. the public don’t like the idea that borders look like they’re not controlled Trisha Brown walking on the wall since I was born . #twohaiku #haiku

. antiseptic cream rubbed in a circle spiked by a tequila spike . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #agave #succulents

. between now and next just three letters signed, stamped and sealed with two wax triangles . #haiku #micropoetry #tanskenga

. between now and next just three letters . #now #next #haiku #micropoetry #time #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social

. no cyclists or skateboarders but so many runners the ethics committee ask what risk my research poses? . #tanskenka

. no cyclists or skateboarders but so many runners . #tanskenka #micropoetry #haiku #collaboration #skateboarding @gavinwade.bsky.social

. a new era the wildfires never stop the rain is impossible I put on another Frankie Laine record . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #climatecrisis #tanka #micropoetry #renga #poetry #frankielaine @gavinwade.bsky.social

. a new era the wildfires never stop the rain is impossible . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #climatecrisis

. earthquake the cake shop owner holds on to her chair beating the egg just so into the flour . #earthquake #japan #haiku #tanskenga

. earthquake the cake shop owner holds on to her chair . #earthquake #japan #haiku #tanskenga #poetry @gavinwade.bsky.social

. short lived revolution the Education Minister finally resigns they say cockroaches survive atomic warfare . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #india #cockroach #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social

. short lived revolution the Education Minister finally resigns . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social #india #cockroach

. six years on I try once again to clear out mum’s clothes hush my darling don't fear my darling . #tanskenga #haiku #tightfit #thelionsleepstonight

. six years on I try once again to clear out mum’s clothes . #tanskenga #haiku #death #poetry #micropoetry @gavinwade.bsky.social

. wined and dined in the corridors of power an iron fist Luke Cage only has eyes for Jessica Jones . #elbitsystems #palestine #haiku #tanskenga #powerman #jessicajones #lukecage #marvel #thedefenders

. wined and dined in the corridors of power an iron fist . #elbitsystems #palestine #haiku #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #menon #poetry

. men who have a future women who have a past our non-binary present who wants a world of ones and zeros? . #haiku #tanskenga #tanka @littleonion.bsky.social @gavinwade.bsky.social

. removing all that stops you from growing, branching, adapting followed by Cheryl Jones and fifty six million others . #twohaiku #haiku

. men who have a future women who have a past our non-binary present . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social

. never mind your name we’ll never turn you away a big bowl of scouse washed down with a Santa Margarita . #tanskenga

. never mind your name we’ll never turn you away a big bowl of scouse . #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #liverpool #mersey #haiku #micropoetry #poets #scouse

. eight of my bones arranged in a pink marble reliquary the long and the short bless them all . #haiku #tanskenga #renga @littleonion.bsky.social @gavinwade.bsky.social #tanka #poetry #bones

. eight of my bones arranged in a pink marble reliquary . #haiku #tanskenga #renga @littleonion.bsky.social

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

The anatomy of a poem. A Morning With Stone How this tanrenga / tanskenga poem was written - it started not with a kiss but a haiku… @gavinwade.bsky.social #haiku #tanrenga #tanskenga #tanka burnthewater.org/2026/07/22/a...

A Morning With Stone

A tanrenga poem is the shortest of renga forms. It usually starts with one poet writing a haiku or haiku like stanza that can ‘stand alone’ in typical hokku fashion. This is then linked to by a pro…

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. the marker pen slips across the bathroom tiles a morning with stone the impermanence of words and summer flowers . #tanskenga #poetry

. a morning with stone the impermanence of words and summer flowers . @gavinwade.bsky.social #haiku #carving #tanskenga #poetry #micropoetry

. this is a verse as close as possible to being about itself a big fish passing under a lily . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social @gavinwade.bsky.social #tanka #renga #fishing #micropoetry

. this is a verse as close as possible to being about itself . #haiku #tanskenga @littleonion.bsky.social

. 12 billion light years away a cluster of blue pixels happy Pachypodiums in the quartz fields of Namaqualand . #twohaiku #haiku