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cardinal wind -
eyes welling up
at sun down

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (cardinal)

05.12.2025 07:51 — 👍 49 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Audubon’s juncos -
some small lives, so much
larger than Life

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (juncos)

04.12.2025 07:08 — 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Dear Santa… tesseractmy crazyChristmaspresent — Herb Tate

A new verse from returning contributor @herbtate5.bsky.social:

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮…

tesseract
my crazy
Christmas
present

— Herb Tate

02.12.2025 16:32 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

half moon glow
one eye on yesterday
one on tomorrow

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (moon)

03.12.2025 07:48 — 👍 70 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks

03.12.2025 07:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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02.12.2025 21:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks

02.12.2025 15:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

cold night blues -
an owl adds its cry
to the hue

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (cold night)

02.12.2025 07:42 — 👍 105 🔁 19 💬 5 📌 0

ceremony -
should we not share
the taste of tea

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (tea)

01.12.2025 11:04 — 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks

30.11.2025 15:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

empty bedrooms…
and the artificial tree
dropping needles

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

30.11.2025 08:17 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

winter coat
one part of me
wishing my life away

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (winter coat)

30.11.2025 08:13 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks

29.11.2025 22:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

leaf lined pavement
between the summers
winter tide

#haiku #HaikuSaturday

29.11.2025 11:40 — 👍 43 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

withered reeds…
I’d rather be a bloom
and die

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (withered reeds)

29.11.2025 11:38 — 👍 41 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

old tale of the turnip soup
grandchildren take it
with a pinch of salt

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (turnip)

28.11.2025 07:09 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

27.11.2025 22:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Delighted to appear in smols - the place for poems of five words or fewer. Thanks for choosing this one, Robin.

#haiku #smols

smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1

27.11.2025 22:18 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

un-yellowing
fingers, a pang
for the old days

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (yellowing)

27.11.2025 07:12 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

frosty welcome…
speckles seed
the fallow field

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost)

26.11.2025 07:54 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

scared of not
being frightened
lure of the drop

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (fright)

25.11.2025 07:37 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

cold
comfort
screensaver
fireplace
only
flickers

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (fireplace)

24.11.2025 07:12 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I should have guessed…
asking AI
the Proust Questionnaire

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

23.11.2025 12:38 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

imbibing…
the Isle of Arran
enters the room

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (imbibe)
#singlemaltwhisky

23.11.2025 12:34 — 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

dolmen stones
the shadows sharpen
a cloudy day

#haiku #HaikuSaturday

22.11.2025 08:21 — 👍 31 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

withered grass
the truth element
of snow

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (withered grass)

22.11.2025 08:20 — 👍 41 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

skimming stones…
trying to recall
his holding hand

Something from me that was first in Modern Haiku 55:1, now also in Ginkgo Gold - the 2025 Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology. Many thanks to editor Nicky Gutierrez and all involved with the publication.

#haiku

21.11.2025 07:56 — 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

too hot tea
remembering
the last time

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (hot tea)

21.11.2025 07:38 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

winter bonfire
my old jumper
remembering spring

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (bonfire)

20.11.2025 07:49 — 👍 29 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks

19.11.2025 19:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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