AndreaCConnolly \ umi yuuki

My photo shows a view looking straight down an ancient street in Pompeii. The road is made of large, unevenly-shaped, rounded gray stone blocks. Running lengthwise through the stones are two shallow grooves—parallel tracks worn into the stone by the passage of wagon wheels centuries ago. On both sides of the street are pedestrian pavements, raised about a step higher than the road. Beyond the pavements are the remains of buildings with thick walls made of rough stone and reddish bricks. The roofs and upper floors are gone. The street stretches straight into the distance, narrowing with perspective. A few small human figures and trees in the distance, emphasize how long the road is. Above the street, the blue sky is streaked with thin, wispy clouds. At the far end of the street, rising behind the ruins, there’s a glimpse of the dark, lower slope of Mount Vesuvius, the volcano whose eruption buried Pompeii in AD 79.

Wheel ruts worn into the roads of ancient Pompeii made by the passage of wagons and carts some 2,000+ years ago.

A reminder to modern visitors of ancient traffic which flowed through busy Pompeian streets.

📷 by me

#Archaeology

A pointed roof
Grey above green under blue
Holy well wishes

©️ #AndreaCConnolly

6/8.3.2026

#haiku #botaiku #mpy #poetry
#micropoetry #photography by #AndreaCConnolly

trumpeting
a bountiful season
daffodils
#vss365 #haiku

rusty water tank
shining particles of dusk
settle into night

plum blossom scent—
a hazy memory
of my granny's house

Kobayashi Issa (1762-1826)
#haiku #micropoetry
Tr. David G. Lanoue
Date of #poem: 1814

this is one happy cactus

this is one happy cactus

spring forest~
a hundred small birds
practice joy

#haiku

among trees
the air busy
with tiny wings

#haiku

witch’s cottage~
her window glowing
green at dusk

#UnknownFairyTales

beginning to move
in every green dimension
a pot of parsley

the wings on mochi
soaking in water,
a model of the rain

--Yukie Noma

水餅の羽なり雨の模型なり　野間幸恵

#haiku #gendaihaiku #translation

clear vase
a bubble travels
up up the tulip stem

#haiku

A pointed roof
Grey above green under blue
Holy well wishes

©️ #AndreaCConnolly

6/8.3.2026

#haiku #botaiku #mpy #poetry
#micropoetry #photography by #AndreaCConnolly

sliding into dusk
each flower a little moon
bees in the prunus

#haiku
shadow of
a heron’s wing
across the fish pond

The following haiku is presented on faded yellow background and illustrated with a sumi-e painting of pelicans flying parallel to an overpass along the arc of the overpass... a pod of pelicans

along the arc
of the overpass...
a pod of pelicans

Find more haiku and haibun here: kasasagi.blog

march is yours —
how magnanimous
the early sun

#HaikuChallenge #yours
#vss365 #magnanimous
#Haiku #micropoetry #micropoem

fog on the low field
flowers of the sheep’s slow breath
becoming blackthorn

night snow falls
like the fragrance of stars
glistening at dawn

#haiku

very grateful to appear in this delightful journal

Tony Pupello, Editor🙏🏼
tsuri-dōrō

#haiku

Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.

We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.

Out of all the places to grow.

tree trunk in the top right with roots extending out on all sides; in lower left, the root has grown in a circle, and there is a pool of water in the center reflecting gray sky and branches; leaves and sticks surround; moss on trunk and roots; gravel lane and blurry young trees in the background

an outstretched hand
offering to share its drink
humanitree
#HaikuSaturday 💚 #trees 💚 #rolemodels 💚 #humanity

searching for songbirds
finding nothing but geese
March sleet

#DailyHaikuPrompt (geese) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

The alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #ColorfulCaptures Here is a Great Blue Heron #birdphotography #nature #california

up they come
shining brightly~
daffodils

#haiku

Pelican Island #iowariver

Pelican Island #iowariver

walks in winter
the gray hues
of bowed heads

sun after the fog
with the hurdles of others
room for helplessness

#art #painting #abstract #humanart #helpless #poetry

last sip~
a tiny green moon
at the bottom

#haiku