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kurokuroart.bsky.social
t.j. zhang ☾
@kurokuroart.bsky.social
creator of “a wish that bloomed in fall”

a webcomic artist, haiku poet, origamist, and a squirrel whisperer

“it is urgent to live enchanted”

https://linktr.ee/kurokuroart
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hi hello~ i just want to introduce myself here in bluesky :D

#artist #haiku #poetry #origami #squirrels
farmer’s market
how big!
those cherries are!

#haiku
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Reposted by t.j. zhang ☾
"art of tanka" issue 5 by Pamela Babusci has landed on my doorstep, and look, there's one of my tanka inside!!

Forgive me
that I possess only
the heart of a child,
turned towards shadow play,
unblinded by the light.

—Makoto

#tanka #artoftanka #poem #published
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
library
the receptionist hands me
a flower pen

#haiku
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
jukebox
parrots of all colors
dancing the night away

#haiku
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
midsummer noon
pond ripples to the sound
of cicada

#haiku
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
i am grateful to have everyone in this journey as well 😌 i hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving :D

thank you webtoon!
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
cart corral
giving the old lady
her quarter back

#haiku
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
aisle of greeting cards
she offers her condolences
for a little girl

#haiku #poem #journal
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
anxious squirrel
quite unsure where to hide
her peanut

#haiku #poem #journal
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
orange night lamp
admiring the trinket box
she made for me

#haiku #poem #journal
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
lady on a wheel chair
longing
by the glass door

#haiku #poem #journal
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
koi fish
spits a bubble
between lily pads

#haiku #poem #journal
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
hillside deck
her music box tinkles
with the stars

#haiku #poem #journal
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
summer stream
those are the ducks
she named that day

#haiku #poem #journal
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
the silver tassels arrived and I tried it on this sample bookmark. really loving it! can’t wait for the final versions 😖

#haiku #bookmark
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
(the bird in the pic might be a finch 🤔 i just wanted to use it)

with a whistle
a sparrow catches a peanut
midair
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
cool summer
one two fireflies
here and there

#haiku #poem #journal
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
our family dog
how noticeable now
his aging fur

#haiku #poem #journal
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
summer kiss
the subtle taste
of her lip balm

#haiku #poem #journal
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
speaking of fears, i want to share a writing exercise i did for the writers’ circle two weeks ago. we were asked to think about what our fear is and then try to personify it. we only had fifteen minutes but these are the ones that came into mind that day.

#fears #purpose #purposedrivenlife
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
river’s edge
squirrel on a root
reaches for water

#haiku #journal #storytelling
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
gazing downstream
her presence
​still lingers

#haiku #journal #storytelling
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
train station
saying our rain-soaked
i love yous

#haiku #haibun #poem
October 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
abrupt awakening
a blue jay squawking
for more peanuts!

#haiku #haibun #journal
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
farming wheat
gazing at our sunset lit
hillside house

#haiku #minecraft
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM