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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 3h

the morning is brisk.
nonetheless, two drivers boil
over in their rage

#haiku #poem #poetry #fall #autumn #brisk #chill #rage #boil

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 1d

figuring out Scribus and Inkscape to format my projects better, I’d really like to get my poetry collection settled into a book format I am happy with cause Word/GoogleDoc/LibreDoc can’t quite do it for me

JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 1d

autumn chill sets in
it’s just enough to shiver
when you leave our bed

#haiku #poem #poetry #fall #autumn #shiver #chill

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 1d

October rainstorm
droplets wiped away to make
room for replacements

#haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #fall #october #rain

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 3d

(in this case, the cricket was me! I handled music for my friend’s wedding. I used regular dj equipment though, not a koto.)

JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 3d

結婚式、
コオロギが琴
を引いてる。

(marriage ceremony, a cricket is playing a koto)

#俳句　#結婚　#コオロギ　#琴　
#haiku #marriage #cricket #koto

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 5d

while I weigh the squash
an old man chuckles nearby
looking at some chips

#haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #fall #squash #chips #grocery

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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 6d

#haiku
you missed it
the stove took
the moth

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 7d

leaves pile up slowly
this table may disappear
soon overtaken

#haiku #poem #poetry #fall #autumn #leaves #pile

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 7d

crickets chirp on
the smoke alarm joins in, too
dying battery

#haiku #poem #poetry #fall #autumn #cricket #chirp

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 7d

nice to make your acquaintance!

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 7d

Numbers is goated 📈📈📈🧮

JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 8d

late September moon
I can’t remember if it’s
waxing or waning

#haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #fall #September #moon #lunar

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 8d

autumn shade picnic
a hornet walks across my
potato salad

#haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #fall #picnic #hornet #potato

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 10d

autumn morning sun
there’s still enough leaves to give
a shady respite

#haiku #poem #poetry #fall #autumn #morning #sun #shade #leaves

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 10d

sweat drips down eyebrows
the lingering summer heat
compounds our effort

#haiku #poetry #poem #autumn #fall #heat #sweat

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 11d

if you consistently tell youtube surveys you’ve never heard of any brands or products it will guess you are a spanish speaker. i don’t know why

JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 12d

ghosts arrive to find
an orchard bereft of fruit
and old leaves rotting

#haiku #poem #poetry #fruit #autumn #fall #leaves

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 14d

organize ourselves
to reap the succulent fruits
grown by our labor

#haiku #poem #poetry #fall #autumn #harvest #reap #labor

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 15d

picking up litter
the harvest too bountiful
trash hangs from hedges

#haiku #poem #poetry #harvest #autumn #fall #hedge #litter #trash

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 16d

autumn rain
chilled not to the bone
skin deep

#haiku #poem #poetry #autumn #fall #rain #chill #skin

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 18d

purple aster eyes
watch as the season turns round
autumn has arrived

#haiku #autumn #fall #aster #flower #poem #poetry

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 18d

lavateras bloom
volunteers canvassing homes
work beside the bees

#haiku #poem #poetry #flower #bloom #bee #fall #autumn

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 20d

dried grass underfoot
cracking gasps of thirst let out
begging for raindrops

#haiku #autumn #fall #poem #poetry #rain #dry #grass #thirst

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JL Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social · 21d

removing my beard
in solidarity with
stubble fields I pass

#haiku #poem #poetry #stubble #field #harvest #fall #autumn #beard #shave

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