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

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

“it is urgent to live enchanted”

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Nov 20
hi hello~ i just want to introduce myself here in bluesky :D

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

#haiku
eight moon, second day, 2025 after getting a library card and a book, my uncle and i went outside to check out the weekly farmer's market. farmer's market how big! those cherries are!
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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"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
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library
the receptionist hands me
a flower pen

#haiku
eight moon, second day, 2025 my uncle and i decided to go to the library after i cut his hair. i've been wanting to get a library card for a while now so we drove there this morning to get one. library the receptionist hands me a flower pen i love the library so much. i decided this is where i am going to revise my script in the next couple of months. it's just so quiet and peaceful and i love the smell of books. it got me so inspired. i went to search for haiku books in the catalog and i found some! i decided to borrow one for now and it's called "A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Haiku" by William Scott Wilson. also, i found a writer's club in the brochure and it happens to be on my next weekend off! how amazing is that? i am so excited and also quite nervous. but mostly excited!
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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jukebox
parrots of all colors
dancing the night away

#haiku
seventh moon, thirty-first day, 2025 on our hillside deck after taming six parrots and two rusty wolves in Minecraft. jukebox parrots of all colors dancing the night away Liz loved the dancing parrots. she played several discs with her jukebox and we watched the parrots bob their heads up and down all night long. they're just so cute! we named four of them. i named one of the blue ones "Blue," the red one "Red", then Liz named the white parrot "Nigel," and the cyan one "Wilbur."
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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midsummer noon
pond ripples to the sound
of cicada

#haiku
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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
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cart corral
giving the old lady
her quarter back

#haiku
seventh moon, thirtieth day, 2025 near the entrance of Aldi, an old lady from the other side of the street called me and asked if i want her shopping cart. i didn't need one but i offered to bring her cart back to the return station. cart corral giving the old lady her quarter back
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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aisle of greeting cards
she offers her condolences
for a little girl

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twenty-ninth day, 2025 while browsing cards for Liz at The Paper Store, two ladies right beside me were catching up to one another. one of the stories i overheard from them was a very sad and heartbreaking one. aisle of greeting cards she offers her condolences for a little girl
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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anxious squirrel
quite unsure where to hide
her peanut

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twenty-eight day, 2025 while taking a breather under a black locust tree. anxious squirrel quite unsure where to hide her peanut she would keep digging slowly, stop, and then awkwardly move to another spot to do the same thing again. it was funny.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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orange night lamp
admiring the trinket box
she made for me

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twenty-seventh day, 2025 in my room before i went to bed. orange night lamp admiring the trinket box she made for me i love it so much. it's a very special box. Liz drew paper lanterns on it using black, silver, and gold markers. it reminded me of the time when we sat in a boat under hundreds of sky lanterns in Minecraft back in march. that night was just magical. and now i have this lovely lovely box that will remind me of that beautiful moment forever.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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lady on a wheel chair
longing
by the glass door

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twenty-seventh day, 2025 on our way outside the nursing home after clocking out. lady on a wheel chair longing by the glass door
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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koi fish
spits a bubble
between lily pads

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twenty-fifth day, 2025 leaning on a rail next to a pond outside the nursing home. koi fish spits a bubble between lily pads
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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hillside deck
her music box tinkles
with the stars

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twenty-fourth day, 2025 in Minecraft, Liz and i decided to go back to our house after getting some stuff from our hometown ten thousand blocks away. there, we spent the rest of the night listening to her discs on the deck she built a couple days ago. hillside deck her music box tinkles with the stars
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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summer stream
those are the ducks
she named that day

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

#haiku #bookmark
the silver tassels arrived and I tried it on this sample bookmark. really loving it! can’t wait for the final versions 😖
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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(the bird in the pic might be a finch 🤔 i just wanted to use it)

with a whistle
a sparrow catches a peanut
midair
(the bird in the pic might be a finch 🤔 i just wanted to use it) seventh moon, twenty-third day, 2025 during my walk towards the grocery store, i stopped on this one path where i always see one of my feathered friend. with a whistle a sparrow catches a peanut midair
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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cool summer
one two fireflies
here and there

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twenty-second day, 2025 on my way back home coming from my grandparent's apartment. cool summer one two fireflies here and there
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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our family dog
how noticeable now
his aging fur

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twenty-second day, 2025 after eating at a chinese restaurant for dinner, me and my family went to my grandparent's apartment to visit our aunt's dog Barkley. i haven't seen him in a long time. when we opened the front door, he was there wagging his little bulldog tail. our family dog how noticeable now his aging fur
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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summer kiss
the subtle taste
of her lip balm

#haiku #poem #journal
seventh moon, twentieth day, 2025 sitting on the ledge over a stream still reminiscing about our time together. summer kiss the subtle taste of her lip balm
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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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
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river’s edge
squirrel on a root
reaches for water

#haiku #journal #storytelling
seventh moon, twentieth day, 2025 still sitting on the ledge, eating dried fruits. river's edge squirrel on a root reaches for water i used my binoculars to see the squirrel more clearly.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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gazing downstream
her presence
​still lingers

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

#haiku #haibun #poem
seventh moon, eighteenth day, 2025 four days ago, Liz banned me from Minecraft for a few days because she wanted to build a surprise for me for our date night the following the day. but before she did that, she asked me to log in for a little bit because she needed help getting back to our house as she spawned in the middle of nowhere during a rainy night. thankfully she saw and followed the railroad i built and we met at the foot of the cherry blossom hill. train station saying our rain-soaked ​i love yous
October 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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abrupt awakening
a blue jay squawking
for more peanuts!

#haiku #haibun #journal
seventh moon, eighteenth day, 2025 i had a date with Liz last night so i slept in this morning. around 6 AM, a loud sound from a feathery friend woke me up! abrupt awakening a blue jay squawking for mor peanuts! i usually put seeds, rice, and peanuts on my windowsill around that time so the birds usually perch there very early.
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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farming wheat
gazing at our sunset lit
hillside house

#haiku #minecraft
seventh moon, eighteenth day, 2025 during our Minecraft date last night. farming wheat gazing at our sunset lit hillside house it's just so nice seeing the house we built together grow slowly. five months ago there was only the moon house that Liz built for our first date. now, more rooms were added along the cherry blossom hill. there's also a basement where the storage room is located, there's an artificial waterfall and river directly at the bottom of the house, a train station, farms, bamboos, pathways, lanterns, and so much more. i love it so much.
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM