a kids' activity — vote on Tree of the Year. The candidates are basswood, paper birch, red oak, sugar maple, white pine. www.toronto.ca/city-governm...toronto.caKids Vote WeekendCalling all Toronto kids – vote for Toronto’s Tree of the Year! There are five candidates running for Toronto’s 2027 Tree of the Year. You can vote for one during Kids Vote Weekend on October 10 and 1... 011
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026autumn brings on bright chrysanthemums bordered by sweet alyssum #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - chrysanthemums 030
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Contemplating writing a little pillow book called Moon Gazing for Insomniacs ... 110
Reposted by Francois Lachancemerelypoetry.bsky.social @merelypoetry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026. night rain in the city a gutter collects some discarded stars #haiku #poetry . 074
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026sliding towards the solstice one quick moment of equal night and day #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - equinox 071
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026boughs bending limbs twisting in angry wind storm haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - wind storm 090
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026penknife-sharpened the quill scratches the stiff paper haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - quill 090
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026standing still twilight field absorbing cricket chatter #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - twilight 081
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026bailing and bailing repeated motion for a leaky boat #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - leaky 0101
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Olfactory memory: I grew up on a farm in a drafty farmhouse built in the late 1800s, so three distinct smells remind me of home: dead flies, cow manure, and fresh cut hay. 020
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026strained by leaf dappled light dances a jig #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - dappled 090
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026down the hill come the deer to lie in the grass #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - deer 0110
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026lightening frenzy on the horizon #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - first storm 050
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026stars behind light pollution cascade #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - cascade 091
Reposted by Francois LachanceFrancois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 13/09/2026gentle waver of wings nectar sipping butterflies flit fashionably #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - wings 051
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 13/09/2026gentle waver of wings nectar sipping butterflies flit fashionably #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - wings 051
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 12/09/2026tall plumes of pampas grass overlook the fall garden #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - pampas grass 0130
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026stars assert themselves as moon wanes #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - waning moon 091
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Had to do a double take on this one — at one point I thought the house sparrow was being eaten :) 100
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 10/09/2026the steam of coffee spirals heavenwards the sun peeks through the blinds #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - morning 070
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 09/09/2026ever so noisy sparrows simple joy #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - sparrow 041
Reposted by Francois LachanceLaura Kerr @sedserio.com · 01/09/2026Experimental Poetry Criticism, newly posted at Periodicities. What happens when criticism takes the same formal risks we ask of poetry? 🙏 @periodicities.bsky.social 0167
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 08/09/2026branches bow low trail reflections in the stream: willow leaves quiver #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - willow leaves 0115
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 07/09/2026as the day winds down light lingers in tree branches dusk lengthens a dusty prelude to dreams #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - dusk 1132
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 06/09/2026secret berry patch bountiful #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt - patch 041