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Jenn R-J

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Haiku, Senryu and Tanka Poet. Touchstone nominee 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Business Systems Analyst. Host of #SenryuSunday writing prompt

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hello Blue Sky writers, you're invited to join me every Sunday for #SenryuSunday. There are no prompt words, just post your original Senryu poem to the hashtag, & visit the hashtag to enjoy everyone else's work. Here's a link with more information on the Senryu form
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What are Haiku, Senryu and Tanka?

What are Haiku, Senryu and Tanka? To help you get started, here is a short introduction to Japanese poetry styles. What are Haiku? Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 morae…

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 40m

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

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1h

😂👏

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UkuleleCLE @ukulelecle.bsky.social · 1h

One day my ashes
Will be mixed into records
As my vinyl wish

#vss365 #haiku

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 13h

@toddedillard.bsky.social Naturally this news headline made me think of your post from a few years back. 😀

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Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

www.theguardian.com

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Doug @flip89db.bsky.social · 16h

if only
we could avoid this talk
. . . October rain

#DailyHaikuPrompt (avoid)
#haiku
#senryu

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lilswordgreymatter.bsky.social @lilswordgreymatter.bsky.social · 1d

An associate
Clinging to morality
By the spiders' web

#vss365 (associate) #blacksky #art
#3lines #poetsofbluesky

#makesomenoise

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 22h

This is my newly elected representative. She deserves to be sworn in so that she can get to work. The amount of obstruction that is occurring in order to enable a criminal president is insane.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Word Distribution @gaussianwords.bsky.social · 1d

intersticed leaves
the fungus among us
whisper network

#DailyHaikuPrompt (avoid, seedlings)
#Haiku
#Micropoetry
#Horror

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Nicholas Klacsanzky @haikuforlife.bsky.social · 1d

Featured on Haiku Commentary:

broken bridge—
the river teaches me
its alphabet

— Thomas L. Vaultonburg

vacation at grandma’s
cicada’s symphony
singing me to sleep

— Tuyet Van Do

school bathroom—
the scent of fresh deodorizer
lingers in my hair

— Alexander Groth

#haiku #poetry #poems

Haiku by Thomas L. Vaultonburg, Tuyet Van Do, and Alexander Groth

broken bridge—the river teaches meits alphabet — Thomas L. Vaultonburg (USA)Commentary from Hifsa Ashraf: This haiku reflects wreckage, destruction, and loss—possibly due to war, natural erosion, o…

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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · 1d

pumpkin spice cookies
her cheeks dusted with flour
like a ghostly blush

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 😊 👻

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MuederKrieger @muederkrieger.bsky.social · 1d

avoiding people
more and more difficult:
clash in the tram

#DailyHaikuPrompt #avoid
#vss365 #clash
#Senryu #micropoetry

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely 😀

Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1d

early morning
at the bird feeder — a clash
of hungry beaks
#vss365 #haiku

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! My favorite Shakespeare play that I’ve read, but have not seen it performed yet.

Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent 👏

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 1d

in the apple tree
lichen’s little curved fingers
clawing at the moon

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1d

Aww, what a wonderful blessing 😊

Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 1d

Things feel so incredibly heavy these days. What has been one bright spot for you in 2025?

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Hannatu @mamahannatu.bsky.social · 1d

furry associate
tabby cat 🐈
at the barber's

#vss365 associate

#haikufeels #dailyhaikuprompt #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #verse #wss366