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Marilyn Ward
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A captured Haijin enjoying Japanese short form, haiku, senryu, photography and reading
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 10h
Thank you
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 14h
Thank you very much 🍂
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 14h
#dailyhaikuprompt #silkworm #fallen

a cool breeze
on the old tatami mat
a fallen silkworm
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 1d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #pheasant #stem
an autumn wind
weaving the bracken stems
two pheasants
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 2d
I'm happy you enjoyed it
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 2d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #crunch
beckside walk
the crunch beneath my feet
fallen birch leaves
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 2d
october mist
wrapped around the rose bush
spider webs

#haiku
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you, we had fields of sunflowers still growing at the beginning of October. Its such a joyful flower.
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #field #vivid

in a field of green
a lone sunflower proudly shines
in vivid yellow
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 4d
Blusky is my favourite
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 4d
I understand they can be pretty messy creatures, I'm glad that you liked the ku though
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 4d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #mulberry

mulberry wine...
heady dreams stir of wealth
and silk kimonos
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you very much @freshoutmag.bsky.social
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freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 4d
#haiku by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward, of Lincolnshire, UK. (Bluesky: @haikupoet.bsky.social / TwitterX: @MarilynWar76626) #poetrycommuníty #poetry #poetrylovers #micropoetry #butterflies #lavender #lincolnshire
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 5d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #geese #misty
migrating...
flocks of geese and my thoughts
in a misty sky
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 6d
#dailyhaikuprompt #hyacinths

winters end...
awaiting the awakening
of blue hyacinths
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 7d
www.nahaiwrimo.com/why-no-5-7-5

I have sent a link it explains why haiku doesn't need to be 5-7-5
Although there is nothing wrong with writing that way if yo so desire
NaHaiWriMo - Why “No 5-7-5”?
Okay, this essay is long, but give it a read to better understand why it’s an urban myth to think of English-language haiku merely in terms of 5-7-5 syllables. National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo...
www.nahaiwrimo.com
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 7d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #

spring morning...
seedlings poke through
after the rain
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you for the re post
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 8d
Yes, autumn arrives, and all goes quiet ,but they will return
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 8d
#dailyhaikuprompt #nightchill

night chill
surrounding a late rose
glittering hoarfrost
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 9d
#completethehaiga 119 @completethehaiga.bsky.social
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 9d
#DailyHaikuPrompt #latefrost
late frost
the chirp of a cricket
silenced
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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 9d
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