river bank fishing
hooked a tree across the way
overcast folly

#dailyhaikuprompt Overcast
#haiku #poetrycommunity
#poetry #senryu

Swim in the clear pond
Break Narcissus reflection
Overcast ripples
Echo the nymph spell brake fails
Then flowers grow in his place

#dailyhaikuprompt Overcast Narcissus
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365 #poetry
#poetrycommunity #senryu #tanka
#TankaThursday

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaThursday #senryu #artifact

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A.I. image generated from tanka text of two people silhouetted against a bright, radiant sunrise with vivid orange and yellow clouds Text: morning greet with a spontaneous eruption of unfiltered now we exchange some pleasantries then live it or live with it https://haikudread.net/2026/07/30/eruption/

Humid

This summer air clings
to my skin, with the softness
of a silken sheet

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

a smouldering spark
when stoked in time becomes a
full conflagration

#dailyhaikuprompt Smoldering Time
#haiku #poetrycommunity #poetry

we depend on our
hot smouldering time as we
coast into wee hours

#dailyhaikuprompt Smoldering Time
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365 #senryu
#poetrycommunity #poetry

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Stock photo of a line of young people looking at their phones while turning their back to a large window to the world from Pexels.com Text: immediacy of social media leaves no time to mature https://haikudread.net/2026/07/29/mature/

#haiku by new contributor, Meagan Bussert.
Meagan’s #poetry has been featured in many fine publications, worldwide. She draws inspiration from her frequent hikes and the unique weather of her home states, Oklahoma and #Indiana. IG: @bloomingtwighaiku #wildfire #summer #smoke

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Against a smoke-white background, a #haiku by new contributor, Meagan Bussert, reads, wildfire smoke the shadow of a doe nibbles my roses Meagan’s #poetry has been featured in many fine publications, worldwide. She draws inspiration from her frequent hikes and the unique weather of her home states, Oklahoma and #Indiana. IG: @bloomingtwighaiku #wildfire #summer #smoke

Behold pundit sound
Chestnuts descend and then plop
Into zeitgeist muck

#dailyhaikuprompt Chestnuts
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365
#poetrycommunity #poetry

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of mangoes ripening on a branch, showcasing a range of colors from green to red and yellow from Pexels.com Text: the riper the fruit the heavier it hangs on to the vine of life https://haikudread.net/2026/07/28/heavier/

On hairshirt blanket
Sitting lotus position
Twitching guru writhes

#dailyhaikuprompt Lotus Blanket
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#poetry

Sycophant #summit
Neath a blanket of stupid
Continue collapse

#dailyhaikuprompt Blanket
#haiku #senryu #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #poetry

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a hand reaching down from above to help a person up from Pexels.com Text: Every kindness done Served dripping in resentment Oblique much obliged https://haikudread.net/2026/07/27/obliged/

warn of fireworks
when carrot #cadence changes
timbres will shiver

#dailyhaikuprompt Fireworks Carrot
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #poetry

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a young person holding a fishing pole on the rocky shore of a lake from Pexels.com Text: When I was younger Mourning mind on the water Fishing smoothed ripples https://haikudread.net/2026/07/26/smoothed/

Vedo ancora "girare" l'idea che Haiku sia una distro GNU\Linux. Non lo è in realtà...

Is Haiku based on Linux?

Haiku is not a Linux distribution, nor does it use the Linux kernel. Haiku is a spiritual successor to BeOS and it is derived from the NewOS kernel, which was authored by Travis Geiselbrecht (geist), who was formerly employed by Be Inc. — the developers of BeOS.

General FAQ | Haiku Project

#haiku #haikuos #beos #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia #guufita #guufitalia #guufxmpp

https://www.haiku-os.org/about/faq/#what-is-haiku

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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A.I. image generated from haiku text of a golden cat with glowing patterns walking on a crystalline path in a starry cosmic landscape Text: golden feline struts on a crystalline moon beam the cats meow waves https://haikudread.net/2026/07/25/crystalline/

#senryu by new contributor, Clare Marie Dennington. Clare Marie is an Australian born writer from the lush, subtropical NSW North Coast of Australia. Here she spent her free days rainforest trekking, snorkeling and fishing. As an adult, she traveled across many continents before settling for the time being in the cold North. #poetry #clouds #haiku #us

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Against a white background, this #senryu by new contributor, Clare Marie Dennington, reads, beyond the senses two clouds in my window colliding like us Clare Marie is an Australian born writer from the lush, subtropical NSW North Coast of Australia. Here she spent her free days rainforest trekking, snorkeling and fishing. As an adult, she traveled across many continents before settling for the time being in the cold North. #poetry #clouds #haiku #us

When Pee-wee Herman
Gets confused with Pinks-eee Lee
Dementia hawk struck

#dailyhaikuprompt Pinks Hawk
#haiku #poetrycommunity #poetry

Pinks had to budget
Wore a simple #shift to hawk
Tender wares for sale

#dailyhaikuprompt Pinks Hawk
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365 #senryu
#poetrycommunity

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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This digital art piece is titled "Close-Up Shot of an Abstract Painting" by artist Anni Roenkae.It features vibrant geometric patterns and dynamic colors, primarily purple, black, and yellow from Pexels.com Text: while the past is past and the present is present echoes linger long https://haikudread.net/2026/07/24/echoes/

perhaps heat and drought
will, by magic, not touch me,
just cook my children

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #denial #ClimateDenial #water #h2o #drought #droughts #heat #famine #food #FoodSupply #crops #CropFailure #collapse #extinction

https://mastodon.online/@IngridHbn/116974462883858706

Hush, Climate Science.
Tell better researched stories.
Like those Big Oil tells.

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #narrative #stories #StoryTelling #statistics #denial #ClimateDenial #ClimateDelay #ClimateScience #science

https://veganism.social/@Dragofix/116961289450079689

A heated evening
Ended with a cool morning
Candle holder crash

#dailyhaikuprompt Cool Morning Candle
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems
#senryu #poetry

holding a candle
from last night this cool morning
scour the #road with hope

#dailyhaikuprompt Cool Morning Candle
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365 #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems #poetry

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaThursday #senryu #artifact

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A.I. image generated from tanka text of a bearded prophet in robes gestures skyward on a rocky mountain path while a rich man counts gold coins indoors surrounded by piles of treasure Text: When prophet motive Is there they don't even care. Except for the fare I know where some hear prophet Others see only profit https://haikudread.net/2026/07/23/prophet/

#monoku by Peter Jastermsky (IG @pjastermsky ). The author of 10 books of haiku-based writing, Peter lives among the Joshua trees in So.Cal., USA. He created the popular “split sequence” form in 2017. Learn more about Peter & his writing at peterjastermsky.com. #poetry #haiku #umbrella

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Against a plain background of deepest blue, this #monoku by Peter Jastermsky (IG @pjastermsky ), reads opening the night’s tale of blue umbrellas The author of 10 books of haiku-based writing, Peter lives among the Joshua trees in So.Cal., USA. He created the popular “split sequence” form in 2017. Learn more about Peter & his writing at peterjastermsky.com. #poetry #haiku #umbrella

juicy firm and ripe
a fine melon presented
perched on a sheer shelf

#dailyhaikuprompt Melon
#haiku #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a human floating underwater from Pexels.com Text: look up at seafoam notice you might be drowning better start swimming https://haikudread.net/2026/07/22/drowning/

#haiku / #senryu by long time contributor, Mona Bedi ( IG: @drmonabedi ). Mona is a physician/educator in #india. A past FreshOut Featured Artist, her #poetry has many times, been featured here & elsewhere & has won numerous awards. #wrinkles

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Against a plain white background, this #haiku /#senryu by long time contributor, Mona Bedi ( IG: @drmonabedi ), reads, the first wrinkle on my son’s forehead falling blossoms Mona is a physician/educator in #india. A past FreshOut Featured Artist, her #poetry has many times, been featured here & elsewhere & has won numerous awards. #wrinkles

#lispyGopherClimate #live #technology #podcast since 2022 discussion with the #FSF scientist #gopher @bandali (subscribe to their new #snac instance! - boost for this please)

https://toobnix.org/w/wQJ63Utsw2SN16Bhh5f2iT

#climateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman

Joined by schemacs #emacs implementor @ramin_hal9001 !

I have a stock of questions. If you think you don't know who bandali is check his monthly software release blog.

Major theme is https://human-emacs.org/ and #LLM #AI, #linux, #lisp, the #future

#lambdaMOO

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Lispy gopher climate emphasis gopher !

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaTuesday #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of waves rolling toward a sandy shore from Pexels.com Text: Waves roll to our shore Then bounce back out to the sea Reflect nation's shame Ripples of recrudescence Unleashed upon the wide world https://haikudread.net/2026/07/21/recrudescence/

#shahai by long time contributor, Reid Hepworth (IG: @reidhepworth ). Reid lives in a small cottage in Georgian Bay, Ontario where she spends her time listening to trees, talking to all manners of wildlife and writing short form #poetry. #haiku #photo #canada

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In this #shahai by long time contributor, Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth a black and white photo shows a marsh of tall reeds , at the edge of a body of water. The accompanying haiku reads smoke on the water an evacuee’s small suitcase Reid lives in a small cottage in Georgian Bay, Ontario where she spends her time listening to trees, talking to all manners of wildlife and writing short form #poetry. #haiku #photo #canada

eat, drink, sleep, cuddle
sometimes I wish
I was my cat

My ink drawing of this cute kitty is also available combined with this lovely haiku.

Haiku: @MarjoleinRotsteeg

#haiku #poem #poetry #writing #ink #drawing #handmade #MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #cats #CatsOfMastodon #caturday #cat #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #catstodon #kitten #kitty #kittens #katze #CatsOfFediverse #BuyIntoArt #ArtForSale #giftideas

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eat, drink, sleep, cuddle sometimes I wish I was my cat Sweet dreams is a minimalist black and white ink drawing by artist Karen Kaspar. A cute kitten lies sleeping on the floor. It seems to be smiling and having sweet dreams. This work, a combination of painting and haiku, is a joint project by Karen Kaspar (© art and artwork) and Marjolein Rotsteeg (© Haiku). A haiku is a traditional Japanese poetry form consisting of three lines. Here the ink drawing was supplemented with the haiku in English

Situational
Mush mind elongates into
Elegant eggplant

#dailyhaikuprompt Eggplant Mind
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems #poetry

Strike a fine #balance
Eggplant mind meld energy
Or fickle feels fuel

#dailyhaikuprompt Eggplant Mind
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of small sailboat with an ominous squall line approaching from Pexels.com Text: yesterday's brain squall caused my haiku to wash up on the wrong hashtag https://haikudread.net/2026/07/20/squall/

#monoku by new contributor Martina Matijević,
#poetry #haiku #summer #wind

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This #monoku by new contributor Martina Matijević, reads prairie wind her voice again #poetry #haiku #summer #wind

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stylized photo of a goose on a roof by me Text: Golden roof gander Self declared king of the geese Looks down from above https://haikudread.net/2026/07/19/golden/

End of day reward
Make lotus blossom glisten
A goodnight indeed

#dailyhaikuprompt Lotus Blossom Glisten
#haiku #senryu #poetry
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Lotus blossom judge
Glisten with filthy lucre
Slip shift #momentum

#dailyhaikuprompt Lotus Blossom Glisten
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems #poetry

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of mirror image Doric columns intersecting diagonally mid frame from Pexels.com Text: Now there is my view Then of course there is your view When will the twain meet https://haikudread.net/2026/07/18/twain/

wildfire haze clouds thought.
when it lets up, let's fix this.
what if it doesn't?

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #wildfires #smoke #haze #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDelay #ClimateDenial #extinction

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A view of a bleak, hazy, white-orange sky with a sun that is muted and has a visible corona, scattered by the haze. Hills are barely visible as outlines in the distance. In the foreground, a flag flies at half staff, presumably for an unrelated reason, and yet it contributes visually to a sense of foreboding or mourning in the scene.

Smoke from the cook out
Made the deer turn tail and scoot
Back to the forest

#dailyhaikuprompt Cook Out Deer
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems

A #headwind of greed
Deer in the headlights aspect
Hover before doom

#dailyhaikuprompt Deer
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a stylized shadow theater and player from Pexels.com Text: Kabuki theatre Subterfuge played in plain sight Tactless tactician https://haikudread.net/2026/07/17/subterfuge/

Wood grown in pine grove
Makes the perfect dirt nap box
Evening rain grain fruit
Set to float down river Styx
One last bow and then #depart

#dailyhaikuprompt Evening Rain Pine Grove
#haiku #tanka #TankaThursday
#vss365 #haikufeels #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaThursday #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of old millstone and basin in man tamed nature from Pexels.com Text: schadenfreude days current leadership takes time to throw our nation under the grinding wheels on the bus of history https://haikudread.net/2026/07/16/wheels/

#haiku by Adele Evershed (IG: @ad_libby )
Adele is a Welsh writer now living on America’s east coast. Adele has two #poetry collections: “Turbulence in Small Spaces” (Finishing Line Press) & “The Brink of Silence” (Bottlecap Press). Her third collection, “In the Belly of the Wail” is forthcoming from Querencia Press. She has published two novellas in flash, “Wannabe” and “Schooled” (Alien Buddha Press), and has a forthcoming novella, A History of Hand Thrown Walls, with Unsolicited Press.

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Against a plain white background, this #haiku by Adele Evershed (IG: @ad_libby ), reads, egg laying moon— a wasp’s nest forming in her womb Adele is a Welsh writer who swapped the valleys for the American East Coast. Adele has two poetry collections: “Turbulence in Small Spaces” (Finishing Line Press) and “The Brink of Silence” (Bottlecap Press). Her third collection, In the “Belly of the Wail” is upcoming with Querencia Press. She has published two novellas in flash, Wannabe and Schooled (Alien Buddha Press), and has a forthcoming novella, A History of Hand Thrown Walls, with Unsolicited Press. #poetry

Team goes to huddle
Report plan to #conquer foes
'Neath overcast sky

#dailyhaikuprompt Overcast Sky Huddle
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365 #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

@rl_dane I used to have #BeOS as my main desktop. On a real #BeBox. I’m sorry to say that #Haiku just ain’t quite right.

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of Scrabble letters spelling out "Perfectly Imperfect" from Pexels.com Text: children of letters devil is in the order making words matter https://haikudread.net/2026/07/15/letters/

#lispyGopherClimate 0UTC Wednesday Tuesday night in the Americas #live in 20 minutes! Every week since 2022.
https://toobnix.org/w/kpHBVncEKo6MaBqgRPYDkf
with @kentpitman @ramin_hal9001

#climateCrisis #haiku by kmp
I have fermi estimated a solution to the climate crisis.

- I wrote an #emacs mode #ickleMode (orgbabel #ecl) https://codeberg.org/screwlisp/ickle
- @technomancy 's anti-LLM https://human-emacs.org/
- + its well-state #AI goalposts
- Kent's Yale T #scheme https://github.com/netsettler/netsettlement

#Livechat in #lambdaMOO #VR ! #lisp

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Lispy gopher climate banner, the gopher and lisp alien wading through flooded wreckage flanked by two demons carrying radio equipment.

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaTuesday #senryu #artifact

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Stock Photo of s tower of assorted broadcast antennas shot from below from Pexels.com Text: Fraudulent facade Bamboozle blur broadcast bunk Calm lonely bleating Deadly undersea missiles Teeter on a madman whim https://haikudread.net/2026/07/14/teeter/

RE: https://bne.social/@travis_nice/116915720209889228

You seek Climate proof?
If such spiky graph's aren't it,
maybe a flatline?

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #extinction #ElNiño #ElNino #heat #OceanWarming #RecordHeat #RecordTemperatures

Glimmer of alley
Stealth behind sunflower stalks
#Unabashed cheat peek

#dailyhaikuprompt Sunflower Glimmer
#haiku #senryu #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of colorful smears as a maze of confusion from Pexels.com Text: Adrift in a maze Color chaos confusion Overload senses https://haikudread.net/2026/07/13/maze/

#haiku by Pegah Rahmati Nezhad (@rahmati_pegah on X). Pegah is a pioneering & award winning poet; the only Iranian poet who has published English-language senryu, monoku, tanka, & cherita internationally. #poetry #flowers #summer #iran

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Against a white background, this #haiku by Pegah Rahmati Nezhad (@rahmati_pegah on X), reads, in the garden sips of mocha roses Pegah is a pioneering & award winning poet; the only Iranian poet who has published English-language senryu, monoku, tanka, & cherita internationally. #poetry #flowers #summer #iran

#senryu / #haiku by returning contributor Anthony Q. Rabang, of the Philippines. #poetry #children #newmoon

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Against a black background, this #senryu / #haiku by returning contributor Anthony Q. Rabang, of the Philippines, reads, new moon a crash cart’s noise in the children’s ward #poetry #children #newmoon

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a padlock on a wire fence securing nothing from Pexels.com Text: Faux operation False sense of security Is now in progress https://haikudread.net/2026/07/12/progress/

guide me through hard rain
as I #embrace randomness
while staying frosty

#dailyhaikuprompt Rain Frosty
#haiku #senryu #haikufeels #vss365
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of bronze monument dedicated to astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus from Pexels.com Text: seek savant sources backassward news feed hide truth from the hoi polloi https://haikudread.net/2026/07/11/savant/

#monoku by Melissa Dennison (IG: @melissa.dennison.54) of the UK.
#poetry #bluebird #haiku #summer

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Against a white background, this #monoku by Melissa Dennison @melissa.dennison.54 of the UK, reads, a blue bird flickers falling catkins #poetry #bluebird #haiku #summer

I brought you a #rose
Try to agree and cool off
A cold draft reply

#dailyhaikuprompt Cool Off Cold Draft
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems
#vss365 #haikufeels #senryu

The cold draft system
Did cool off long term planning
Goal setting abyss

#dailyhaikuprompt Cool Off Cold Draft
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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A.I. image generated from haiku text of fantasy landscape with castles and dark magical purple vines spreading across the land Text: cast maleficent seedlings the whole world over is our chief export https://haikudread.net/2026/07/10/seedlings/

Stormy sea salt spray
Turns my freshly green cut grass
To sickly brown mat

#dailyhaikuprompt Cut Grass Stormy Sea
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

Our ether #frolic
Held outside on neat cut grass
Led to frothy chat
Cast out on a stormy sea
Verbal drift verbosity

#dailyhaikuprompt Cut Grass Stormy Sea
#haiku #senryu #tanka #TankaThursday
#vss365 #haikufeels #poertycommunity
#smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of blue jean knees with rips in them from Pexels.com Text: I practice weaving Words into fine taffeta Ends up as denim https://haikudread.net/2026/07/09/taffeta/

an unexpected
perilous ice fishing swim
scary dunking freeze

#dailyhaikuprompt Swim Freeze
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Lake Defiance spring
I had to delay my swim
Didn't want to freeze

#dailyhaikuprompt Swim Freeze
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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A.I. generated comic book version of risk game board with pieces in the foreground Text: with stomp stomps clip clops boom booms going boom always risky business time https://haikudread.net/2026/07/08/risk/

#haiku / #micropoem by Jennifer Gurney.
Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published. Two of her poems have won international contests & one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #breeze #colorado #poetry

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Against a plain white background, this #haiku / #micropoem by Jennifer Gurney, reads, the unexpected pleasure of a good, strong cross breeze Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published. Two of her poems have won international contests & one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #breeze #colorado #poetry

Hot days steal focus.
I crave time for OTHER things,
NOT climate change talk!

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateDelay #ClimateDenial #heat #UnseasonablyWarmWeather #ClimatePsychology

Estate

Ghosts of the past, seen
in remnants of stone and light,
revealed by the sun.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

A screeching whirlwind
Withering vortex of "WHO"
My morning cloud owl

#dailyhaikuprompt Morning Cloud Owl
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaTuesday #senryu #artifact

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Stock footage of a smiling pretzel between twin towers from Pexels.com with an A.I. generated wisteria frame Text: Just another day Open loop pretzel logic Wisteria spills Yellow journalism branch Into the balderdash mix https://haikudread.net/2026/07/07/pretzel/

#tanka by long-time contributor, Nicholas D. Klascanzky @klacsanzky of Seattle, Washington. Nicholas has several #poetry collections published and has won many awards for his #haiku and other work. #memories

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Against a black background, this #tanka by long-time contributor, Nicholas D. Klascanzky @klacsanzky of Seattle, Washington, reads, wind peeling off bark from the madrona tree . . . one day we’ll have only memories to share Nicholas has several #poetry collections published and has won many awards for his #haiku and other work. #memories

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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A.I. image generated from haiku text of a mountain path bordered by numerous human skulls and bones under a cloudy sky Text: Pave the road with bones Twisted ethos wheels roll on History's red trail https://haikudread.net/2026/07/06/ethos/

(─‿‿─)
#Haiku

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Vizzini from The Princess Bride is imparting his wisdom. THIS PIC IS A MEME BUT IT'S ALSO A HAIKU. INCONCEIVABLE!

Hot expanse of sand
Little dirty birdy feet
One plover piping

#dailyhaikuprompt Sand Plover
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

thirty years later
first glance at the barbeque
cue synchronized #swoon

#haiku #vss365 #prompt

This was just a test
A piping plover sighting
Would induce a #swoon

#dailyhaikuprompt Plover
#haiku #senryu #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a human palate cover sculpture from Pexels.com Text: sculpt fond memories the shape of times remembered etched on my palate https://haikudread.net/2026/07/05/sculpt/

#Supercilious
firework roses embed
their rage in the sky

#dailyhaikuprompt Roses Rage
#haiku #senryu #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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A.I. image generated from haiku text of a crown and clock shattering into pieces with visible gears and Roman numerals Text: Millennium slice Quarter snatched from royal filth Let's not give it back https://haikudread.net/2026/07/04/slice/

#haiku by long time contributor, Mona Bedi ( @drmonabedi ). Mona is a physician/educator in #india. A past FreshOut Featured Artist, her #poetry has many times, been featured here & elsewhere & has won numerous awards. #beach #seaglass

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Against a plain white background, this #haiku by long time contributor, Mona Bedi ( @drmonabedi ), reads, beachcombing the shimmering ocean trapped in seaglass Mona is a physician/educator in #india. A past FreshOut Featured Artist, her #poetry has many times, been featured here & elsewhere & has won numerous awards. #beach #seaglass

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a foil mask over a human face from Pexels.com Text: the dichotomy between what's said and what's done is just disgraceful https://haikudread.net/2026/07/03/dichotomy/

The lonely sky flash
A sad one and done lightning
Little spark No bark

#dailyhaikuprompt Lightning Lonely
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems

arctic thirty-eight?
well, at least not three eighty.
THEN we'd have to care.

