bevisiscariot.bsky.social
@bevisiscariot.bsky.social
Poet, librarian, former bookseller. Author of West of House. More poems at http://www.1hitpoint.com
Rain on Christmas Eve —
loose change clinking
in a red kettle

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Christmas tree
the children on pins
and needles

#senryu #haiku #poetry
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Winter solstice —
doing my best
to turn things around

#senryu #haiku #poetry
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted
a skeleton
swallowing a key
wind chime

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reposted
holiday gift
a wax-sealed amaryllis bulb
we hold our breath

#senryu #senryusunday
#haiku4u
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reposted
Course, some midwinter spirits favours vices over virtue.

That's why mices nesting wiv yer kicks up festive hurleyballoo.

Nibbling yer fairylights, droppings in yer fondue.

All so Ma Crinklywhiskers brings em new hideys to squeak through.

#whistpr (vice) 6/10
Gulls told me sea anemones can wish one yuletide wish.

Granted by the Magick Hermit Crab to virtuous polyps.

Mebbe longer tentacles, their own rockpool, festive fish.

I don't trust gulls, adds Beach Crow. But I like ter believe this.

#whistpr (anemone) 5/10
Kitties do their Catmas two ways. Second, stretched beside yer fire.

Dint yer wonder, Beach Crow asks me, how yer felines got so tired?

Cos Catmas Eve, they jump the moon. Some soar a lickle higher.

And singing all the way updown. (They ain't much of a choir.)

#whistpr (fire) 4/10
December 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Autumn chill —
the house smaller
with the doors closed

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reposted
a little like dawn
headlights over the long hill
flowers of darkness
December 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Walking the dog —
the your speed sign
blank

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reposted
intelligent robots --
once were characters in science
fiction stories

🤖🤖🤖
#thingstowriteabout (robot)
#senryu
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Reposted
first light of winter
before we wake to see it
already fading
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reposted
I just wrote a #triolet

(here's how - poets.org/glossary/tri... )
February 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Luck of the Irish —
everything except the thing
I asked for thank God

#senryu #haiku #poetry
December 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Door knocker —
always expecting
Marley

#senryu #haiku #poetry
December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As the sun sinks
the ocean’s volume
increases

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trading Places —
the Twin Towers back
where they were

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Big Wheel —
How the hell did I get here
on that?

#senryu #haiku #poetry
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted
winter wind chimes—
the other versions
were just cover songs

#DailyHaikuPrompt (chime)
#haiku
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Late autumn rain —
the slow leak
of the clock

#haiku #poetry #senryu
December 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My window at dusk —
soon I will take over
the world

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hourglass —
if only all I had to do
was turn you over

#senryu #haiku #poetry
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The News

Oh my God everything
Is happening!

#senryu #poetry
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
After so much harm
the autumn sun warm
on my forearm

#haiku #poetry
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Staring at the ceiling —
The constellations wheeling
Past the plaster.

#haiku #poetry
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Chandelier 

Hanging by a thread 
Above their unsuspecting heads, 
Its eyes glittering. 

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM