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🌲 kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/the-subtle-lure-of-defeat
🌲 kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/the-careless-whistleblower
🌲 t.me/enc0unters_UA
🌲 federated.press/@callsign_santa
🌲 Conducting war trauma therapy in UA
🌲 Writing "Love and Loss in Ukraine"
#haikufeels

embers or stars?
I rekindle the cold campfire
ah, only wolves' eyes
December 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#dailyhaikuprompt

in vibrant colours
my quilt
but I left it at home
December 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#dailyhaikuprompt

solitude this solstice
for druids in Ukraine?
—not in this war
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#haikufeels #noelectricity #noheating

too vulnerable
in the cold, cold snows
ukraine this winter
December 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#dailyhaikuprompt

hydrangea tea
a taste of soft Kyoto memory
...why did I leave?
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#haikufeels

at the geisha's inn
moth shadows dance in a lantern's light
—omen or celebration?
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Morning swim in the Black Sea...really! One does what one must....
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#inkMine #Ukraine #dreamtime.com

no sugar needed
in my coffee
I know it's hard to find
in this bombed Odesa blackout
in this time of unending war
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#ScifaikuSaturday #Ukraine

On Odesa's waters
The moon glimmers silver—
Charcoal black is the bombed city
December 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
#haikufeels

kintsugi—
only when fractured
can you feel your value
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#emoetry

you defiant robin
waiting for christmas cake
just to lazy to migrate
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
#dailhaikuprompts

so many snowflakes!
like the cherry blossoms of spring
...in my youth
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#TankaThursday

Large jug on head
She walks many dusty miles
To find an empty oasis
—The burden
In her heart
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#HaikuFeels

outside, clumps of snow
sound like a drum when they drop
inside, pink floyd fills the solitude
December 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#dailyhaikuprompt

fragrance of winter
in the space between the trees
—silence
December 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
#inkMine

Only a druid knows
The hallowed meaning
Of pine cones gathered by hand
On the coldest nights
For those with the warmest hearts
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#DailyHaikuPrompt

Christmas: reindeers graze
Looking for fly agaric mushrooms to munch
So they can fly
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#vss365

bewitched
by my winter forest
from the warmth of a sleeping bag
and the taste of fresh coffee
plus pancakes with maple syrup
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#haikufeels

when in the forest
obsess only about
the forest
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#emoetry

If I was alone in an old log cabin
Bemused or saddened I would not be
I'd boil myself a big glass of herbal tea
I'd cook two potatoes on the fire
With mushrooms, cheese and pepper
Watching the snow fall
I'd write soft words that rhyme
And hum totally out of tune
Warmed by the quiet view
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#emoetry

Only by getting lost
Can you be found
When you walk in a forest
Try not to be cautious
Let the trees lift you
Believe in the community
Surrounding you
Feel your happiness grow
Let your positive energy flow
Take each step with abundance
Shoes off if you want
And breathe
Deep
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#emoetry

brothers
sisters
from Ukraine
you are admired
so much
by
me

oh why, why, why
does the world
not understand
you cannot just
"have peace"
to be murdered
in a genocide

if only
you were
really
supported
dearest brothers
oh, dearest sisters

so many fallen
so many I have
visited too late
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#TankaThursday

where she used to sit
under the cherry tree's falling blossoms
time has taken away from me
when the fruit ripens next summer
maybe I will hope again
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
#InkMine

she does not consider
the effects of her crystal clear howl
on the colours in the sky
my solitary neighbour
the wolf who watches as I walk
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
#vss365

after such a long journey
I sit and wait for the magenta
but learn to drop demands
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM