#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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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Stock photo of deep sea oil platform among gathering red clouds in the morning from Pexels.com Text: tempus fugit out opportunities window tempest market egress https://haikudread.net/2026/06/26/egress/

#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

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/

unlike ostriches,
we DO hide our heads in sand,
baking hopes and dreams.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-silence-on-climate-change-is-totally-unacceptable

(About the ostrich myth, see https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/animals/ostriches-really-bury-heads-sand)

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #denial #ClimateDenial #ClimateDelay #ClimatePolitics #ClimateSilence #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ostriches

5318008: BANNED IN BRITAIN

I'd just like to say
With the weather warming up
Hooray for Boobies!

#Haiku #Senryu #17Syllables #PoultryCoroner #Boobies #BoobiesOfMastodon #BannedInBritain

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A Blue Footed Booby leans in to the camera: My feet are down there!

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A nice pair of Boobies show off their beautiful blue feet.

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Another exhibitionist wants you to admire naked blue feet.

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A Red-footed Booby, for representation. Representation matters.

#lispyGopherClimate https://toobnix.org/feeds/videos.xml?accountId=580185 #live #lisp #tech #podcast #weekly since 2022 at 0UTC Wednesday (Tuesday night in the Americas).

https://toobnix.org/w/1z43HJ2YboZUuE2U8LKRMj

#climateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman whom has also told me not to ruin the dramatic tension by just saying what (if?)

https://github.com/netsettler/netsettlement !!!!!!

Starting a lisp #zine ! See https://lispy-gopher-show.itch.io/zine/devlog/1560799/ansi-cl-clim-20-spec-zine-jam-instruction-copypasta . Also: https://codeberg.org/screwlisp/shizamuran-sudokus

@mdhughes #underStone #gamedev https://mdhughes.itch.io/understone

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Lispy Gopher Show banner. The gopher in greyscale looks up at a color monitor of the lisp alien's many beautiful eyes on a dystopian warehouse wall underneath a broken moon. Lispy Gopher Show anonradio.net ! analognowhere.com

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

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A.I. image generated from tanka text of cyberpunk misinformation protest spreading confusion and distrust Text: Shell game politics Frustrate debate then appeal Pear shaped blooper reel Rigged election Stop the steal Don't count the votes they squeal https://haikudread.net/2026/06/23/frustrate/

#senryu 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 and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #haiku #colorado #laundry

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Against a laundry-white background, this #senryu by Jennifer Gurney reads, my day folds and unfolds clean sheets Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her #poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #haiku #colorado #laundry