Alexis Florentina
@exisflor.bsky.social
I like writing and eating lots of food and sharing poetry and reading. Occasionally, I leave the house. Mostly, I overthink.
Hope your day is chock full of sharing love and joy with the ones you love most x
February 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Hope your day is chock full of sharing love and joy with the ones you love most x
A haiku for anyone who struggles often but hasn’t given up:
“the world is not ending today, because lights are still turning on, because”
grass blades still stab through
hard winter plains, because life
persists, beyond death.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“the world is not ending today, because lights are still turning on, because”
grass blades still stab through
hard winter plains, because life
persists, beyond death.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
January 22, 2026 at 7:51 AM
A haiku for anyone who struggles often but hasn’t given up:
“the world is not ending today, because lights are still turning on, because”
grass blades still stab through
hard winter plains, because life
persists, beyond death.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“the world is not ending today, because lights are still turning on, because”
grass blades still stab through
hard winter plains, because life
persists, beyond death.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
I made it to 100 days of living/working like a full-time writer (as much as I am able), and it’s been a messy road, and it all feels a little anticlimactic.
BUT
I haven’t completely given up on writing, and for me, that’s the biggest thing to celebrate today! 🥇🥳🥂
youtube.com/shorts/VpspH...
BUT
I haven’t completely given up on writing, and for me, that’s the biggest thing to celebrate today! 🥇🥳🥂
youtube.com/shorts/VpspH...
Day 100 of My Writing Year #writingcommunity #creativewriting #mywritingyear #keepwriting
YouTube video by Alexis Florentina
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January 20, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I made it to 100 days of living/working like a full-time writer (as much as I am able), and it’s been a messy road, and it all feels a little anticlimactic.
BUT
I haven’t completely given up on writing, and for me, that’s the biggest thing to celebrate today! 🥇🥳🥂
youtube.com/shorts/VpspH...
BUT
I haven’t completely given up on writing, and for me, that’s the biggest thing to celebrate today! 🥇🥳🥂
youtube.com/shorts/VpspH...
A haiku for current for a stalled mind…
“yesterday, and the day before,”
the sun rose. it fell.
yet here I remain. unmoved
by time. still the same.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“yesterday, and the day before,”
the sun rose. it fell.
yet here I remain. unmoved
by time. still the same.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
January 20, 2026 at 6:18 AM
A haiku for current for a stalled mind…
“yesterday, and the day before,”
the sun rose. it fell.
yet here I remain. unmoved
by time. still the same.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“yesterday, and the day before,”
the sun rose. it fell.
yet here I remain. unmoved
by time. still the same.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
This haiku’s for the brain fog that clouded my mind and slowed my movement this week:
“the week-long storm passes:”
dense fog retreats, and
revived, I search, once again,
for sacred objects.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“the week-long storm passes:”
dense fog retreats, and
revived, I search, once again,
for sacred objects.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This haiku’s for the brain fog that clouded my mind and slowed my movement this week:
“the week-long storm passes:”
dense fog retreats, and
revived, I search, once again,
for sacred objects.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“the week-long storm passes:”
dense fog retreats, and
revived, I search, once again,
for sacred objects.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku to remember that life is a collection of many things:
“whatever happens, please don’t forget that”
fail, win, lose, draw: each
one, a single drop. it’s not
Everything. just try.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“whatever happens, please don’t forget that”
fail, win, lose, draw: each
one, a single drop. it’s not
Everything. just try.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 AM
A haiku to remember that life is a collection of many things:
“whatever happens, please don’t forget that”
fail, win, lose, draw: each
one, a single drop. it’s not
Everything. just try.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“whatever happens, please don’t forget that”
fail, win, lose, draw: each
one, a single drop. it’s not
Everything. just try.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku for a snowy week so far in Notts:
“Winter has finally arrived”
slow sunrise, blue-grey.
snow blankets, green tucked away,
hush now. not today.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“Winter has finally arrived”
slow sunrise, blue-grey.
snow blankets, green tucked away,
hush now. not today.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 AM
A haiku for a snowy week so far in Notts:
“Winter has finally arrived”
slow sunrise, blue-grey.
snow blankets, green tucked away,
hush now. not today.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“Winter has finally arrived”
slow sunrise, blue-grey.
snow blankets, green tucked away,
hush now. not today.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku about pernicious threads:
“poison ain’t the discerning kind”
give it some space, and
it takes and hates and takes ‘till
there’s nothing good left.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“poison ain’t the discerning kind”
give it some space, and
it takes and hates and takes ‘till
there’s nothing good left.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
January 5, 2026 at 5:13 AM
A haiku about pernicious threads:
“poison ain’t the discerning kind”
give it some space, and
it takes and hates and takes ‘till
there’s nothing good left.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“poison ain’t the discerning kind”
give it some space, and
it takes and hates and takes ‘till
there’s nothing good left.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku for curlicue thinking and word play 🤗:
“old times ain’t been gone that long”
try lookin’ side-ways,
slide-ways, all-ways, never straight.
