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[?]AmbientDread » 🌐
@ambientdread@toot.io

spray my calendar
with frisky frivolity
scheduled naughty time

Spray Calendar

    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
    @ambientdread@toot.io

    The highlight of
    Spray X on the calendar
    Another day done

    Spray Calendar

      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
      @ambientdread@toot.io

      Stock photo of a dragonfly alight on a human hand from Pexels.com

Text:

Dragonfly floating
Gently on gusts of my whims
Freeform fascinate


https://haikudread.net/2026/06/10/freeform/

      Alt...Stock photo of a dragonfly alight on a human hand from Pexels.com Text: Dragonfly floating Gently on gusts of my whims Freeform fascinate https://haikudread.net/2026/06/10/freeform/

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        [?]screwlisp » 🌐
        @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

        weekly every 0UTC Wednesday (Tuesday night in the Americas) since 2022.

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        by @kentpitman

        I want to tie the climatecrisis to an Alexandrian view of the crisis of, I guess, the hugely popular failure of modern industrial architecture.

        The meteoric (good) impact Kents notes on my lispy-gopher-show.itch.io/nicc and useage.

        A WIP picture of the evolution of my NicCLIM part-way through trying out some of Kent's notes about it and lisp community expectations about what the presentations and gestures would mean. Believe me, this is already a drastic improvement.

        Alt...A WIP picture of the evolution of my NicCLIM part-way through trying out some of Kent's notes about it and lisp community expectations about what the presentations and gestures would mean. Believe me, this is already a drastic improvement.

        Lispy Gopher climate unix_surrealism banner. Thinking of Maude you forget everything else

        Alt...Lispy Gopher climate unix_surrealism banner. Thinking of Maude you forget everything else

          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
          @ambientdread@toot.io

          Twas a deep dark night
          Saliva coated pillow
          Telling good night tales

          Salvia Dark Night

            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
            @ambientdread@toot.io

            Chin salvia drips
            In luxury box seating
            On a cheap blue suit
            Sawing lumber snored
            Comped tickets I can't afford

            Salvia


              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
              @ambientdread@toot.io

              Stock photo of abstract red liquid infiltrating black liquid from Pexels.com 

Text:

low tide of black ink
with tsunami of red ink 
smashed on the corner
as all small boats in the town
can't rely on trickle down

https://haikudread.net/2026/06/09/tsunami/

              Alt...Stock photo of abstract red liquid infiltrating black liquid from Pexels.com Text: low tide of black ink with tsunami of red ink smashed on the corner as all small boats in the town can't rely on trickle down https://haikudread.net/2026/06/09/tsunami/

                [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                end of a hot day
                we pause to rest overnight
                though climate change won't

                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                  Stock photo of a person taking a leap of faith on a cliff from Pexels.com

Text:

A careless life led
Is the couldn't care less life
Ambivalent care

https://haikudread.net/2026/06/08/careless/

                  Alt...Stock photo of a person taking a leap of faith on a cliff from Pexels.com Text: A careless life led Is the couldn't care less life Ambivalent care https://haikudread.net/2026/06/08/careless/

                    [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                    @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                    / by regular contributor, Jerome Berglund ( @Berglundjeromehaiku ), currently hailing from New Orleans, LA, USA.

                    Against a white background, a #haiku / #senryu by regular contributor, Jerome Berglund ( @Berglundjeromehaiku ), currently hailing from New Orleans, LA, USA, reads,  seagull coasting –  church bells . . . no, a train  #poetry #NOLA #seagulls

                    Alt...Against a white background, a #haiku / #senryu by regular contributor, Jerome Berglund ( @Berglundjeromehaiku ), currently hailing from New Orleans, LA, USA, reads, seagull coasting – church bells . . . no, a train #poetry #NOLA #seagulls

                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                      A.I. image generated from haiku text of flaming projectiles striking a medieval stone castle under siege with catapults and soldiers while children huddle in a side building / chapel.

Text:

excursions into 
the keep dropping hell on the 
last orphans of siege


https://haikudread.net/2026/06/07/excursions/

                      Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of flaming projectiles striking a medieval stone castle under siege with catapults and soldiers while children huddle in a side building / chapel. Text: excursions into the keep dropping hell on the last orphans of siege https://haikudread.net/2026/06/07/excursions/

                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                        by Katherine E. Winnick (background image provided by FreshOutAI). Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German, French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press.

                        In this #monoku by Katherine E. Winnick (background image provided by FreshOutAI), a black background is cut in half by a horizon line. Above the line, the first hints of a coming sunrise are visible — no more than a faint glow on the horizon. Visible in the glow is the black streak of a missile’s smoke trail across the sky.  Just under the horizon line, in white text, is the single line poem “dawn missiles dim the baby’s cry”.  Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German,  French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. #haiku #poetry #dawn

                        Alt...In this #monoku by Katherine E. Winnick (background image provided by FreshOutAI), a black background is cut in half by a horizon line. Above the line, the first hints of a coming sunrise are visible — no more than a faint glow on the horizon. Visible in the glow is the black streak of a missile’s smoke trail across the sky. Just under the horizon line, in white text, is the single line poem “dawn missiles dim the baby’s cry”. Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German, French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. #haiku #poetry #dawn

                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                          A mountain of pests
                          Like a Congress full of creeps
                          Scurry from daylight

                          Pests Mountain

                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                            Up on a mountain
                            Lying bare in a
                            Deity pests plot

                            Pests Mountain

                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                              Stock photo of commemorative historical bunker marker and sculptures on Normandy beaches from Pexels.com

Text:

Eighty two years past
Landed on Normandy shores
A surprise visit 
Stayed a bit took no selfies
Then came back and told no tales


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

                              Alt...Stock photo of commemorative historical bunker marker and sculptures on Normandy beaches from Pexels.com Text: Eighty two years past Landed on Normandy shores A surprise visit Stayed a bit took no selfies Then came back and told no tales https://haikudread.net/2026/06/06/selfies/

                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

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

                                This #tanka by long-time contributor, Nicholas D. Klascanzky @klacsanzky of Seattle, Washington reads,  from the derelict porch pine trees far away take shape in the night— the faintest whispers of my first mother  Nicholas has several #poetry collections published and has won many awards for his #haiku and other work. #mother #woods

                                Alt...This #tanka by long-time contributor, Nicholas D. Klascanzky @klacsanzky of Seattle, Washington reads, from the derelict porch pine trees far away take shape in the night— the faintest whispers of my first mother Nicholas has several #poetry collections published and has won many awards for his #haiku and other work. #mother #woods

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                                  [?]Camellia Tea Ceremony » 🌐
                                  @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

                                  Matsuo Bashō wrote only 2 haiku about hydrangea. We opened this thread with the first, this is the second...

                                  hydrangeas adorn
                                  the little woodland garden-
                                  a splendid parlor!
                                  紫陽花や藪を小庭の別座敷
                                  -Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉 1644–94).

                                  Alt...Hydrangeas blooming along the Takase-gawa.

                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a smartphone showing incoming call from 'Scam Likely' telemarketer with options to decline, accept, message, or remind

#Text

The incoming joy
Of a call from Scam Likely
Forewarned is forearmed  

https://haikudread.net/2026/06/05/scam/

                                    Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a smartphone showing incoming call from 'Scam Likely' telemarketer with options to decline, accept, message, or remind #Text The incoming joy Of a call from Scam Likely Forewarned is forearmed https://haikudread.net/2026/06/05/scam/

                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                      Full view from the start
                                      Tangible tangerine tint
                                      Denied the oranges
                                      Many coats of paint later
                                      Subterfuge still seeps on through

                                      Paint Tangerine

                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                        Elevate my plain
                                        Paint all my dreams tangerine
                                        While awake

                                        Paint Tangerine

                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                          Stock photo of a solitary figure wrapped in a constricting gown while hunched over on a chair from Pexels.com 

Text:

back to the snake oil
no hand washing, germs, or cures
bad humours abound
if you were of troubled mind
it was strait in the jacket

https://haikudread.net/2026/06/04/humours/

                                          Alt...Stock photo of a solitary figure wrapped in a constricting gown while hunched over on a chair from Pexels.com Text: back to the snake oil no hand washing, germs, or cures bad humours abound if you were of troubled mind it was strait in the jacket https://haikudread.net/2026/06/04/humours/

                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                            Short day
                                            Will harbor a waterfall
                                            Of plunging long grief

                                            Waterfall Short Day

                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                              A.I. image generated from haiku text of a Medieval stone castle lit by yellow magical lights at night under crescent moon and stars

Text:

fireflies over 
the battlements uplifted
on insectile wings

https://haikudread.net/2026/06/03/battlements/

                                              Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a Medieval stone castle lit by yellow magical lights at night under crescent moon and stars Text: fireflies over the battlements uplifted on insectile wings https://haikudread.net/2026/06/03/battlements/

                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                The warming weather
                                                Swallow snow drifts from winter
                                                Recycled again

                                                Swallow Snow Drift

                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                  every day they launch
                                                  muck to wallow and swallow
                                                  not to drown
                                                  in the misanthropic spin
                                                  dirt from snow drift by the door

                                                  Swallow Snow Drift


                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                    Stock photo of the front end of an old manual crank ignition engine automobile from Pexels.com

Text:

Give my brain a crank
Fire up Tin Lizzie mind
Spark grind and sputter
Power into the haiku 
With tanka for a new day


https://haikudread.net/2026/06/02/crank/

                                                    Alt...Stock photo of the front end of an old manual crank ignition engine automobile from Pexels.com Text: Give my brain a crank Fire up Tin Lizzie mind Spark grind and sputter Power into the haiku With tanka for a new day https://haikudread.net/2026/06/02/crank/

                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                      Hot flash duvet tossed
                                                      Helter skelter swelter felt
                                                      Sleet between the sheets

                                                      Swelter Sleet

                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                        Stock photo of bust, baby, fruit wedge held in a gloved stand pom pom chattering teeth bug bear in sliced fruit and pom pom on the lawn from Pexels.com

Text:

The world as always
Has been a blend of awful
Plus wonderfulness

https://haikudread.net/2026/06/01/awful/

                                                        Alt...Stock photo of bust, baby, fruit wedge held in a gloved stand pom pom chattering teeth bug bear in sliced fruit and pom pom on the lawn from Pexels.com Text: The world as always Has been a blend of awful Plus wonderfulness https://haikudread.net/2026/06/01/awful/

                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                          @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                          by new contributor, Meagan Bussert.
                                                          Meagan’s 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

                                                          In this presentation of a #haiku by new contributor, Meagan Bussert, a black background is faintly lit by a yellow light coming from an upper corner, shining down upon the following haiku:   deep snow prints holding the light for each other   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 #snow #light #indiana

                                                          Alt...In this presentation of a #haiku by new contributor, Meagan Bussert, a black background is faintly lit by a yellow light coming from an upper corner, shining down upon the following haiku: deep snow prints holding the light for each other 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 #snow #light #indiana

                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                            @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                            / by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA

                                                            Against a plain white background, a  #haiku / #senryu by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA, reads:  crumpled notes                              the rippled surface of a pond            fills my pockets  #poetry #pond #maryland

                                                            Alt...Against a plain white background, a #haiku / #senryu by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA, reads: crumpled notes the rippled surface of a pond fills my pockets #poetry #pond #maryland

                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                              elves hawk
                                                              Insubstantial cereal
                                                              Snap Crackle and Pop

                                                              Hawk

                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                I#shahai perfect for from Steliana Voicu, @steliana_voicu

                                                                In this #shahai ( perfect for #spring ) from Steliana Voicu,  A photo shows acacia blooms against the trunk of a tree. The accompanying verse reads,  pink acacia in bloom a girl puts in her wicker basket the dawn light  @steliana_voicu #photo #haiku #poetry

                                                                Alt...In this #shahai ( perfect for #spring ) from Steliana Voicu, A photo shows acacia blooms against the trunk of a tree. The accompanying verse reads, pink acacia in bloom a girl puts in her wicker basket the dawn light @steliana_voicu #photo #haiku #poetry

                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                  A.I. image generated from haiku text of a view through textured cave opening to colorful mountain and wildflower meadow under sky

Text:

Viscous dark passage
Back when paradise was young
Enticing entry 


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/31/passage/

                                                                  Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a view through textured cave opening to colorful mountain and wildflower meadow under sky Text: Viscous dark passage Back when paradise was young Enticing entry https://haikudread.net/2026/05/31/passage/

                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                    Kama Sutra quote
                                                                    when shared right on time
                                                                    Would make her toes curl

                                                                    Curl

                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                      Forest goings-on
                                                                      Harmed coniferous flora
                                                                      Made pine needles curl

                                                                      Curl Pine Needles

                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                        Stock photo of a small model town with a large intrusive entity stalking Main Street from Pexels.com

Text:

small worlds fill quickly
when big lies come barging through
doors uninvited 

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/30/barging/

                                                                        Alt...Stock photo of a small model town with a large intrusive entity stalking Main Street from Pexels.com Text: small worlds fill quickly when big lies come barging through doors uninvited https://haikudread.net/2026/05/30/barging/

                                                                          [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                          @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                          [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                          @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                          cast off paint
                                                                          found in second hand pool shop
                                                                          one more coat needed

                                                                          Pool Coat

                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                            Wearing a fur coat
                                                                            While cocktailing by the pool
                                                                            Maladjusted chic

                                                                            Pool Coat

                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                              Stock footage of face to face edit suite  screens from Pexels.com 

Text:

when I close my eyes 
I dream of weeks spent on mere
seconds of screen time 


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/29/screen/

                                                                              Alt...Stock footage of face to face edit suite screens from Pexels.com Text: when I close my eyes I dream of weeks spent on mere seconds of screen time https://haikudread.net/2026/05/29/screen/

                                                                                [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                                @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                There can be no bridge
                                                                                As wide as the sea between
                                                                                Your heart and your mind.

                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                  Stock photo of a person looking over the edge standing on a rocky ledge with a long drop ahead from Pexels.com 

Text:

on the precipice 
of a gulch there was a glitch 
stopped me with a gulp

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/28/glitch/

                                                                                  Alt...Stock photo of a person looking over the edge standing on a rocky ledge with a long drop ahead from Pexels.com Text: on the precipice of a gulch there was a glitch stopped me with a gulp https://haikudread.net/2026/05/28/glitch/

                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                    shaved ice in the shade
                                                                                    will still liquidate itself
                                                                                    prescience puddle

                                                                                    Shade Ice

                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                      Stock photo of a single small human figure climbing a massive set of stairs outside a mountainous edifice from Pexels.com

Text:

One more example
Etch a deadly quest for show
Distraction d'état

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/27/distraction/

                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of a single small human figure climbing a massive set of stairs outside a mountainous edifice from Pexels.com Text: One more example Etch a deadly quest for show Distraction d'état https://haikudread.net/2026/05/27/distraction/

                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                        by Lucas Weissenborn (IG: @luque_mit_q ). Lucas is a researcher, musician, & poet based in . His haiku & senryū have appeared in many journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia.

                                                                                        Against a sterile-white background, this #haiku by Lucas Weissenborn @luque_mit_q | reads,  hospital creek— it’s quiet murmur toward the sea  Lucas is a researcher, musician, & poet based in #Norway. His haiku & senryū have appeared in many journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia. #hospital #poetry #spring

                                                                                        Alt...Against a sterile-white background, this #haiku by Lucas Weissenborn @luque_mit_q | reads, hospital creek— it’s quiet murmur toward the sea Lucas is a researcher, musician, & poet based in #Norway. His haiku & senryū have appeared in many journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia. #hospital #poetry #spring

                                                                                          [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                          @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                          walk back from climate?
                                                                                          it's not like cartoon physics--
                                                                                          closing eyes won't help

                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                            Stock B & W photo of a man in a suit adjusting his tie from Pexels.com 

Text:

Blatant crime charge jam
First degree mopery rap
Late on the upbeat


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/26/mopery/

                                                                                            Alt...Stock B & W photo of a man in a suit adjusting his tie from Pexels.com Text: Blatant crime charge jam First degree mopery rap Late on the upbeat https://haikudread.net/2026/05/26/mopery/

                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                              @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                              by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India.
                                                                                              ( Instagram: @haiku_vaishnavir )

                                                                                              This #haibun by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India.  ( Instagram: @haiku_vaishnavir ), reads   Inheritance    The keyhole beam catches the dust – sixty-degree motes suspended in the air. Mom’s pink muslin saree billows as the fan stutters into silence.    Auburn curls. Fingers glowing bright red against the muted light. At eight months, that square jaw, heavy eyebrows. I reach for the old leather binding.   photo album — the shadow of a dimple  curving  #haiku #poetry #prose #india

                                                                                              Alt...This #haibun by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India. ( Instagram: @haiku_vaishnavir ), reads Inheritance The keyhole beam catches the dust – sixty-degree motes suspended in the air. Mom’s pink muslin saree billows as the fan stutters into silence. Auburn curls. Fingers glowing bright red against the muted light. At eight months, that square jaw, heavy eyebrows. I reach for the old leather binding. photo album — the shadow of a dimple curving #haiku #poetry #prose #india

                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                Collaborative with by Josiah and by Nitu Yumnam,

                                                                                                Nitu is from and lives in the UAE. She is a Japanese poetry enthusiast and finds that makes her more attentive to life’s small wonders.

                                                                                                In a collaborative #haiga with #drawing by Josiah and #haiku by Nitu Yumnam, a tall slender pine is shown, bending to one side. Is it bending in the wind? Or is the tiny stick figure clinging to the trunk half way up, somehow pulling it down? Or is that a spider?” The accompanying haiku reads,  loneliness even the gentle breeze feels heavy   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.

                                                                                                Alt...In a collaborative #haiga with #drawing by Josiah and #haiku by Nitu Yumnam, a tall slender pine is shown, bending to one side. Is it bending in the wind? Or is the tiny stick figure clinging to the trunk half way up, somehow pulling it down? Or is that a spider?” The accompanying haiku reads, loneliness even the gentle breeze feels heavy 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.

                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                  by new contributor, Thomas L. Vaultonburg. Thomas is a poet from Rockford, Illinois. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in many online and print venues. He is co-founder of Wolf Twin Books, where he collaborates with his partner, Tre.

                                                                                                  Against a fog-white background, a #haiku by new contributor, Thomas L. Vaultonburg reads,   ghost cover — three deer inside the fog   Thomas is a poet from Rockford, Illinois. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in many online and print venues. He is co-founder of Wolf Twin Books, where he collaborates with his partner, Tre. #poetry #fog #deer #illinois

                                                                                                  Alt...Against a fog-white background, a #haiku by new contributor, Thomas L. Vaultonburg reads, ghost cover — three deer inside the fog Thomas is a poet from Rockford, Illinois. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in many online and print venues. He is co-founder of Wolf Twin Books, where he collaborates with his partner, Tre. #poetry #fog #deer #illinois

                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                    Stock photo of large expanse of headstones in rows from Pexels.com

Text:

Nations keep filling
Graves needing decoration
Fallen history

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/25/decoration/

                                                                                                    Alt...Stock photo of large expanse of headstones in rows from Pexels.com Text: Nations keep filling Graves needing decoration Fallen history https://haikudread.net/2026/05/25/decoration/

                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                      Permeate myself
                                                                                                      A symphony of symptoms
                                                                                                      Hot tea melody

                                                                                                      Melody Hot Tea

                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                        Stock photo of a youngster sitting on a   shore reading from Pexels.com

Text:

Joy of memories
Conjured up out of nowhere
A quiet time friend 

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/23/conjured/

                                                                                                        Alt...Stock photo of a youngster sitting on a shore reading from Pexels.com Text: Joy of memories Conjured up out of nowhere A quiet time friend https://haikudread.net/2026/05/23/conjured/

                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                          yourself once
                                                                                                          Then polish your glasses twice
                                                                                                          Always wear mittens

                                                                                                          Mittens

                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                            Crystal vibration
                                                                                                            Chimes that uphold the
                                                                                                            Snowflakes survival

                                                                                                            Chimes Snowflakes

                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                              Stock photo of an upheld clenched fist full of money from Pexels.com

Text:

Being on the take
Is now a civic virtue
Hands out. Palms up. Grab.


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/24/civic/

                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of an upheld clenched fist full of money from Pexels.com Text: Being on the take Is now a civic virtue Hands out. Palms up. Grab. https://haikudread.net/2026/05/24/civic/

                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                Stock photo of a wilted flower laid on a black slab with the names of the fallen etched into it from Pexels.com

Text:

to earn some respect
so as to earn affection
first pay both forward

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/22/respect/

                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of a wilted flower laid on a black slab with the names of the fallen etched into it from Pexels.com Text: to earn some respect so as to earn affection first pay both forward https://haikudread.net/2026/05/22/respect/

                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                  by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel @oana_maria_

                                                                                                                  Oana lives in Italy where she writes and co-edits Cold Moon Journal.

                                                                                                                  Against a plain black background, a #duostich by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel  @oana_maria_  reads,   sitting on ash his betrayal  Oana lives in Italy where she writes and co-edits Cold Moon Journal. #poetry #betrayal #haiku #italy

                                                                                                                  Alt...Against a plain black background, a #duostich by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel @oana_maria_ reads, sitting on ash his betrayal Oana lives in Italy where she writes and co-edits Cold Moon Journal. #poetry #betrayal #haiku #italy

                                                                                                                    [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                    @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                    more linger time less
                                                                                                                    time spent to take measure of
                                                                                                                    airing out grievance

                                                                                                                    Airing Out


                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                      Stock photo of a bombed out landscape  of a once inhabitable area of civilization from Pexels.com

Text:

such things cannot be
sufficiently despised is
the correct response
to corrupt actions taken
by despotic land grabbers


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/21/sufficiency/

                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of a bombed out landscape of a once inhabitable area of civilization from Pexels.com Text: such things cannot be sufficiently despised is the correct response to corrupt actions taken by despotic land grabbers https://haikudread.net/2026/05/21/sufficiency/

                                                                                                                        [?]Camellia Tea Ceremony » 🌐
                                                                                                                        @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                        'Rain's falling!'
                                                                                                                        in trees they cheer...
                                                                                                                        frogs
                                                                                                                        ふるや雨なくやはやしの蛙哉
                                                                                                                        -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1794.
                                                                                                                        Trans. David Lanoue.

                                                                                                                        praising Buddha
                                                                                                                        mouths gaping wide...
                                                                                                                        frogs
                                                                                                                        なむなむと口を明たる蛙かな
                                                                                                                        -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1816.
                                                                                                                        Trans. David G. Lanoue.

                                                                                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                          @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                          by regular contributor, John Pappas.
                                                                                                                          John is a touchstone-winning poet, literature professor & punk-rock drummer. He does all that in Boston, MA, USA.

                                                                                                                          On a white background, a #monoku by regular contributor, John Pappas, reads,  first blooms everything an o can hold  John is a touchstone-winning poet, literature professor & punk-rock drummer. He does all that in Boston, MA, USA. #poetry #spring #blooms #haiku

                                                                                                                          Alt...On a white background, a #monoku by regular contributor, John Pappas, reads, first blooms everything an o can hold John is a touchstone-winning poet, literature professor & punk-rock drummer. He does all that in Boston, MA, USA. #poetry #spring #blooms #haiku

                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                            Stock photo of blurred lights through a hole cut in a chain link fence from Pexels.com


Text:

Ruination notions
The world blurs into chaos
When focus is lost


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/20/focus/

                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo of blurred lights through a hole cut in a chain link fence from Pexels.com Text: Ruination notions The world blurs into chaos When focus is lost https://haikudread.net/2026/05/20/focus/

                                                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                              by new contributor, Maria Tosti of Italy.
                                                                                                                              Maria is an established poet and lyricist who has been widely recognized, published and anthologized internationally. Her 2014 publication “Voci ai confini dell’anima” – “Voices to the Bounderies of the Soul” was published by Thoth Editions/Mario Vallone in paper and eBook format. The book includes poems in Italian, English, French and Spanish.

                                                                                                                              In a #shahai by new contributor, Maria Tosti of Italy, a bumblebee is seen at rest deep within a pink blossom. Whether she is sleeping as the accompanying poem states or not, who can say? In the foreground, a cirku reads,   looking for a home a sleeping bumblebee among peony petals  Maria is an established poet and lyricist who has been widely recognized, published and anthologized internationally. Her 2014 publication  “Voci ai confini dell’anima” – “Voices to the Bounderies of the Soul” was published by Thoth Editions/Mario Vallone in paper and eBook format. The book includes poems in Italian, English, French and Spanish. #poetry #haiku #photography #haiga

                                                                                                                              Alt...In a #shahai by new contributor, Maria Tosti of Italy, a bumblebee is seen at rest deep within a pink blossom. Whether she is sleeping as the accompanying poem states or not, who can say? In the foreground, a cirku reads, looking for a home a sleeping bumblebee among peony petals Maria is an established poet and lyricist who has been widely recognized, published and anthologized internationally. Her 2014 publication “Voci ai confini dell’anima” – “Voices to the Bounderies of the Soul” was published by Thoth Editions/Mario Vallone in paper and eBook format. The book includes poems in Italian, English, French and Spanish. #poetry #haiku #photography #haiga

                                                                                                                                screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                                                                                                @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                                                                                @oantolin @chiply alright, it is that time!

                                                                                                                                toobnix.org/w/752ix2RNx5Bijosu New extended cut archive !

                                                                                                                                with Omar about + ..

                                                                                                                                subscribe to the recent toobnix.org/feeds/videos.xml?a ! (I am told "use the peertube app").

                                                                                                                                from @kentpitman and slak of . in lambda.moo.mud.org/ as always using your favourite client !

                                                                                                                                @mdhughes

                                                                                                                                @nosrednayduj is busy squaredancing tonight.

                                                                                                                                unix_surrealism lispy gopher show. The gopher peers forward with one eye in front of a field of green filled with beautiful lisp alien eyes.

                                                                                                                                Alt...unix_surrealism lispy gopher show. The gopher peers forward with one eye in front of a field of green filled with beautiful lisp alien eyes.

                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                  by Pegah Rahmati Nezhad ( @rahmati_pegah )
                                                                                                                                  Pegah is a physician, scientist, artist, & poet from Tehran, Iran. She loves & lyrical prose, & believes in the power of words.

                                                                                                                                  Against a stark white background, a simple three-word #monoku by Pegah Rahmati Nezhad ( @rahmati_pegah ), uses that tiny space to communicate an entire library’s-worth of meaning when it reads,  worries wounds wars  Pegah is a physician, scientist, artist, & poet from Tehran, Iran. She loves #micropoetry & lyrical prose, & believes in the power of words. #haiku #iran #poetry

                                                                                                                                  Alt...Against a stark white background, a simple three-word #monoku by Pegah Rahmati Nezhad ( @rahmati_pegah ), uses that tiny space to communicate an entire library’s-worth of meaning when it reads, worries wounds wars Pegah is a physician, scientist, artist, & poet from Tehran, Iran. She loves #micropoetry & lyrical prose, & believes in the power of words. #haiku #iran #poetry

                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                    YouTube self help tip
                                                                                                                                    Yellowing of the sclera
                                                                                                                                    A flashing red light

                                                                                                                                    yellowing

                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                      Behind dark glasses
                                                                                                                                      My eyes scan with bad
                                                                                                                                      Ambrosial frames

                                                                                                                                      ambrosial

                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                        Stock photo of sparks flying off a grinding wheel as it hones a piece of metal from Pexels.com 

Text:


Minute by minute
I ripen in my dotage 
Decrepitude honed
Put off to another day
Evergreen avoidance ways


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/19/dotage/

                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock photo of sparks flying off a grinding wheel as it hones a piece of metal from Pexels.com Text: Minute by minute I ripen in my dotage Decrepitude honed Put off to another day Evergreen avoidance ways https://haikudread.net/2026/05/19/dotage/

                                                                                                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                          by Ash Evan Lippert

                                                                                                                                          Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. Their has appeared widely, online and in print journals. Their debut chapbook, “god of the body”, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky (@wanderstruck.blog) & IG: (@wanderstruck_haiku).

                                                                                                                                          Against a back background, a #senryu by Ash Evan Lippert reads,   stars over the fairgrounds  I guess the number of jellybeans   Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. Their #poetry has appeared widely, online and in print journals. Their debut chapbook, “god of the body”, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky (@wanderstruck.blog) & IG: (@wanderstruck_haiku). #southcarolina #stars #haiku

                                                                                                                                          Alt...Against a back background, a #senryu by Ash Evan Lippert reads, stars over the fairgrounds I guess the number of jellybeans Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. Their #poetry has appeared widely, online and in print journals. Their debut chapbook, “god of the body”, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky (@wanderstruck.blog) & IG: (@wanderstruck_haiku). #southcarolina #stars #haiku

                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                            by thomas david
                                                                                                                                            thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His and senryū have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut.

                                                                                                                                            Against a plain white background, a #senryu by thomas david reads,   your name over and over again rose garden  thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His #haiku and senryū have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut. #poetry #poetrylovers #uk

                                                                                                                                            Alt...Against a plain white background, a #senryu by thomas david reads, your name over and over again rose garden thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His #haiku and senryū have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut. #poetry #poetrylovers #uk

                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                              Quantum prism quash
                                                                                                                                              How could a rainbow endure
                                                                                                                                              A colorless world

                                                                                                                                              Rainbow Endure

                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                Rubbing up on me
                                                                                                                                                Endure the Cat persistence
                                                                                                                                                All out way
                                                                                                                                                In an effort to persuade
                                                                                                                                                Unlike sanguine Rainbow Cat

                                                                                                                                                Rainbow Endure

                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                  Stock photo of a statue of a bearded man huddled while seated on  a slab taking cover from the elements Pexel.com

Text:

Diogenes tub
Filled with regrets of others
Perverse consciousness


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/18/tub/

                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Stock photo of a statue of a bearded man huddled while seated on a slab taking cover from the elements Pexel.com Text: Diogenes tub Filled with regrets of others Perverse consciousness https://haikudread.net/2026/05/18/tub/

                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                    Stock photo of a video game controller reduced to its parts on a workbench from Pexels.com 

Text:


When cravings of youth
Disassemble to beset  
Torments of the old


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/17/disassemble/

                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Stock photo of a video game controller reduced to its parts on a workbench from Pexels.com Text: When cravings of youth Disassemble to beset Torments of the old https://haikudread.net/2026/05/17/disassemble/

                                                                                                                                                      [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                      Fishies Unify
                                                                                                                                                      the Barracuda
                                                                                                                                                      Will tickle your koi

                                                                                                                                                      Tickle Koi

                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                        Stock photo of a gas pump with a hand made Sold Out sign on it from Pexels.com

Text:

Glaring scarcity
Of cognitive clarity
Pains the world to see

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/16/scarcity/

                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock photo of a gas pump with a hand made Sold Out sign on it from Pexels.com Text: Glaring scarcity Of cognitive clarity Pains the world to see https://haikudread.net/2026/05/16/scarcity/

                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                          Mark no permission
                                                                                                                                                          Whipping up my thunder stew
                                                                                                                                                          Ask for

                                                                                                                                                          Thunder Stew

                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                            Stock B & W photo of human fingers hanging on for dear life to something from Pexels.com 

Text:

when in the grip of
an existential crisis
best to just exist 

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/15/crisis/

                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock B & W photo of human fingers hanging on for dear life to something from Pexels.com Text: when in the grip of an existential crisis best to just exist https://haikudread.net/2026/05/15/crisis/

                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                              my analog nest
                                                                                                                                                              digital fray
                                                                                                                                                              was always a fright

                                                                                                                                                              Nest Fright

                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                Stock B&W photo of a cat looking back at a person walking away from Pexels.com 

Text:

from time to time I
admit walking back the cat
to know where I went
and chill in the lacuna
of the matata I've seen

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/14/matata/

                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock B&W photo of a cat looking back at a person walking away from Pexels.com Text: from time to time I admit walking back the cat to know where I went and chill in the lacuna of the matata I've seen https://haikudread.net/2026/05/14/matata/

                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                  Pulled out her blond hair
                                                                                                                                                                  To reveal her dark black roots
                                                                                                                                                                  Every full moon rise

                                                                                                                                                                  Roots Moon Rise

                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                    noted
                                                                                                                                                                    The angle of the moon rise
                                                                                                                                                                    Reveal roots route

                                                                                                                                                                    Roots Moon Rise

                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of glowing red embers in a small heap of ash on the floor from Pexels.com 

Text:

Together we burned
Shimmer through the night til dawn
Embers glowed til noon



https://haikudread.net/2026/05/13/embers/

                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of glowing red embers in a small heap of ash on the floor from Pexels.com Text: Together we burned Shimmer through the night til dawn Embers glowed til noon https://haikudread.net/2026/05/13/embers/

                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                        by Randy Brooks (IG: @brooksbookshaiku ). Dr. Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards.

                                                                                                                                                                        Against a white background, a #haiku by Randy Brooks ( @brooksbookshaiku ), reads,    “river out of its banks the restlessness of pigeons under a bridge”   Dr. Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards. #poetry #river #illinois

                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Against a white background, a #haiku by Randy Brooks ( @brooksbookshaiku ), reads, “river out of its banks the restlessness of pigeons under a bridge” Dr. Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards. #poetry #river #illinois

                                                                                                                                                                          screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                                          screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                          [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                                                                                                                          Both @kentpitman and Charlie have provided for this episode ! Kent Pitman will also join.

                                                                                                                                                                          Kent's one: climatejustice.social/@kentpit

                                                                                                                                                                          And Charlie's topical one (iirc).

                                                                                                                                                                          By the way, I tooted the announcement differently to normal, so I retooted already - if someone else could retoot when the show starts, that would be great.

                                                                                                                                                                          @jackdaniel @chiply @yantar92

                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                            With compass in hand
                                                                                                                                                                            No need for a weatherman
                                                                                                                                                                            To tell the south wind
                                                                                                                                                                            From a blustery north wind
                                                                                                                                                                            Or which way the wind will blow

                                                                                                                                                                            South Wind North Wind

                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                              morning north wind blow
                                                                                                                                                                              enter the room to cool til
                                                                                                                                                                              south wind

                                                                                                                                                                              South Wind North Wind

                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of deep sea diver kicking up an obscuring cloud of silt walking on sea bottom from Pexels.com

Text:

current regime wants
to drown the public in dark 
aphotic news zone
where no light sheds on their path
to enrich their shellfish selves 


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/12/aphotic/

                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of deep sea diver kicking up an obscuring cloud of silt walking on sea bottom from Pexels.com Text: current regime wants to drown the public in dark aphotic news zone where no light sheds on their path to enrich their shellfish selves https://haikudread.net/2026/05/12/aphotic/

                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                  by new contributor, Katherine E Winnick. Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German, French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Against a black background, a #senryu by new contributor, Katherine E Winnick, reads,   “a fragment of moonlight across the shoulders shadow”  Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German,  French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. #haiku #poetry #moonlight #shadow

                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Against a black background, a #senryu by new contributor, Katherine E Winnick, reads, “a fragment of moonlight across the shoulders shadow” Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German, French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. #haiku #poetry #moonlight #shadow

                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Camellia Tea Ceremony » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                    @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                    running messages, wagtail
                                                                                                                                                                                    for the shrine's god?
                                                                                                                                                                                    irises
                                                                                                                                                                                    鶺鴒は神の使かかきつばた
                                                                                                                                                                                    -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1810.
                                                                                                                                                                                    Trans. David G. Lanoue.

                                                                                                                                                                                    the long skinny snake's
                                                                                                                                                                                    Shinto shrine...
                                                                                                                                                                                    irises
                                                                                                                                                                                    細長い蛇の社や杜若
                                                                                                                                                                                    -1818.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Irises blooming in Heian Jingu's gardens.

                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                      @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                      by Vishal Prabhu (IG: wilderness.es.poet ) from the Greater Himalayas, Indi.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Against a plain white background, a #haiku by Vishal Prabhu (IG: wilderness.es.poet ) from the Greater Himalayas, India, reads,    “wooden window curving into  an apple laden sunlight”  #poetry #india #apple

                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Against a plain white background, a #haiku by Vishal Prabhu (IG: wilderness.es.poet ) from the Greater Himalayas, India, reads, “wooden window curving into an apple laden sunlight” #poetry #india #apple

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                        A moment
                                                                                                                                                                                        The freshly painted porch stayed
                                                                                                                                                                                        Free of dripped pine sap

                                                                                                                                                                                        Porch Pine Sap

                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                          Perched on a front porch
                                                                                                                                                                                          Adolescent birds of prey
                                                                                                                                                                                          Street fauna stewards

                                                                                                                                                                                          Porch

                                                                                                                                                                                            Michelle boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]shane » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                            @thingsofshane@beige.party

                                                                                                                                                                                            the porch faces south;
                                                                                                                                                                                            (don't mind the ghosts, they're friendly)
                                                                                                                                                                                            sit, get some sunshine

                                                                                                                                                                                            'porch'

                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of earth mother figurines set in a lush stream bank and forest setting from Pexels.com

Text:

mask of a stoic
worn by Gaia while watching 
her children struggling 


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/11/struggle-2/

                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of earth mother figurines set in a lush stream bank and forest setting from Pexels.com Text: mask of a stoic worn by Gaia while watching her children struggling https://haikudread.net/2026/05/11/struggle-2/

                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]muddle » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                @muddle@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                The USB says
                                                                                                                                                                                                We're at better than 50
                                                                                                                                                                                                %, but then what?

                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Rust covered wreckage
                                                                                                                                                                                                  former crossing guard
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Balmy storm miscue

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Balmy Rust

                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                    redhead aerobics
                                                                                                                                                                                                    leaves her hair like balmy rust
                                                                                                                                                                                                    intoxicating

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Balmy Rust

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of Milky Way as seen from the ground among rock formations on earth from Pexels.com

Text:

A flurry of stars
Cast out into the expanse 
As Milky Way spins 

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/10/cast/

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of Milky Way as seen from the ground among rock formations on earth from Pexels.com Text: A flurry of stars Cast out into the expanse As Milky Way spins https://haikudread.net/2026/05/10/cast/

                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                        I caught so much grief
                                                                                                                                                                                                        From strutting raven raptor
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Shunned forevermore

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Grief Raven

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Biscuit the raven figurine over a backdrop of various tree top perched carrion birds

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Biscuit the raven figurine over a backdrop of various tree top perched carrion birds

                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                          admin has
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rent a dull forever moan
                                                                                                                                                                                                          From the Grief Raven

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Grief Raven

                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                            A.I. image generated from haiku text of chickens and eggs in a rundown barnyard 

Text:

chickens and the cost
of empire come home to
roost in the wreckage

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/09/roost/

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of chickens and eggs in a rundown barnyard Text: chickens and the cost of empire come home to roost in the wreckage https://haikudread.net/2026/05/09/roost/

                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                              @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Against a plain black background, a #senryu / #haiku by long time contributor, Mona Bedi @drmonabedi, reads,   “moving home only the stars stay with me”  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.  #homecoming

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Against a plain black background, a #senryu / #haiku by long time contributor, Mona Bedi @drmonabedi, reads, “moving home only the stars stay with me” 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. #homecoming

                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Various #FOSS OS communities' reactions to joining them:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                #Linux: "Hey, welcome to the fam! Here's a stack of CDs I burned, see which one boots for you."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                #FreeBSD: "Hey, we're glad you're here! Here's an amazing handbook to get you started, holler if you need a hand!"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                #NetBSD: "Of course it runs NetBSD! Welcome! :D"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                #OpenBSD: "Don't expect a lot of hand-holding, but we're all having fun with it, and hopefully you will enjoy the process, too."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                #9front: "Are... you... sure you want to do this?"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                😆

                                                                                                                                                                                                                (For the record, I love them all. I only regret I haven't had much of a chance to play with #Haiku, or interact with that community, yet!)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tossed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stock photo of an expansive garbage dump with machinery in the background for trash moving from Pexels.com

Text:

Refuse to give in
To the refuse of things past
Discarded just cause

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/08/refuse/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Stock photo of an expansive garbage dump with machinery in the background for trash moving from Pexels.com Text: Refuse to give in To the refuse of things past Discarded just cause https://haikudread.net/2026/05/08/refuse/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by new contributor, Mark Heathcote.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mark’s poems are widely published & anthologized, both online & in print. Residing in the UK from Manchester, he is the author of “In Perpetuity” & “Back on Earth,” two books of poems published by Creative Talents Unleashed.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Against a plain white background, a #haiku by new contributor, Mark Heathcote reads,   “some poisonous things  more acceptable than others lily of the valley”  Mark’s poems are widely published and anthologized, both online and in print. Residing in the UK from Manchester, he is the author of “In Perpetuity” & “Back on Earth,” two books of poems published by Creative Talents Unleashed. #UK #poetry #poisonous

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Against a plain white background, a #haiku by new contributor, Mark Heathcote reads, “some poisonous things more acceptable than others lily of the valley” Mark’s poems are widely published and anthologized, both online and in print. Residing in the UK from Manchester, he is the author of “In Perpetuity” & “Back on Earth,” two books of poems published by Creative Talents Unleashed. #UK #poetry #poisonous

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      nuclear winter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      will get histories blood spray
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      over sweatshop made
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      fashionable attitude
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      thermal winter coat and scarf

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Spray Winter Coat

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stock photo of a hand holding up a turnip in front of a field from Pexel.com 

Text:

no external woo
omen or token of self 
required for health
unless a talisman should
turnip under a pebble


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/07/turnip/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock photo of a hand holding up a turnip in front of a field from Pexel.com Text: no external woo omen or token of self required for health unless a talisman should turnip under a pebble https://haikudread.net/2026/05/07/turnip/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A.I. image generated from haiku text of rusty compressed gas tanks and scattered cans on cracked ground in a deserted industrial area with dilapidated buildings and oil pumpjacks in the background

Text:


Resources soiled
Bottled water and canned food
Air will be sold soon

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/06/soiled/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of rusty compressed gas tanks and scattered cans on cracked ground in a deserted industrial area with dilapidated buildings and oil pumpjacks in the background Text: Resources soiled Bottled water and canned food Air will be sold soon https://haikudread.net/2026/05/06/soiled/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by Reid Hepworth @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 .

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A black and white photo shows an object partially entering the frame from the upper left of the frame. Against the plain black background, is it a seed pod of some kind or the underside of a canoe or other watercraft? Beneath this and slightly to the right, a tanka by Reid Hepworth reads,   “staying sane  in an insane world starts with a cabin in a verdant forest what I’d give up to feel free”  #shahai by Reid Hepworth @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 #free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...A black and white photo shows an object partially entering the frame from the upper left of the frame. Against the plain black background, is it a seed pod of some kind or the underside of a canoe or other watercraft? Beneath this and slightly to the right, a tanka by Reid Hepworth reads, “staying sane in an insane world starts with a cabin in a verdant forest what I’d give up to feel free” #shahai by Reid Hepworth @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 #free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              a gentle spring breeze
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              wafts past rearview mirror dangle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the scent of faux pine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Breeze Pine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of a statue with Atlas holding the world on his shoulders from Pexels.com 


Text:

I got a boulder
On my shoulder trying to crush
Me as I moulder 

It's what I can do
As I try to mitigate
Sorrows of the world


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/05/shrug/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of a statue with Atlas holding the world on his shoulders from Pexels.com Text: I got a boulder On my shoulder trying to crush Me as I moulder It's what I can do As I try to mitigate Sorrows of the world https://haikudread.net/2026/05/05/shrug/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by regular contributor, John Pappas John is a touchstone-winning poet, literature professor & punk-rock drummer. He does all that in Boston, MA, USA.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Against plain white background, a #haiku by regular contributor, John Pappas reads,   “morning mist the hare’s silence dipped in silver”  John is a touchstone-winning poet, literature professor & punk-rock drummer. He does all that in Boston, MA, USA. #hare #poetry #silence #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Against plain white background, a #haiku by regular contributor, John Pappas reads, “morning mist the hare’s silence dipped in silver” John is a touchstone-winning poet, literature professor & punk-rock drummer. He does all that in Boston, MA, USA. #hare #poetry #silence #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    On sonic surfboard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rake atop the aural wave
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Into cozy cove

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Wave Rake

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I'm radiating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Notice of things I have done
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Dissipate a wave
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rake out the pent up vapors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      From of tomorrow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Wave Rake

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stock photo of two hands reaching out to touch index fingers over white stucco background from Pexels.com

Text:

unwise blood stirred up
feel the fervor murmur
from a single touch


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/04/unwise/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock photo of two hands reaching out to touch index fingers over white stucco background from Pexels.com Text: unwise blood stirred up feel the fervor murmur from a single touch https://haikudread.net/2026/05/04/unwise/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Stock photo off a scrumptious roast beast on an oven rack from Pexels.com

Text:

Lazy afternoon
Kitchen comfort overlay
Smell the Sunday roast

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/03/overlay/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Stock photo off a scrumptious roast beast on an oven rack from Pexels.com Text: Lazy afternoon Kitchen comfort overlay Smell the Sunday roast https://haikudread.net/2026/05/03/overlay/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock photo of a lone raven perched on a tree of twisted branches from Pexel.com

Text:

Do I sculpt karma
Or is it in DNA
Raven knows for sure 

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/02/karma/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo of a lone raven perched on a tree of twisted branches from Pexel.com Text: Do I sculpt karma Or is it in DNA Raven knows for sure https://haikudread.net/2026/05/02/karma/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In white text, against a black background, a #monoku by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA, reads:  “almost to the finish line human race”   #poetry #haiku #maryland #human

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...In white text, against a black background, a #monoku by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA, reads: “almost to the finish line human race” #poetry #haiku #maryland #human

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Standing on the porch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A moth the size of a crow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Bashes into me
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I was so freaked out I swear
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The X-File theme music played

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Moth Crow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  As crow told the moth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  your emotional lag
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Reflect towards the light

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Moth Crow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A.I. image generated from tanka text of a man sitting at a table with spilled red wine on a white tablecloth, holding a cup surrounded by many pairs of eyes reflected in glass surroundings.

Text:


feel obligated 
to oblige other feelings
but only so far
many considerations
easy to make a faux pas


https://haikudread.net/2026/05/01/oblige/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A.I. image generated from tanka text of a man sitting at a table with spilled red wine on a white tablecloth, holding a cup surrounded by many pairs of eyes reflected in glass surroundings. Text: feel obligated to oblige other feelings but only so far many considerations easy to make a faux pas https://haikudread.net/2026/05/01/oblige/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      by Biswajit Mishra

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Biswajit Mishra is a bilingual poet writing mostly in English and occasionally in Odia. His poems have been widely published internationally. Born in India and having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit and his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, Canada.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Two #micropoems by Biswajit Mishra,  fixed in parallel against a white background read,  1. in the safety                    of a home                         helium carries                 on                                   until ceiling                     is the ceiling                    2. a poem     flies      out of     a heart      into a cage     in a balcony  Biswajit Mishra is a bilingual poet writing mostly in English and occasionally in Odia. His poems have been widely published internationally. Born in India and having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit and his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, Canada. #haiku #poetry #canada #home #micropoetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Two #micropoems by Biswajit Mishra, fixed in parallel against a white background read, 1. in the safety of a home helium carries on until ceiling is the ceiling 2. a poem flies out of a heart into a cage in a balcony Biswajit Mishra is a bilingual poet writing mostly in English and occasionally in Odia. His poems have been widely published internationally. Born in India and having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit and his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, Canada. #haiku #poetry #canada #home #micropoetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        lingering effects
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        of afternoon zest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        led to a night chill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Lingering Night Chill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Stock photo of a statue of a fragmented human face holding their forefinger up to their lips in a frozen shhh from Pexels.com 


Text:


I wish someone could
dapple my cynicism 
with a bit of hope


https://haikudread.net/2026/04/30/dapple/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Stock photo of a statue of a fragmented human face holding their forefinger up to their lips in a frozen shhh from Pexels.com Text: I wish someone could dapple my cynicism with a bit of hope https://haikudread.net/2026/04/30/dapple/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Mana from above
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A spring rain of golden grain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sprinkles down for all

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Spring Rain Grain

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of an igniting match head with yellow core and blue abstract outgoing energy waves from Pexels.com

Text:

Stream of consciousness 
Haiku flow in the morning 
To ignite the day

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/29/ignite/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of an igniting match head with yellow core and blue abstract outgoing energy waves from Pexels.com Text: Stream of consciousness Haiku flow in the morning To ignite the day https://haikudread.net/2026/04/29/ignite/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Every 0UTC Wednesday!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                there will of course be the Tuesday-evening-in-the-Americas on

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                toobnix.org/w/eCCvKBZvuwkXj244
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - show starts with @kentpitman and a discussion of the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Kent and Ramin will join today for a discussion of s.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Kent scanned his historical c. 1980 cheatsheet: climatejustice.social/@kentpit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Ramin's emacsconf.org/2025/talks/schem
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                viz Smith's new mine ide.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                + the emacs/ide ecosystem.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A grayscale unix_surrealism of the gopher looking up to a screen on the sisde of a dystopic building should the lisp alien's many beautiful eyes in color looking down back at him.

Lispy Gopher Show
Anonradio.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...A grayscale unix_surrealism of the gopher looking up to a screen on the sisde of a dystopic building should the lisp alien's many beautiful eyes in color looking down back at him. Lispy Gopher Show Anonradio.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Phase on fuzzy spoon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Blur reflection endeavor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Of last hazy moon

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hazy Moon Endeavor

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A.I. image generated from tanka text of an unusual character in Sherlock Holmes hunting cap in a telephone booth while wearing a trench coat making a phone call. craiyon.com 

Text:

this is what happens
when the oddball makes the call
misery for most
ruination of a nation
for the profit of a few

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/28/oddball/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A.I. image generated from tanka text of an unusual character in Sherlock Holmes hunting cap in a telephone booth while wearing a trench coat making a phone call. craiyon.com Text: this is what happens when the oddball makes the call misery for most ruination of a nation for the profit of a few https://haikudread.net/2026/04/28/oddball/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      / by Lucas Weissenborn (IG: @luque_mit_q ). Lucas is a researcher, musician, & poet based in . His haiku & senryū have appeared in many journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In black text, on a plain white background, a #senryū / #haiku by Lucas Weissenborn ( IG: @luque_mit_q ) reads,  “forest fire among the ferns her red hair”  Lucas is a researcher, musician, & poet based in #Norway. His haiku & senryū have appeared in many journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia. #redhead #poetry #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...In black text, on a plain white background, a #senryū / #haiku by Lucas Weissenborn ( IG: @luque_mit_q ) reads, “forest fire among the ferns her red hair” Lucas is a researcher, musician, & poet based in #Norway. His haiku & senryū have appeared in many journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia. #redhead #poetry #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Saucy roof gander
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Self declared king of the geese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Looks down from above

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Down Geese

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stock photo of a classic oil can with spout from Pexels.com


Text:


The trick of the tail
I'm A.I. machine math lube
A cog of the gear

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/27/gear/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock photo of a classic oil can with spout from Pexels.com Text: The trick of the tail I'm A.I. machine math lube A cog of the gear https://haikudread.net/2026/04/27/gear/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          by Ash Evan Lippert.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. Widely published in journals, both online and in print, their debut chapbook, “god of the body”, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky ( @wanderstruck.blog ) & Instagram ( @wanderstruck_haiku ).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Against a black background, a #senryu by Ash Evan Lippert reads,   “stars over the fairgrounds I guess the number of jellybeans”  Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. Widely published in journals, both online and in print, their debut chapbook, “god of the body”, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky ( @wanderstruck.blog ) & Instagram #fairgrounds( @wanderstruck_haiku ). #haiku #poetry #stars

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Against a black background, a #senryu by Ash Evan Lippert reads, “stars over the fairgrounds I guess the number of jellybeans” Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. Widely published in journals, both online and in print, their debut chapbook, “god of the body”, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky ( @wanderstruck.blog ) & Instagram #fairgrounds( @wanderstruck_haiku ). #haiku #poetry #stars

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            / by regular contributor, Jerome Berglund ( @Berglundjeromehaiku ), currently hailing from New Orleans, LA, USA.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Against a white background, a #haiku / #senryu by regular contributor, Jerome Berglund ( @Berglundjeromehaiku ), currently hailing from New Orleans, LA, USA, reads,  “leaf insect the lone observer  implied”  #poetry #NOLA #insect

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Against a white background, a #haiku / #senryu by regular contributor, Jerome Berglund ( @Berglundjeromehaiku ), currently hailing from New Orleans, LA, USA, reads, “leaf insect the lone observer implied” #poetry #NOLA #insect

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Old ghost leaves a trace
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              For the new leaves to fill in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              With fresh green of spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              New Leaves Ghost

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                so when the ghost leaves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                hope will be our first ask in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                new cycle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                New Leaves Ghost

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A.I. image generated from haiku text of sphere with trailing stalagmites fashioned from abstract aspic material rising from a large body of water


Text:

An abstraction wrapped
In absolutist aspic
Ablution required  


https://haikudread.net/2026/04/26/abstraction/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of sphere with trailing stalagmites fashioned from abstract aspic material rising from a large body of water Text: An abstraction wrapped In absolutist aspic Ablution required https://haikudread.net/2026/04/26/abstraction/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    when scions became
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    a cultures lamps
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    snuffing out reason
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    puts a pin in epoch churn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    leaves turn yellow in the dark

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Evening Yellow Leaves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of a gold circle framed in fire around a lone figure standing in a hallway with graffiti painted walls from Pexels.com

Text:

no faux gold halo
can deflect the cold steel hail
of consequences

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/25/hail/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of a gold circle framed in fire around a lone figure standing in a hallway with graffiti painted walls from Pexels.com Text: no faux gold halo can deflect the cold steel hail of consequences https://haikudread.net/2026/04/25/hail/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        subtle wolfsbane weed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        lupine whisper, "Prowl lil' wolf"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        sends me off to hunt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Lupine Whisper

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Save the Ship of State
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          From whisper of the whims of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          nap Cap'n Crump

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Whisper

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock photo of a statue of an archaic human striking a prayerfully pose from Pexels.com  


Text:

You can know something
You can pray about something
Can you do something?

