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Kidlit author 📚, picture taker 📷, knitter 🧶, woods wanderer 🌳🚶‍♀️, tree hugger 🌲, dreamer 🌌 www.rebeccaupjohn.com 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇲 #CANSCAIP, #TWUC, #SCBWI, #12x12pb Every Child Matters

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Patricia and @thepoetrypea.bsky.social for including my haiku in this Creepy Crawlies edition of the podcast. As always there are gems here. 🪰🕷️🪲

The Poetry Pea @thepoetrypea.bsky.social · 11d

if you go down to the woods today
you’re in for a big surprise
no teddy bear’s picnic, I’m afraid
but creepy crawlies and flies

Be brave… have a listen poetrypea.com/s8e39-creepy...

S8E39 Creepy Crawlies in haiku & senryu – Poetry Pea

poetrypea.com

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 28m

Beautiful landing. Heartbreaking.

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Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social · 3h

#haiku
#HaikuSaturday

a whiff of roses
in the pressed wedding corsage
after he leaves her

Photo of a dried rose by fotoblend at Pixabay.

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 29m

Thank you!

Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 29m

Thank you, Tracie.

Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 30m

Thank you!

Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 2h

I'm right there! Love the layers in "autumn wings"

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Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social · 6d

boating down the river
fall colours belie the heat
summer's last breath
#Haikusaturday

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 2h

so relatable!

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Moe @biggirlblue.bsky.social · 6d

#haikuSaturday

trembling aspen cloak
horizon with golden flickers
ringing in autumn

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Week 36

Took two weeks off to travel and visit with friends and family. I managed to write one haiku on the way. I've become obsessed with trembling aspen.

Hillside view of trembling aspen turning gold in fall.

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 2h

I love your perfect blend of visual and sound imagery!

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 6d

scattered leaves for stars
pearl puff mushroom, the moon
forest floor - a universe

#haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #space #poetry #mycology #autumn

autumn leaves scattered on mossy forest floor

Large white puffball mushroom nestled in autumn leaves

panoramic view of a woodland in autumn in the later afternoon

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 2h

Love this connection!

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 3h

single fallen leaf
a spark of inspiration
Henri's second life

#haikuSaturday #haiku #Matisse #nature #art

(Matisse drew inspiration from nature and it is thought that some of the shapes in his scissor-paintings are reminiscent of oak leaves.)

Bur oak leaf turning from green to yellow.

Henri Matisse artwork: The Sheaf (La Gerbe) 1953. Leaf like cut out of several bright colors.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 2h

Bright honey fungi
Conceal bitter truth beneath -
death in black laces.

#haikuSaturday
#fungi

Photo of a clump of honey fungus (Armillaria sp.) growing among grass on a forest floor. The fungus spreads through black bootlace-like structures underground which infect tree roots, causing them to rot, and eventually can kill even the largest forest trees.

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Amy Borgman @ireneaddie.bsky.social · 2h

scattered plumes…
a molting turkey trots
into the fall

#haiku #senryu
#haikusaturday

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you, Karyn.

Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 2h

I love the delicacy balanced with the impact!

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 2h

perfect!

Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 2h

full moon, light falls
like snowblossoms
-the hushed woods

#haikusaturday #haiku #fallingleavesmoon #October #amwriting #poetry

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 4d

Lol!

Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 4d

gorgeous!

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Ellie Arscott @elliearscott.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats to my friend @camelliakoo.bsky.social on her debut book Yaya and the Dan-Tats!

We all have those stories of mischief and secret snacks with our elders- this charming book full of bright illustrations is the perfect night-time giggle read!

#annickpress #cankidlit #anotherstorybookshop

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 5d

❤️ A friend of mine's mom died in January at nearly 96. She was a lifelong artist who started at age 6. We were sorting through her sketchbooks. Everything is so vivid and alive. Thank you!

Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 5d

ohh, Susan, thank you.

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 6d

love how your last line lands!

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