one haiku, one tanka
Sunday cottonwood showers
pup coronation
a dog’s meaty dream
birds blast the airwaves
morning chatter just enough
to deaden the news
old love songs to the planet
grand arias shared anew
#haiku #writingcommunity #dogs #birds #nature #BlueSkypoetry #tanka
Sunday cottonwood showers
pup coronation
a dog’s meaty dream
birds blast the airwaves
morning chatter just enough
to deaden the news
old love songs to the planet
grand arias shared anew
#haiku #writingcommunity #dogs #birds #nature #BlueSkypoetry #tanka
June 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
one haiku, one tanka
Sunday cottonwood showers
pup coronation
a dog’s meaty dream
birds blast the airwaves
morning chatter just enough
to deaden the news
old love songs to the planet
grand arias shared anew
#haiku #writingcommunity #dogs #birds #nature #BlueSkypoetry #tanka
Sunday cottonwood showers
pup coronation
a dog’s meaty dream
birds blast the airwaves
morning chatter just enough
to deaden the news
old love songs to the planet
grand arias shared anew
#haiku #writingcommunity #dogs #birds #nature #BlueSkypoetry #tanka
I've been gone from Bluesky for a bit. Good to be back. Happy to say Haikuniverse shared one of my poems today! Hope you like --
haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-jon...
haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-jon...
haiku by Jon Raimon
we ball angry hopes cast pleas and faith over nations tree of justice, rise
haikuniverse.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I've been gone from Bluesky for a bit. Good to be back. Happy to say Haikuniverse shared one of my poems today! Hope you like --
haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-jon...
haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-jon...
(water+love)+ (resistance+love) + rage - pure bitterness/wet dog+love x (love×love)= hope+righteousness×joy
corroborated by Jimmy "The poets, by which I mean all artists, are finally the only people that know the truth about us. Soldiers don't, statesmen don't, priests don't, union leaders don't.."
corroborated by Jimmy "The poets, by which I mean all artists, are finally the only people that know the truth about us. Soldiers don't, statesmen don't, priests don't, union leaders don't.."
April 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
(water+love)+ (resistance+love) + rage - pure bitterness/wet dog+love x (love×love)= hope+righteousness×joy
corroborated by Jimmy "The poets, by which I mean all artists, are finally the only people that know the truth about us. Soldiers don't, statesmen don't, priests don't, union leaders don't.."
corroborated by Jimmy "The poets, by which I mean all artists, are finally the only people that know the truth about us. Soldiers don't, statesmen don't, priests don't, union leaders don't.."
spring snow taunts and grins
robins puff like fresh croissants
when will we taste warmth?
#haiku #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #spring #communitywriters
robins puff like fresh croissants
when will we taste warmth?
#haiku #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #spring #communitywriters
April 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
spring snow taunts and grins
robins puff like fresh croissants
when will we taste warmth?
#haiku #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #spring #communitywriters
robins puff like fresh croissants
when will we taste warmth?
#haiku #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #spring #communitywriters
Reposted by Jon Raimon
April 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
spring surge, all brawn
waterfall din, no demands
on our shrill lives
#haiku #water #nature #poerty ##BlueSkyPoetry #photography #writingcommunity
waterfall din, no demands
on our shrill lives
#haiku #water #nature #poerty ##BlueSkyPoetry #photography #writingcommunity
April 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
spring surge, all brawn
waterfall din, no demands
on our shrill lives
#haiku #water #nature #poerty ##BlueSkyPoetry #photography #writingcommunity
waterfall din, no demands
on our shrill lives
#haiku #water #nature #poerty ##BlueSkyPoetry #photography #writingcommunity
- dead deer on the creek's bank at first light
part iii
in our mother’s full
heft and roundness.
bow to her
undulating blood raw
love
and i do
and i tremble
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #communitywriters #spring #love
part iii
in our mother’s full
heft and roundness.
bow to her
undulating blood raw
love
and i do
and i tremble
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #communitywriters #spring #love
April 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
- dead deer on the creek's bank at first light
part iii
in our mother’s full
heft and roundness.
bow to her
undulating blood raw
love
and i do
and i tremble
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #communitywriters #spring #love
part iii
in our mother’s full
heft and roundness.
bow to her
undulating blood raw
love
and i do
and i tremble
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #communitywriters #spring #love
- dead deer on the creek’s bank at first light-
part ii
right cutlets rife
with wriggling life.
a near fawn
tender and inching
measuring this self
in the water’s
verdant deadly reflection.
we want to
believe in second
chances freely kissed
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #communitywriter
part ii
right cutlets rife
with wriggling life.
a near fawn
tender and inching
measuring this self
in the water’s
verdant deadly reflection.
we want to
believe in second
chances freely kissed
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #communitywriter
April 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
- dead deer on the creek’s bank at first light-
part ii
right cutlets rife
with wriggling life.
a near fawn
tender and inching
measuring this self
in the water’s
verdant deadly reflection.
we want to
believe in second
chances freely kissed
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #communitywriter
part ii
right cutlets rife
with wriggling life.
a near fawn
tender and inching
measuring this self
in the water’s
verdant deadly reflection.
we want to
believe in second
chances freely kissed
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #communitywriter
- dead deer on the creek’s bank at first light-
(in number of parts)
i.
last night's carcass
this morning sustenance
this nocturnal mayhem
masticating as natural
as moonbeams felt
on life gone.
coyotes ravish this
rendered brute deer
chest heaving here
raw pieces now
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry
(in number of parts)
i.
last night's carcass
this morning sustenance
this nocturnal mayhem
masticating as natural
as moonbeams felt
on life gone.
coyotes ravish this
rendered brute deer
chest heaving here
raw pieces now
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry
April 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
- dead deer on the creek’s bank at first light-
(in number of parts)
i.
last night's carcass
this morning sustenance
this nocturnal mayhem
masticating as natural
as moonbeams felt
on life gone.
coyotes ravish this
rendered brute deer
chest heaving here
raw pieces now
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry
(in number of parts)
i.
last night's carcass
this morning sustenance
this nocturnal mayhem
masticating as natural
as moonbeams felt
on life gone.
coyotes ravish this
rendered brute deer
chest heaving here
raw pieces now
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry
- deer carcass by the river -
rib cage released
breast to the heavens
breath to the heavens
we hide from blood
grizzle our enemy
we want it clean
linear as success
steel guardrails cleaving
once meandering waters
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #nature #resist #writingcommunity #photograph
rib cage released
breast to the heavens
breath to the heavens
we hide from blood
grizzle our enemy
we want it clean
linear as success
steel guardrails cleaving
once meandering waters
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #nature #resist #writingcommunity #photograph
April 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
- deer carcass by the river -
rib cage released
breast to the heavens
breath to the heavens
we hide from blood
grizzle our enemy
we want it clean
linear as success
steel guardrails cleaving
once meandering waters
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #nature #resist #writingcommunity #photograph
rib cage released
breast to the heavens
breath to the heavens
we hide from blood
grizzle our enemy
we want it clean
linear as success
steel guardrails cleaving
once meandering waters
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #nature #resist #writingcommunity #photograph
Reposted by Jon Raimon
April 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
upstream promises
these rippling bends we wish on
downstream, i will wait
#haiku #spring #hope #nature #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #photography ##writingcommunity
these rippling bends we wish on
downstream, i will wait
#haiku #spring #hope #nature #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #photography ##writingcommunity
April 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
upstream promises
these rippling bends we wish on
downstream, i will wait
#haiku #spring #hope #nature #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #photography ##writingcommunity
these rippling bends we wish on
downstream, i will wait
#haiku #spring #hope #nature #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #photography ##writingcommunity
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
- winter thaw -
winter washed
rocks reveal
so much death
and just enough.
beavers done in.
deer carcass
red ribbed. mercy
in the rot. mercy
in the spring. mercy
in your kiss. all
animal and guttural.
so perfectly human
#spring #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #nature #writingcommunity
winter washed
rocks reveal
so much death
and just enough.
beavers done in.
deer carcass
red ribbed. mercy
in the rot. mercy
in the spring. mercy
in your kiss. all
animal and guttural.
so perfectly human
#spring #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #nature #writingcommunity
April 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
- winter thaw -
winter washed
rocks reveal
so much death
and just enough.
beavers done in.
deer carcass
red ribbed. mercy
in the rot. mercy
in the spring. mercy
in your kiss. all
animal and guttural.
so perfectly human
#spring #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #nature #writingcommunity
winter washed
rocks reveal
so much death
and just enough.
beavers done in.
deer carcass
red ribbed. mercy
in the rot. mercy
in the spring. mercy
in your kiss. all
animal and guttural.
so perfectly human
#spring #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #nature #writingcommunity
bottles un-
earthed then more
sunglinted coal and ground-
hogs wobbling even
innocence
the boy bush-
wacks til he rests the
clumped thick grass
his home
#poetry #childhood #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #hope #photograhphy
earthed then more
sunglinted coal and ground-
hogs wobbling even
innocence
the boy bush-
wacks til he rests the
clumped thick grass
his home
#poetry #childhood #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #hope #photograhphy
March 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
bottles un-
earthed then more
sunglinted coal and ground-
hogs wobbling even
innocence
the boy bush-
wacks til he rests the
clumped thick grass
his home
#poetry #childhood #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #hope #photograhphy
earthed then more
sunglinted coal and ground-
hogs wobbling even
innocence
the boy bush-
wacks til he rests the
clumped thick grass
his home
#poetry #childhood #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #hope #photograhphy
In honor of my students reading Baldwin's "My Dungeon Shook." In honor of them writing letters to loved ones, our nation, enemies, and more.
pen this true letter
wafting words never written
now with you til death
#Baldwin #poetry #haiku #resist #love #writigcommunity #BlueSkyPoetry
pen this true letter
wafting words never written
now with you til death
#Baldwin #poetry #haiku #resist #love #writigcommunity #BlueSkyPoetry
March 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
In honor of my students reading Baldwin's "My Dungeon Shook." In honor of them writing letters to loved ones, our nation, enemies, and more.
pen this true letter
wafting words never written
now with you til death
#Baldwin #poetry #haiku #resist #love #writigcommunity #BlueSkyPoetry
pen this true letter
wafting words never written
now with you til death
#Baldwin #poetry #haiku #resist #love #writigcommunity #BlueSkyPoetry
we hope for
spring sunrays
we reach for
buds beginning
we listen for
birdsongs rising
but the cold holds
and the people eye
gaudy power
sneering greed
we bundle up
again, scratchy
wool and bulky
coats, taking
to the streets
ardor within
#resist #spring #nature #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry
spring sunrays
we reach for
buds beginning
we listen for
birdsongs rising
but the cold holds
and the people eye
gaudy power
sneering greed
we bundle up
again, scratchy
wool and bulky
coats, taking
to the streets
ardor within
#resist #spring #nature #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry
March 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
we hope for
spring sunrays
we reach for
buds beginning
we listen for
birdsongs rising
but the cold holds
and the people eye
gaudy power
sneering greed
we bundle up
again, scratchy
wool and bulky
coats, taking
to the streets
ardor within
#resist #spring #nature #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry
spring sunrays
we reach for
buds beginning
we listen for
birdsongs rising
but the cold holds
and the people eye
gaudy power
sneering greed
we bundle up
again, scratchy
wool and bulky
coats, taking
to the streets
ardor within
#resist #spring #nature #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry
wooded sun-
light sweet-
talked me.
swoon-
ing, i
smile &
stay
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry ##writingcommunity #nature #photography
light sweet-
talked me.
