@gatesm9.bsky.social
I’m a freelance writer, editor, and book reviewer living in Buffalo, NY. I worked for Audible dot com (an Amazon company) for 15 years. Still recovering! Fan of Twin Peaks, David Lynch, and Haruki Murakami.
The frozen Niagara river with the partially frozen falls in the background
An empire of ice
Ends freedom, chills all kindness
Till love’s rays conquer
#haiku #poetry #photography
A plants sticks in a snow bank
Sticks in snow await
Spring with its melting succor
So we loathe but live
#haiku #poetry #photography
Black winter tree against a gray sky
Nude trees claw the sky
Winter’s tyrant rules by force
Endurance is all
#haiku #poetry #photography
Just do the opposite of whatever he recommends. It’s always Opposite Day while he’s the secretary of health.
07.01.2026 23:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He really looks and sounds like the picture of health, doesn’t he??
07.01.2026 23:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He really looks and sounds like the very picture of health, doesn’t he??
07.01.2026 22:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A melting snow man with a slinky nose
Ice crashes off roof
Snow men fall, even countries
Still the planet spins
#haiku #poetry #photography
Snow on the branches of a bush in a snow-covered yard
Seen through icy glass
The white zero of winter
Counsels to commence
#haiku #poetry #photography
Do a lot of golfers watch MS NOW? Many of the commercials are aimed at people who play golf?
31.12.2025 02:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A large five-pointed star on a red barn door
A star is the sign
No other kingdom on Earth
Yes Hallelujah
#haiku #poetry #photography
Blue sky with gray clouds over a field of snow
Mind is open sky
Clouds intrude like painful thoughts
Storms end with blue dawns
#haiku #poetry #photography
Bare tree branches against a cold gray sky
Snow falls silently
Bombs fall bringing infamy
Year ends with bleak skies
#haiku #poetry #photography
A fallen leaf surround by snow
Snow obscures dead leaves
War fog excuses vile deaths
Spring’s sun reveals truth
#haiku #poetry #photography
Hot, glowing embers in a fire pit
Justice winds howl now
Oaks crack and fall to timber
Our fires consume them
#haiku #poetry #photography
People standing on a bridge in the distance over a river surrounded by trees
Don’t yield to fury
Or a teacup tsunami
Watch rivers flow on
#haiku #photography #poetry
First snow of the season. What season? Fall. But hey—it’s Buffalo! #photography #snow
09.11.2025 20:24 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What we're watching: A new take on "Frankenstein," a lavish legal drama starring Kim Kardashian and a Tracy Morgan-led spinoff.
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
08.11.2025 12:36 — 👍 7961 🔁 1218 💬 170 📌 174A thriving green plant among colorful dead leaves
Even in death’s midst
Humans can strive to blossom
Despots like leaves fall
#haiku #poetry #photography
Swirling leaves drop now
Houses topple in fierce storms
Thus mad kings must fall
#haiku #poetry #photography
Dark storm clouds over trees and houses
In his autumn storm
Boy-king smashes his palace
Citizens rain tears
#haiku #poetry #photography
Nature pauses now
Leaves rattle and berries fall
Soldiers too should cease
#haiku #poetry #photography
Tree branches against an ominous sky
Storms rage, branches crack
Nations tremble before fiends
Still birds chirp at dawn
#haiku #poetry #photography
Thanks!
01.10.2025 23:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A woodland path through trees with sunlight and shadows
World turns to chaos
Leave all kings to their chessboards
Enter woods and breathe
#haiku #poetry #photography
Sunset that silhouettes a bridge and factory smokestacks
A mad year’s sun sinks
Tyrants speak as leaves wither
Roots await fresh dawns
#haiku #poetry #photography
Autumn leaves on trees in a park
Autumn comes quickly
Things die so beautifully
Nature needs no gun
#haiku #poetry #photography
A white moon flower in bloom
Moon gapes overhead
Nature grieves as Earth devolves
Flowers whisper why
#haiku #poetry #photography
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03.09.2025 21:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks. Just an iPhone! But I usually edit them later to crop and enhance. I find that knowing when and where to snap the picture is what really makes for good photography.
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