Today’s ACTUAL challenge #haiku
(“idle” and “benefit”)
no real benefit
to sit around and idle
(except to my feet)

Today’s ACTUAL challenge #haiku
(“idle” and “benefit”)
no real benefit
to sit around and idle
(except to my feet)
NOT today’s challenge #haiku
(“idle” but not “benefit”)
My hands must not be
idle because I don’t see
a devil’s playground
#haikupoetry
#micropoetry
#2WordPrompt
(I’ll try again later on.)
a spiny cactus
existing defiantly
accepts accolades
Today’s challenge #haiku
(“digital” and “track”)
I cannot keep track
of how this digital tech
keeps changing my life
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
let me not be the
bare tree in the forest field
the orchard in fruit
#haiku #haikuart #haikuartist #photohaiku #micropoetry #smallpoems #substackpoet #haikuonbluesky #blueskyhaiku ##poetry #Poetry #haikupoetry
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
we demand answers
when black kings march
Rip Nolan Wells ✨️🙏🏽
phenomenal and gifted
I am Morning Star
creative and different ✨️
#Haikupoetry
#aspiretoinspire
#poeticcharm
#creativedisturbance
bourbon and whiskey
dock of the bay
roses and thorns ✨️
#Haikupoetry
#waroftheroses
#liquidcourage
#insandouts
#reminiscing
Today’s challenge #haiku
(“compare” and “express”)
The Pony Express
could not compete or compare
with the telegraph.
little did they know
the tree monster invited
himself to dinner
The portal opened.
Monsters awaited their chance
to feast and devour...
Today’s challenge #haiku
(“subject” and “assert”)
there are lots of folks
who will assert opinions
on any subject
From Autumn '26 🍂
autumn sundown
mom says she has a son
with my name
Monty Milne
A quietly devastating haiku of memory, identity and loss.
Read the full Autumn '26 edition via link in bio.
Today’s challenge #haiku
(“yearn” and “wreck”)
I do yearn for a
train wreck of an election
for the GOP.
Today’s challenge #haiku
(“pattern” and “strike”)
Strike that idea—
there needs to be a pattern
and I can’t find one.
Let’s try this again…
herd mentality
won’t produce same outcomes as
non-conformity
Today’s challenge #haiku
(“produce” and “herd”)
herd mentality
won’t give the same outcomes as
non-conformity