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Orak⚜️
@contactorrin.bsky.social
Louisiana Creole (Texas-born). Actor, Poet, Minister, Creative.🤘🏾⚜️
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winter morning warming milk for cocoa and meditation #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
boiling potatoes
yellowed collar
of her apron

#senryu
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 AM
under a flower's voice quickly walking back and forth #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 8:20 AM
im the market for Turkish Delight i suppress another yawn #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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Pardons issued by an impeached and criminal president should be nullified.
January 25, 2026 at 9:35 AM
my darkness in these free verse senryu—testicles and such #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 AM
talk of free-rhythm haiku making myself some toast #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 7:17 AM
a heavy heart a certain customer talks on and on #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 7:13 AM
inside the silence a field of blooming camelias #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 7:12 AM
deepening ice blows into town my tea cooling bedside #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 AM
カンナ燃ゆ生命保険解約す
Canna flowers burn; I cancel my life insurance

- yoko iwasaki

#senryu
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 AM
朱の栿紗パシと捌いて鬼女となる   
Snapping the cinnabar tea-cloth briskly I become a demoness

- yoko iwasaki

#senryu
January 26, 2026 at 7:03 AM
hot spring steaming water taking away my fatigue #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Feu follet (Louisiana French) or Fifolé (Kouri-Vini): Spooky floating lights found in the bayous. Legend says they're trapped souls or vampires leading travelers into the marsh. 🕯️🔥💀 #LouisianaFolklore
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 AM
child's runnin' feet
the *fifolé real close
heat on his neck

#senryu
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 AM
bright smile of a
domestic—the rich have
no heart or soul

#senryu
January 26, 2026 at 5:53 AM
in between yawns
wishing i were wealthy...
no tea tonight

#senryu
January 26, 2026 at 5:50 AM
dusty books in a stack leaving my bed unmade #senryu
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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Abolish all presidents in the future. Dassit.
Abolish all presidents in the future from the power to pardon. It’s a side business for Trump.
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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On the anniversary of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, I discuss its legacy and the impetus for my forthcoming book, Counterrevolution in Egypt. @versobooks.bsky.social
The Counterrevolution Against 25 January
Anti-Mubarak protesters march through Nasr City, east Cairo, 29 January 2011. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy. Every year, the anniversary arrives accompanied not only by ritualised remembrance, but by de...
www.versobooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:45 AM