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/24/pray/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo of a statue of an archaic human striking a prayerfully pose from Pexels.com Text: You can know something You can pray about something Can you do something? https://haikudread.net/2026/04/24/pray/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Served up for slaughter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              First in line for gold altar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Calf of decency

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Calf Gold

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                chase the calf of gold
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I don't want to marry it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                rather go

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Calf Gold

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stock photo of a spinning fidget widget spinning between a humans thumb and forefinger from Pexels.com 

Text:

a heartfelt fidget
with my happy time widget
turn to the next page 
eggplant emoji of rage
imprinted with persistence


https://haikudread.net/2026/04/23/fidget/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Stock photo of a spinning fidget widget spinning between a humans thumb and forefinger from Pexels.com Text: a heartfelt fidget with my happy time widget turn to the next page eggplant emoji of rage imprinted with persistence https://haikudread.net/2026/04/23/fidget/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Watching their serf feast
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    peer down from the mountain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stem their bloody howls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mountain Stem

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of parchment scroll spread out on a table from Pexels.com

Text:


keep the scroll going
befuddled and mystified
that's how they like em

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/22/mystified/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of parchment scroll spread out on a table from Pexels.com Text: keep the scroll going befuddled and mystified that's how they like em https://haikudread.net/2026/04/22/mystified/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Against a plain background, a #haiga with #drawing by Josiah.  The pen and ink drawing shows an image open to many interpretations. Is it a tree, in full flower of summer on the left and stripped bare as winter on the right? Is it curtains pulled aside before a large window?  Beside this, a  #haiku by Nitu Yumnam, reads,   “the quiet ache of parting — receding tide”  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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Against a plain background, a #haiga with #drawing by Josiah. The pen and ink drawing shows an image open to many interpretations. Is it a tree, in full flower of summer on the left and stripped bare as winter on the right? Is it curtains pulled aside before a large window? Beside this, a #haiku by Nitu Yumnam, reads, “the quiet ache of parting — receding tide” 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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Saw Infomercial
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          For handy dandy windmill
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Orange slicer dicer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Windmill Orange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            orange spray tan covers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            old man sickly pallor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            in the public frame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Orange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of oxidized bronze statue of a person holding a child from Pexels.com 


Text:


Like the Late Bronze Age
Civilization collapse
Another will rise
Something new will then happen
Bringing something different

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/21/collapse/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of oxidized bronze statue of a person holding a child from Pexels.com Text: Like the Late Bronze Age Civilization collapse Another will rise Something new will then happen Bringing something different https://haikudread.net/2026/04/21/collapse/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel @oana_maria_
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Oana lives in Italy where she writes and co-edits Cold Moon Journal.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Against a plain white background, a #haiku by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel  @oana_maria_  reads,   “waveless shore the footprints I leave behind”  Oana lives in Italy where she writes and co-edits Cold Moon Journal. #poetry #footprint #shore #italy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Against a plain white background, a #haiku by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel @oana_maria_ reads, “waveless shore the footprints I leave behind” Oana lives in Italy where she writes and co-edits Cold Moon Journal. #poetry #footprint #shore #italy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  lonely hearts stay calm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  as time gyrations spool out
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  for playful rewind

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Calm Lonely

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fraudulent facade
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bamboozle blur broadcast bunk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Calm lonely bleating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Deadly missiles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Teeter on a madman's whim

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Calm Lonely

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of gold text on black background reading "BLAH BLAH BLAH" from Pexels.com


Text:

indivisible 
seemed to be unmissable 
when push came to shove
'til owned narrators gave us
unreliable feedback  

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/20/unmissable/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of gold text on black background reading "BLAH BLAH BLAH" from Pexels.com Text: indivisible seemed to be unmissable when push came to shove 'til owned narrators gave us unreliable feedback https://haikudread.net/2026/04/20/unmissable/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        by longtime contributor, John Hawkhead @haikuhawk of Bradford-on-Avon, UK

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Against a black background, a #haiku by longtime contributor, John Hawkhead @haikuhawk of Bradford-on-Avon, UK reads,  “talking a man down from the edge of the world pasts we wish for”  #poetry #roof #mentalhealth #UnitedKingdom

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Against a black background, a #haiku by longtime contributor, John Hawkhead @haikuhawk of Bradford-on-Avon, UK reads, “talking a man down from the edge of the world pasts we wish for” #poetry #roof #mentalhealth #UnitedKingdom

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Court Cantrell won't conform » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @courtcan@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          RE: mathstodon.xyz/@icecolbeveridg

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I humbly offer a variation:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          HAICAT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          meow meow me
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ow meow meow meow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          meow meow ME




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A.I. image generated from haiku text of a  knight in blue armor striking a fiery shadow creature with glowing swords inside a crystal cave

Text:

Sir Valerian 
Somnambulant champion 
Vanquishing awake 

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/19/vanquish/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a knight in blue armor striking a fiery shadow creature with glowing swords inside a crystal cave Text: Sir Valerian Somnambulant champion Vanquishing awake https://haikudread.net/2026/04/19/vanquish/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of assorted colorful drinking straws from Pexel.com

Text:

you can bring your straw
to the shore and slurp all you
can and not add beach

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/18/straw/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of assorted colorful drinking straws from Pexel.com Text: you can bring your straw to the shore and slurp all you can and not add beach https://haikudread.net/2026/04/18/straw/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by new contributor, Pegah Rahmati Nezhad ( @rahmati_pegah ). Pegah is a physician, scientist, artist, & poet from Tehran, Iran. She loves & lyrical prose, & believes in the power of words.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Against a plain white background, a #haiku by new contributor, Pegah Rahmati Nezhad ( @rahmati_pegah ) reads,  hovering around fuchsia hanging baskets anna’s hummingbirds  Pegah is a physician, scientist, artist, & poet from Tehran, Iran. She loves #micropoetry & lyrical prose, & believes in the power of words. #hummingbird #iran #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Against a plain white background, a #haiku by new contributor, Pegah Rahmati Nezhad ( @rahmati_pegah ) reads, hovering around fuchsia hanging baskets anna’s hummingbirds Pegah is a physician, scientist, artist, & poet from Tehran, Iran. She loves #micropoetry & lyrical prose, & believes in the power of words. #hummingbird #iran #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  monkey weasel chase
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  around the mulberry bush
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  a way to enrich
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  working up a refreshing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  lather of salty seafoam

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Mulberry Refreshing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stock photo of the view from the bottom of a well from Pexels.com

Text:

humanity well
Big Kahuna's lacuna
empathy abyss

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/17/lacuna/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Stock photo of the view from the bottom of a well from Pexels.com Text: humanity well Big Kahuna's lacuna empathy abyss https://haikudread.net/2026/04/17/lacuna/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Nick (Alatar the Blue) » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @alatartheblue@polymaths.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Yes yes yes yes yes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Yes yes yes yes yes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • yes, a haiku

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      #haiku #poetry #poem #imapoet #andididntevenknowit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        by Stephanie Zepherelli, returning contributor, with by Carol Rudall

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In a #Shahai by Stephanie Zepherelli, returning contributor, with #photograph by Carol Rudall, the moon hangs low over a midnight lake, seen through the gnarled branches of trees on its near shore. In the lower left corner of the frame, a #senryu reads,   “one night stand asking the moon to stay for breakfast”  #haiku #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...In a #Shahai by Stephanie Zepherelli, returning contributor, with #photograph by Carol Rudall, the moon hangs low over a midnight lake, seen through the gnarled branches of trees on its near shore. In the lower left corner of the frame, a #senryu reads, “one night stand asking the moon to stay for breakfast” #haiku #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          /#senryu by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Against a plain white background, a #monoku /#senryu by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA, reads:  shoreline going on without me    #poetry #haiku #maryland

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Against a plain white background, a #monoku /#senryu by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland, USA, reads: shoreline going on without me #poetry #haiku #maryland

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            from the clouds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Bright lightning death from above
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Misery inflates

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Clouds Bright Lightning

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of a group of sparrows squatting in an evergreen bush from Pexels.com 

Text:

Outcast birdie flaps
Aloft 'oer frosty meadow
Called by chirping bush
A host of sparrows huddled
Ubiquity hunkered down

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/16/hunkered/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of a group of sparrows squatting in an evergreen bush from Pexels.com Text: Outcast birdie flaps Aloft 'oer frosty meadow Called by chirping bush A host of sparrows huddled Ubiquity hunkered down https://haikudread.net/2026/04/16/hunkered/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Remain for the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Worldly business goes plum wrong
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Plenty of raisins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Plum Plenty

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stock photo of a digital blood pressure monitor with a reading of 178 over 111 with a heart rate of 103 on a table with printouts, pills, syringes, pads, and bottles from Pexels

Text:

Made a misty list 
Many vivid wrongs to right
There will be pressure

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/15/vivid/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Stock photo of a digital blood pressure monitor with a reading of 178 over 111 with a heart rate of 103 on a table with printouts, pills, syringes, pads, and bottles from Pexels Text: Made a misty list Many vivid wrongs to right There will be pressure https://haikudread.net/2026/04/15/vivid/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enwrapped in purple
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Whisper sweet Wisteria
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Nothings in my ear

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Wisteria

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Just another day
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Open pretzel logic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Wisteria spills
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Yellow journalism branch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Into the balderdash mix

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Wisteria Yellow


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Against a black background, in white text, a haiku Jennifer Gurney reads:   oh the hidden depths of shallow water  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. #deep #colorado #water #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Against a black background, in white text, a haiku Jennifer Gurney reads: oh the hidden depths of shallow water 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. #deep #colorado #water #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Stock photo of a human profile with upraised hand revealing a green glow through fingers from Pexels.com 

Text:

Linear timelines
A spirit of fierce aspect
Lurks in the middle
Of a made up beginning 
To imaginary end

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/14/imaginary/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Stock photo of a human profile with upraised hand revealing a green glow through fingers from Pexels.com Text: Linear timelines A spirit of fierce aspect Lurks in the middle Of a made up beginning To imaginary end https://haikudread.net/2026/04/14/imaginary/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            make yourself comfy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            slip out of that flour sack
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            my little biscuit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            mean Mr. Mustard is on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            King Biscuit Flower Hour

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Flour

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Abstract smears of color hinting at a face from Pexels.com

Text:

is there enough bleach
to remove this stain from our
collective psyche 


https://haikudread.net/2026/04/13/bleach/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Abstract smears of color hinting at a face from Pexels.com Text: is there enough bleach to remove this stain from our collective psyche https://haikudread.net/2026/04/13/bleach/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by new contributor, Katherine E Winnick. Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published internationally in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German, French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Against a plain white background, a #monoku by new contributor, Katherine E Winnick, reads:  a dash of perfume cherry blossom notes  Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published internationally in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German,  French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. #haiku #poetry #perfume #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Against a plain white background, a #monoku by new contributor, Katherine E Winnick, reads: a dash of perfume cherry blossom notes Katherine is an award winning Japanese short-form poet, published internationally in 18 countries with some works translated into Japanese, Hindi, German, French and Romanian. She is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. #haiku #poetry #perfume #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A.I. image generated from haiku text of a cloaked person sitting at an old stone window sill, surrounded by lit candles, books, a skull, and an hourglass, gazing out at a crescent moon above distant mountains and a castle.

Text:

Spouting platitudes
While showing no gratitude
In my solitude 

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/12/platitudes/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a cloaked person sitting at an old stone window sill, surrounded by lit candles, books, a skull, and an hourglass, gazing out at a crescent moon above distant mountains and a castle. Text: Spouting platitudes While showing no gratitude In my solitude https://haikudread.net/2026/04/12/platitudes/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    As the sun comes up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    foggy blossoms aloud
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    worldly roots deepen

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Blossoms Foggy

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of two people in classic Bohemian neo punk garb. One dragging another down a lane on a bare mattress in front of distressed city brick wall from Pexels.com


Text:


My bad attitude
Led me to ineptitude
Grasping rectitude


https://haikudread.net/2026/04/11/rectitude/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of two people in classic Bohemian neo punk garb. One dragging another down a lane on a bare mattress in front of distressed city brick wall from Pexels.com Text: My bad attitude Led me to ineptitude Grasping rectitude https://haikudread.net/2026/04/11/rectitude/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        by returning contributor, Teji Sethi (IG @tejisethi13 ). Teji is a poetry disciple from India who loves concocting blends of chai & haikai. By day, she’s a therapeutic nutritionist; by dusk, she wanders into the nostalgic lanes of her childhood, gathering verses from memory. Teji has dedicated the past 4 years to curating Triya, a bilingual space for haiku, tanka & micro poems.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A #haiga by returning contributor, Teji Sethi @tejisethi13 features a design of two eyes staring straight at the viewer, against a background of muted tones of rosy creams and browns, arranged in vertical strips and curves. An optical illusion of shading causes the eye on the viewer’s right to appear larger or closer but they are the same size.  A single line verse reads, “ink blot we see what we wish to see”.  Teji is a poetry disciple from India who loves concocting blends of chai & haikai. By day, she’s a therapeutic nutritionist; by dusk, she wanders into the nostalgic lanes of her childhood, gathering verses from memory. Teji has dedicated the past 4 years to curating Triya, a bilingual space for haiku, tanka & micro poems. #poetry #haiku #ink #india

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...A #haiga by returning contributor, Teji Sethi @tejisethi13 features a design of two eyes staring straight at the viewer, against a background of muted tones of rosy creams and browns, arranged in vertical strips and curves. An optical illusion of shading causes the eye on the viewer’s right to appear larger or closer but they are the same size. A single line verse reads, “ink blot we see what we wish to see”. Teji is a poetry disciple from India who loves concocting blends of chai & haikai. By day, she’s a therapeutic nutritionist; by dusk, she wanders into the nostalgic lanes of her childhood, gathering verses from memory. Teji has dedicated the past 4 years to curating Triya, a bilingual space for haiku, tanka & micro poems. #poetry #haiku #ink #india

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward of Lincolnshire, UK. Find more of Marilyn’s work on Blue Sky @haikupoet.bsky.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A #haiku by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward of Lincolnshire, UK, reads:  balmy breeze skimming over the rushes blue damselfly wings  Find more of Marilyn’s work on Blue Sky @haikupoet.bsky.social #poetry #blue #UK #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A #haiku by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward of Lincolnshire, UK, reads: balmy breeze skimming over the rushes blue damselfly wings Find more of Marilyn’s work on Blue Sky @haikupoet.bsky.social #poetry #blue #UK #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by returning contributor, dl mattila, an American poet and writer who takes pleasure in brevity.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Against a black background, a #haiku by returning contributor, dl mattila reads,   “the curlew’s cry mere seconds to midnight on the horizon”   d l mattila is an American poet and writer who takes pleasure in brevity. #micropoetry #poetry #midnight

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Against a black background, a #haiku by returning contributor, dl mattila reads, “the curlew’s cry mere seconds to midnight on the horizon” d l mattila is an American poet and writer who takes pleasure in brevity. #micropoetry #poetry #midnight

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              by long-time contributor, Alvin B. Cruz (IG: @alvinbcruz)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Against a side pink background, a #monoku by long-time contributor, Alvin B. Cruz (IG: @alvinbcruz) reads, in lilac-blue/purple text :  where her bruise was first crocus  #poetry #haiku #crocus #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Against a side pink background, a #monoku by long-time contributor, Alvin B. Cruz (IG: @alvinbcruz) reads, in lilac-blue/purple text : where her bruise was first crocus #poetry #haiku #crocus #spring

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by returning contributor, Tony Williams (IG: @famwill2019 ).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Tony Williams has been reading, writing and publishing haiku and senryu since 2020. Every day is a haiku day!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A #haiku by returning contributor, Tony Williams (IG: @famwill2019 ), reads:  between me and the cliff’s steep edge a dizzy butterfly   Tony Williams has been reading, writing and publishing haiku and senryu since 2020. Every day is a haiku day! #butterfly #poetrylovers #spring #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...A #haiku by returning contributor, Tony Williams (IG: @famwill2019 ), reads: between me and the cliff’s steep edge a dizzy butterfly Tony Williams has been reading, writing and publishing haiku and senryu since 2020. Every day is a haiku day! #butterfly #poetrylovers #spring #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by Deborah A. Bennett (IG @d.a._bennett) | Deborah draws her inspiration from the teaching of ancient religious philosophers & haiku poets who were also riveted by the purity & beauty of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A #haiku by Deborah A. Bennett @d.a._bennett reads:  after the peace march  lying in the clover field  looking at the moon    Deborah draws her inspiration from the teaching of ancient religious philosophers & haiku poets who were also riveted by the purity & beauty of #nature #poetry #poetrylovers #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...A #haiku by Deborah A. Bennett @d.a._bennett reads: after the peace march lying in the clover field looking at the moon Deborah draws her inspiration from the teaching of ancient religious philosophers & haiku poets who were also riveted by the purity & beauty of #nature #poetry #poetrylovers #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stuff and smoke my grass
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In a home carved apple pipe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mr. Natural

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Grass Apple

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of serial numbers on three one hundred dollar bills resting on another bill from Pexel.com

Text:

A gamble ramble
Live liars poker timeline 
Wanna bet your life?


https://haikudread.net/2026/04/10/gamble/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of serial numbers on three one hundred dollar bills resting on another bill from Pexel.com Text: A gamble ramble Live liars poker timeline Wanna bet your life? https://haikudread.net/2026/04/10/gamble/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        what if you found out
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Climate was cheating on you,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        no shared future plans

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Dude. Shocked surprise don't fly here.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         We. Used. Her. She gwon ghost us.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Author's notes to follow in another message.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A.I. image generated from the prompt Mega value pack packaging with fantasy characters and 48 giant rolls of toilet paper

