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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 9h

muddy watermint
all the pale roots thickening
where nobody sees

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Sarah Hina @sarahhina.bsky.social · 2d

after a day of reading
the mind is pockmarked—
sunshine seeding
new lands, new crops

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Maria Carvalho @immcarvalho.bsky.social · 2d

Fall leaf, a canvas—
Look closely, and you will see
An image of a leafless tree
#poem

A crimson leaf lying on the grass. Its veins resemble a bare tree.

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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 2d

#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku

what if
it never happens
apple blossom

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john mαtthєw @jdubqca.bsky.social · 1d

jdubqca.com/2012/10/22/w...

WHEN NOVEMBER COMES

#poetry

When November Comes

It doesn’t matter what day it is and no one seems to care which way the wind blows. The only thing that seems to matter is November will arrive without fanfare, and now everything can get on with d…

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 1d

the stream pauses
on a stone
to think
#haiku #poetry

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Jocelyn @jocelynx44.bsky.social · 16h

there was an old cat
& we called him Tatters
one day he was gone

#haikufeels #haiku

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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · 1d

waxing rabbit moon —
transgressing the thin border
between night and dream
takes just this one little leap
go, child, have courage
and jump

#tanka #poetry
#inkMine

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 1d

#FromOneLine 394

I hear birds on the roof . . .

I hear birds on the roof --
pigeons, maybe collared doves,
nothing native to this place

The birdsong leaves no trace
after sunrise fades Like all my loves
this green world remains aloof

Doves strut and bubble on my roof
but I remain alone. Do, does
my heart break? No: I'm alone with you

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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 1d

#haiku
untethered from
the river the mist
slides up the hills

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Barico @njbarico.bsky.social · 1d

#俳句 #haiku

unsure where to flow
the river turns
into a cloud

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 11h

I think they might be whiteflies, but I could be wrong!

Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 11h

😊🙏

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 1d

these tiny white moths
brush the air above my skin
slip into silence

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 2d

woodsmoke
above the bridge
brown leaves falling

#haiku

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 2d

sunfish swimming
down through blue sky
amid cloud flowers

#haiku #haiga

completeTheHaiga @completethehaiga.bsky.social · 9d

#completethehaiga 119 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka

abstract drawing of a fish from overhead

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Philippa R. Francis @philippa.bsky.social · 1d

#Gothtober photopoem shared 13th October 2025

Photo hows an avenue of gnarled, leafless trees leading to a small hillock. On it stands a battered, overgrown planter. The poem reads ~ smudge of remnant leaves/ cracked urn revered by ivy:/ country house gothick

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 1d

orb weaver
spinning between stems
catching frost

#dailyhaikuprompt stem

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elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs @pleides.bsky.social · 1d

harvest over
quiet empty fields
soil tucked in

#dailyhaikuprompt (field)
#haiku #autumn

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1d

morning chill
autumn carries undertones
of winter
#vss365 #haiku

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David @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 1d

caterpillar
between leaves,
visible world for now

#haiku #nature #caterpillar

A caterpillar moving from one leaf to another.

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Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 2d

night fishing…
the willows catch
only mist

#haiku #poetry

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Gerhard Oevermann 🐦‍⬛ @oevermann.bsky.social · 2d

insomnia’s cathedral

thoughts ring like bells
in the skull’s small nave

each toll a reminder
that silence was never empty

waking feels the same
only brighter

#poetry

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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 2d

#HaikuFeels #OneLineOctober #monoku #haiku

desolate wind even the moon looks thin tonight

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Two #haiku, yesterday and today.
Maybe it's time to get back to writing a little poem daily . . .

first cool night
the silver sound of crickets
slips in the window

such a noise!
two or three mockingbrirds
argue in grackle

(and yes, they really do!)
youtu.be/PbImHA61P1o?...

Northern Mockingbird Singing

YouTube video by MikWilkens

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