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Third thain of Futhark,
thorn rides rightly: a rune
from misty mornings

#haiku #haikufeels [thorn] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
His orange catness
tail-swishes, squints, strides off --
his intent, unsolved

#haiku #haikufeels [solve] #writingprompt #blueskypoets
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Sunrise in the west --
what forces loom past earth's edge?
The alarm clock sounds

#haiku #haikufeels [omen] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hair more grey than brown
won't hold a braid -- stray wisps fly --
mother's rules unwound

#haiku #haikufeels [unravel] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Tombstones in white rows,
lives and deaths staggered, apart
and yet together

#haiku #haikufeels [stagger] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Window pane, grey rain
prefers no straightest path, no --
wending, creeping, slow

#haiku #haikufeels [prefer] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Knee-high morning mist
Branched birds black silhouetted
A hushed awaiting

#haiku #haikufeels [hush] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Reposted by John Kerl
river at first light
herons in the reeds keep watch
morning’s hush unbroken

#haikufeels #haiku
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
As the daylight fades,
a thousand other suns shine --
radiant chorus

#haiku #haikufeels [fade] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by John Kerl
daytime turns to dusk
vibrant orange sunset fades
dark patiently waits

#haikufeels
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Scar beneath the eye --
I never asked what happened --
crinkled by smiling

#haiku #haikufeels [repair] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Nail in a tree
a hundred years old now -- what
welcome, what warning?

#haiku #haikufeels [invest] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Do you mind, with the
toe-tapping? Oh yes I mind --
life needs some rhythm

#haiku #haikufeels [mind] #writingprompt #blueskypoets
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Speak to me only
of truthful things, or sweet lies --
ask no reflection

#haiku #haikufeels [speak] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reposted by John Kerl
river speaks in loops
braiding light around the stones
forgetting no one

#haikufeels #haiku
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by John Kerl
pines on the ridgeline
speak in long unhurried sways
old green dialect

#haikufeels #haiku
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One long strand of yarn,
looped ten thousand times, keeps this
soul warm, this heart light

#haiku #haikufeels [yarn] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Morning's jarring sounds --
phantoms flee, fears backpedal --
cruel, truthful dawn

#haiku #haikufeels [jarring] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hands pull on a rope
drawing from the well of pain --
bottomless, ink-dark

#haiku #haikufeels [well] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Freshly sharpened knife
parts onion cell from cell, in
layered bitter tears

#haiku #haikufeels [keen] #writingprompt #blueskypoets
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Leaves crushed into scent,
dish flavored, a memory
of sunny hillside

#haiku #haikufeels [crush] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Dog gnaws on bone like
icy wind on bare neck, like
all my old regrets

#haiku #haikufeels [gnaw] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM