Becky

Valentine's
brown leaves clinging
to the hedges

#haiku

Why Shark Attacks Spike in Hawaii at the Same Time Every Year For decades, 'Sharktober' has seen a spike in unprovoked shark attacks in Hawaii, enough that researchers did the work to figure out why.

Found local #kigo:

In Hawaii, shark attacks spike in October. It’s due to the breeding habits of tiger sharks.

www.vice.com/en/article/w...

to be lost
and to be found
field of rape

#haiku

That is EXACTLY the kind of validation I was hoping for. ❤️

If I made waffles out of chickpeas and animal innards, and they turned out poorly but I was still allowed to sell them to the public, I would have awful lawful offal falafel waffles.

Ah!
the bus driver puts
his thermos back down

The cats have been
fighting all day
So tired

A thin layer of ice covers a grey car roof, making patterns of sweeping feathers. A blue ice scraper sits to the lower right.

I left it there
ice patterns carved
on the car roof

apocalypse
lingering
overcast

a cold day
a corner of an envelope
flutters to the ground

#haiku

Maybe it has been a little quieter lately... I think 2025 was a hard year for some. But it's hard to say cause engagement on here is usually a bit slow...

'ding-dong the witch is dead' field of austere rape blossoms #senryu

🥹 Thank you!

hilly road
windmills turning
turning turning

#haiku

Best description of rain ever ❤️

#haiku
you see the fly
again and decide
he’s not so well

Some years ago I wrote:

the old man
the older dog
Ah! the cold!

It was Scotland, and quite chilly indeed.

An #Advent of #haiku
Day 13
Published in the Spring/Summer issue of Akitsu Quarterly. Thanks to editor Robin White

#haiku
turning leaves
in an empty lot
a bevy of crows

thin ice -
I hear
my other life
#haiku #poetry

asking
for nothing
and settling for
anything
a young boy with his
bright red balloon

#sedoka

wildly growing mustard the house lacking insolation sags #senryu

hilltop
in the distance
dark rain

#haiku

Just a glimpse
two horses
by sodden hay

#haiku

#VeryBritishProblems

Version 2:

restoration works
cormorants
on the palace ledges

#haiku

under renovations
cormorants nesting
on the palace

#haiku

rows of impatiens
we sit
for a while

#haiku

All Saint’s Day
some masks
all still on

a man's depression often the unseen face of the moon #senryu