Lafcadio
@lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
haiku, senyru, tanka and other micropoetry she/her
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December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Appetite slims -
puncturing his belt
another notch.
#PJJournal prompt 07: leather
#WritingCommunity #Senryu
#poetrycommunity
puncturing his belt
another notch.
#PJJournal prompt 07: leather
#WritingCommunity #Senryu
#poetrycommunity
December 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Appetite slims -
puncturing his belt
another notch.
#PJJournal prompt 07: leather
#WritingCommunity #Senryu
#poetrycommunity
puncturing his belt
another notch.
#PJJournal prompt 07: leather
#WritingCommunity #Senryu
#poetrycommunity
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Just another husk cooked at the altar of commerce reporting for duty.
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Just another husk cooked at the altar of commerce reporting for duty.
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Scattered fragments of a rant masquerading as midnight prayer.
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Scattered fragments of a rant masquerading as midnight prayer.
yellow leaves falling
relieve the maple tree
of its burden
I prefer encumbrance
to living without you
#tanka
#TankaThursday
relieve the maple tree
of its burden
I prefer encumbrance
to living without you
#tanka
#TankaThursday
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
yellow leaves falling
relieve the maple tree
of its burden
I prefer encumbrance
to living without you
#tanka
#TankaThursday
relieve the maple tree
of its burden
I prefer encumbrance
to living without you
#tanka
#TankaThursday
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An #Advent of #haiku
Day 11
Published this week in Haiku Dialogue from the prompt/Working with the Soil
Thank you to guest editor, @arvinderk.bsky.social
Day 11
Published this week in Haiku Dialogue from the prompt/Working with the Soil
Thank you to guest editor, @arvinderk.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
An #Advent of #haiku
Day 11
Published this week in Haiku Dialogue from the prompt/Working with the Soil
Thank you to guest editor, @arvinderk.bsky.social
Day 11
Published this week in Haiku Dialogue from the prompt/Working with the Soil
Thank you to guest editor, @arvinderk.bsky.social
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Welcome to PJ's prompt feature! We invite you to write senryu concerning: #leather (with or without the word in your senryu)
What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
More here: hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...
Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 07
#WritingCommunity
#poetrycommunity
What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
More here: hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...
Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 07
#WritingCommunity
#poetrycommunity
a person wearing a black leather glove on their wrist .
ALT: a person wearing a black leather glove on their wrist .
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December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Welcome to PJ's prompt feature! We invite you to write senryu concerning: #leather (with or without the word in your senryu)
What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
More here: hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...
Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 07
#WritingCommunity
#poetrycommunity
What is senryu? It’s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
More here: hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...
Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 07
#WritingCommunity
#poetrycommunity
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December 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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This is a #winter poem which was written without using any winter words! A really great challenge from @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social over on X.
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetrycommunity
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetrycommunity
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is a #winter poem which was written without using any winter words! A really great challenge from @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social over on X.
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetrycommunity
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetrycommunity
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 11, 2025
this week’s prompt:
burden
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 11, 2025
this week’s prompt:
burden
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 11, 2025
this week’s prompt:
burden
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 11, 2025
this week’s prompt:
burden
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
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December 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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“Give me the wind again, the snowlight.”
River River poet Joe Wilkins with a poem in Out There — outthereoutdoors.com/poem-by-joe-...
River River poet Joe Wilkins with a poem in Out There — outthereoutdoors.com/poem-by-joe-...
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Give me the wind again, the snowlight.”
River River poet Joe Wilkins with a poem in Out There — outthereoutdoors.com/poem-by-joe-...
River River poet Joe Wilkins with a poem in Out There — outthereoutdoors.com/poem-by-joe-...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Nostalgia II
I cease being us
and am again this I
with its burden of winter
and emptiness.
—Claribel Alegría
Translated by Carolyn Forché
#poem #micropoetry
I cease being us
and am again this I
with its burden of winter
and emptiness.
—Claribel Alegría
Translated by Carolyn Forché
#poem #micropoetry
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Nostalgia II
I cease being us
and am again this I
with its burden of winter
and emptiness.
—Claribel Alegría
Translated by Carolyn Forché
#poem #micropoetry
I cease being us
and am again this I
with its burden of winter
and emptiness.
—Claribel Alegría
Translated by Carolyn Forché
#poem #micropoetry
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leaping out
from wineglass of this night
grapes of longing
I think of those eyes and
pour the silence a drink
#Photography ~Amy~ 🎄🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄🎁❤️💚
@irishgeordy.bsky.social
from wineglass of this night
grapes of longing
I think of those eyes and
pour the silence a drink
#Photography ~Amy~ 🎄🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄🎁❤️💚
@irishgeordy.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
leaping out
from wineglass of this night
grapes of longing
I think of those eyes and
pour the silence a drink
#Photography ~Amy~ 🎄🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄🎁❤️💚
@irishgeordy.bsky.social
from wineglass of this night
grapes of longing
I think of those eyes and
pour the silence a drink
#Photography ~Amy~ 🎄🎅🏼🧑🏼🎄🎁❤️💚
@irishgeordy.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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“Summon glamorous bathtub!” I say excitedly.
“Hmm, didn’t work,” I mumble.
“Summon glamorous shower!” I say again happily.
“Hmm, didn’t work,” I reiterate.
“Hmm" scratches chin.
"Have I been scammed by that mysterious plumber who sold me this magic ring?”
“Hmm, didn’t work,” I mumble.
“Summon glamorous shower!” I say again happily.
“Hmm, didn’t work,” I reiterate.
“Hmm" scratches chin.
"Have I been scammed by that mysterious plumber who sold me this magic ring?”
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Summon glamorous bathtub!” I say excitedly.
“Hmm, didn’t work,” I mumble.
“Summon glamorous shower!” I say again happily.
“Hmm, didn’t work,” I reiterate.
“Hmm" scratches chin.
"Have I been scammed by that mysterious plumber who sold me this magic ring?”
“Hmm, didn’t work,” I mumble.
“Summon glamorous shower!” I say again happily.
“Hmm, didn’t work,” I reiterate.
“Hmm" scratches chin.
"Have I been scammed by that mysterious plumber who sold me this magic ring?”
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An #Advent of #haiku
Day 7
First published from a prompt in HAIKU DIALOGUE – Surrealism II – “Self-Portrait” (Inn of the Dawn Horse).
Was honored to have a commentary by @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
Day 7
First published from a prompt in HAIKU DIALOGUE – Surrealism II – “Self-Portrait” (Inn of the Dawn Horse).
Was honored to have a commentary by @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
An #Advent of #haiku
Day 7
First published from a prompt in HAIKU DIALOGUE – Surrealism II – “Self-Portrait” (Inn of the Dawn Horse).
Was honored to have a commentary by @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
Day 7
First published from a prompt in HAIKU DIALOGUE – Surrealism II – “Self-Portrait” (Inn of the Dawn Horse).
Was honored to have a commentary by @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social
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December 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Sun hits a fruit bowl
Persimmon glow pulls me back
Your taste in my dream
Persimmon glow pulls me back
Your taste in my dream
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Sun hits a fruit bowl
Persimmon glow pulls me back
Your taste in my dream
Persimmon glow pulls me back
Your taste in my dream