Thomas L. Vaultonburg

Ha! No, I had no idea. I got frazil from a list of natural phenomenon with unusual names I was working on. Frazil, runnel, sastrugi..... virga, seiche, rime. I don't think I've ever been in an Exxon. All Mobil stations here.

Frazil and riffle sounds like it could be one of those blue drinks at the gas station.

frazil ice—
the riffle
turning to stars
#haiku #poetry

Exactly.

I really appreciate these. In a strange way you're teaching me a lot about my own work. And it helps.

Funerals and Zen Gardens, a fallen petals post

This week’s Fallen Petals post featuring the following poets
@jennfel.bsky.social
@ireneaddie.bsky.social
@wolftwinthomas.bsky.social
@rksinghindia.bsky.social
@joypops.bsky.social

#bhaiku

Funerals and Zen Gardens,
open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...

grain elevator—
the town fitting
in one hand
#haiku #poetry

country mile—
yesterday
still warm in the fields
#haiku #poetry

midwinter—
the plow line
drifting shut
#haiku #poetry

Thank you.

Thank you.

I took this photo of the carved eaves on the former Main Hall at the Fukagawa Fudō-dō Temple in Koto, Tokyo, Japan. This was before all the major renovations had been completed. I was there during March to celebrate hanami in honor of my granny, who was from Tokyo. These elegant carvings reflect the traditional Inami style indicative of the late Edo/early Meiji period. In the lower left, elegant swirls of wooden waves surround a bird with wings spread and one leg out, navigating strong forces. Farther right, another bird is tucking into a curl, downward-facing, and riding the front wave with serene grace. The wood is a mixture of warm red and grey tones; its grain is striped and softly weather-worn. There’s a mid-line crack running the length of the beam overhead. In the lower right corner, shadows mask the inner temple. My time at Fukagawa Fudō-dō inspired the haiku from my Tokyo journal: temple warmth eaves chant a whirling sutra

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temple warmth
e a v e s c h a n t
a whirling sutra

#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin

#haiku #俳句 #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #tokyo #stunday

wheatfield wind
the sky stitched shut
with black wings
#haiku #poetry

waterwheel dusk—
the river teaching
circles
#haiku #poetry

Thank you

Haiku Month Highlights In celebration of NaHaiWriMo (National Haiku Writing Month), we present Spring Highlights featuring the latest work from our Wolf Pack on the Wolf Twin Review.

For our adieu to #NaHaiWriMo, we curl into a tender moment from the incomparable John Hawkhead (@haikuhawk.bsky.social):

cat howls
we wake in moonlight
still entwined

Happy #Haiku Month, everyone! View all our #WolfPack Spring Highlights by clicking below.

Owwwoooooo!

#PoetryCommunity #poetry ✍️

late August—
the sunflower
just disk
#haiku #poetry

red on white—
even silence
stains
#haiku #poetry

Thank you, Michael.

Week 4 of #NaHaiWriMo, we reflect on the masterful #senryu of Pippa Phillips (@pippaesque.bsky.social):

electric candle–
sometimes I wonder
if I’m real

Join us again this Thursday for the final #Haiku Month #WolfPack Highlight.

#PoetryCommunity #poetry #VisualPoetry ✍️

winter window—
plum branches
ink the glass
#haiku #poetry

stone courtyard—
the fleece holding
last winter
#haiku #poetry

Nice

A championship level pun wrapped up in a synesthetic exploration. Top tier.

This is a black and white landscape nature photo I took of Lake Champlain from the shore in Burlington Vermont. Elegant rays fan over the glimmering lake. Winter sun's bright reflection glows atop the right surface of Champlain and stretches left into a thin line of light. Brooding clouds, the prominent horizon line, and a textured expanse of dark waves all add contrasting layers to the image. It was an effervescent moment that paused time, and inspired my latest senryu: sparkling champlain i sip a string of pearls Fun fact: Perlage is a wine (champagne) term to describe the continuous stream of small bubbles, often called a string of pearls, that rise inside the drinking glass.

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sparkling champlain
i sip
a string of pearls

#EastCoastKin
#Stunday
#ImageAndVerse

#senryu #senryusunday #micropoetry #photography #nature #NaHaiWriMo #classicmono

Thank you.

Thank you. The form is endlessly fascinating to me.

red Fuji—
ash drifting down
like cherry petals
#haiku #poetry

rain in sunlight—
a footprint
fills
#haiku #poetry

Thank you.