you’ll see you ain’t late.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“old times ain’t been gone that long”
try lookin’ side-ways,
slide-ways, all-ways, never straight.
you’ll see you ain’t late.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A haiku for curlicue thinking and word play 🤗:
“old times ain’t been gone that long”
try lookin’ side-ways,
slide-ways, all-ways, never straight.
you’ll see you ain’t late.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“old times ain’t been gone that long”
try lookin’ side-ways,
slide-ways, all-ways, never straight.
you’ll see you ain’t late.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku for a cold morning walk:
“cold moon spotlight high above, down below”
earth cracks, separates,
wisps on balding trees swing slow,
freeze, and lose a toe
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“cold moon spotlight high above, down below”
earth cracks, separates,
wisps on balding trees swing slow,
freeze, and lose a toe
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A haiku for a cold morning walk:
“cold moon spotlight high above, down below”
earth cracks, separates,
wisps on balding trees swing slow,
freeze, and lose a toe
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“cold moon spotlight high above, down below”
earth cracks, separates,
wisps on balding trees swing slow,
freeze, and lose a toe
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku for that “I’m almost on to something” feeling
“thrumming, humming, something’s coming”
honey-thick seconds
slide by, clear paths, open wide.
no tricks. believe. try.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“thrumming, humming, something’s coming”
honey-thick seconds
slide by, clear paths, open wide.
no tricks. believe. try.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A haiku for that “I’m almost on to something” feeling
“thrumming, humming, something’s coming”
honey-thick seconds
slide by, clear paths, open wide.
no tricks. believe. try.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“thrumming, humming, something’s coming”
honey-thick seconds
slide by, clear paths, open wide.
no tricks. believe. try.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku for that feeling you get when you move a little closer to something you only imagined might happen…
“one step closer into my dream life, where”
words, like Springtime buds,
burst through a cold earth, joyous,
a vision now birthed.
#haiku #haikupoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“one step closer into my dream life, where”
words, like Springtime buds,
burst through a cold earth, joyous,
a vision now birthed.
#haiku #haikupoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A haiku for that feeling you get when you move a little closer to something you only imagined might happen…
“one step closer into my dream life, where”
words, like Springtime buds,
burst through a cold earth, joyous,
a vision now birthed.
#haiku #haikupoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“one step closer into my dream life, where”
words, like Springtime buds,
burst through a cold earth, joyous,
a vision now birthed.
#haiku #haikupoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Let’s hear it for our incredible Flash Fiction shortlist! 👏
Francesca Millican-Slater
Amanda Marples
Jessica Knight
Ingrid Keenan @ingridkeenan.bsky.social
Jaye Frisina @thirteenthstory.bsky.social
Toyosi Onikosi
Alexis Florentina @exisflor.bsky.social
Jane Fuller
Francesca Millican-Slater
Amanda Marples
Jessica Knight
Ingrid Keenan @ingridkeenan.bsky.social
Jaye Frisina @thirteenthstory.bsky.social
Toyosi Onikosi
Alexis Florentina @exisflor.bsky.social
Jane Fuller
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A haiku about a recurring repressed memory dream…
“in my Dream House”
lights flicker, ghosts haunt.
I scramble: Ma sleeps through it.
shadows everywhere.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“in my Dream House”
lights flicker, ghosts haunt.
I scramble: Ma sleeps through it.
shadows everywhere.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A haiku about a recurring repressed memory dream…
“in my Dream House”
lights flicker, ghosts haunt.
I scramble: Ma sleeps through it.
shadows everywhere.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“in my Dream House”
lights flicker, ghosts haunt.
I scramble: Ma sleeps through it.
shadows everywhere.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku for the lonely (and grumpy) old man who lives somewhere in me, apparently…
“what a cold time to be alive”
hard winter, stiff night,
stiffer drink, held in my right,
sip slow, let it bite.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“what a cold time to be alive”
hard winter, stiff night,
stiffer drink, held in my right,
sip slow, let it bite.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A haiku for the lonely (and grumpy) old man who lives somewhere in me, apparently…
“what a cold time to be alive”
hard winter, stiff night,
stiffer drink, held in my right,
sip slow, let it bite.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“what a cold time to be alive”
hard winter, stiff night,
stiffer drink, held in my right,
sip slow, let it bite.
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
A haiku for fragmented sleep on a chilly night:
“maybe it’s midnight”
warm mattress: cold nose:
no good at this: sweaty toes:
so it goes: eyes close:
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“maybe it’s midnight”
warm mattress: cold nose:
no good at this: sweaty toes:
so it goes: eyes close:
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
A haiku for fragmented sleep on a chilly night:
“maybe it’s midnight”
warm mattress: cold nose:
no good at this: sweaty toes:
so it goes: eyes close:
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
“maybe it’s midnight”
warm mattress: cold nose:
no good at this: sweaty toes:
so it goes: eyes close:
#haiku #haikupoetry #originalpoem #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
