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John Hawkhead
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · Jul 21
At The Haiku Foundation …

stalemate war
each side deploys
its silent gods

Originally at Lavana Kray’s ‘Black and White Haiga website.

#senryu #haiku @haikufound.bsky.social
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 11h
A couple of #monoku at five fleas (itchy poetry) edited by Robin Beach Jacobsen:

downtrodden an unexploded word

slow corruption the body of state

#haiku #haiga #senryu
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Katherine E Winnick @thewovenwords.bsky.social · 11d
Delighted to share the final list of haiku poets who are featuring in DOUBLE HORIZON, an international and bilingual haiku anthology, which aims to provide a panoramic overview of contemporary haiku written in English and French.

#haiku
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 8d
Four Views - The Inner Caldera

#art #abstract
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horror senryu journal @horrorsenryu.bsky.social · 9d
another slow night
deciding what I should wear
to my funeral

— John Hawkhead
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 9d
another slow night…
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horror senryu journal @horrorsenryu.bsky.social · 9d
early death
the widow
lifts the veil

— John Hawkhead
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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 13d
A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰

just sticking it in
to those poor baby centaurs
a worm ate my brain

— John Hawkhead

𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
The Banarnia Republic
just sticking it into those poor baby centaursa worm ate my brain — John Hawkhead To be read aloud with quavering inflections.
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completeTheHaiga @completethehaiga.bsky.social · 13d
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 13d
searching for snails
in the garden maze
how to lose yourself

#completethehaiga #haiga
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 13d
searching for snails
in the garden maze
how to lose yourself

#completethehaiga #haiga
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 15d
At 5-7-5 Haiku Journal edited by DJ Tyrer:

moonlit spiderweb
a helicopter searchlight
follows the barbed wire

See here: 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/h...

#haiku #senryu
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 18d
The Sum of All Fours

#art #abstract
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 18d
#light #colours #rainbow
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 18d
sharing the journey in a miscarriage

#EMPATHY #senryu
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 18d
owl calls in the night owls

#completethehaiga
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 18d
Where the rainbow melted
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 20d
Here’s a recent outing at Circle of Salt, a new venue edited by Kelly Moyer.

trapped inside
a crusting salt circle
middle age demons

Check out more posts here: circleofsaltmag.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-se...

#haiku #circleofsalt #demons
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 22d
From ‘Casting the Runes’ by MR James
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horror senryu journal @horrorsenryu.bsky.social · 22d
comedian’s wake
the casket lid closes
to canned laughter

— John Hawkhead
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 22d
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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 23d
Out today at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal edited by DJ Tyrer:

undulating road
an approaching limousine
in and out of sight

#haiku #death

Link: 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/h...
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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 24d
A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social :

w:a:r:d:r:o:n:e:s:o:n:a:n:d:o:n

— John Hawkhead
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w:a:r:d:r:o:n:e:s:o:n:a:n:d:o:n — John Hawkhead
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Patricia (Trisha) Carragon @patriciacarragon8.bsky.social · 26d
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Happy Haikuweenie, dear poets and lovers of Haiku.
Sense & Sensibility ~ October 2025
Welcome to Sense & Sensibility ~ October 2025 Happy Haikuweenie, dear poets and lovers of Haiku. Thank you to the following poets in this haunted and spooky issue: Caroline Wermuth, Anne Curran…
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horror senryu journal @horrorsenryu.bsky.social · 25d
spiralling snowflakes
that never quite settle
a small white coffin

— John Hawkhead
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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 26d
A new verse from returning contributor Patricia Hawkhead:

𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻

like mould
nothing of lime
in the tubings

— Patricia Hawkhead
Penechillin
like mouldnothing of limein the tubings — Patricia Hawkhead
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