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K. S. Shepherd

@kshepherdwrites.bsky.social

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I write stuff that nobody reads; returned peace corps volunteer (kenya), special educator, pluviophile and logophile; invisible and trillium seeking; she/her

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 16h

in my hair
tangled moonlight and
coiled ghosts

#dailyhaikuprompt ghost

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 1d

frog in pond’s mirror
trying to avoid
comparisons

#dailyhaikuprompt avoid

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 2d

disrobing
in the night chill
bigleaf maple trees

#dailyhaikuprompt night chill

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 3d

make the best of it
a cake without flour
becomes a torte

#dailyhaikuprompt flour (and true story of my baking ability and my family’s kindness 😂)

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 4d

shine
on a rainy day
yellow leaves

#dailyhaikuprompt yellow leaves

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 5d

each winter
more frost
colors his hair

#dailyhaikuprompt frost

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 6d

fingers sweeping
the bottom of the tea cup
sugar grains

#dailyhaikuprompt grain

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 7d

motionless shadow
cast by the Hunter’s Moon
white tail deer

#dailyhaikuprompt Hunter’s Moon

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 8d

moon breath
inhale and exhale
stretching on the sand

#dailyhaikuprompt high tide

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 9d

masking
an internal storm
polite laughter

#dailyhaikuprompt laughter

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 10d

grateful puddles
catching rain
falling from the eaves

#dailyhaikuprompt eaves

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 11d

aquarium glass
my face reflects
sea bass and kelp

#dailyhaikuprompt sea bass

K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 12d

early autumn
art walk
still life of dapple

#dailyhaikuprompt dapple

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Amy Borgman @ireneaddie.bsky.social · 13d

a rusty gate
opening the sky…
sandhill cranes

#haiku #nature
#birds #poetry

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 13d

walnuts
brown sugar and butter
bittersweet ending

#dailyhaikuprompt walnuts

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 14d

That is a good question, Anna. I tend not to use punctuation but I can’t say I know 😊

K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 14d

on the park path
falling one at a time
leaves and footsteps

#dailyhaikupromt footsteps

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 15d

always returning
to freshwater
resilient coho

#dailyhaikuprompt salmon

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 16d

breath
in the shape of a ghost
a mourning walk

#dailyhaikuprompt chilly

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 17d

first amendment
restricted to
a somber hum

#dailyhaikuprompt somber

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 18d

cascade range charm
mariposa lily
blushing in sagebrush

#dailyhaikuprompt cascade

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 19d

briefly caught
in the glow
window seat

#dailyhaikuprompt glow

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 20d

redwing black birds
discussing the forecast
on my morning walk

#dailyhaikuprompt morning

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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 21d

fishing for answers
the subtle art
of catch and release

#DailyHaikuPrompt (subtle) #micropoetry

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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 21d

lotus
a reminder of
aging hips and knees

#dailyhaikuprompt lotus

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