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Laurence

@solarprof225.bsky.social
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I teach comp/rhet, poetry, and literature courses at Kennesaw State University. I'm also a longtime martial artist, interested in connections between the disciplines I enjoy.

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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
- struck from behind the possum's eyes - #haiku #poetry #autumn #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
- nevertheless crows leaving this branch - #haiku #latesummer #micropoetry #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
- firefly now just a flicker of grief - #monostich #haiku #fireflies #summer #poetry #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
- between life and death my grandfather's bad jokes - #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #death
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
- divorce pain swinging high and low at dusk the mourning dove starts bluesing - #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #relationships
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
- just enough branch to crown this moon - #haiku #poetry #winter
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
- autumn in the eyes of a cat not mine - #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #autumn
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
- nothing in mind weeds go where they go - #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #summer
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
- all alone... a grasshopper leaps for the sun - #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #insects #relationships
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
- snowfall the joke I understand too late - #haiku #micropoetry #winter #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
- a dead roach on the basement floor years ago I too was invincible - #tanka #poetry #relationships #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
- puddle moon we dance around our goodbye - #haiku #poetry #winter #relationships
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
- this anger deeper every day wet leaves - #haiku #autumn
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
- moon long dead our bedroom quiet - #haiku #poetry #monostich #love
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
- moon I imagine her as someone else - #haiku #monoku #moon #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
- stage 4 painting the ocean dark - #monostich #haiku #poetry #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
- good luck elsewhere I boil the rice - #monostich #haiku #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
- ICE rumor... another crow leaves then returns - #haiku #poetry #politics #ICE
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freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
#haiku by Laurence Stacey. Laurence teaches English & Lit. courses at Kennesaw State University. He is also the recent coauthor of “Before the Earth: Haiku and Haikai.” #poetry #departures #cats #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #micropoetry #movingon #ksu
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
- cutting bamboo the war we imagine - #monoku #haiku #poetry #war
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
- paying bills delaying bills slow night - #haiku #poetry #micropoetry
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freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
#monoku by Laurence Stacey. Laurence teaches English & lit. at Kennesaw State University. In addition to studying #poetics, he is a longtime martial artist & is interested in connections between the disciplines he enjoys. #haiku #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #moon #poetrylovers #poetry #father #dad
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
- soldiers gone a spider descends to the floor - #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #war
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
- wild clover if you need a reason to leave - #haiku #poetry #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
- tariff news we let the weeds come back - #senryu #poetry #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
- after the fight dad leaving no moon - #monostich #haiku #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
- June dusk racing downhill the dog still wins - #haiku #poetry #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
- sun cooling the cicada's flight down - #monostich #haiku #poetry #micropoetry
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Daily Haikai & Haiku @dailyhaikai.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
#俳句 #haiku #poet:Kyoshi #era:1800s #era:1900s #kigo:autumn #kigo:scarecrow ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn (1899) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the terms "scarecrow" or "rain" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
盗んだる案山子の笠に雨急なり [虚子]

stealing
the scarecrow's hat,
sudden rain

(Kyoshi) [tr. Dick Whyte]
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Daily Haikai & Haiku @dailyhaikai.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#俳句 #haiku #poet:Anon #era:1600s #kigo:summer #kigo:cicada ❖ source: #LafcadioHearn (1900) ❖ Sometimes incorrectly attrobuted to Bashō ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the term "cicada" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
声に皆鳴しまうてや蝉の殻

it cried
till it became all voice—
cicada shell

[Anon] (tr. Dick Whyte)
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freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#monoku by Laurence Stacey. Laurence teaches English & lit. courses at Kennesaw State University. In addition to studying #poetics, he is a martial artist, interested in connections between the disciplines he enjoys. #haiku #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #moon #poetrylovers #poetry #love #autumn
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
- heatwave thoughts of a poem break down - #haiku #summer #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
- honeysuckle jobless I take one to go - #haiku #monostich #poetry
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freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#senryu by regular contributor Laurence Stacy, a professor of literature @ Kennesaw State University & a martial artist who loves exploring the intersections of these & his many other varied interests. #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #haiku #decisions #crow #black #KSU
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
- warm night an octopus enters my dream - #haiku #micropoetry #dreams
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
- leaving the motel a thin cat watches - #poetry #haiku #duostich
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
- toad season all illness belongs to the gods - #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
- between graves a procession of ants - #haiku #poetry #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
- new ways of taxing the poor snow moon - #haiku #micropoetry #moon
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
- all things being equal vulture - #haiku #monostich #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
- what she says what I hear the business of crows - #haiku #micropoetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
- last warm day the stray cat sits closer - #haiku #micropoetry #winter
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
- brushing away a long dead moth he asks when I'm coming to service - #tanka #poetry
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freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
#senryu by regular contributor Laurence Stacy. Laurence is a professor of literature at Kennesaw State University & a martial artist who loves exploring the intersections of these & his other interests #poetry. #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #haiku #moon #swimming #black #KSU
lake swim
my black ass touching
the moon

#senryu by regular contributor Laurence Stacy. Laurence is a professor of literature at Kennesaw State University and a martial artist who loves exploring the l intersections of these and his many other varied interests - not the least of which, obviously, is his beautiful, clever and often witty #poetry. #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #haiku #moon #swimming #black #KSU
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
- born again brown bats cover the sky - #haiku #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
- winter the way black tea weakens - #haiku #monostich #poetry
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
- unhoused a pigeon watches my hands - #haiku #poetry
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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
From ‘Poetry for Public Consumption’ —Pam Goddard #PoetryAotearoa #poem #poems
Hope

The pink cloud of tomorrow’s dreams
Hangs like a
Mushroom head
Over the sun
Struggling to its knees.
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Laurence @solarprof225.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
- leafsmoke... the traumas we buried to be men - #haiku #poetry
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
A promise is a promise is a promise… @pogue.omg.lol A fwog for you. Well, a few. 🖼️ Qi Baishi's Frogs.
Many frogs.
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