swoon-
ing, i
smile &
stay
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry ##writingcommunity #nature #photography
March 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
wooded sun-
light sweet-
talked me.
swoon-
ing, i
smile &
stay
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry ##writingcommunity #nature #photography
light sweet-
talked me.
swoon-
ing, i
smile &
stay
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry ##writingcommunity #nature #photography
peepers cacophony
cities text my daughter
we cup our ears to
backyard years serenading
fears abuzz, hushed by birdsong
#poems #BlueSkyPoetry #tanka #nature #spring #resist #writingcommunity #photograph #dogs
cities text my daughter
we cup our ears to
backyard years serenading
fears abuzz, hushed by birdsong
#poems #BlueSkyPoetry #tanka #nature #spring #resist #writingcommunity #photograph #dogs
March 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
peepers cacophony
cities text my daughter
we cup our ears to
backyard years serenading
fears abuzz, hushed by birdsong
#poems #BlueSkyPoetry #tanka #nature #spring #resist #writingcommunity #photograph #dogs
cities text my daughter
we cup our ears to
backyard years serenading
fears abuzz, hushed by birdsong
#poems #BlueSkyPoetry #tanka #nature #spring #resist #writingcommunity #photograph #dogs
morning moon tosses
kisses to the season’s
final frost: welcome
home, sun, she says,
sway and stay a
spell. we need you
more than you’ll
ever feel, ever know:
the world shivers now, heart
-lessness on the prowl
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #nature #resist #dogs #hope #spring
kisses to the season’s
final frost: welcome
home, sun, she says,
sway and stay a
spell. we need you
more than you’ll
ever feel, ever know:
the world shivers now, heart
-lessness on the prowl
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #nature #resist #dogs #hope #spring
March 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
morning moon tosses
kisses to the season’s
final frost: welcome
home, sun, she says,
sway and stay a
spell. we need you
more than you’ll
ever feel, ever know:
the world shivers now, heart
-lessness on the prowl
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #nature #resist #dogs #hope #spring
kisses to the season’s
final frost: welcome
home, sun, she says,
sway and stay a
spell. we need you
more than you’ll
ever feel, ever know:
the world shivers now, heart
-lessness on the prowl
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #nature #resist #dogs #hope #spring
Reposted by Jon Raimon
March 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
some dawns hurt
some times needs
snarl some
things soften us
a cat’s hopeful
hello a pair
of silver
spiked shoes
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #cats #writingcommunity
some times needs
snarl some
things soften us
a cat’s hopeful
hello a pair
of silver
spiked shoes
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #cats #writingcommunity
March 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
some dawns hurt
some times needs
snarl some
things soften us
a cat’s hopeful
hello a pair
of silver
spiked shoes
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #cats #writingcommunity
some times needs
snarl some
things soften us
a cat’s hopeful
hello a pair
of silver
spiked shoes
#poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #cats #writingcommunity
a boy-man holds tight
this moon swaddling these years
son, do not go soon
#moon #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #writingcommunity #fatherhood #haiku #fullmoon
this moon swaddling these years
son, do not go soon
#moon #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #writingcommunity #fatherhood #haiku #fullmoon
March 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
a boy-man holds tight
this moon swaddling these years
son, do not go soon
#moon #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #writingcommunity #fatherhood #haiku #fullmoon
this moon swaddling these years
son, do not go soon
#moon #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #writingcommunity #fatherhood #haiku #fullmoon
photos to go with sunset / blm poem
#poetry #resist #Baldwin #BlueSkyPoetry
See four parts of the poems in previous posts
#poetry #resist #Baldwin #BlueSkyPoetry
See four parts of the poems in previous posts
March 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
photos to go with sunset / blm poem
#poetry #resist #Baldwin #BlueSkyPoetry
See four parts of the poems in previous posts
#poetry #resist #Baldwin #BlueSkyPoetry
See four parts of the poems in previous posts