Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 22h

Order your annual #Edinburgh #haiku circle calendar! Contact Catherine at: edinburghhaikucircle.wordpress.com

This is last year's (or this year's? 2025 anyway) ...

The Edinburgh Haiku Circle calendar. One haiku per month with an appropriate piece of artwork. A list of Japanese holidays is in the back. Usually £10-15 plus shipping. Email Catherine to place your order.

Reposted by Becky

Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 1d

smooth jazz
a fallen leaf
crosses the street
#NaHaiWriMo

3 12

Reposted by Becky

The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 3d

Beach-combing crow. ✨

A crow walks along sand that has small stones scattered.

1 6 80

Reposted by Becky

MuederKrieger @muederkrieger.bsky.social · 3d

in their honor
the sound of bagpipes:
migrating birds

#HaikuChallenge #bagpipe
#Haiku #micropoetry

4 13

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 3d

Book Lovers of Bluesky: Is your bookstore ethical? Ethical Consumer (UK) has released their list of most ethical book retailers. Surprise surprise, Amazon (and AbeBooks) is at the bottom of the list.
Buy local, independent.
Buy second hand.

Your local, independent bookshop or nearest library is best, but our Best Buys for books are as follows:

Best for physical bookshops: Libraries, local independent bookshops and Oxfam.
Best for online bookshops: Better World Books, Biblio, Bookshop.org, Oxfam, The Guardian Bookshop
Best for ebooks: Ebooks.com
Best for audiobooks: xigxag
Best for secondhand: Better World Books, Biblio, Oxfam

Recommended buys
Hive scored well across most of our categories and supports independent bookshops.

Alibris and World of Books are good for secondhand too.

We recommend avoiding Amazon (including its brands AbeBooks and Audible).

2 2

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 3d

the wind
holds the cemetery gate open
for a few leaves

#haiku #drafthaiku

4

Reposted by Becky

Doug @flip89db.bsky.social · 5d

if only
we could avoid this talk
. . . October rain

#DailyHaikuPrompt (avoid)
#haiku
#senryu

10 52

Reposted by Becky

Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 5d

#dailyhaikuprompt #hyacinths

winters end...
awaiting the awakening
of blue hyacinths

4 46

Reposted by Becky

Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 8d

chrysanthemums
In the rain…
walking slower now

#haiku #poetry

3 24

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 8d

news.sky.com/story/sky-ne...

Sky News joins NATO air patrol designed to deter Russia from pushing boundaries

The RAF is supplying Typhoon fighter jets and refuelling capabilities to help patrol the skies and bolster NATO's eastern flank after Russia sent scores of drones into NATO territory on 10 September.

news.sky.com

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 8d

out of the darkness
two fighter jets emerge
autumn equinox

lol I turned it into a #haiku??

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 8d

#FoundSenryu

Headline: Out of the darkness two fighter jets emerge: Watch as Sky News joins NATO

Text: Out of the darkness, flashing bars of red and blue, followed by the black, avian-like forms of two Typhoon fighter jets, emerge and glide side-long towards our plane.

#senryu

Headline: Out of the darkness two fighter jets emerge: watch as Sky News joins NATO
Text: Out of the darkness, flashing bars of red and blue, followed by the black, avian-like forms of two Typhoon fighter jets, emerge and glide side-long towards our plane.
Image: a plane wing on the left, that of the photographer’s, a fighter jet with two red lights on the right, a city lights from above as the sky has a hint of orange on the horizon

3

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 8d

#FoundSenryu

Headline: Out of the darkness two fighter jets emerge: Watch as Sky News joins NATO

Text: Out of the darkness, flashing bars of red and blue, followed by the black, avian-like forms of two Typhoon fighter jets, emerge and glide side-long towards our plane.

#senryu

1

Reposted by Becky

Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 23d

#BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines #ColorADay #GreenSat #SaturdayStairs #StripesOnSaturday

Zigzag escalation - 2025

#Phonetography
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear #handrailsteps #clinginglife #pointy

Handrail casting zigzag lines on cement stairs. Green grass grows in the corners and green mildew stains the cement.

2 12 120

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 22d

Yes!!

1

Reposted by Becky

haveahaiku.bsky.social @haveahaiku.bsky.social · 22d

cold rain
feels different
now

#haiku

1 2 27

Reposted by Becky

Skrib @orrinonline.bsky.social · 24d

thinking 'draconian'
is such an
ancient word

#senryu

2 7

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · 25d

sliding down
a shiny black SUV
a small golden leaf

#haiku

7

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · Sep 8

changing season
swapping cider
for beer

#haiku

5

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · Aug 27

High praise! My unworthy self bows in gratitude. 🙏

2

Reposted by Becky

AsurasHaiku @asurashaiku.bsky.social · Aug 9

cricket--
one bathroom tile
missing

--Amari Ōki

こほろぎや風呂場のタイル一つ欠け　大木あまり

#haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

1 13

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · Aug 24

restless gnat
on the crowded bus
Ah! The heat!

#haiku

1 12

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · Aug 24

What a great article!! Not enough ❤️❤️❤️ to express thanks for sharing! Love to read thoughts from @tokouzinorak.bsky.social

Interesting that #senryu often dealt with tropes. I’m rather familiar with the tropes of cinema, so that might be interesting to explore in poetic form.

Thank you! 🙏

2

Reposted by Becky

isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social · Aug 24

I found the article
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2023/07/a-br...

A Brief History of Senryu - The Solitary Daisy

There's often much talk about the difference between haiku and senryu. Many folks feel there shouldn't be a distinction,

thesolitarydaisy.ca

1 1 3

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · Aug 24

That's a good way to put it: smells of humanity. Plenty of haiku focus on human activity and nearly all include the poet and emotions, but the, for lack of a better word, scent of the poem is not just mankind.

To ponder more... 🤔

1 1

Becky @beekyhd.bsky.social · Aug 23

I tend to agree with you on that. I think that the only reason I might (strong might!) put it in haiku is the spring/summer feeling of The Green Man. But that is a tenuous link at best, I admit.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_M...

Green Man (folklore) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

1 1