cocoon opening—
first-graders
motionless - Patricia Haddock The opening poem from our Summer '26 edition. One small moment that opens the door to all that follows. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026 #haiku

“As soon as C. Jean Downer finds the coin that slipped between the upholstery, she’ll race ring-billed gulls to the beach at White Rock, British Columbia.” Special thanks to Professor McMurray for including my nostalgic haiku in his fabulous column www.asahi.com/ajw/articles... #haiku

Excited to be a part of Haiku Girl Summer 2023-2025 Anthology! Congratulations to founding Editor Allyson Whipple and each year’s editorial team! Follow the summer haiku series here: www.haikugirlsummer.com?ref=haiku-gi... Get a copy of the anthology here: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084 #haiku #poetry

✅ Absolutely NO AI! ✅ Self-published 2021 ✅ Available on Kindle (inc. KU), paperback, signed paperback, and audio (narrated by Scarlett Rose) ✅ Set in Scotland/Caledonia (part modern/mostly fantasy) ✅ LGBTQIA+ Safe Space ✅ Eleven-book series (three more to come 😏) #sapphic #lesfic #amwriting

Aww, the smell, always!

Coffee&CannabisClub-𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐊𝐜𝐮𝐟@coffeecannabisclub.bsky.social · 3mo ago

That special feeling you got in you stomach in elementary school when you got to go to the school library and check out a book. The excitement grew as you arrived and could smell the books. Seeing the rows and rows felt overwhelming but in the best way. Get a library card if you don't have one!

❤️❤️❤️

Art & Nature@capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Poetry #Painting #Summer It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

True. #BookSky

👏👏👏😂

Jenn R-J@jennfel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

no longer able to see his reflection Basho’s frog’s cousin #senryu

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Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

MacFarlane: You have a smell that's emanating now that is reminiscent of a high school locker room. You have a police force and National Guard presence that is profound. It's like a jewel heist from the muppet caper is going to happen. It seems to be a misappropriation of resources.

Always and forever

For the Love of Missy@missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If a cat sits on you, you cancel your plans. That's the rule.

Passionate embryologist, Savarna, is dating two different #women, when she is told by her East Indian-American #parents that she MUST have a #baby. #sapphic #fiction #India #USA #lesbian #sister #IVF #wlw #book Pre-order new edition at Barnes & Noble: tinyurl.com/TLCbyGC

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #pride #poetry

You need to see this today ❤️

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3mo ago

These jellyfish larvae: * . * . * . * . * * . * . * * . *

Join us this Sunday for our second Senryu Slam!!! We start at 8PM EST/6PM PST, with prompts dropping every 15 minutes. What's senryu? Read about it here: thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/... Casual reminder that submissions are open! #poetrysky #prompts #micropoetry

Looking east into Glacier National Park from the Great Bear Wilderness in northwestern Montana. #MountainMonday #BlueskyMonday #NaturePhotography #Montana #GlacierNational #PublicLand #NationalForest

Oh, is it #WorldOceanDay? Don't mind if I do... without our oceans, we would be doomed. Protect them and the wildlife they harbor 💙

I am suspicious when a person doesn't like cats. But I totally trust a cat when it doesn't like a person.

Summer reads? We have you covered. Some of the most innovative and gripping crime fiction being written right now! queercrimewriters.substack.com/i/199…

Queer Crime Writers@queercrimefic.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Queer Crime Writers newsletter is out for Pride Month. Reading lists, author interviews, and the queer crime fiction community you've been looking for. Subscribe and pass it along. #queer #lgbtq #crimefiction #books open.substack.com/pub/queercri...

I am so grateful to Editor Michele L. Harvey for including my tanka in The Tanka Hangout ❤️ Ribbons Volume 22.1 is a stellar read. Congratulations to all the poets! #tanka #shortformpoetry #TankaSocietyofAmerica

If this dumb war Would end today We still Ain’t felt the worst The sticker shock Is coming Our supply chain Has been cursed If life’s Like a commuter train Its track Has got a #rift And we’re bound For derailment All because of Mad King’s grift… #vss365 #NoKings

Off The Rails Train Crash

ALT: Off The Rails Train Crash

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Keeping it simple for today's #TransArtMay... taking a moment to star gaze

Hear ye, hear ye... the big threadless sale is ongoing! $13 basic tees and 40% off all other products! There's never been a better time to grab something from me or one of the other cool artists! Shirts in many different styles, notebooks, coffee mugs, puzzles, stickers! whistberry.threadless.com

Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few moments and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno

Field of Flowers - Gustav Klimt

In chapter eight, Dorathea responds to Elvina’s comment that the shared grief of young Elspeth Gòrdan and Jack will help the child feel more secure while she is away from her grandfather. I’ve always relied on sharing my grief with others to heal. #urbanfantasy #mystery #sapphic #lesfic #wlw

So grateful and honoured to have a poem in Frogpond, volume 49:1. Many thanks to Managing Editor Allyson Whipple and the incredible editorial team. This issue was the wait (delayed delivery in Canada!) and a joy to read! #haiku #frogpondjournal

Beautiful! ❤️

Helen Whistberry@whistberry.northsky.social · 4mo ago

It's #WorldBeeDay? Bees are adorable #SciArt

We are book fans from all across the world! Recently one of our Library Technicians visited the Midhope Castle in Scotland and came across a marvelous library. These books date back as far as the 16th century!