Text:

I buy my T.P.
one roll at a time because
there's no guarantee 
a Big Mega Value Pak
wouldn't last longer than I do

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/09/value/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A.I. image generated from the prompt Mega value pack packaging with fantasy characters and 48 giant rolls of toilet paper Text: I buy my T.P. one roll at a time because there's no guarantee a Big Mega Value Pak wouldn't last longer than I do https://haikudread.net/2026/04/09/value/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            sacrificial lamb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            stems from primitive beliefs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            that fed the priesthood

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Lamb Stems

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of a quotidian view of an observable universe through a very powerful instrument from Pexels.com


Text:

stars moons and planets 
big ball of fire in the sky
will do what they do
but the real fun is here
with our perception of vast 

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/08/vast/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of a quotidian view of an observable universe through a very powerful instrument from Pexels.com Text: stars moons and planets big ball of fire in the sky will do what they do but the real fun is here with our perception of vast https://haikudread.net/2026/04/08/vast/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                all warm and cozy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                on radioactive pond
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                bunker door was closed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Pond Cozy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Charles Schultz cartoon character Charlie Brown resing his head on his hands with a speech bubble saying "Good Grief" over his head

Text:

Is there such a thing
As good grief Charlie exclaims
Cathartic perhaps
Therapeutic grief even
But no way good grief I say

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/07/grief/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Charles Schultz cartoon character Charlie Brown resing his head on his hands with a speech bubble saying "Good Grief" over his head Text: Is there such a thing As good grief Charlie exclaims Cathartic perhaps Therapeutic grief even But no way good grief I say https://haikudread.net/2026/04/07/grief/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by Mark Gilbert (verse) and Eavonka Ettinger (photo). Mark is based in the UK & enjoys writing short prose & (including hybrid forms). His work regularly appears in on-line & print journals & anthologies. He recently collaborated with Eavonka on Variations on the Planets, an astronomical poetry chapbook (Nun Prophet Press). Eavonka lives in Long Beach, CA. She’s published many haikai forms, but shahai combines her love of and / senryu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A #shahai #collaboration by Mark Gilbert (verse) and Eavonka Ettinger (photo), shows a beach scene at sunset, orange glow filling the sky. Against this glow, in black text, a haiku reads in black text, “at the end of the road / tangerines / will grow on trees.   Mark Gilbert is based in the UK and enjoys writing short prose & #poetry (including hybrid forms). His work regularly appears in on-line & print journals & anthologies. He recently collaborated with Eavonka Ettinger on Variations on the Planets, an astronomical poetry chapbook (Nun Prophet Press). Eavonka lives in Long Beach, CA. She’s  published many haikai forms, but shahai combines her love of #photography and #haiku / senryu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A #shahai #collaboration by Mark Gilbert (verse) and Eavonka Ettinger (photo), shows a beach scene at sunset, orange glow filling the sky. Against this glow, in black text, a haiku reads in black text, “at the end of the road / tangerines / will grow on trees. Mark Gilbert is based in the UK and enjoys writing short prose & #poetry (including hybrid forms). His work regularly appears in on-line & print journals & anthologies. He recently collaborated with Eavonka Ettinger on Variations on the Planets, an astronomical poetry chapbook (Nun Prophet Press). Eavonka lives in Long Beach, CA. She’s published many haikai forms, but shahai combines her love of #photography and #haiku / senryu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      too lush to ignore
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      take to and implore me
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      gratify ripe grapes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ripe Grapes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        it's not a detour
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        diversion from perversion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        nor wound to ignore
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        a bleeding world implores us
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        25th Amendment Now!


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sour grapes turn ripe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Podium carp and jive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Just ignore the smell

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Carp Ripe Grapes

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock photo of a metal pole tree with a full array of surveillance implements from Pexels.com


Text:

cameras everywhere 
have sucked the vitality 
out of everything

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/06/vitality/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo of a metal pole tree with a full array of surveillance implements from Pexels.com Text: cameras everywhere have sucked the vitality out of everything https://haikudread.net/2026/04/06/vitality/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              by new contributor, thomas david. thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His and have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              #monoku by new contributor, thomas david, reads:  “paper kites my dreams unfold”   thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His #haiku and #senryū have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut. #poetry #poetrylovers #uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...#monoku by new contributor, thomas david, reads: “paper kites my dreams unfold” thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His #haiku and #senryū have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut. #poetry #poetrylovers #uk

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              by Joanna Ashwell, a writer from the UK. Joanna’s has been featured widely & received many awards & nominations. Some of her books for sale on Amazon include ‘Every Star’ (tanka), ‘Moonset Song’ (Cherita), ‘Love’s Scriptures’ (Cherita) & ‘Book Patronus’ (haiku & tanka).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A #haiku by Joanna Ashwell, a writer from the UK, reads:  stargazing the first threshold of deepening sky  Joanna’s #poetry has been featured widely & received many awards & nominations. Some of her books for sale on Amazon include ‘Every Star’ (tanka), ‘Moonset Song’ (Cherita), ‘Love’s Scriptures’ (Cherita) & ‘Book Patronus’ (haiku & tanka). #UK #poetrylovers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...A #haiku by Joanna Ashwell, a writer from the UK, reads: stargazing the first threshold of deepening sky Joanna’s #poetry has been featured widely & received many awards & nominations. Some of her books for sale on Amazon include ‘Every Star’ (tanka), ‘Moonset Song’ (Cherita), ‘Love’s Scriptures’ (Cherita) & ‘Book Patronus’ (haiku & tanka). #UK #poetrylovers

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of a hand holding a spud with a smiley face drawn on it over a foliage background from Pexels.com

Text:

Stashed in winter grass
The Easter Potato hunt
Spud resurrection 

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/05/spud/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of a hand holding a spud with a smiley face drawn on it over a foliage background from Pexels.com Text: Stashed in winter grass The Easter Potato hunt Spud resurrection https://haikudread.net/2026/04/05/spud/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  My LA Story
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sunshine, beaches, palm trees, home.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I drove away sad.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    cast maleficent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    seedlings the whole world over
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    is our chief export

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Seedlings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    #smallpoems

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of a small white bird with a light brown back and black neck and eye markings on the sea shore from Pexels.com

Text:


While winging about
The plover in Dover lives
Mainly on clover 


https://haikudread.net/2026/04/04/plover/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of a small white bird with a light brown back and black neck and eye markings on the sea shore from Pexels.com Text: While winging about The plover in Dover lives Mainly on clover https://haikudread.net/2026/04/04/plover/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Say hay, hoe, lets go!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Be outstanding in your field
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Fresh air and high yield

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Hoe Hay Field

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A.I. image generated from haiku text of a stream under puffy white clouds running through majestic peaks with a single human figure standing in that stream and distant figure further on the bank.

Text:

Object of desire
Manifest mountainous dream
Lofty ablutions

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/03/lofty/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a stream under puffy white clouds running through majestic peaks with a single human figure standing in that stream and distant figure further on the bank. Text: Object of desire Manifest mountainous dream Lofty ablutions https://haikudread.net/2026/04/03/lofty/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            dementia halt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            eject wielder with his
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            waning agency

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Waning Halt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A.I. image generated image from haiku text of neon signs reading OFFICE MAYHEM, SURREAL STATS, and WEASEL WORKFLOW surround suited weasels in a chaotic office with a bell curve labeled THE CHAOS DISTRIBUITION


Text:

flatten the bell curve
with maximum consumption
of noisy twaddle
dispatched notes from the office
sack full of angry weasels

https://haikudread.net/2026/04/02/weasels/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...A.I. image generated image from haiku text of neon signs reading OFFICE MAYHEM, SURREAL STATS, and WEASEL WORKFLOW surround suited weasels in a chaotic office with a bell curve labeled THE CHAOS DISTRIBUITION Text: flatten the bell curve with maximum consumption of noisy twaddle dispatched notes from the office sack full of angry weasels https://haikudread.net/2026/04/02/weasels/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of a bare branch with cluster buds over a blue sky background from Pexels.com

Text:

Birth bumps on a branch
Broadcast the expectant spring
Future berries bud


https://haikudread.net/2026/04/01/bumps/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of a bare branch with cluster buds over a blue sky background from Pexels.com Text: Birth bumps on a branch Broadcast the expectant spring Future berries bud https://haikudread.net/2026/04/01/bumps/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  . toobnix.org/w/rCh5hUjPxVcXEBcn
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I fell into a powerfully deep funk, and screwed around in to more or less implement DEC's sixel printing to cheer myself up. lispy-gopher-show.itch.io/dl-r @reiddragon

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  instead of doing anything I am meant to be doing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  in the oil crisis notes + by @kentpitman

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  BYOB pool party tomorrow in the MOO 22 hours from now. I will set up after the show sometime

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lines of 6-high columns of pixels. Clearly just random gibberish in a McCLIM application frame.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Lines of 6-high columns of pixels. Clearly just random gibberish in a McCLIM application frame.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lispy gopher climate banner!
0UTC Wednesdays anonradio.net
8UTC Sundays toobnix.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Lispy gopher climate banner! 0UTC Wednesdays anonradio.net 8UTC Sundays toobnix.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    twigs and seeds showered
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    my premo buds like cold rain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    to harsh my mellow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Buds Cold Rain

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      start the day fishing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      boat, cold rain, couple of Buds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      in nature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Buds Cold Rain

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stock illustration of single cell critters existing in limbo suspension from Pexels.com 

Text:

Tanka to do list
First stack things on other things
Second reproduce
Third consume only good stuff
Fourth eliminate bad stuff

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/31/cellular/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock illustration of single cell critters existing in limbo suspension from Pexels.com Text: Tanka to do list First stack things on other things Second reproduce Third consume only good stuff Fourth eliminate bad stuff https://haikudread.net/2026/03/31/cellular/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          by Dr. Randy Brooks ( @brooksbookshaiku ), Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on , tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Against a plain white background, a senryu reads:   “prairie ghost town a freight train on tiptoes”  #senryu by Dr. Randy Brooks ( @brooksbookshaiku ), Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on #haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards. #poetry #ghosttown #illinois

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Against a plain white background, a senryu reads: “prairie ghost town a freight train on tiptoes” #senryu by Dr. Randy Brooks ( @brooksbookshaiku ), Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on #haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards. #poetry #ghosttown #illinois

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by Biswajit Mishra ( @biswajitmishra.ig ), a bilingual poet writing mostly in English & occasionally in Odia. His have been published internationally in magazines. Born in India & having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit & his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Against a digital silkscreen-style image of a tall black pine before a red sun and a flying gull, a haiku reads:   “eclipsed     by envy    blood moon”  #digital #haiga by Biswajit Mishra ( @biswajitmishra.ig ), a bilingual poet writing mostly in English & occasionally in Odia. His #poems have been published internationally in magazines. Born in India & having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit & his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, #Canada #haiku

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Against a digital silkscreen-style image of a tall black pine before a red sun and a flying gull, a haiku reads: “eclipsed by envy blood moon” #digital #haiga by Biswajit Mishra ( @biswajitmishra.ig ), a bilingual poet writing mostly in English & occasionally in Odia. His #poems have been published internationally in magazines. Born in India & having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit & his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, #Canada #haiku

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              befitting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sardine packed in olive oil
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Zero wiggle room

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sardine

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of a person holding a sign that reads No kings since 1776 and a U.S. flag from Pexels.com

Text:

No Kings with their bling
That swap serfs for others turf
Not things to conserve


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/28/no-things/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of a person holding a sign that reads No kings since 1776 and a U.S. flag from Pexels.com Text: No Kings with their bling That swap serfs for others turf Not things to conserve https://haikudread.net/2026/03/28/no-things/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by Ash Evan Lippert | Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. A featured poet at Neologism, their work has appeared or is forthcoming in NOON: journal of the short poem, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Sonic Boom, whiptail: journal of the single-line poem and Heliosparrow, among many others. Their debut chapbook, god of the body, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky (@wanderstruck.blog ) and Instagram (@wanderstruck_haiku ).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A #haiku by Ash Evan Lippert reads:  spring thunder / voices carry the shadows / from other rooms.Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. A featured poet at Neologism, their work has appeared or is forthcoming in NOON: journal of the short poem, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Sonic Boom, whiptail: journal of the single-line poem and Heliosparrow, among many others. Their debut chapbook, god of the body, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky (@wanderstruck.blog ) and Instagram (@wanderstruck_haiku ). #poetry #SC #spring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...A #haiku by Ash Evan Lippert reads: spring thunder / voices carry the shadows / from other rooms.Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. A featured poet at Neologism, their work has appeared or is forthcoming in NOON: journal of the short poem, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Sonic Boom, whiptail: journal of the single-line poem and Heliosparrow, among many others. Their debut chapbook, god of the body, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky (@wanderstruck.blog ) and Instagram (@wanderstruck_haiku ). #poetry #SC #spring

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    to resolve
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A whistle from the willows
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Calls the swallow down

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Swallow Willows

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Email inbox icon with 32,750 unread graphic bubble 

Text:

does a snarky phrase
made via email or post
make it an equip?


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/27/equip/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Email inbox icon with 32,750 unread graphic bubble Text: does a snarky phrase made via email or post make it an equip? https://haikudread.net/2026/03/27/equip/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        That's just "bad weather".
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Won't be "changed climate" for years.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        After we're extinct.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          by returning contributor, Peter Jastermsky @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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A #cherita by returning contributor, Peter Jastermsky @pjastermsky  reads:  night falls  on the square a circle of friends surrounds   the one not moving  Barely visible in the black background, a circle of crows surround their fallen friend, in a barren field under a moonless midnight sky. 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. #nightfall #poetry #haiku #california

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A #cherita by returning contributor, Peter Jastermsky @pjastermsky reads: night falls on the square a circle of friends surrounds the one not moving Barely visible in the black background, a circle of crows surround their fallen friend, in a barren field under a moonless midnight sky. 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. #nightfall #poetry #haiku #california

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            breathe deep dragonfly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            gusts of scents that hypnotize
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            sense flow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Gusts Dragonfly

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Dragonfly floating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Gently on gusts of my whims
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of a bear sitting out in snowy woods looking at the camera, hopefully with disinterest from Pexels.com 

Text:

better to play tag
with a languid bear than a
frisky clueless one


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/26/languid/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of a bear sitting out in snowy woods looking at the camera, hopefully with disinterest from Pexels.com Text: better to play tag with a languid bear than a frisky clueless one https://haikudread.net/2026/03/26/languid/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Choose your groundcover
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Pampas Grass or pompous ass
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Foliage or fool

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Pampas Grass

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A.I. image generated from haiku text of a fiery flowing creek running through and over blackened rocks 

Text:

flowing smouldering 
creek of burnt history as
internalized space 


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/25/internalized/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a fiery flowing creek running through and over blackened rocks Text: flowing smouldering creek of burnt history as internalized space https://haikudread.net/2026/03/25/internalized/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      / by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward of Lincolnshire, UK. Find more of her work on Blue Sky @haikupoet.bsky.social @malward71

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A #haiku / #senryu by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward of Lincolnshire, UK reads, “growing old   in the glass bowl   bananas ripen.”  Find more of her work on Blue Sky @haikupoet.bsky.social #poetry #banana #UK

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...A #haiku / #senryu by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward of Lincolnshire, UK reads, “growing old in the glass bowl bananas ripen.” Find more of her work on Blue Sky @haikupoet.bsky.social #poetry #banana #UK

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        toobnix.org/w/5QbQiLw7zrFiETgb first half missing?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - One week from today is 's annual festival, April Fool's.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - Let's have a text based pool party / concert

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Notably /after/ submitting my article european-lisp-symposium.org/20

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        we just had this great thread: gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/11628 I will read and suggestions by @riley and others.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Compound interest.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Watch funds grow. Climate woes, too.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Lack of interest.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Shell game politics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            debate then appeal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Pear shaped blooper reel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Shell Pear

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of market charting screen with fluctuating high low bar graph screen from Pexels.com 

Text:


So churn baby churn
A slippery wink and a nod
To go with the flow
Buy with a tip on the dip
Sell in a blink from truth link


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/24/churn/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of market charting screen with fluctuating high low bar graph screen from Pexels.com Text: So churn baby churn A slippery wink and a nod To go with the flow Buy with a tip on the dip Sell in a blink from truth link https://haikudread.net/2026/03/24/churn/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by Reid Hepworth @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 .

