Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026First cup of tea: launched with a steam-driven fanfare. 1514
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialHerb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 03/10/2026between flowers and first frost lengthy pause #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) 0376
meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Huge thanks to @waleshaiku.bsky.social for pushing my haiku in the Autumn 2026 issue. I am tickled pink. 😁🥳 www.waleshaikujournal.com #haiku 031
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialJan @janstreit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ukrainian artist, Andrei Remnyev 25316
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialfreshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#haiku / #senryu by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA. #poetry #geese #maryland 0114
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialNjal Nova @njalnova.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Long Light: Twenty Nordic Landscapes (1880–1920) 5. Akseli Gallen-Kallela – Lake Keitele (1905, Finnish) 27317
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Clare Youngs is a UK based artist, designer/maker who works with paper and fabric #WomensArt 2957149
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.social• • • @1010-1010-1010.bsky.social · 02/10/2026a newspaper headline shouts more stars in the universe than atoms! i shake the last drops of wine from outside the inside of my klein bottle #tanka #tankard #micropoetry 0104
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialTanja @joypops.bsky.social · 02/10/2026mountains on both sides we kept walking and looking up #haiku 0148
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026First cup of tea: bespoke, unique, unrepeatable. 3646
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026First cup of tea: liquid subtlety, liquid nuance, liquid transcendence. 4818
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026First cup of tea: like a winning goal in the last minute of extra time. 2686
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialStephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026First cup of tea: the starter pack for a happy day. ☕ 162
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialAlan McKean @alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026second cup of tea they thought it was all over Assam off the bench ☕☕ 031
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialAlan McKean @alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026second cup of tea liquid lifeline lifting lives structurally sound ☕☕ 042
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialAlan McKean @alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026looks like you're both singing A Capella in the local folk club. Good picture 183
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Kaoru of the Sugata-Ebiya, kamuro Nioi and Tomeki. Ukiyo-e woodblock print. About 1800, Japan. Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I 010821
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialDavid @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026hermit crab fights the tidal drag, much like me #haiku #hermitcrab #GodsCountry 37414
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This photograph captures the essence of kōyō (or momijigari, the seasonal custom of autumn foliage viewing), a cherished pastime in Japan that dates back to the refined courtly culture of the Heian period (794–1185). 824660
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Eridan Xharahi (Albanian, Birthdate unknown) "Cactus Bloom", 2025. Watercolor on Cotton Paper, 12 × 17 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 352260375
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In the Garden, Leeson Street, Dublin, painting by Caroline Scally (1886-1973), Irish artist. 0427
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialJan @janstreit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ukrainian artist, Nikolai Ivancho 25311
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialHerb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026the harvestman stops to remember a harvest #haiku #DailyHsikuPrompt (harvest) Partly inspired listening to @imcmillan.bluesky.social ‘s haiku chat with Robert Crawford on R4 The Verb this week, and folk having fun with haiku (listen to the end!). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukThe Verb - Poems to help us brave the elements - BBC SoundsIan McMillan with elemental haiku, poetry that moves mountains, and the best new writing. 094
meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 24/09/2026old conifer deep in the needles the first wasp's hum Thanks so much to everyone at Frogpond for including my verse in the spring edition. Means a great deal. www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/202... #haiku 020
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026First cup of tea: *angelic harp music plays* 2734
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialAlan McKean @alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026second cup of tea Assam stringing me along promising Wensdy ☕☕ 031
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026First cup of tea: now morning’s hinge stops creaking. 5764
meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thanks so much yet again to Sally and Michelle at The Solitary Daisy for including my poem in your lovely publication. It's always an honour your memory -- a splash of rain breaks the silence thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/09/issu... @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social #haiku 131
meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thanks to Hazel from the Highlands for this gorgeous handmade card. #kindnessbypost 001
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026First cup of tea: in the beginning was the slurp. 3746
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialHerb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 18/09/2026leaky memory… the name of our sailboat drifting away #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (leaky) 04910
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026First cup of tea: This cuppa takes me From A to B From A to T 4594
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialTanja @joypops.bsky.social · 17/09/2026dark autumn rain— the tealight candles are not where i put them in march 0176
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialHerb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026forest walk dappled light floors me #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (dappled) 0268
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Conductor: ready Members of the band: ready Now let’s play ‘Thursday’ 55410
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026First cup of tea: nice and teasy does it. 4515
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sound of falling rain Wakes me; or was it a dream? Dream of a great flood? 8586
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialrichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Still Life with Allen Key, Scissors and Orange Bag 1284
meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hugely grateful to the judges of the Vladumir Devide haiku contest 2026 for commending my haiku. Definitely a surprise. I am honoured. #haiku 123
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026An odd plant in the hothouse 3483
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialHerb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 11/09/2026 waning moon readying myself for ricorso #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (waning moon) 0153
meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 10/09/2026our garden's story carried on a bee's wing Huge thanks to everyone at Cornflower magazine for including my poem in the summer 2026 issue. I am so grateful haikudingen.be/magazine/ #haikuhaikudingen.beCornflower Magazine - HaikudingenAbout CornflowerThe goal of Cornflower is to share and promote the pleasure and art of haiku, haibun and haiga.We focus on publishing work that reflects the 051
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialHerb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 10/09/2026morning cloud slowly, the horizon receding #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (morning) 05111
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialfreshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026 #shahai by regular contributor, Jerome Berglund ( @Berglundjeromehaiku ). Jerome currently hails from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, where he produces fine poetry and art featured here many times and in many other publications. #poetry #haiku #photo #NOLA 053
meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Grateful to Lisa at Trash Panda for including my haiku in Trash Panda summer 2026. It is an honour. Some lovely poems between these pages. #haiku www.trashpandahaiku.org 010
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialAlan McKean @alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026LAST BOX Another year Of growing old Gen Z want us dead, Or so I’ve been told Another tick As the calendar leers Another addition To increasing years But what pisses me off As the calendar unlocks Is that now on age surveys I tick the last box Bugger! ©Alan McKean #birthday #Wednesday 151
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialfreshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#shahai by returning contributor, Biswajit Mishra. Biswajit is a bilingual #poet writing mostly in English & occasionally in Odia. Born in India & having spent some time in Kenya, Biswajit & his wife currently live in Calgary, #Canada #photo @biswajitmishra.ig biswajitpoetry@biswajitca.bsky.social 082
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This 1980s rinzu (damask) silk kimono features magnificent oversized hand painted feathers rendered in warm coral-orange and golden amber tones, their flowing forms creating dramatic sweeping movements across the cream-colored silk surface. 28518
Reposted by @meldenn73.bsky.socialContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The wide-eyed Ezo flying squirrel, 🐿️ of Hokkaido, Japan 🇯🇵 1152934394
