Jenny Mattern

pest control
an ominous crunch
beneath your feet

#DailyHaikuPrompt (crunch) #haiku

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The Turkey Trot race had begun
Tom thought it had sounded like fun
He puffed his chest, proud
And ran with the crowd...
But when would he ever be done?!🥵

Turkey Tom's Thanksgiving #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

A.I. art—
soullessness
in vivid hues

#DailyHaikuPromptv (vivid) #senryu #haiku

last nerve
the fragility
of dams
😁

Those videos from your war zone are bringing me so much JOY.

last straw
a bridge
to new horizons

#DailyHaikuPrompt (straw) #haiku

Tagging @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social @josiedefalco.bsky.social @booksbycindy.bsky.social

Hey #kidlit #poets! We're looking for a few camping/nature poems for a school collaboration. I'd love for these to be in a variety of forms. DM us or email @ nimblewitlit@gmail.com if you've got something that fits this. These will be used as examples for kids during their camping themed lit night!

Heck yes! Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

a honking
in my brain
my thoughts fly south

#DailyHaikuPrompt (geese) #haiku

Aw, I hope so. 🥹

Thank you! 🙏

Solidarity. That one, unfortunately, is 100% autobiographical.

I’m Weeping Over Jane Goodall

& the supermoon
has started to deflate
so I've missed that too
and my coffee
tastes more bitter
than usual
and I—
proud of my abilities
to drink it black
as a raven’s wing—
think perhaps
I’ll add some sugar today
to celebrate
a life well lived

#poetry #poetsofbluesky

night chill
my basil plant
throws in the towel

#DailyHaikuPrompt (night chill) #haiku

Thank you! ☺️

The 3rd (or is it 4th) anniversary of the Limerick Amigas’ founding just passed, so I would guess there are well over a hundred Tom poems!

sticky thoughts
I sprinkle more flour
on the dough

#DailyHaikuPrompt (flour) #haiku

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With Canadian Thanksgiving coming
Tom figured he’d hit the ground running
"Their stuffing and peas
Will be served without me!"
So he flew off to Cabo for sunning

Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

letting go
anew
yellow leaf

#DailyHaikuPrompt (yellow leaf) #haiku

💔💔💔

frost-covered window
the urge to avoid
too much clarity

#DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) #haiku

Thanks, Bill! I’m so happy to have the air turn crisp & cool.

camouflaging
our true selves
hunter’s moon

#DailyHaikuPrompt (hunter’s moon) #haiku

high tide
the moon and I
exhausted

#DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide) #haiku

♥️♥️♥️

Thank you! 🥰

Thank you!! I love autumn so much!

summer slips by
carried on the laughter
of yellowing grasses

#DailyHaikuPrompt (laughter) #haiku

painting the town red
against our better judgment
we stay up past nine

#DailyHaikuPrompt (red) #haiku