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                In a photo, a body of still water spreads under sunrise (or sunset), dark trees stretching up from the far shore.  In the middle of the frame, a single line reads, “lingering dark thoughts I can’t let go.” #shahai by Reid Hepworth @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 #water

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...In a photo, a body of still water spreads under sunrise (or sunset), dark trees stretching up from the far shore. In the middle of the frame, a single line reads, “lingering dark thoughts I can’t let go.” #shahai by Reid Hepworth @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 #water

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Fleeing high tide spray
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Winged warbler wandering flight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  All through nightsong land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Warbler High Tide

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    direct warbler waves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    my endorphins with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    high tide limbic wash

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Warbler High Tide

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of a human face with computer code projected on it from Pexels.com

Text:

current tech mana
data as revelation
pull back the curtain

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/23/mana/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of a human face with computer code projected on it from Pexels.com Text: current tech mana data as revelation pull back the curtain https://haikudread.net/2026/03/23/mana/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        / by new contributor, Tom Bierovic ( @tombierovic ), a widely published, award-winning haiku, senryu, & tanka poet. When not reading or writing, he enjoys playing backgammon & Connections, drumming on bongos & djembe, & power washing his driveway. Find his books, “Playing for Keeps in Stocks and Futures”, “Blink of a Duck’s Eye”, & “Paper Boats” on Amazon. Tom & wife Laurie (mystery writer Maggie McChristie) live in DeLand—the Athens of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Childhood song — the piano still untuned  #senryu / #haiku by new contributor, Tom Bierovic ( @tombierovic ), a widely published, award-winning haiku, senryu, & tanka poet. When not reading or writing, he enjoys playing backgammon & Connections, drumming on bongos & djembe, & power washing his driveway. Find his books, “Playing for Keeps in Stocks and Futures”, “Blink of a Duck’s Eye”, & “Paper Boats” on Amazon.  Tom & wife Laurie (mystery writer Maggie McChristie) live in DeLand—the Athens of #Florida #song

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Childhood song — the piano still untuned #senryu / #haiku by new contributor, Tom Bierovic ( @tombierovic ), a widely published, award-winning haiku, senryu, & tanka poet. When not reading or writing, he enjoys playing backgammon & Connections, drumming on bongos & djembe, & power washing his driveway. Find his books, “Playing for Keeps in Stocks and Futures”, “Blink of a Duck’s Eye”, & “Paper Boats” on Amazon. Tom & wife Laurie (mystery writer Maggie McChristie) live in DeLand—the Athens of #Florida #song

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A.I. image generated from haiku text of young person reading, surrounded by books, in an idyllic setting

Text:

Self medication
Reading was my gateway drug
Now I just listen


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/22/gateway/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of young person reading, surrounded by books, in an idyllic setting Text: Self medication Reading was my gateway drug Now I just listen https://haikudread.net/2026/03/22/gateway/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by Laurence Stacy. Laurence teaches English & literature courses at Kennesaw State University. He is also the recent coauthor of “Before the Earth: Haiku and Haikai.” In addition to studying poetics, he is a longtime martial artist, and is interested in connections between the disciplines he enjoys.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Somber 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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              somewhere in time my heart floats free unencumbered by grief  Somber #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 #grief #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...somewhere in time my heart floats free unencumbered by grief Somber #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 #grief #poetry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of link chain trailing into an unfocused distance from Pexels.com

Text:

Haiku retrospect
In nonlinear format
Anxiety's chain


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/21/anxiety/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of link chain trailing into an unfocused distance from Pexels.com Text: Haiku retrospect In nonlinear format Anxiety's chain https://haikudread.net/2026/03/21/anxiety/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by new contributor, Michelle Farrell. @michellefarrellart Michelle is a mixed media artist & poet living in New Zealand, with a background working in disability, neurodiversity & mental health. Her artworks have found homes internationally, & recently she has been nurturing her creative writing along, with & published in various journals.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    can the equinox
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    erase the to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    let the sunshine in

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    equinox equinox

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Equinox balance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Caress the wild within you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Always cedes valence

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      equinox equinox

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stock image of archaic representation of earth in four positions around the sun representing two solstice points and two equinox points from Openverse

Text:

equanimity 
like global equinox needs
magnanimous spread

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/20/needs/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock image of archaic representation of earth in four positions around the sun representing two solstice points and two equinox points from Openverse Text: equanimity like global equinox needs magnanimous spread https://haikudread.net/2026/03/20/needs/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          melting rule of thumb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          my slice of pie
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          with slippery finger

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Melting Pie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock photo of various measuring devices mounted on a wall as a hand reaches towards them from Pexels.com


Text:

Takes a fair measure
Comparing personal loss
To that of others
Except never seen as fair
While only rarely to scale

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/19/comparing/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo of various measuring devices mounted on a wall as a hand reaches towards them from Pexels.com Text: Takes a fair measure Comparing personal loss To that of others Except never seen as fair While only rarely to scale https://haikudread.net/2026/03/19/comparing/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Peel off the horse tail
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              You reveal the man's essence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              With every

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Horse Tail

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by Lucas Weissenborn @luque_mit_q | Lucas is a researcher, musician, & poet based in . His haiku & senryū have appeared in many journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A.I. image generated from haiku text of a raven perched on a clock with an anchor shaped pendulum 

Text:

no project deadlines
nor cawing client anchor
pure creative bliss

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/18/bliss/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a raven perched on a clock with an anchor shaped pendulum Text: no project deadlines nor cawing client anchor pure creative bliss https://haikudread.net/2026/03/18/bliss/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mid March warmed until
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A late snow rose from the west
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Blanketing the land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Late Snow Rose

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock CU photo of a shirt button either being done up or undone from Pexels.com 

Text:

Work the undo list
Some undoings bring me joy
Some can't be undone

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/17/undo/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock CU photo of a shirt button either being done up or undone from Pexels.com Text: Work the undo list Some undoings bring me joy Some can't be undone https://haikudread.net/2026/03/17/undo/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel oana_maria_

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Frisky night frappe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Tadpole weasel sputum blend
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Served in a pumpkin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Tadpole Pumpkin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Pumpkin head dotard's
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Joke cabinet will
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Horror show limit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Pumpkin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of slender shadowy female silhouette caught in a spotlight from Pexels.com

Text:

Took decades to make
Will reverberate longer
A stained tripping point

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/16/asset/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of slender shadowy female silhouette caught in a spotlight from Pexels.com Text: Took decades to make Will reverberate longer A stained tripping point https://haikudread.net/2026/03/16/asset/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A.I. image generated from haiku text of shadowy scales of justice and chains in a shrouded room 

Text:

Easy to accuse
But it's much tougher to prove
Know when to recuse


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/15/recuse/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of shadowy scales of justice and chains in a shrouded room Text: Easy to accuse But it's much tougher to prove Know when to recuse https://haikudread.net/2026/03/15/recuse/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by new contributor, Maria Cristina Pulvirenti, of Italy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by Deborah A. Bennett @d.a._bennett | Deborah draws her inspiration from the teaching of ancient religious philosophers & haiku poets who were also riveted by the purity & beauty of .

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of a hare shirt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Strap on the bunny ears hat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Plunge the rabbit hole

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Hare

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        American Scheme
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Filter out beauty and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Leaves Fruit of the Doomed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Fruit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A.I. image generated from haiku text of a line drawing hooded figure wearing a tie in a studio typing

Text:

Reinforced mistrust
Is now a hardened target
For stealth media 


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/14/stealth/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a line drawing hooded figure wearing a tie in a studio typing Text: Reinforced mistrust Is now a hardened target For stealth media https://haikudread.net/2026/03/14/stealth/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by new contributor, thomas david. thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His haiku and have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            low tide of black ink
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            with tsunami of red ink
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            smashed on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            as all small boats in the town
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            can't rely on trickle down

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Low Tide Red

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of two people wearing creepy bunny masks carrying baggage while flanked by dystopian masked security from Pexels.com

Text:

Never have the few
Worked so hard to earn distrust 
From the so many

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/13/distrust/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of two people wearing creepy bunny masks carrying baggage while flanked by dystopian masked security from Pexels.com Text: Never have the few Worked so hard to earn distrust From the so many https://haikudread.net/2026/03/13/distrust/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock image of abstract plant shapes enclosed in a circle graphic from Pexels.com

Text:

Subtle energies 
Kicking words. Taking haiku
Sharpens my prana

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/12/kicking/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock image of abstract plant shapes enclosed in a circle graphic from Pexels.com Text: Subtle energies Kicking words. Taking haiku Sharpens my prana https://haikudread.net/2026/03/12/kicking/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stock photo of an old wooden crate of empty soda bottles from Pexels.com


Text:

Pop bottles became
No Deposit No Return
Lost my income source 


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/11/deposit/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Stock photo of an old wooden crate of empty soda bottles from Pexels.com Text: Pop bottles became No Deposit No Return Lost my income source https://haikudread.net/2026/03/11/deposit/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Marjolein Rotsteeg » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @MarjoleinRotsteeg@mastodon.nl

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Imagine the superlative of 'over the moon... Got it? Good! And then some... That's pretty close to how I feel about being one of the prize winners of 'The Best Haiku Collection 4. International Anthology', The Annual Search by HaikuCrush.com. The book is available on Amazon.com.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    bsky.app/profile/haikucrush.bs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @poetry@a.gup.pe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @haiku@a.gup.pe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @bookstodon@a.gup.pe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      On the hour interviewing @cdegroot with @kentpitman about berksoft.ca/gol The Genius of Lisp - the history of , and , , and McCarthy - of Uncle John's Mystery Hour.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Great discussion! (boost for the btw)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      : toobnix.org/w/6PWJeCyASrg3f8mp

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      + KMP always

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ramin_hal9001 's is over here: fe.disroot.org/objects/87b9e61

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      LISPY GOPHER SHOW #unix_surrealism banner. The gopher, lisp alien and someodd flying saucer.

Show times:
Wednesday 0UTC anonradio.net
Sunday 8UTC toobnix.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...LISPY GOPHER SHOW #unix_surrealism banner. The gopher, lisp alien and someodd flying saucer. Show times: Wednesday 0UTC anonradio.net Sunday 8UTC toobnix.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        by writer/poet Marjolein Rotsteeg (The Netherlands). | Marjolein’s have been widely published & received honorable mentions in Japan & Poland & a nomination in Belgium.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A.I. image generated from haiku text of a crowd of chronologically gifted people pouring their offerings into circuitry 


Text:

internet as an
index of all the old wives
with the tales they told

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/10/tales/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a crowd of chronologically gifted people pouring their offerings into circuitry Text: internet as an index of all the old wives with the tales they told https://haikudread.net/2026/03/10/tales/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by Teji Sethi. Teji is a disciple from India who loves concocting blends of chai & haikai. By day, she’s a therapeutic nutritionist; by dusk, she wanders into the nostalgic lanes of her childhood, gathering verses from memory. Teji has dedicated the past four years to curating Triya, a bilingual space for haiku, tanka & micropoems. Her work has been widely published & won prestigious awards.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              My electric quill
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Can't convey the messy thrill
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Of the ink I spill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Quill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of small spring purple, white, and orange flowers pushing up through sparse spring grass.from Pexels.com 

Text:


a buried sardine
fertilized the full bloom of
a seasons crocus 

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/09/crocus/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of small spring purple, white, and orange flowers pushing up through sparse spring grass.from Pexels.com Text: a buried sardine fertilized the full bloom of a seasons crocus https://haikudread.net/2026/03/09/crocus/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  twilight's fiddlehead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  adept adopt unfolding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  sympathy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Fiddlehead Twilight

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    another twilight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    decline into a dark age
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    shrouded in belief

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Twilight

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of podium with numerous press microphones set up for a press conference with a person on a smartphone in the background thumb typing from Pexels.com 

Text:

Spew indecency 
Every syllable vile 
From slobbering maws

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/08/indecency/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of podium with numerous press microphones set up for a press conference with a person on a smartphone in the background thumb typing from Pexels.com Text: Spew indecency Every syllable vile From slobbering maws https://haikudread.net/2026/03/08/indecency/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A waft of Old Spice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Prelude to youthful date night
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Way back Nirvana

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Nirvana Spice Nirvana

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          wearing only spice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          as on the bank of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Nirvana River
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Karma filled the tableware
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Awash with life's ambrosia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Nirvana Spice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A.I. image generated from haiku text, a CU of an angry human face 

Text:


I must abide this
Never will I respect this
So sublimate this


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/07/sublimate/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text, a CU of an angry human face Text: I must abide this Never will I respect this So sublimate this https://haikudread.net/2026/03/07/sublimate/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              try to handle this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              in fashion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              not like honking geese

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Geese

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                # Magnanimous pitch.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                What's good for the geese will be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                good for the salmon.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Geese Salmon

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by returning contributor, dl mattila, an American poet and writer who takes pleasure in brevity.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by returning contributor, dl mattila, and American poet and writer who takes pleasure in brevity.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of blackened whole fish meal presentation with salad on a plate and a glass of wine from Pexels.com


Text:

Gave up giving up
things for lent for lent this lent.
My involution

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/06/involution/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of blackened whole fish meal presentation with salad on a plate and a glass of wine from Pexels.com Text: Gave up giving up things for lent for lent this lent. My involution https://haikudread.net/2026/03/06/involution/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Creep on Catkin fringe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Reach around the orchid bloom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Part the flora drape

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Catkin Orchid

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          display
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          like two tone orchid petals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          emotional gloss

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Orchid

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock photo of building cornice sculpture depicting Adam and Eve from Pexels.com

Text:


Wild bird chirped above
Bee buzzed around the garden 
Eve bit the apple


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/05/buzzed/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo of building cornice sculpture depicting Adam and Eve from Pexels.com Text: Wild bird chirped above Bee buzzed around the garden Eve bit the apple https://haikudread.net/2026/03/05/buzzed/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              New under the moon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Carpet bomb antiquity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Uncouth culture dump

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              New Moon

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Slays till none survive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Buffy's idle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Willow leaves the set

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Willow Leaves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A.I. image generated from haiku text of a frog sitting on a railing with a bird on the wing above

Text:

the balustrade hop
was the way of the frog while
sparrow soared the rail

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/04/balustrade/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a frog sitting on a railing with a bird on the wing above Text: the balustrade hop was the way of the frog while sparrow soared the rail https://haikudread.net/2026/03/04/balustrade/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    / by M. R. Pelletier. M. R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku travels the world.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      good morning evening
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      time to call it a day and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      tuck in to a snooze

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Evening Morning

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        First hint of morning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Until last light of evening
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The force that drives me
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Is a choice between either
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The or the stick

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Evening Morning


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Stock footage of vignette CU moon in limbo from Pexels.com 

Text:

with it's mass effect
the moon is a harsh mistress
yet the earth abides

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/03/mistress/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Stock footage of vignette CU moon in limbo from Pexels.com Text: with it's mass effect the moon is a harsh mistress yet the earth abides https://haikudread.net/2026/03/03/mistress/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Violet Lilly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Iris Daisy Poppy and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Wild Irish Rose
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A trip through Cupid's garden
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Fragrant sense of memories

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Wild Rose

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              take Dawn's ease
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              wrapped in silk wild Rose petal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              flying geese wing flaps

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Wild Rose Flying Geese

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by Jennifer Gurney. Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her 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. (image by ChatGPT)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A.I. image generated from haiku text of a warrior human and a pachyderm walking down the same path towards us 

Text:

Asked for a slight push
Instead got a nasty shove
Not what you asked for

https://haikudread.net/2026/03/02/shove/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a warrior human and a pachyderm walking down the same path towards us Text: Asked for a slight push Instead got a nasty shove Not what you asked for https://haikudread.net/2026/03/02/shove/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    chickens come to roost
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    fresh from a march home
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    scratch sky blue barn door

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fresh Blue Sky

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fresh karma served up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Under a blue marble sky
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Hold on for dear life
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A sphere tries to cast you off
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A flat plate offers an edge

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fresh Blue Sky

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stock photo of an empty chair, through a door,of a barren room, with a peeling paint wall from Pexels.com

Text:


an Absence can be
Painful Scarring Horrendous
or very Welcomed


https://haikudread.net/2026/03/01/absence/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock photo of an empty chair, through a door,of a barren room, with a peeling paint wall from Pexels.com Text: an Absence can be Painful Scarring Horrendous or very Welcomed https://haikudread.net/2026/03/01/absence/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Amid crash bang boom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Fool's to find tranquil times
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In lantern lens glare

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Tranquil Lantern

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            It will be tranquil
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Spending nights by lantern light
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Once we're all unplugged

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Tranquil Lantern

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of a fine gumbo on a table set with a blue plate Pexel.com

Text:

you do you haiku
I do haiku as I do
haiku gumbo roux

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/28/roux/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of a fine gumbo on a table set with a blue plate Pexel.com Text: you do you haiku I do haiku as I do haiku gumbo roux https://haikudread.net/2026/02/28/roux/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by longtime contributor, John Hawkhead @haikuhawk of Bradford-on-Avon, UK

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Straining lust buds burst
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Garments settle on the floor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Possessed and obsessed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Buds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    nightshade eyes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    buds on spuds settle on me
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    terror tubar taunts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Buds Potato

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of full frontal catfish face rising from the murky depths Pexels.com

Text:

under cosmic log
phat first catfish lounges in
primordial muck

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/27/catfish/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of full frontal catfish face rising from the murky depths Pexels.com Text: under cosmic log phat first catfish lounges in primordial muck https://haikudread.net/2026/02/27/catfish/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A frog on a log
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Obsessed on a midair fly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ribbit Ribbit (slurp)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Frog

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Stock photo of gas tank gauge on Empty from Pexels.com 


Text:


Info aura gauge
Attention gone with the wind
Need a refill soon


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/26/refill/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Stock photo of gas tank gauge on Empty from Pexels.com Text: Info aura gauge Attention gone with the wind Need a refill soon https://haikudread.net/2026/02/26/refill/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A.I. image generated from haiku text off blue suit red tie wearing person sitting at a desk with stacks of cash

Text:

faux billionaire vibe 
tuned in to treasonous crime
watch the huckster gibe


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/25/huckster/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text off blue suit red tie wearing person sitting at a desk with stacks of cash Text: faux billionaire vibe tuned in to treasonous crime watch the huckster gibe https://haikudread.net/2026/02/25/huckster/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Tuesday-evening-in-the-americas (0UTC Wed.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              communitymedia.video/w/iXYav8o

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              from @kentpitman

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ramin_hal9001 on the kill-a-billion-people-using-the-climate-crisis style big business conversations happening exposed by the Epstein stuff. w t h !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Safety from scraping -

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              conditions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I joined ontologforum.com/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Chat in ! @mdhughes @rat

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Lispy gopher someodd climate banner!

The gopher and many-eyed lisp alien beneath someodd's craft
0UTC wednesday anonradio.net
8UTC Sunday toobnix.org

#unix_surrealism analognowhere.com @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Lispy gopher someodd climate banner! The gopher and many-eyed lisp alien beneath someodd's craft 0UTC wednesday anonradio.net 8UTC Sunday toobnix.org #unix_surrealism analognowhere.com @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Green data centers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                cannot bend Climate physics.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Growth can't be sustained.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland. USA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stock photo over the shoulder photo of a person sketching a person from Pexels.com 

Text:

takes reflected light
on my retina to draw you
in my memory 

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/24/reflected/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Stock photo over the shoulder photo of a person sketching a person from Pexels.com Text: takes reflected light on my retina to draw you in my memory https://haikudread.net/2026/02/24/reflected/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of person wandering through amber waves of grain towards a distant vague horizon Pexels.com

Text:

Make America
Coddiwomple Again should
be our new mantra

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/23/coddiwomple/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of person wandering through amber waves of grain towards a distant vague horizon Pexels.com Text: Make America Coddiwomple Again should be our new mantra https://haikudread.net/2026/02/23/coddiwomple/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: [he/him/my good fellow] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Clear air goes to seed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Quality improved for years
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Undone by Greed State

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Seed Clear Air

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The connection has timed out browser error message 

Text:


connection timed out
waiting for a single truth
to be forthcoming


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/22/forthcoming/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...The connection has timed out browser error message Text: connection timed out waiting for a single truth to be forthcoming https://haikudread.net/2026/02/22/forthcoming/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            crime charge jam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            First degree mopery rap
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Late on the upbeat

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Late

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of traffic jam to and from a dark city from Pexels.com

Text:

never regret time
wasted with long commute on 
short highway to hell


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/21/regret/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of traffic jam to and from a dark city from Pexels.com Text: never regret time wasted with long commute on short highway to hell https://haikudread.net/2026/02/21/regret/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Day sail began with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Ginger and Mary Ann to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Gilligan's delight

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Day Sail

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by new contributor, thomas david. thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His and senryū have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by new contributor, thomas david. thomas is from West Sussex in the United Kingdom. His and senryū have appeared in Failed Haiku, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, The Heron’s Nest and now, FreshOut.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A.I. image generated from haiku text of a small sphere half filled with fluid on the floor of a sunny waiting room

Text:

Was it reverent 
To being irrelevant 
With the relevant 


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/20/irrelevant/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a small sphere half filled with fluid on the floor of a sunny waiting room Text: Was it reverent To being irrelevant With the relevant https://haikudread.net/2026/02/20/irrelevant/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        fire hire
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        told rollover in clover
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        soak well to moisten
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        then douse well with fresh water
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        to make smoulder and glisten

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Fresh Water Clover


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Stock photo of single plastic chair in a flooded wilderness of ruined household items from Pexel.com

Text:

reservoir of grief
overflows in my aura
gauge me sloppy sad

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/19/reservoir/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Stock photo of single plastic chair in a flooded wilderness of ruined household items from Pexel.com Text: reservoir of grief overflows in my aura gauge me sloppy sad https://haikudread.net/2026/02/19/reservoir/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Joy of memories
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Conjured up out of nowhere
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A quiet time friend

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Friend Joy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              memorable end
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              to dashboard light night quest was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              my friend Joy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Friend Joy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by returning contributor, Pippa Phillips @pippaesque

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A.I. image generated from haiku text of two cloaked figures imploring each other in a stark dark wasteland 

Text:

some people need to
deceive so as to achieve
the things they receive

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/18/receive/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of two cloaked figures imploring each other in a stark dark wasteland Text: some people need to deceive so as to achieve the things they receive https://haikudread.net/2026/02/18/receive/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Camellia Tea Ceremony » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      plum flowers far and near
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      shall I go to the south?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      shall I go north?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      梅遠近南すべく北すべく
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      -Yosa-no-Buson (与謝蕪村 1716-84).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      one branch makes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Kyōto's sky...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      plum blossoms
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      片枝は都の空よむめの花
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1802.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Trans. David Lanoue.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Oimatsu's 'ko-no-hana' (此の花) are a nod to the ume blossoms now beginning to appear in the grounds of nearby Kitano Tenmangu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Oimatsu's 'ko-no-hana' (此の花) are a nod to the ume blossoms now beginning to appear in the grounds of nearby Kitano Tenmangu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Bright pink plum blossoms at Kitano Tenmangu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Bright pink plum blossoms at Kitano Tenmangu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Plum blossom inspired sweet.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Plum blossom inspired sweet.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Hanging lantern at Kitano Tenmangu featuring the shrine's plum blossom motif.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Hanging lantern at Kitano Tenmangu featuring the shrine's plum blossom motif.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        quail they will about
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the incriminating file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        spewing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        obfuscating volume dump
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        challenging Easter egg hunt

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Egg Quail


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Stock photo of a paper check list with a hand holding a pen and checking items off from Pexels.com

Text:


All to do list done
All smug and self-satisfied 
All items checked off
All finished the best I could
All existence put away

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/17/checked/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Stock photo of a paper check list with a hand holding a pen and checking items off from Pexels.com Text: All to do list done All smug and self-satisfied All items checked off All finished the best I could All existence put away https://haikudread.net/2026/02/17/checked/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock photo of cash floating past United States of America flag from Pexels.com

Text:

money united
buying blighted access while
buying more excess


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/16/access/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo of cash floating past United States of America flag from Pexels.com Text: money united buying blighted access while buying more excess https://haikudread.net/2026/02/16/access/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              wake the subtle note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              of morning glory rising
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              from our evening bed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Note Morning Glory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                flatten the bell curve
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                with consumption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                of noisy twaddle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                dispatched note from office of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                a sack of angry weasels

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Note

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stock photo of abstract light beam connections from Pexels.com 


Text:

connectivity
not necessarily an
infused connection 

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/15/connection/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Stock photo of abstract light beam connections from Pexels.com Text: connectivity not necessarily an infused connection https://haikudread.net/2026/02/15/connection/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    mythical grapes bark
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    pilgrimage marching orders
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ethereal hymn

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pilgrimage Grapes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Pilgrimage carry
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fermented bliss squeeze of grapes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Heavy on our lips
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Up the stairs to the attic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Scene of our very first

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Pilgrimage Grapes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A.I. image generated from haiku text of a fuzzy knitted critter holding up a ball of yarn on a stick

Text:

While spinning a yarn
Never let the plausible
Block the possible

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/14/spinning/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a fuzzy knitted critter holding up a ball of yarn on a stick Text: While spinning a yarn Never let the plausible Block the possible https://haikudread.net/2026/02/14/spinning/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          We've made no promise.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Our glue is stronger than words..
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Love speaks best in deeds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Deeds can't promise, but sustain.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Futures are built, not promised.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Notes to follow on a conversation thread.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by returning contributor, Nicholas D. Klascanzky @klacsanzky of Seattle, Washington. Nicholas has several collections published and has won many awards for his and other work.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              from time to time I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              admit walking back the cat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              to know where I went
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              and chill in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              of the matata I've seen

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Chill


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A.I. image generated from haiku text of an clear line off sight dwelling or prison open to the world 

Text:

Age of privacy
Freedom to fail on your own
Pre panopticon


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/13/privacy/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of an clear line off sight dwelling or prison open to the world Text: Age of privacy Freedom to fail on your own Pre panopticon https://haikudread.net/2026/02/13/privacy/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Minute by minute
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I ripen in my dotage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Decrepitude honed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Put off to another day
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Evergreen avoidance ways

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Evergreen Ripen

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ripen to yummy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    a debut made in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    evergreen telos

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Evergreen Ripen

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of long straight stretch of wet pavement through a sparse tall tree forest from Pexels.com

Text:


It's all well and good
to arrive, but I'm more of
a journey person


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/12/journey/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of long straight stretch of wet pavement through a sparse tall tree forest from Pexels.com Text: It's all well and good to arrive, but I'm more of a journey person https://haikudread.net/2026/02/12/journey/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A.I. image generated from the prompt, "Chuck the albatross." of an sledged albatross with three sailboats on the water background.

Text:

done with this baggage
chuck the albatross of self
off awareness ledge

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/11/chuck/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...A.I. image generated from the prompt, "Chuck the albatross." of an sledged albatross with three sailboats on the water background. Text: done with this baggage chuck the albatross of self off awareness ledge https://haikudread.net/2026/02/11/chuck/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          / by long-time contributor, Deborah A. Bennett @d.a._bennett | Deborah draws her inspiration from the teaching of ancient religious philosophers & haiku poets who were also riveted by the purity & beauty of nature.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Late night Violet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            By dim attic lamplight glow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Languid evening dreams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sonnets scratched in written hand
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Of acts breaking social ban

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Violet Lamplight


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              by new contributor, Maria Cristina Pulvirenti, of Italy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of a frogs exposed underbelly from Pexels.com 

Text:

thin skinned self-righteous 
criminal underbelly 
casts off it's veneer


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/10/underbelly/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of a frogs exposed underbelly from Pexels.com Text: thin skinned self-righteous criminal underbelly casts off it's veneer https://haikudread.net/2026/02/10/underbelly/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  / by long-time contributor, Hifsa Ashraf @hifsays | Inspired by the three-days Basant Kite Festival starting from Feb 06 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Camellia Tea Ceremony » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    one plum blossom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    brings us just one more
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    step to the warmth

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    梅一輪
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    一輪ほどの
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    暖かさ

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -Hattori Ransetsu (服部嵐雪 1654-1707).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Trans. Gabi Greve.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pink ume blossoms at Kitano Tenmangu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Pink ume blossoms at Kitano Tenmangu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    White ume blossoms at Kitano Tenmangu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...White ume blossoms at Kitano Tenmangu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A pink ume blossom inspired sweet.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A pink ume blossom inspired sweet.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Nao-san enjoys the plum blossoms at Jonan-gu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Nao-san enjoys the plum blossoms at Jonan-gu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A.I. generated image from haiku text with key words functional, suffering,sublimation, and time; over a colorful ribbon spinning clock face craiyon.com 

Text:

I've settled into
A functional suffering
Sublimation time

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/09/function/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...A.I. generated image from haiku text with key words functional, suffering,sublimation, and time; over a colorful ribbon spinning clock face craiyon.com Text: I've settled into A functional suffering Sublimation time https://haikudread.net/2026/02/09/function/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A flurry of stars
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Cast out into the expanse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        As Milky Way spins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Flurry Milky Way

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Milky Way boundaries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Will not halt matter's flurry
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Beyond the storm


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Flurry Milky Way

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock aerial photo of a generic looking residential cul-de-sac from Pexels.com

Text:

A lost thoroughfare 
Rambled over confusion 
Fever dream sickness
An emotional wasteland 
To a silent cul-de-sac

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/08/ramble/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock aerial photo of a generic looking residential cul-de-sac from Pexels.com Text: A lost thoroughfare Rambled over confusion Fever dream sickness An emotional wasteland To a silent cul-de-sac https://haikudread.net/2026/02/08/ramble/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Stock photo of a group of humans all dressed in white staring at their phones from Pexels.com

Text:

battles waged using
weapons of mass distraction
semper fi cyphers    


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/07/cypher-fi/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Stock photo of a group of humans all dressed in white staring at their phones from Pexels.com Text: battles waged using weapons of mass distraction semper fi cyphers https://haikudread.net/2026/02/07/cypher-fi/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Michelle boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @Aphelion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                We clutch existence,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                wanting proof we're even here.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Time proves otherwise.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  take the in stride
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  frantic undulate panic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  through slow painful mend

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Mend Undulate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A.I. image generated from haiku text of human figures in black attire out on a green expanse craiyon.com

Text:

my daily delight;
Tai Chi with the Elvi out
on the grassy knoll  

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/06/elvi/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of human figures in black attire out on a green expanse craiyon.com Text: my daily delight; Tai Chi with the Elvi out on the grassy knoll https://haikudread.net/2026/02/06/elvi/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      / by Vishal Prabhu (IG: wilderness.es.poet ) from the Greater Himalayas, India.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        under cosmic log
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        phat first catfish lounges in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        primordial muck

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Catfish

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          rant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          With the warmth of a catfish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Lacking light
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In deceitful blank dead eyes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ex flopping on ghosted shore

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Warmth Catfish

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock photo overhead view of people's feet wearing ice skate on clear cracking ice from Pexels.com 


Text:

the nexus between
dry and wet skates on thin ice
of flimsy resolve

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/05/skate/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo overhead view of people's feet wearing ice skate on clear cracking ice from Pexels.com Text: the nexus between dry and wet skates on thin ice of flimsy resolve https://haikudread.net/2026/02/05/skate/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Dgar » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @dgar@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @mastosalo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              What is ? It’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              an operating system.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Ah, thanks! Now I know.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Dgar » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @dgar@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                What is a ?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I don’t know, how about you?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I don’t have a clue.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  power drinking champ
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the barley soaked reprobate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  passed out on the bar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Barley Soaked

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by Laurence Stacy. Laurence teaches English & literature courses at Kennesaw State University. He is also the recent coauthor of Before the Earth: Haiku and Haikai. In addition to studying poetics, he is a longtime martial artist, and is interested in connections between the disciplines he enjoys.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      there's barely a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of a chance for this lie soaked
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      cohort to earn back
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      any modicum of trust
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      we had in any of them

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Barley Soaked

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stock photo off confused entwined strips bunched into a messy stream ball from Pexels.com


Text:

poisoned LLM
with obtuse poetry one
haiku at a time


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/04/poison/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...Stock photo off confused entwined strips bunched into a messy stream ball from Pexels.com Text: poisoned LLM with obtuse poetry one haiku at a time https://haikudread.net/2026/02/04/poison/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]screwlisp » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @screwlisp@gamerplus.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          , by @kentpitman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          communitymedia.video/w/c3GdAXe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          & @ramin_hal9001
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          On the I would like to talk about the company that found and 's many (10ish) 0-day vulns "using ". ( s were involved).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          This obviously relates to my screwlisp.small-web.org/condit (ffnn equiv). Thanks to everyone involved with that so far.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I implemented that using handling viz KMP.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          LISPY GOPHER SHOW

anonradio.net every 000UTC

unix_surrealism; the gopher and lisp alien wade through flooded wreckage helped by two demons.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...LISPY GOPHER SHOW anonradio.net every 000UTC unix_surrealism; the gopher and lisp alien wade through flooded wreckage helped by two demons.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A.I. image generated from tanka text of a gilded sponge umbrella 

Text:


One thing's for certain
The big umbrella of greed
Makes sure that most folks
Will not get trickled down on
Gilded sponges soak it up


https://haikudread.net/2026/02/03/sponge/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...A.I. image generated from tanka text of a gilded sponge umbrella Text: One thing's for certain The big umbrella of greed Makes sure that most folks Will not get trickled down on Gilded sponges soak it up https://haikudread.net/2026/02/03/sponge/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              / by Ash Evan Lippert. Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina.Their has appear widely, online and in print journals. Their debut chapbook, “god of the body”, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky (@wanderstruck.blog) & IG: (@wanderstruck_haiku).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by long time contributor, Elizabeth Crocket. Elizabeth is a Canadian poet who has been the featured artist for three Haiku Foundation online galleries. She has had two books shortlisted for the Touchstone Distinguished Books Award.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sir Valerian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Somnambulant champion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Vanquishing awake

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Valerian

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    anxiety pause
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    herbal valerian rain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    wash over my soul

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rain Valerian

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of 1968 Chicago Police Riot 

Text:

no longer there to
preserve disorder now there
to cause disorder

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/02/cause/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of 1968 Chicago Police Riot Text: no longer there to preserve disorder now there to cause disorder https://haikudread.net/2026/02/02/cause/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        by new contributor, Lucas Weissenborn @luque_mit_q | Lucas is a researcher, musician, and poet based in . His haiku and senryū have appeared in various journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Scarecrow wind shivers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Watches fallow fields freeze
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Neath new fallen snow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Scarecrow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            inner coach beckons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            twittering raven scarecrow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            aural lure

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Twittering Scarecrow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A.I image generated from haiku text of barrel of fish dumped of jetti as shadow figure skulks away. craiyon.com

Text:

Chumming the water
With small fish to roil the sea
Corrupt Don absconds

https://haikudread.net/2026/02/01/chum/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...A.I image generated from haiku text of barrel of fish dumped of jetti as shadow figure skulks away. craiyon.com Text: Chumming the water With small fish to roil the sea Corrupt Don absconds https://haikudread.net/2026/02/01/chum/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by Dr. Randy Brooks, ( @brooksbookshaiku )Prof.Em. of English at Milikin U. in Decatur, Illinois

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  by Dr. Randy Brooks, Prof.Em. of English at Milikin U. in Decatur, Illinois

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sand put in the gears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    No glimmer of hope would work
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To harsh gnashing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Glimmer Sand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Stock photo of couple in medieval garb lounging on the floor in front of a table bearing a feast with one dangling a piece of fruit by the stem over the other. Pexels.com

Text:

it's more of a snack
than medieval power feast
my social diet

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/31/snack/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Stock photo of couple in medieval garb lounging on the floor in front of a table bearing a feast with one dangling a piece of fruit by the stem over the other. Pexels.com Text: it's more of a snack than medieval power feast my social diet https://haikudread.net/2026/01/31/snack/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Reality toils
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Slapping that glimmer of hope
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        From my googly eyes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Glimmer

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Linux is married to AI hegemony. It's time for a new and better OS. Skift might become a candidate:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          SkiftOS : https://skiftos.org/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          It's not a *NIX!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          "skiftOS isn’t POSIX. It’s a fresh API and userland inspired by Plan 9, Haiku, and Fuchsia. Familiar ideas, different contracts."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Problem: the GPL is poison. It has polluted Linux and the Linux userland software so that only large corporations can afford to monetize it. BSD License or MIT License would be much better allowing small players to produce unique work without then being forced to share their source code with the AI hegemony racket.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stock photo of screen full of code Pexels.com 

Text:

agony induced 
via algorithm plots
deceptive exploit

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/30/exploit/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...Stock photo of screen full of code Pexels.com Text: agony induced via algorithm plots deceptive exploit https://haikudread.net/2026/01/30/exploit/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A.I. image generated from haiku text of steampunk top hat wearing lad strutting down a festive street in front of wall with haiku text painted on it. #craiyon.com

Text:

Behaving selcouth
Is so last century lad
Cut straight to uncouth 


https://haikudread.net/2026/01/29/behave/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of steampunk top hat wearing lad strutting down a festive street in front of wall with haiku text painted on it. #craiyon.com Text: Behaving selcouth Is so last century lad Cut straight to uncouth https://haikudread.net/2026/01/29/behave/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo image of a group of trees from Pexels.com

Text:

Birch said to the Elm
"The jig is up! It's the copse."
"Let's not stick around."
So both of them made like trees
Pulled up roots and went to leave

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/28/copse/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo image of a group of trees from Pexels.com Text: Birch said to the Elm "The jig is up! It's the copse." "Let's not stick around." So both of them made like trees Pulled up roots and went to leave https://haikudread.net/2026/01/28/copse/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  -ku by Melissa Dennison (UK) and Jerome Berglund (USA)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    CyberFrog boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Madame Aronow [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @aronow@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This is my tiny delight for ,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    maybe yours too? :neofox_hug_haj_heart:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by video-vendetta

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Your haiku could not be found.
Try again later.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...by video-vendetta Error 404: Your haiku could not be found. Try again later.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]screwlisp » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      communitymedia.video/w/uxcaFqr

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Notes from Kent about conditions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      - portable computing viz my new setup.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      My + theme

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ramin_hal9001 (maybe?)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      as always

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      New lispy gopher climate banner, with the times for anonradio (Tuesday night in the americas) and toobnix peertube (Sunday morning in europe)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...New lispy gopher climate banner, with the times for anonradio (Tuesday night in the americas) and toobnix peertube (Sunday morning in europe)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        reputation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        empty clip sent to pasture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        enough damage done
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        after turning city streets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        to a public abattoir

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pasture


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          winter pasture washed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          white with freezing hoarfrost hues
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          cold still life tableau

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Hoarfrost Pasture

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A.I. image generated from haiku text of a pack of jackals on city streets. craiyon.com

Text:

Feral jackal packs
Flood our streets searching for prey
Swarming blood bounties

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/27/swarm/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...A.I. image generated from haiku text of a pack of jackals on city streets. craiyon.com Text: Feral jackal packs Flood our streets searching for prey Swarming blood bounties https://haikudread.net/2026/01/27/swarm/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              by Laszlo Aranyi (Frater Azmon) poet, visual poet, anarchist, occultist from . Earlier books: „(szellem)válaszok”, „A Nap és Holderők egyensúlya”, „Kiterített rókabőr” His new books are: “Delirium &...The Seven Haiku” (Published By DEAD MAN’S PRESS INK ALBANY, NY 2023), „Sacred anarchy! Poems and Visual poems” (Nut Hole Publishing 2024). He explores the relationship between magic...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              facebook.com/laszlo.aranyi.3

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              twitter.com/azmon6

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stock photo of round wind-up alarm clock with large bells on top from Pexels.com


Text:

No alarms to set
Reminders tasks or deadlines
Time ticking to tick


https://haikudread.net/2026/01/26/ticking/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Stock photo of round wind-up alarm clock with large bells on top from Pexels.com Text: No alarms to set Reminders tasks or deadlines Time ticking to tick https://haikudread.net/2026/01/26/ticking/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  does a snarky phrase
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  made via email or post
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  make it an equip?