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateDenial #Arctic #heat #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

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A summary from a DuckDuckGo search result that shows an article by the World Meteorological Organization with the headline "WMO recognizes new Arctic temperature record of 380C". The one-line summary of the article beneath it makes it clear this headline has a typo, since it says "A temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) in the Russian town of Verkhoyank on 20 June 2020 has been recognized as a new Arctic temperature record by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)."

#haiku / #senryu by new contributor, Clare Marie Dennington. IG: Claremariewithpoetry).
Clare is an Australian born writer from the lush and subtropical NSW North Coast of Australia. Here she spent her free days rainforest trekking, snorkeling and fishing. As an adult, she traveled across many continents before settling for the time being in the cold North. #poetry #moon #light

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Against a black background, this #haiku / #senryu by new contributor, Clare Marie Dennington, reads, moon over my cup reflections shimmer a spoon stirring light Clare Marie is an Australian born writer from the lush and subtropical NSW North Coast of Australia. Here she spent her free days rainforest trekking, snorkeling and fishing. As an adult, she traveled across many continents before settling for the time being in the cold North. #poetry #moon #light

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of Bitcoin on a chain from Pexels.com Text: When HIs Nibs bragged that "We're going to be so rich." He didn't mean you https://haikudread.net/2026/07/02/puffery/

June 2026

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

https://haikudread.net/2026/06/

RE: https://urbanists.social/@docdieterlen/116845003201491823

formerly dot gov
it's up to "us" now, lest we
form early gravestones

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #Science #ClimateDenial #USPolitics

Up on cold mountain
First shake off the morning dew
Then head for the hills

#dailyhaikuprompt Morning Dew Cold
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

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Stock photo of a steam locomotive running on a track through carved up landscaped parkland from Pexels.com Text: Nostalgia nonsense: "Things were much better back then." Nope. But lies stayed close https://haikudread.net/2026/07/01/nostalgia/

Collaborative #haiga with #drawing by Josiah and #haiku by Nitu Yumnam. Nitu is from #India and lives in the UAE. She is a Japanese poetry enthusiast and finds that #poetry makes her more attentive to life’s small wonders.

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In a collaborative #haiga with #drawing by Josiah and #haiku by Nitu Yumnam, a an abstract vertical figure is shown. It could be a strangely mangled tree trunk, or perhaps a cliff face in profile. The accompanying haiku reads, flooded path a lone slipper floats past the gate Nitu is from #India and lives in the UAE. She is a Japanese poetry enthusiast and finds that #poetry makes her more attentive to life’s small wonders.

https://toobnix.org/w/278gCLeqPDh5zGubbc1PAU
#lispyGopherClimate #live every week since 2022 Tuesday Night in the Americas! #technology #podcast #lisp

#climate #haiku by @kentpitman https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman/116809734391826924

#climateCrisis becomes mainstream as thousands of normal people start dying in Europe and North America

Briefly, the USA's #AI embargo.

https://github.com/netsettler/netsettlement and https://www.cs.umd.edu/~nau/cmsc421/norvig-lisp-style.pdf

Putting together #zine for next week - send/give/link me writing! https://itch.io/jam/zine

+ @ramin_hal9001

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Lispy gopher show with someodd.zip banner !

Out on the back porch
A hot night railing still life
Puckered plum withers

#dailyhaikuprompt Hot Night Plum
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

Overripe sweet plum
Brought to bear with sweet compress
#Florid hot night scents

#dailyhaikuprompt Hot Night Plum
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaTuesday #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a swamped plate of sustenance on the bank of a waterway from Pexels.com Text: wearing only spice as jewelry on the bank of nirvana river karma filled the tableware awash with life's ambrosia https://haikudread.net/2026/06/30/ambrosia/

A buried chestnut
In the shade of an oak tree
Deluxe squirrel dinner

#dailyhaikuprompt Shade Chestnut
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

The old chestnut goes
Don't worry and #carrion
Buzzards throwing shade

#dailyhaikuprompt Shade Chestnut
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365 #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

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Stock photo of a human statue with a face palm feeling from Pexels.com Text: we can't rely on pithy rejoinders to solve sorrows of the world https://haikudread.net/2026/06/29/sorrow/

#haiku by new contributor, Edward Cody Huddleston

Edward was born in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, and now lives on Muscogee land in Baxley, Georgia, where he works for South Georgia Broadcasters as a radio DJ. In his free time, he reads frequently, caffeinates concerningly, and plays endlessly with his dog, a miniature schnauzer named Chip. You can read selections of his poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction online at echuddleston.com. #poetry #fireflies #summer #NewJersey

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Against a plain black background, this #haiku by new contributor, Edward Cody Huddleston reads, summer stars the last fireflies out of the jar Edward Cody Huddleston was born in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, and now lives on Muscogee land in Baxley, Georgia, where he works for South Georgia Broadcasters as a radio DJ. In his free time, he reads frequently, caffeinates concerningly, and plays endlessly with his dog, a miniature schnauzer named Chip. You can read selections of his poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction online at echuddleston.com. #poetry #fireflies #summer #NewJersey

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a composite of picture taking, computer keyboard, and book tools for story telling from Pexels.com Text: the necessity of civilized retrofit narrative redo https://haikudread.net/2026/06/28/retrofit/

every night in bed
I toss and turn on top of
a fever dream quilt

#dailyhaikuprompt Toss Quilt
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

Toss the homespun quilt
Over my head and confide
With my inner #flea

#dailyhaikuprompt Toss Quilt
#haiku #senryu #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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A.I. image generated from haiku text of rotting fruit, mushrooms, and twisted branches on a stone table in a dark, gloomy outdoor scene Text: American Scheme Filter out beauty and warmth Leaves Fruit of the Doomed https://haikudread.net/2026/06/27/filter/

Pastoral torture
Tie the #villian to the tracks
Make them sign their name
Confess before the train comes
Or one crook will become twain

#dailyhaikuprompt Pastoral Tracks
#haiku #tanka #senryu
#haikufeels #vss365
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Life without glasses
A pastoral paradise
Painted by Monet

#dailyhaikuprompt Pastoral #haiku
#senryu #poetrycommunity #smallpoems

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#haiku by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India.
( Instagram: haiku_vaishnavir ). #poetry #hospice #india

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This #haiku by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India, reads hospice window — the yellow hibiscus still a bud . ( Instagram: haiku_vaishnavir ). #poetry #hospice #india

After dinner walk
Saying hello to neighbors
Long summer days

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #writing #shortpoem #poem

Prompt ~ Long Days

A vibrant winter
As I shiver in my boots
While my teeth chatter

#dailyhaikuprompt Vibrant Winter
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Wood plank swirls broaden
Insane ingrain in the #grain
Vibrant time revealed

#dailyhaikuprompt Vibrant
#haiku #vss386 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaThursday #senryu #artifact

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A.I. image generated from tanka text of a flock of birds flying over wetlands at sunrise with orange sky Text: Input infuses Organ of cogitation With morning reboot Chirping of various birds Fiery orange morning sky rise https://haikudread.net/2026/06/25/organ/

Heat records shattered,
but fortunately not here.
We can still pretend.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/25/europe-heatwave-uk-italy-france-record-temperature-latest-news-updates

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #denial #ClimateDenial #Heat #UnseasonablyWarmWeather #RecordHeat #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #collapse #extinction

long days painful #pull
to assess the thread binding
stitched up psychic wounds

#dailyhaikuprompt Long Days Thread
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact

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Stock photo of a worn down eraser on the end of a pencil with eraser crumbs left on the page from Pexel.com Text: penciled on paper leavings left after erase crumbs still hold the thought https://haikudread.net/2026/06/24/leavings/