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McBlubbington

@mcblubbington.bsky.social

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I post in 5-7-5 only. All work is original, mostly commentary, sometimes conventional, rarely poetic. Dad. Hubs. Absurdist. Pacifist. Educator. Work featured in: Atlantean Publishing’s 5-7-5 Haiku Journal With all respects to Heaven, I like it here.

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McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 5d

The optimist says it’s art.

The realist says “I don’t think

he’s gonna make it.”

#haiku #spooky #october

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 6d

My last sunflower

cut down, over ten foot tall,

Summer’s last farewell

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 7d

My summer darlings

Demand to stay awake til

Halloween arrives.

#haiku #bloomscrolling #october #halloween #spooky #flowers #gardening #fall #autumn #summer

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 9d

A first grade #teacher,

I correct #spirits that can’t

Blend letters to words.

#haiku #ouija #spooky #october #halloween #heggerty #chop #sweep

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 9d

People tend to say

I live with a free spirit.

It’s in my #cellar.

#haiku #haikufeels #spooky #october

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 14d

The first rain in months,

A spectral mist thick as fog,

Welcomed and haunting.

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #haikufeels #spectral #october #rain #spooky #sandwichpoetry #autumn #fall

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 18d

If only rich folks

were willing to help fellow

people like campaigns.

#haiku #politics #whatthefuck

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 22d

The people who have

Heaven here are telling you

Yours is in the sky.

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #church #atheist

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 22d

Summer’s exit marked

By gusts from a back door slammed

With red and orange tears.

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #autumn #summer

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 22d

Tiny shadow pounces,

A bag of bones in my lap,

Only wants kisses.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #cats #oldcat #caturday

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 29d

Flabby tabby snores

In the sun, a dollop of

Pancake batter, warmed

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #cats #fatty

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 29d

As a teacher, I,

With all my lessons, want to

Run completely free.

#haiku #micropoetry #sandwichpoetry #teachers #education #poetry #witandwisdom #awful

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 22

Tips of maple leaves,

Lit with sherbet and crimson,

Torchlight for autumn.

#haiku #haikufeels #fall #poetry #micropoetry #spookyseason #PSL

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McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 21

Work/life balance for

teachers doesn’t tilt. It’s more

Like dogs chasing cars.

#we’llnevercatchup #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #teaching #education #firstgrade

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 21

Quiet sunrises

Crickets sing into morning

Sleepy house still sleeps.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #sundays #weekends

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 21

Nature always wins,

For every dig and scraping,

Plants comes back, hungry.

#haiku #micropoetry #gardening #mybackyardisaconstructionsite

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 16

Cooler airs knife through,

Vibrant greens a crimson drip,

As summer bleeds out.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #summer #autumn #fall #leaves #september

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 16

August, a hell hole

Of sadness, I mash the gas

As it fades to #fall.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #worstmonthever

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 14

#Lifeless, stooped forward,

#Crows perch on their necks, #happy,

And peck their eyes out.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #sunflowers #crows #summer #bloomscrolling

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 14

Their petals fallen,

My sunflowers hunch over,

Aged, blooms eye their roots.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #gettingold #bloomscrolling #sunflowers #harvest

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 14

Stalks hardy, hollow,

Naturally I twirl them

As if a ninja.

#haiku #micropoetry #sunflowers #poetry #adulting

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 13

In the teacher’s lounge

I wish to float in #silence,

But drown in #gossip.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #teaching #forfuckssake
#giveme #quiet

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 11

Pencils sharp, ready.

Carpet spots and read alouds.

Relax, it’s first grade.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #teaching #firstgrade

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Sep 1

Metal jaws biting

Vines ripped, dirt dug, garden gone,

Fall dreams fall to spring

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #homerepair #garden #pumpkins #gone

McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · Aug 17

My tiny backyard

Full of vines, leaves, bugs, flowers,

Pumpkins, kids, and life.

#haiku #micropoetry #poetry #writing #gardening #bloomscrolling #pumpkins #sunflowers #summer