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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
Ideas for poems flow
to me like stream over stones-
time, the dam ahead

#haiku #writinglife #time #quietpoetry #BlueSkyPoets
#vss365 #photography
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Full moon bathes treetops
with its opalescent light-
Jupiter observes

#haiku #nighthaiku #moon #fullmoon #nightsky #treetops #naturepoetry #quietmoment
#vss365 #Jupiter #photography
January 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Not bald nor dashing,
just the Orange Man spouting
one of many lies

#prompt #Balderdash #senryu
#vss365
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I found a postcard
from my niece, long passed away-
love, from a bookmark

#haiku #memory #quietpoetry #foundmoment #love #vss365
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Pond in winter lies
frozen to the depths of ground-
new life waits for thaw

#haiku #winter #frozenpond #waiting #thaw #quietnature #seasonalchange #patience #hope #naturepoetry #blueskywriters
#vss365 #photography
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Happy New Year to everyone!
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Last day of this year,
old and weary with troubles-
Hope for the New Year

#haiku #newyear #hope
#windowview #quietmoments #reflection #timepassing #peace #blueskywriters #poets
#photography #Vss365
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Sadly, it's time to get rid of the #ChristmasTree! Here's my #poem on how to cut up the tree. #BlueSkyPoets #Vss365 #Poetry #EndOfSeason #Memory
December 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I saw this #cat in a #seniorsresidence and quickly took this #photograph before the cat went back to #work

Moggy takes a nap,
exhausted from stressful life-
wish I were a cat

#Senryu #CatLife #WishIWereACat #EverydayPoetry #HumourPoetry #CatNap #BlueSkyPoets #LifeEnvy
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
No more White Christmas;
Bing stuck back on CD shelf-
Bummer, still no snow!

#Senryu #NoSnow #WhiteChristmas #WinterBlues #SeasonalHumor #PoetryWithHumor #BlueSkyPoets #Vss365 #photography
December 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Waiting for New Year
in the hope life gets better-
trees quietly grow

#haiku #NewYear #Hope #WinterTrees #QuietGrowth #NaturePoetry #Stillness #Reflection #BlueSkyPoets #photography
#vss365
December 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
December 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Wish I had a cat
then I'd get many more likes-
a dog would do too

#Senryu #Micropoetry #Poetry #PoetsOfBlueSky #BlueSkyPoets #HumourPoetry #MetaPoetry #SocialMediaLife #vss365 #satire
December 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Christmas table set;
all we now need are the guests-
doorbell is ringing!

#haiku #Christmas #dinner
#vss365 #photography
December 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Christmas and no snow
though everyone dreams of some—
the gods are silent

#Haiku #ChristmasPoetry #WinterPoetry #SeasonalPoetry
#Micropoetry #QuietMoments #BlueSkyPoets
#vss365 #photography
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Mangers for Jesus,
born when is not really known-
Still Christmas is here!

#Haiku #ChristmasEve #Nativity #MangerScene #FaithAndDoubt #WinterPoetry #SacredMoments #BlueSkyPoets #vss365
December 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Cathedral towers
loom over the Christmas tree-
but in tune with joy

#Haiku #ChristmasLight
#Cathedral #WinterEvening #VisualPoetry #BlueSkyPoets
#photography #vss365
December 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Angel spreads its arms
to embrace the world with love-
shadow holds it back

#haiku #angels #shadows #love
#Christmas #BlueSkypoets
#vss365
December 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Fathers pushing prams
up and down the avenue-
must be the weekend

#Senryu #EverydayLife #Parenthood #UrbanMoments #Micropoetry #BlueSkyPoetryCommunity #ObservationalPoet #vss365
December 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Squeaky shoes in church
disturb the awesome silence—
angels turn their heads

#Senryu #Micropoetry #Church #EverydayMoments #QuietHumor #HumanFoibles #PoetryCommunity #ShortPoem #angels #vss365
December 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Verify you’re not
a robot by clicking here—
I’m a clever cat

#Senryu #Micropoetry #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets #TechHumor #CatPoetry #vss365
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December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Mizzle, a new word,
in Jane Austen’s Emma-
patter of raindrops

#Haiku #LiteraryHaiku #JaneAusten #Emma #WordOfTheDay #Rain #Poetry #MicroPoetry
#vss365
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Baby spuds sprouting
even when there is no earth—
all they need is dark

#haiku #poetry #smallwonders #quietgrowth #vss365 #photography #BlueSkyPoets
December 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
She’s cooking dinner;
suddenly the light goes out—
bomb blasts the power

#Senryu #WarPoetry #Micropoetry
#Ukraine #Vss365 #BlueSkyPoetry
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Here‘s a #Sanryu for #Christmas
#SantaClause #BlueSkyPoets
#Vss365 #micropoetry

Santa versus Christ;
celebrations in full swing—
whose birthday is it?
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM