both halves of the rhubarb pie
in the trash —
singles bar
@17onji.bsky.social
17 Onji
@17onji.bsky.social
Entrepreneur / Haikuist
@17onji.bsky.social@17onji.bsky.socialSome moments last only seconds. Others stay with us for years.
That's one of the things I love about haiku. A handful of words can preserve something that might otherwise have disappeared from memory.
Warmth of Stone — 81 haiku and senryū through the seasons.
@17onji.bsky.socialsilent breakfast —
on the dining table
a small pile of salt
@17onji.bsky.socialHaiku isn't just about cherry blossoms, frogs, and moonlight.
My collection Warmth of Stone also explores memory, relationships, loss, humour, and the peculiarities of being human.
81 haiku and senryū through the four seasons.
Paperback • Kindle • PDF
@17onji.bsky.socialvalentine's day —
his box of chocolates
from a year ago
@17onji.bsky.socialautumn wind —
a single creak
from the empty swing
An ordinary moment, perhaps. But what does it suggest to you?
From Warmth of Stone, my collection of 81 haiku and senryū through the seasons.
@17onji.bsky.socialfield of tulips —
I wait for the note
that will make it a warble
@17onji.bsky.socialjackhammer
yellowhammer
tinnitus
@17onji.bsky.socialHaiku doesn't need elaborate vocabulary to say something worthwhile.
A frog. An empty swing. Two cups of tea. A footprint in the snow.
Ordinary things can carry memory, humour, loss and love—if we stop long enough to notice them.
Warmth of Stone
@17onji.bsky.socialforget-me-nots
the doctor's
quiet diagnosis
@17onji.bsky.socialFrom Warmth of Stone:
new moon —
she still makes
two cups of tea
Sometimes what a haiku leaves unsaid is as important as what it puts on the page.
@17onji.bsky.social
@17onji.bsky.social81 haiku and senryū. Four seasons.
I arranged Warmth of Stone around the cycle of the year — spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
But the seasons aren't just scenery. The poems also explore memory, relationships, humour, ageing, loss, and the small moments we often miss.
@17onji.bsky.social
@17onji.bsky.socialsuper bowl touchdown —
the gaggle of geese
now a skein
@17onji.bsky.socialWhy Warmth of Stone?
The title comes from the final haiku in the collection, inspired by a stone warmed by winter sunlight.
But it also captures something at the heart of the book: the small, unexpected things we discover when we pay attention.
@17onji.bsky.socialsummer kimono
I step outside and
sneeze
@17onji.bsky.socialHaiku Passion / 17 Onji
My new collection, Warmth of Stone, is now available.
81 haiku and senryū through spring, summer, autumn and winter — small poems about the moments we might otherwise miss.
Paperback • Kindle • PDF
@17onji.bsky.socialwith his one good hand
he reads the story
on a tree trunk
@17onji.bsky.socialleaves on the coffin —
from across the lake
the song of loons
