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David

@haikubycrane.bsky.social

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Author of Day Breaks on the Bottom of a Blue Sea. Words in Chicken Soup for the Soul, 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, The Five-Two, Live Nude Poems & many others.

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David @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 2d

just shadows long in
our fleeting existences,
enjoying the sun

#haiku #life #nature
#abouttheauthor

I snapped this photo of me & my shadow with my walking stick. Earlier, I was reading about Oedipus meeting the Sphinx at the crossroads & correctly answering the riddle of, "what walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?" That led to this haiku.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 5h

"Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born."

-Albert Einstein

an area near a river with bushes and a picnic table. there is a curving road and trees. fields and mountains in the background.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 4h

Ay me, this tyrant fever burns me up

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Nicholas Klacsanzky @haikuforlife.bsky.social · 3h

a forest blurs by—
the dash between dates
on a tombstone

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Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay, 2021

#haiku #poetry #poem #micropoetry

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David @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 3h

thank you 🙏 all who have read, liked, & shared this haiku. Deeply appreciated.

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 14h

It has been wonderful to see this image of Seamus Heaney in his study circulating ahead of the launch of his new collection.

The books seen here are some of the many which will be housed in our new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square.

We can’t wait to share them with you all.📖

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feral cats hollerin are @caterwaulerin.bsky.social · 9h

ghost ferns wave
yellow-white fronds curve
a car swerves

#DailyHaikuPrompt #ghost #haiku #senryu

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Ms. AWashington M.A. artist | poet | writer @arwashington.bsky.social · 11h

#WomenOnWednesday
A #Solseed Joint

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David @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 10h

cool & spooky!

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 10h

Another of my favourite trees. 🍁✨

A tree splits into two with deep orange leaves fading into yellow green. Water to the left in a hint of lake.

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Emily Dickinson Museum @emilydickinson.bsky.social · 13h

She rose as high as His Occasion
Then sought the Dust -
And lower lay in low Westminster
For Her brief Crest -

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Jo Fox @joxfoxo.bsky.social · 11h

words from long ago
old and faded love letters
each, a paper ghost

#dailyhaikuprompt #ghost #love #haiku #poetry #words

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 11h

ash fall
striking a final blow
the timber man’s axe
#vss365 #haiku #senryu

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Jenni Wyn Hyatt @ydryw.bsky.social · 20h

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#misty

early morning
autumn mist wreathes the fields
trees seek the sun

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Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 2d

reflections….
the cat watches
her favorite show

#haiku #senryu #poetry

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Amy Borgman @ireneaddie.bsky.social · 2d

night chill
the orb weaver mummifies
a woolly bear moth

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

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David @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 11h

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Zphx @zphx2.bsky.social · 11h

Milkweed seeds loosen
only when a strong wind blows –
so they carry far.

HDT ~ October 8, 1851

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Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 11h

i have a garden
and everything in it
is lovely

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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 2d

And that makes five
she said as she posted
I remember this hawk
he looked me
right in the eyes

#Poetry #Photography
📷:mine

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 11h

what began as mine
returns
as everything
#haiku #poetry #zen

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 11h

Send someone a postcard or letter this week Then don't follow up about it online. I never met anybody who doesn't like getting unexpected surprises in the mail.

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 11h

loneliness
seeping into the rock
cicada's voice

#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1689
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry #poetry

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 2d

October's Harvest Moon is a real Thriller this year. This is page 64 of @tregallery.com and my 2024 book Moonscape. Available at www.wolftwin.com
#haiku #poetry #october #supermoon #harvestmoon #halloween #illustration #poetry

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 12h

the colour
of our #ashes I found
was red
when I inked our story
on this un-
clippable page

#vss365 #ash #Oulens
#haiku #senryu #tanka
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry

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Gerry White @gerdub.bsky.social · 12h

A barred owl calls
from above our forest shed
ghosts prowl awaken dead

#DailyHaikuPrompt #ghost #haiku #micropoetry #blueskypoets

©Gerry White, 2025

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