Kris Lindbeck
@krislindbeck.bsky.social
Haiku etc.. Also, Jewish Studies, Christianity, Buddhism, art and cool science stuff. Some politics . . . She/her.
The lingering clouds, rolling, rolling, And the settled rain, dripping, dripping, In the Eight Directions—the same dusk. The level lands—one great river. -T’ao Ch’ien, from “Flood” (tr. Arthur Waley)
A crow flew down and stood on a stone. The crow flew away and the stone was alone. -after Kunjunni Mash (for children)
Today's #sealeychallenge: @drkimiww.bsky.social's Texas ... to get Horses I was born at the time when muscadine grapes and wild plums reach their fullest ripeness in Texas, when redbirds dart across dirt roads, grasshoppers leap suddenly from brown grass, and stars dance patterns in night sky.
The great Russian painter Issac Levitan died on this day in 1900. His 1892 painting Vladimirka depicts the old road from Moscow to Vladimir, notorious as the first stage of the march of prisoners condemned to Siberian exile #dotd
white spray the wave bows to itself To study the self is to forget the self. — Dōgen Zenji mount fuji waiting without waiting #AugustAnarchy #puentehaiku #poetry #haiku @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
dotted with cherry blossoms . . . a man sleeping on the street — Pakistan Japan Cultural Association 1st International Haiku Anthology pjca-isb.org/wp-content/u... #haiku #poetry #poem
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The most compelling thing to me in this image is how someone added a strip of red duct tape to adjust the height safety level. 👀
Sarah Burke Cahalan@sarahbc.bsky.social · 2d ago
In today’s ’five fleas (itchy poetry)’ edited by Roberta Beach Jacobsen… four letter word for intercourse talk Here’s a link: fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/08/afte... #talk #micropoetry
warm me up a bottle of sake first! new year's eve soba -Shugyō Takaha (1930-2024) その前に一本つけよ晦日蕎麦 鷹羽狩行 Notes: "ippon tsuke" seems to refer to the practice of submerging a bottle of sake in hot water to warm it up before serving it; "misoka soba" is eaten at the end of the year #haiku #translation
#senryu by returning contributor,Joseph P. Wechselberger (IG: @jwech15 ). Joseph has been writing haiku since 2018. His work has been Touchstone-nominated / long-listed many times and widely published and anthologized elsewhere. #haiku #poetry #honeymoon
Hello, #senryuSunday I’m so excited and grateful that my poem is included in Issue 49. Many thanks to @pippaesque.bsky.social and Orrin Prejean and to all the talented writers who contributed to such a fabulous journal! Also, thank you, Sisyphus.
Prune Juice Journal@prunejuicejournal.bsky.social · 4d agoIssue no. forty-nine is live, featuring cover art from one of this issue’s poets, Debbie Strange! Thank you to everyone who contributed. www.prunejuicesenryu.com Mark your calendars for the next submission window: October 1st – 31st. #senryu #micropoetry #writingcommunity #haiku #poetryjournal
Whether you want to read the novel or not, this thread on the message Tanja got from it, about love and hope in the worst times, is worth reading.
Tanja@joypops.bsky.social · 2d agoI loved A Crane Among Wolves. Because the novel is set during the real historical reign of a brutal tyrant king, it deals with difficult themes including r*pe, kidnapping, s*x trafficking, violence, murder, torture, misogyny, psychological trauma, suicide, and animal cruelty. 1/ #booksky
sunlight pale as rain supporting this ten-year oak a broken tree-guard
@krislindbeck.bsky.social FYI neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/31/e...
Everything could be shared, except the name of God
Across the Balkan Peninsula, Muslims and Christians have prayed to the same figures under different names, drunk from the same healing springs, and gathered at the same shrines for centuries. What the...
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The witch quietly read tea leaves scattered on floor, the lid of disposable cup (admittedly kicked while being cursed) resting in puddle of undrunk tea. "Ah yes, it's going to be that kind of day," she interpretted sideways omen with grave irritation.
