at this morning like lime-blossom honey I sip my mocha, and with us again at the kitchen table: my son —Makoto #sanka
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haiku, senyru, tanka and other micropoetry My posts:
tears, glossy black pooling from my broken nib #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #haiku #poetrysky #poetry #poem #blueskypoets #micropoetry
burning the ashes of daylight red summer #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #haiku #poetrysky #poetry #poem #blueskypoets #micropoetry
Curtains moving on a peaceful night— I cry because he's feeling better. —Makoto #tanka #poem open.spotify.com/track/6HOUUU...
The Wind Forest - From "My Neighbor Totoro"
Joe Hisaishi, Nobuyuki Tsujii · Joe Hisaishi: The Wind Forest (From "My Neighbor Totoro") · Song · 2026
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he's typing on the old Olympia i don't know what about as I sprinkle my face with cold water —Makoto Joining in to write #sanka <3.
#sanka was a creation made with the invaluable help and permission of @forgottenpoets.bsky.social Dick Whyte! It is a nod of respect to the three lined stanza used by Japanese #tanka masters, Zenmaro Toki (Aika) and Takuboku Ishikawa. I wanted a hybrid to use in that same way.
A Symphony at the End of the World by Cassondra Windwalker #poetry youtube.com/shorts/rcjo6...
A Symphony at the End of the World
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So good. Here is a link if you'd like to read it short-stories.co/@raybradbury...
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
high tide my back pushed against the tower wall as the water climbs so do i #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #dreampoem #5lines #poetrysky #poetry #poem #blueskypoets #micropoetry
so much pain foreshadowed earlier --Daisuke Kawai くるしいことおおし伏線回収 川合大祐 #senryu #gendaisenryu #translation
towers tower across earth’s face too big to fall . . . a myth of myths as time will crumble all #TankaThursday tower #TankaPoem #micropoetry
crowded train — a sudden craving for sardines #DailyHaikuPrompt
solitaire — just a gateway drug to Sudoku #wss366
my family tree — another unfinished jigsaw puzzle #wss366
So excited to be included in PJCA’s First International Multilingual Haiku Anthology. Special thanks to @hifsays.bsky.social for the acceptance. There are so many beautiful poems there. Please read: pjca-isb.org/pjca-1st-int...
star in the north kindly pointing the way back to me #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #haiku #poetrysky #poetry #poem #blueskypoets #micropoetry
The breeze falls still under dappled sky. No birds singing just a husky cricket and a silent dragonfly. #micropoem
Locusts swarm in the wasteland of my tongue, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. —Makoto #tanka #poem open.spotify.com/track/71gIEG...
NORMAL (Korean Ver.)
BTS · NORMAL · Song · 2026
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Chuffed to have a haibun in the current Issue of Prune Juice! It is a beautiful issue you can read here: prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/upl… Thanks to @pippaesque.bsky.social and @orakdubwa.bsky.social for the acceptance.
Issue 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
high summer the stream's voice fills the woods to overflowing #haiku
The weekend approaches… Bringing with it the newest Prune Juice Senryu Journal! See you tomorrow! #senryu #micropoetry #writingcommunity #haiku #poetryjournal
A new verse from returning contributor Randy Brooks: can’t breathe oilagarchy — Randy Brooks
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can’t breathe oilagarchy — Randy Brooks
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A new verse from new contributor Michael J. Galko sea clam– it’s a dragon lacking everything — Michael J. Galko
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sea clam–it’s a dragonlacking everything — Michael J. Galko
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It’s almost here- look forward to another issue of Prune Juice! Coming to you live August 1st. #senryu #micropoetry #writingcommunity #haiku #poetryjournal
electric moon ants caught in the beam of a thousand mirrors #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #haiku #poetrysky #poetry #poem #blueskypoets #micropoetry
mama's dissatisfaction the heirloom i carry against my will #tanka