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A.I. image of weaponized Humvee truth plug

Text:

a hole in the truth
way too big for a Humvee 
to plug up with lies
intimidation brute force
vigilante injustice


https://haikudread.net/2026/01/25/plugged/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...A.I. image of weaponized Humvee truth plug Text: a hole in the truth way too big for a Humvee to plug up with lies intimidation brute force vigilante injustice https://haikudread.net/2026/01/25/plugged/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      by returning contributor, Miriam Sagan. Miriam’s haiku mentor was Elizabeth Searle Lamb, and Sagan edited Lamb’s selected work ACROSS THE WIND HAROP (La Alameda). Sagan is the author of the collection BORDER LINE from Cholla Needles as well as over 30 books of poetry, novels, & memoirs. As curator, she produced 2 haiku paths in Santa Fe, NM—one at Santa Fe Community College and one at the Audubon center.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Common wisdom here
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Zero degrees Fahrenheit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Too cold to blizzard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      blizzard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        https://haikudread.net/2026/01/24/endorse/

Stock photo of mansion estate with luxury pool in foreground from Pexels.com

Text:

The path to success 
Nine out of ten billionaires 
Endorse starting rich

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...https://haikudread.net/2026/01/24/endorse/ Stock photo of mansion estate with luxury pool in foreground from Pexels.com Text: The path to success Nine out of ten billionaires Endorse starting rich

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          https://haikudread.net/2026/01/23/keyhole/

A.I. image generated from tanka text of archaic well used keyhole 

Text:

Metal escutcheon
Around perception keyhole
Is scratched and pitted
From inanities truncheon
Efforts to unlock function

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...https://haikudread.net/2026/01/23/keyhole/ A.I. image generated from tanka text of archaic well used keyhole Text: Metal escutcheon Around perception keyhole Is scratched and pitted From inanities truncheon Efforts to unlock function

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Outcast birdie flaps
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Aloft 'oer frosty meadow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Called by chirping bush
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A host of sparrows huddled
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Ubiquity hunkered down

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sparrow Meadow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Kabuki
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Patriot roast on House floor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Fallow truth meadow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Crime family congress people
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Outlaws bending rule of law

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Meadow


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                https://haikudread.net/2026/01/22/dips/

A.I. image created from tanka text of Prez celebrating his ill-gotten gains of piles of gold with fluctuating market graphs in the background 

Text:

Pump and Dump Prez sez
Creates dips for all his peeps
Gobble up the cheap
Pump and Dump Prez sez mess gone
Windfall for those in the know

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...https://haikudread.net/2026/01/22/dips/ A.I. image created from tanka text of Prez celebrating his ill-gotten gains of piles of gold with fluctuating market graphs in the background Text: Pump and Dump Prez sez Creates dips for all his peeps Gobble up the cheap Pump and Dump Prez sez mess gone Windfall for those in the know

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  It's all quiet now
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  After a full fusillade
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Colored me fuchsia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Quiet Fuchsia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    the light a bit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Make a quiet fuchsia close
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Turn to raving red

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Quiet Fuchsia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      https://haikudread.net/2026/01/21/departure/

Doodle of three consecutive concurrent question marks 

Text:

I thought what was what
What I didn't know was what
What had turned into

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...https://haikudread.net/2026/01/21/departure/ Doodle of three consecutive concurrent question marks Text: I thought what was what What I didn't know was what What had turned into

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        https://haikudread.net/2026/01/20/display/


A.I image generated from tanka text of a vignetted bas-relief of nefarious looking rascals from various places and times in steampunk cosplay

Text:

our decrepitude 
ruthless rancid and randy
offends all senses
waddling around the world
worst of us on full display

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...https://haikudread.net/2026/01/20/display/ A.I image generated from tanka text of a vignetted bas-relief of nefarious looking rascals from various places and times in steampunk cosplay Text: our decrepitude ruthless rancid and randy offends all senses waddling around the world worst of us on full display

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @freshoutmag@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Collaborative with by longtime contributor, Rupa Anand, in New Delhi, India (IG: @rupa.anand.775 ) and by Mehul Vyas, in the USA. Rupa Anand is a spiritual seeker turned poet. She lives in New Delhi, finding peace in writing for & about cancer, & of course the wildlife she encounters in her environment.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ... was the best of flies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            he was the worst of flies but
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            he was OUR house fly

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            House Fly

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The storm was blinding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Made me into the wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Of my yule snow globe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Snow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                https://haikudread.net/2026/01/19/alchemy/

A.I. generated image of a sketch of a desk top microphone from word prompt podcast 

Text:

some podcasts make you
take the gish gallop challenge
turn nonsense to sense

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...https://haikudread.net/2026/01/19/alchemy/ A.I. generated image of a sketch of a desk top microphone from word prompt podcast Text: some podcasts make you take the gish gallop challenge turn nonsense to sense

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Somber by returning contributor. Tony Williams @famwill2019 Tony Williams has been reading, writing and publishing haiku and senryu since 2020. Every day is a haiku day!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Dented car bonnet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    As chestnuts rain down from tree
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Poor parking place choice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chestnuts Rain

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      https://haikudread.net/2026/01/18/ante/

A.I. image generated from tanka text of wig wearing aristocracy playing poker
craiyon.com


Text:

blood toil tears and sweat
through the haze of history 
a zero sum bet
the hoi polloi ante up
aristocrats take the skim

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...https://haikudread.net/2026/01/18/ante/ A.I. image generated from tanka text of wig wearing aristocracy playing poker craiyon.com Text: blood toil tears and sweat through the haze of history a zero sum bet the hoi polloi ante up aristocrats take the skim

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        look from my lotus
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        reality on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        skin of a turnip

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Turnip Lotus

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          got just enough votes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          to treat us all like we fell
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          off a turnip truck

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Turnip

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            https://haikudread.net/2026/01/17/flea/

A.I. image of a flea flying with a trailing overcoat tail

Text:

the natty flea flies
out without it's overcoat
in a flea-brained flight

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Alt...https://haikudread.net/2026/01/17/flea/ A.I. image of a flea flying with a trailing overcoat tail Text: the natty flea flies out without it's overcoat in a flea-brained flight

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A candle flickered
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I beg you with the sunset
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Your sneer my heart

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Candle Sunset

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by returning contributor, Teji Sethi. @tejisethi13 Teji is a poetry disciple from who loves concocting blends of chai & haikai. By day, she’s a therapeutic nutritionist; by dusk, she wanders into the nostalgic lanes of her childhood, gathering verses from memory. Teji has dedicated the past 4 years to curating Triya, a bilingual space for , tanka & .

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Our whimsical lust
Falls like a cigarette ash
Off the glowing coal
On the butt of this smoke break
To the ashtray of our days

Stock photo of overhead shot of a square communal ashtray full of cigarette butts from Pexels.com


https://haikudread.net/2026/01/16/ash/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Our whimsical lust Falls like a cigarette ash Off the glowing coal On the butt of this smoke break To the ashtray of our days Stock photo of overhead shot of a square communal ashtray full of cigarette butts from Pexels.com https://haikudread.net/2026/01/16/ash/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    / by new contributor, Lucas Weissenborn (IG: @luque_mit_q ). Lucas is a researcher, musician, and poet based in . His haiku and senryū have appeared in various journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      bare trees speak to me
without the clutter of leaves
message from their roots

Picture of large leafless tree with branches extending over a blue sky

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/15/bare/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...bare trees speak to me without the clutter of leaves message from their roots Picture of large leafless tree with branches extending over a blue sky https://haikudread.net/2026/01/15/bare/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Heat from summer moon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Never could thaw anything
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Except my cold heart

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Thaw Summer Moon

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          No signal. Phooey!
Bring back good ol broadcast snow
Watch ghosts come on through 

Stock photo of lone figure drinking with TV playing analog broadcast static while looking over their shoulder from Pexels.com

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/14/static/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...No signal. Phooey! Bring back good ol broadcast snow Watch ghosts come on through Stock photo of lone figure drinking with TV playing analog broadcast static while looking over their shoulder from Pexels.com https://haikudread.net/2026/01/14/static/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Occupy front stairs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Winter concrete sitting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Gives cold melon balls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Cold Melon

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Mission creep started
Now is a mission of creeps
Murder primate bands
Swarming over single souls
Vigilante predators



A.I. image generated from tanka text of a band of malicious primates wreaking havoc in a destroyed cityscape. craiyon.com


https://haikudread.net/2026/01/13/bands/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Mission creep started Now is a mission of creeps Murder primate bands Swarming over single souls Vigilante predators A.I. image generated from tanka text of a band of malicious primates wreaking havoc in a destroyed cityscape. craiyon.com https://haikudread.net/2026/01/13/bands/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                by Laurence Stacy. Laurence teaches English & literature courses at Kennesaw State University. He is also the recent coauthor of Before the Earth: Haiku and Haikai. In addition to studying poetics, he is a longtime martial artist, and is interested in connections between the disciplines he enjoys.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stashed in winter grass
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Easter Potato hunt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Spud resurrection

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Winter Grass Potato

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    They may feel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    But my haiku are touch grass
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    stream of consciousness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Grass

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the quest to conserve 
a socially stratified 
society no
matter the human cost
is restarting in earnest 

A.I. image generated from tanka text of the rarified few lording over the many.

#craiyon.com

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/12/mission/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...the quest to conserve a socially stratified society no matter the human cost is restarting in earnest A.I. image generated from tanka text of the rarified few lording over the many. #craiyon.com https://haikudread.net/2026/01/12/mission/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        had to cancel much
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        all the ties that bind
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        smoke or cut grass time

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Cut Grass

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          bite your media
chew before swallowing cause
your brain has no teeth



Stock photo of podcaster from Pexels.com

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/11/bite/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...bite your media chew before swallowing cause your brain has no teeth Stock photo of podcaster from Pexels.com https://haikudread.net/2026/01/11/bite/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Somber by Anne Fox (IG: @annefox333 ) of Broomes Island, Maryland. USA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              flowing smouldering
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              creek of burnt history as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              internalized space

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Creek Smoldering

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Interim construct
Timed thaw and ripen cycle
Live task wheel process

Stock photo of archaic stone wheel mounted on display from Pexels.com

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/10/ripen/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...Interim construct Timed thaw and ripen cycle Live task wheel process Stock photo of archaic stone wheel mounted on display from Pexels.com https://haikudread.net/2026/01/10/ripen/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Power of the purse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Not for a bankruptcy mill
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  But for the Congress
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Rising creek
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Drown out the art deal squealer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Creek


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    over abundance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of Dung Beetle Soup poured out
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    instead of the facts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Soup Beetle

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      seems all the stories
I tell myself about me 
are anecdotal


A self doodle diddle 

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/09/anecdotal/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...seems all the stories I tell myself about me are anecdotal A self doodle diddle https://haikudread.net/2026/01/09/anecdotal/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        it's time to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the call of the wild with a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        warning to the mild

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Time

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can't see the omens
for the Romans these sad days
a historical
drug resistant infection
gnawing on society  


A.I image generated from tanka text of lone legionnaire amongst the ruins of civilization. craiyon.com


https://haikudread.net/2026/01/08/omen/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt... can't see the omens for the Romans these sad days a historical drug resistant infection gnawing on society A.I image generated from tanka text of lone legionnaire amongst the ruins of civilization. craiyon.com https://haikudread.net/2026/01/08/omen/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            by new contributor, Stephanie Zepherelli, a California native & former dance professor. Stephanie has been living on the past 40 years. She has a drawer full of mismatched spoons & a tribe of Madagascar geckos

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              He stuck in his thumb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Pulled out a succulent plum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Purple nurpple prize

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Plum

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The gift of silence
Switching off outrage machine
Not keeping score of
Politicians and pundits
Lighting their farts in public


A.I. image generated from tanka text of lone figure surrounded by boom Mike's and ubiquitous ghostly talking heads. craiyon.com

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/07/gifts/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...The gift of silence Switching off outrage machine Not keeping score of Politicians and pundits Lighting their farts in public A.I. image generated from tanka text of lone figure surrounded by boom Mike's and ubiquitous ghostly talking heads. craiyon.com https://haikudread.net/2026/01/07/gifts/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Commemorating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Charge of not too bright brigade
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  With winter cook out

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Cook Out

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Only takes a peek
No vigil necessary 
To see the abyss
Looming up before us all
Executive malfeasance


Objet de Arte sculpture of masks human faces mounted on pylons in a park as if standing vigil

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/06/malfeasance/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Only takes a peek No vigil necessary To see the abyss Looming up before us all Executive malfeasance Objet de Arte sculpture of masks human faces mounted on pylons in a park as if standing vigil https://haikudread.net/2026/01/06/malfeasance/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      under cover-up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      by another morning cloud
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of corporate news spew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Morning Cloud

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        some barely conscious 
of IRL surroundings
subsumed all day while
partaking of violent games
ingesting haughty delights


Stock photo from pexels.com of humans holding chess pieces in limbo

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/05/haughty/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...some barely conscious of IRL surroundings subsumed all day while partaking of violent games ingesting haughty delights Stock photo from pexels.com of humans holding chess pieces in limbo https://haikudread.net/2026/01/05/haughty/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]FreshOutMag » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          by long time contributor, Debarati Sen, of India @debarati_poetry

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            better to play tag
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            with a languid bear than a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            frisky one

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Bear Languid

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Watch It

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I've given myself watching
YouTube videos



(YouTube logo and text)

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/04/watch-out/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...Many a disease I've given myself watching YouTube videos (YouTube logo and text) https://haikudread.net/2026/01/04/watch-out/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                New Year regime change
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Another Republican
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Boondoggle quagmire

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                New Year

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  So It Goes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the Same Subterfuge
just a Different Century
and the band played on

Stock photo from Pexels.com of archaic battle armor strewn on the ground 

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/03/ssdc/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...the Same Subterfuge just a Different Century and the band played on Stock photo from Pexels.com of archaic battle armor strewn on the ground https://haikudread.net/2026/01/03/ssdc/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    While winging about
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The plover in Dover lives
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mainly on clover

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Plover

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      An wrapped
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In absolutist aspic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ablution required

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        any
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        included in canned cornflower
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        must be on label

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Cornflower

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Denial

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          lacking rationale
cattywampus ciphering 
mystical conjure
things that were true now denied
lies take corporeal form


Stock photo from pexels.com of symbols on a paper through a magnifying glass


https://haikudread.net/2026/01/02/rationale/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...lacking rationale cattywampus ciphering mystical conjure things that were true now denied lies take corporeal form Stock photo from pexels.com of symbols on a paper through a magnifying glass https://haikudread.net/2026/01/02/rationale/

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            another thread of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            chaos under a greedy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            administration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            squeezing sour grapes of graft
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            into filthy lucre whine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Thread Grapes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the day completed 
even before it started
with penning of poem

A.I. image generated from haiku text of pen being put to paper on a morning desk with cup of coffee featured 

https://haikudread.net/2026/01/01/completed/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...the day completed even before it started with penning of poem A.I. image generated from haiku text of pen being put to paper on a morning desk with cup of coffee featured https://haikudread.net/2026/01/01/completed/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Together as one
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Prose poetry in motion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Once upon a

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Clear sky stream scheme
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A year long want to watch list
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Goals are important

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Clear Sky

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    screwlisp boosted

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Very warm winter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ... everywhere but here, thank God!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lets me feel all's well.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Timed so balmy days
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Between polar deep freezes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Can form icicles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Icicles Balmy

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