Doug
flip89db.bsky.social
Doug
@flip89db.bsky.social
#poet ND✨
haiku
𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘬𝘶 (pending)
𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘬𝘶 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 (pending)
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘴𝘵
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘖𝘶𝘵
𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘹 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸…
he/him, married
Touchstone nominee
Pinned
hiding in my brain
that one spider
i pretended to spare

#haikufeels (occupy)
#haiku
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the candle
burns itself out —
unspoken words

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #candle
January 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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evergreen leaves
darker in the winter
is that true, or perception
i am glad i think
and ask

#TankaPoem #tanka #haiku
#true #tankathursday
#senryu #green #micropoem
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
distant eyes
and plastic skin
world news

#senryu
#haiku
#HaikuFeels (detach)
January 24, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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#haiku #haikusaturday #haikuforsoulmstes.

The house of haiku is open for everyone Literary Revelations calls for submission for an anthology entitled Haiku for Soulmates. 5 haiku by February 26 email: [email protected]. More below

literaryrevelations.com/2026/01/05/h...
Haiku for Soulmates – Call for Submissions for a New Anthology by Literary Revelations
We do not publish books. We create legacies.  Gabriela Marie Milton Dear followers and subscribers, Literary Revelations is thrilled to announce an open call for submissions for our upcoming a…
literaryrevelations.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
blizzard moon
sharpening its fangs—
pine icicles

#haiku
#zoomorphism
#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
winter's cold sharp fangs
glitter in the frosty dawn--
icicles on pines

short form:
the sharp fangs
of winter--
icicles

Please add a version if you feel like it.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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plum blossoms—
a woman pauses
mid-bridge
#haiku #poetry
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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I wake up
without the story
of myself
with no voice
cloudless rain



Atlas Poetica, spring, 2015

#tanka #poetry #poem
January 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM
the long way home
praying to the other side
of the mountain

#DailyHaikuPrompt (mountain)
#haiku
#senryu
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
calamity day
my down coat
draped on their snowman

#PJJournal
#prompt 10
#senryu
January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Welcome to PJ's prompt feature! We invite you to write senryu concerning #feather (with or without the word in your senryu)

What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
Find out more www.hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...

Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 10
#WritingCommunity
#poetrycommunity
a black and white photo of a white feather floating on top of a body of water .
ALT: a black and white photo of a white feather floating on top of a body of water .
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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“A simple, powerful way to express love and gratitude to the Divine.”

- @hifsays.bsky.social

We loved this description shared with us by Hifsa, so we’ve added Hu Mantra to the Haiku Emporium - a #word rooted in devotion, simplicity, and #stillness.

waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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ice storm
burned into my retinas
a toddler’s snow hat
#senryu
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Got accepted in the 2025 Red Moon Anthology today! Below is the one I had included in Red Moon 2013.

#haiku #micropoetry #dogs
January 19, 2026 at 11:52 PM
January 19, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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from where
did you come
winter fruit fly

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku
January 19, 2026 at 12:13 PM
wanting no more
wanting no less . . .
warm rain

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt (rain)
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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ignoring
the rules of chess — they play
monopoly
#SenryuSunday #senryu
January 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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dead of winter ...
I line up empties
on the closed piano

FreeXpresSion Volume XVIII—Issue 3 March 2011

#senryu #micropoetry #winter
January 18, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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vape shop ...
a loonie Krazy Glued
to the sidewalk

Failed Haiku #8 August 2016

#senryu #micropoetry #poetry
January 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
icy winter wind--
a shriveled sycamore leaf
quivers and shivers

short form:
one last dance--
a shriveled sycamore leaf
sways in winter wind

Please add a version if you feel like it.
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
ice storm
the false sense of safety
beneath soft pines

#haiku
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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midwinter thaw
furnace kicking
off and on

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku
January 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
intermittent thaw
a cough or two
from the smokestacks

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#haiku
January 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM