#5lines plus on the last day of school, a broken oak stick, all the way down a white- picket fence

John Wisdom on the way home after the first day of class the clatter of a latchkey boy’s stick against a row of picket fences bit.ly/3it4o9C #5lines #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #picketfence

Where the sea Meets the sky — Distant dreams #haiku #haikuchallenge

the green of grass a hidden cricket chirp is the deepest #haiku #WritingCommunity

Summer Haiku for  Frank and Marian Scott Silence and a deeper silence when the crickets hesitate first and only haiku written by Leonard Cohen bit.ly/3lsej0X #silence #cricket #LeonardCohen #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #poem

Today's Find: early autumn the changing colors of cricket song Bryan Rickert Modern Haiku, 54,3 Autumn 2023 Image: 'Autumn at Saruiwa, Shiobara', Hasui Kawase

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First published InDaily, from Walking Through Fences. I'll stick with the donkey!

Tamara Jare's contemporary self-portrait in oil on canvas features a bold and vibrant composition. The artist is depicted holding a smartphone, with her gaze directed outward, engaging the viewer. The background is a dynamic mix of bright colors, with shades of orange, red, blue,

sleeping with his eyes open a cricket --Shimaneko-kun 目を開けたままで眠れるきりぎりす　しまねこくん kirigirisu: Japanese katydid, aka bush-cricket or long-horned grasshopper From The Lonely Night #Haiku Gathering Newsletter No. 184 #translation

Beach Haiku Enormous honor+pleasure to feature in excellent company including Alexis Rotella, Randy Brooks, Mark Gilbert, Jay Friedenberg, Susan Burch,Peter Jastermsky! So hope you regularly admire oodles of excellence on display @ Cold Moon+#submit best work in for consideration each month!

Sunday trails 🪵

in the school hallway scream after scream cut off by gunshots ... #ThoughtsAndPrayers, #EnoughIsEnough" fade in the gathering dark tinyurl.com/2s3r45rc #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #USA "#ThisIsAmerica, 385 #massshootings in 2024" #ApalacheeHighSchool #SchoolShootings

I'm drunk with morning sunshine singing the smell of Gardenias loud ... and louder shorturl.at/qiGcS #nature #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem

vhosking.wordpress.com/2024/09/06/ste… Thankful to Katryn Dougherty for walking in my honor.

from every leaftip  even when you’re not looking  peardrops of sweet light

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dream space :-) between our beach chairs rippling sunset bit.ly/3S6yYW0 #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem #relationship #dream #sunset #beach #ocean

this endless loop: October 7, October 7 .... [and yet the decades before and the day after...] bloodshedding tinyurl.com/ytu6h2fh #October7th #IsraelHamasWar #CeaseFireNow #PeaceForTheWorld #FreePalestine #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem

a truth laid bare tree roots in the trail kjmunro tinyurl.com/mue4s4zn #trail #truth #onelinehaiku #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem