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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They do not listen when we speak. They listen when we VOTE. AZ AR FL GA IN KY LA MS OH TN TX: Monday, Oct. 5. Force them to HEAR you. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/SdDUd8aY

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

History won't ask what you posted. It'll count who showed up. Be in the count: check your registration, make your voting plan, and bring two people with you. When we vote, we win. #LetsGetVoteReady

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Sarah Paris @bsarahparis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“….reading is also rapidly becoming an act of resistance in the current technological landscape. The machines are learning so much from us about language. It’s imperative that we outread them.” #haiku #poetry #writing #creativity

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YourMoonliness @yourmoonliness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

hometown vist all the old ghosts there to greet me

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 29/09/2026

Potentially life-threatening flash flooding expected from the Southwest into the southern High Plains into early Wednesday.

National Weather Service warning: considerable flash, urban, and river flooding possible across New Mexico, west and central Texas into Oklahoma and the Central Plains with widespread 2–6 in. rainfall (locally higher); map shows heaviest rain over Texas/Oklahoma—avoid travel.

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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 29/09/2026

A bed snake entering its burrow

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Joe Lamport @joelamport.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

The wayfaring moon Navigates the winter sky On a starless night #haiku

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

morning coffee waiting for the fog to lift #dailyhaikuprompt fog

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Example: selecting Croce’s Time in a Bottle for my wake Notice: No 5-7-5. No nature. Just a stark, ironic human moment. **#GendaiSenryu #PoetryCommunity #WritingTips #Senryu #Haiku**

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

5. Ground it in the Mundane & Modern 🏙️ Talk about traffic, texting, awkward dates, office politics, or aging bodies. Use contemporary language. Senryu is the poetry of the everyday, the awkward, and the unglamorous. It doesn’t need to be pretty; it needs to be *real*.

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you can remove an adjective or a conjunction without losing the core image, delete it. Think of it as poetry in its underwear.

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is where the "human nature" element shines—often through humor, satire, or dark realism. 4. Ditch the 5-7-5 (But Keep the Brevity) ✂️ You are not bound by syllable counts. However, discipline is key. Aim for sparsity. Every word must earn its place.

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

3. Embrace the Twist or Irony 🔄 Senryu thrives on friction. Use juxtaposition to create a surprise, a wry smile, or a pang of recognition. The first two lines might set up an expectation; the last line subverts it.

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

2. Show, Don’t Tell (The Objective Correlative) 👁️* Avoid abstract emotional labels like "sadness," "anger," or "joy." Instead, show the *physical reality* that creates those feelings. ❌ *I felt so lonely.* ✅ *The TV anchor smiles at my empty chair.*

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here are 5 guidelines to keep your senryu sharp: 1. The Snapshot, Not the Story 📸 Capture *one* specific moment or observation. Don’t explain the backstory. Don’t narrate a timeline. Freeze-frame a single interaction, thought, or incident. If it takes more than one breath to read, cut it down.

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🧵 Writing Gendai Senryu in English? Gendai (modern) Senryu isn’t just "haiku without nature." It’s a distinct art form focused on human nature, irony, and the raw edges of daily life. No 5-7-5 required. No seasonal words needed. Just truth, brevity, and a twist.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Attention Philly Families! It is critical that we show Drexel and city government that our enthusiasm for the Academy of Natural Sciences is going strong! Bring your kids, friends, & neighbors down to the parkway on Saturday from 2-6pm. It's a kid-friendly rally to support the academy!

dinosaurs and bugs happily party together at the Save the Academy family rally. Saturday September 26, 2-6pm 1900 ben Franklin parkway, come dressed as your favorite dinosaur, insect, animal, or just yourself! There's a duck billed dino, a triceratops, a brachiosaurus, a pterodactyl, a millipede, dragonfly, and beetle!

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#LibraryCardSignUpMonth started in 1987 as a response to then Secretary of Education, William Bennett, who stated: “Let’s have a campaign … Every child should obtain a library card and use it.” ALA took Bennett’s words seriously and responded: “We accept your challenge.” bit.ly/4y2Ww3v

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Julie Bloss Kelsey @mamajoules.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Bi Day to all of my Bi friends & family!

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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 43. Bumblebees have antennae cleaners! Two comb edged notches on their front legs. Insert the antenna. Bend the leg to close. Pull antenna through. Catch dirt and pollen. Engineered by #nature. No apps/AI required. #bees #bumblebees #education

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endeavorance 🕊️ @endeavorance.camp · 23/09/2026

Both "bacon" and "bread" mean money, therefore a bacon egg and cheese sandwich is the ultimate expression of wealth

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

in some sky rain isn't falling . . . harvest moon night Kobayashi Issa (1762-1826) #haiku #micropoetry Tr. David G. Lanoue Date of #poem: 1805

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isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Black Bile I guess I should leave the house at least once a day. Hands in my pocket, hood up, I walk into the rain head first. It does not bring good thoughts. night storm the tree’s one last apple falls to the ground #vss365 #haibun

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Gerhard Oevermann 🐦‍⬛ @oevermann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

a kingfisher crosses the river its blue body already gone when the cry reaches me for several moments the bird exists in two places one in the world one still arriving inside me

Photograph of a river in Central Virginia. The trees are reflected on the water and you can see rocks surrounding it. There is a kingfisher in flight crossing the river.

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Gerhard Oevermann 🐦‍⬛ @oevermann.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

wind through cedars I am instructed by no command #haiku

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Julie Bloss Kelsey @mamajoules.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He’s not going to stop until he burns it all down. I hate this timeline. (I really need to stop reading the news before bed.) 🌙

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

iron kettle— the mountain steeping all night #haiku #poetry

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Been working on hometown shows a lot lately but I'm still trying to come up with something for Bluesky every day. #haiku #poetry #sculpture

Promotional image for SECOND NATURE. Three small salvaged-metal sculptures—a frog, turtle and long-tailed salamander—sit on a steel worktable. White text announces salvaged-metal sculpture by Michael Zant with haiku by Tré and Thomas L. Vaultonburg, October 2–3, 2026, at Rockford Art Deli during Fall ArtScene. The exhibition benefits Wild Roots. https://www.gorockford.com/event/second-nature

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A reminder that the Kennedy Center isn’t just a performing arts center, it’s a memorial to President John F. Kennedy and only an evil vindictive vile weak depraved narcissistic pathetic subhuman would spend every waking day trying to deface it and completely destroy it out of spite and jealousy.

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JosephWelchVI @josephwelchvi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m getting tired of Jefferson being right all the time-

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Where does human pain go when justice is absent?"

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 17/09/2026

🔭 A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II) ap260917

A colorful nebula resembles an open
treasure chest on a field of stars.

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The Mathers Foundation @mathersfoundation.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of a few Coelogyne in our collection donated last year by the Hoare family. This is labelled tomentosa 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation

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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Learn the fun of senryū! Haiku will bring you to its sister form, senryū. They overlap sometimes, here we follow prompts to allow us to get the essence of human behaviour, more directly. www.callofthepage.org/courses/senr... #senryu #haiku #comedy #satire #observation #society #people #craft

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Janet Nestor @janetnestor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Migration routes #ButterflyLove 🦋 There have been very few butterflies around my house this summer. I have missed their beauty. 🦋

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Purging the Monsters is a new book of psychological #horror #haiku #senryu by @mamajoules.bsky.social Congratulations, Julie!

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#HaikuSaturday #haiku welcoming autumn the golden sheen of cottonwood leaves Please add a version if you feel like it. If you want your version posted with the other versions please include the hashtag #VersionsHaikuSaturday.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 17/09/2026

MOAR COFFEE and then let's sell a painting. Maybe one of these? #sciart artologica.etsy.com

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Bridget @8rid6et.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

💀 cicada shell still in the office after retirement #hailu #senryu #mcconnell #termlimits

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