we all need each other
some find love in the magical forest
some just stand alone ...

#PaintbyWords #Haiku #Tanka #Senryu #Poetry
#Photograpy #ForestFri #Nature
#imageandVerse #EastCoastkin

It's that time of the week when I write a poem about a headache.

unexpected guests...
i don't beat around the bush
with my headache

#senryu

Heed the #sirens call,
or let it go to voicemail,
at your own peril.

#vss365 #HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #prose #emoetry #inkmine #BlueskyPoets #dpp #booksky #books

everyone,
take a good look -- seagulls
are black birds

--Shinko Tokizane

みんなよくごらんカモメは黒い鳥　時実新子

#senryu #translation

every step home
it grows lighter
backpack skies

Fatma Zohra Habis

#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #haikusaturday #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwr

Dragged to the altar
Reluctant groom makes his bride
Pay and pay for love

#haiku #senryu #altar

@penstricken.bsky.social

From Autumn ’26 🍂

broken silence
a cedar drops
its snow

Michael L. Evans

A quiet winter image, full of stillness, weight, and release.

Read the full Autumn ’26 edition via link in bio.

#haiku #senryu #haikupoetry #poetry WalesHaikuJournal #autumnvibes

well past midnight, roadside flower waits expectantly #senryu

my good zami (friend) @asurasunil.bsky.social has Shinko Tokizane on lock when it comes to the beauty and power of #senryu. I'm so grateful for his expert translations of her work.

I'm turning a little toward the #senryu of Aso Jiro, Maeda Jakuro and Kawakami Santaro...(and Inoue Kenkabo)

bubbles
in this midnight soda—
'little girl
i crave your father'

#senryu

Eden...
new monks take tonsure
well past midnight

#senryu

life continues...
bible left opened to
Ecclesiastes 3

#senryu

pungency of garlic
what i discard
i somehow still need

#senryu

what i crave
the Seven Sisters
helps me hide

#senryu

Distant siren wails
His mobile rings in his hand
The caller unknown
#vss365 #Siren #Senryu