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Roger Bonner (we is)
@bonnerr.bsky.social
#Poet, #playwright, #writer of children's books, living in Basel, Switzerland. #Haiku #poetry #humorist #satirist
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Great #news two of my #haiku have been accepted for the #HaikuCrush
#Anthology #BestHaiku #2025!
#Haiku is alive in '25!

The 3 judges @haikucrush.bsky.social have announced... two haiku by Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social of #Basel #Switzerland will be published in The Best Haiku 2025 anthology.

"I love the fleeting moment of a haiku based on direct observation."

#poetry #poetrycommunity
Here’s my #Monday post to start the week with a #laugh.
#Senryu #Poetry #Humor #Satire #BlueSkyPoet #Vss365 #eggs
#HaikuCrush #Dinosaurs
#SillySenryu #BlueSkyPoets

Tyrannosaurus
eggs for breakfast, be aware -
Momma’s on the way!
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Here’s my #Sunday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365
#nature #Way #mountain
#BlueSkyPoem #Zen #snow
#HaikuCrush #photography
#poem #BlueSkyCommunity

The way leads to snow –
does it know how long it takes
to reach the summit?
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Here’s my #weekend
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365
#leaves #trees #nature
#BlueSkyPoem #moonlight
#HaikuCrush #alchemy
#photography

Moon caught in branches,
bare now, leaves withered on ground -
drops of quicksilver
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Here’s my #Thursday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365 #Ginkgo
#leaves #trees #nature
#BlueSkyPoem #moonlight #livingfossil
#ivy #lonely #HaikuCrush
#photography

Late light burning low
in the lonely ivied house –
Ginkgo leaves eavesdrop
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Here’s my #Wednesday
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365 #Ginko
#leaves #trees #nature
#BlueSkyPoem #moonlight #livingfossil
#dinosaurs

Ginkgo leaves shimmer
under the same moonlight where
dinosaurs once roamed
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Congratulations to Mara Gajic for having a Haiku chosen!
#Haiku is alive in '25!

The 3 judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce... a haiku by Mara Gajic of #Vienna #Austria has been chosen to be in The Best Haiku '25 #anthology.

" ...whenever you feel overwhelmed by your thoughts, try to put them into a haiku."

#poetry #micropoetry #poets
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Here’s my #Tuesday #nostalgic
#Senryu #haiku #Vss365 #memory
#BlueSkyPoem #kiss #love
#romance #HaikuCrush

Sometimes, in a flash,
it is nineteen fifty-eight -
first kiss through glasses
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Here’s my #Sunday #haiku
#BlueSkyPoets #NaturePoetry
#Sanryu #Vss365
#poetry #micropoetry
#mountain #Alps #clouds
#photography

Buoyed by rising mist,
the mountain peak looms skyward –
restraining clouds form
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Here’s my #Friday #Halloween #Sanryu
#BlueSkypost #Vss365
#photography #HaikuCrush
#micropoetry #shadows #graveyard
#moonlight #hands #graves
#HappyHalloween!
#BlackBoughPoetry

Moon gleams through branches,
shadows creep about tombstones –
a hand breaks from grave
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Reposted by Roger Bonner (we is)
Holy moly thank you so much!
I was honored to be shortlisted and doubly so to be selected!
#Haiku is alive in '25!

The 3 judges @HaikuCrush are pleased to announce that a #haiku by J. L. Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social of #Ohio USA won publication in The Best Haiku '25 international anthology.

"Reading translations of #Basho and #Santoka solidified my focus on haiku..."

#poetry #book #kigo
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here’s my #Friday
#BlueSkypost #Vss365
#Haiku #NaturePoetry #Poetry
#photography #HaikuCrush
#micropoetry #rain #dancing
#moonlight #Tango

Dancing in the rain,
a Tango through the puddles-
moonlight following
October 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Great #news two of my #haiku have been accepted for the #HaikuCrush
#Anthology #BestHaiku #2025!
#Haiku is alive in '25!

The 3 judges @haikucrush.bsky.social have announced... two haiku by Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social of #Basel #Switzerland will be published in The Best Haiku 2025 anthology.

"I love the fleeting moment of a haiku based on direct observation."

#poetry #poetrycommunity
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Here’s my #Wednesday
#BlueSkypost #Vss365
#Haiku #NaturePoetry #Poetry
#photography #Haikusmash
#autumn #fall #nature
#trees #mountains #micropoetry
#snow #clouds

First snow on mountains,
cloud arms embracing the peaks –
trees stand still and stare
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Here’s my #Tuesday
#Senryu #Poetry #Humor #Satire #SocialMedia #ModernLife #BlueSkyPoet
#Smartphones #Haikusmash #Narcissism
#Vss365

Always held up high,
smartphones are a girl’s best friend-
Look, I‘m so pretty!
October 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Here’s my #Sunday
#BlueSkypost #Vss365 #Haiku #NaturePoetry #Poetry
#photography #Haikusmash
#autumn #fall #nature
#trees #sunrise #mountains
#mist

Trees stand sentinel
over the misty mountain-
waiting for sunrise
October 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Here’s my #Saturday #reflective
#BlueSkypost #Vss365 #Haiku #NaturePoetry #Poetry
#photography #Haikusmash
#autumn #fall #nature
#trees #leaves #Keats

Last leaves still clinging
to the tree’s skeletal arms –
were I as steadfast!
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Here’s my #Friday
#BlueSkypost #Vss365 #Haiku #NaturePoetry #Poetry
#photography #Haikusmash
#autumn #fall #nature #plants
#flowers

Balloon plant about
to burst its seeds in the air-
spiky Zeppelins
October 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Here’s my #Thursday
#BlueSkypost #Vss365 #Haiku #NaturePoetry #trees #Poetry
#photography #Haikusmash
#autumn #fall #wind #rain

Wind tousles the trees,
clouds buffeted through the sky-
rain racing ahead
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Here’s my #Wednesday
#BlueSkypost #Vss365 #Haiku #NaturePoetry #trees #Poetry
#giants #photography #Haikusmash
#autumn #fall

Lights dim late at night,
last leaves glitter on branches-
goldleaf drifting down
October 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Here’s my #Monday
#BlueSkypost #Vss365 #Haiku #NaturePoetry #trees #Poetry
#giants #photography #HaikuSmash

Old gnarly tree’s face,
giant scowling down at me –
croaks, Fee fi fo fum!
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Here’ my #Saturday no #haiku
#vss365 #HaikuSmash
#poetry #muse #PoetsOfBlueSky
#WritersLife #WritersBlock

🎭 Invocation to the Muse 🎭

No haiku idea –
O, my fair Muse, I invoke
you, don’t forsake me!
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Feeling honoured to be shortlisted for the #HaikuCrushCompetition
#Haiku is alive!

The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.

Tracy Davidson
J. L. Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social
Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social
and brett brady

More finalists coming tomorrow!
October 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
No bee in whorl of
sunlight, imbibing nectar –
purple petal beams

Turns out it wasn’t a bee — just a great imitator on a sweet mission. 🪰🍯

📸 #Haiku #NaturePoetry #Hoverfly #BlueSkyPoets #Poetry #HumourInNature #SyrphidFlowerFly #photography
October 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM