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#micropoetry

Haiku Diem
9 hours ago

day 444

unexpected face
an old friend at my window
the moon on its rounds

Daily haiku by Freeman Ng, the author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS, a haiku picture book.

https://www.BashoPB.com
https://www.HaikuDiem.com

#haiku #dailyhaiku #poetry #micropoetry

Frank
12 hours ago

The world rushes by.
The wise add nothing.

#poetry #taoism #zen #zenbuddhism #spirituality #micropoems #MicroPoetry

Codgerverse
13 hours ago

#haiku & #senryū

one's first crushes
bloom and fade fast as new year
resolutions

— § —

"What's that, Lassie?
Timmy's fallen down a whale⁇
Foolish collie…"

#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#TheDailyHaiku: bloom; #DailyHaikuPrompt: whale
#TimelyHumor

Chewy A Dupp
23 hours ago

Sirens on the run
Harley, Ivy, Catwoman
Just Gotham chaos

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poem #SmallPoems #MicroPoetry

Pd Lietz
1 day ago

smitten
by springs earthy scent
arrow hits it mark

pd ~ 🌱
prompt -> arrow
#Imagiku #haiku #poetry #writing #SmallPoem #poet #Poetry #writer #MicroPoetry #poems
#March #Spring #scent
#Love #poem

Richard Manley-Tannis
1 day ago

Into wisps of shadows
we must journey
where hurts are real
& fear is present
Into such places
we each a Light beacon bear
Hope's healing promise
_________________________
Inspired by giving away the gifts we bear …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn

Haiku Diem
1 day ago

day 443

melting snow
partially reveals
rorschach roof

Daily haiku by Freeman Ng, the author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS, a haiku picture book.

https://www.BashoPB.com
https://www.HaikuDiem.com

#haiku #dailyhaiku #poetry #micropoetry

Codgerverse
1 day ago

#senryū & #haiku

party prep complete
a cascade of Solo cups
cats are jerks

— § —

woolen scarf, cap, gloves
the sun at its zenith cannot warm
this spring's heart

#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#575Prompt: cascade; #HaikuChallenge: zenith

FlewtheCoop
2 days ago

deft at illusion
the subtle signs of spring
let the show begin

Pd Lietz Original Photo & haiku
DailyHaikuPrompt
#haiku #nature #zesty
#SpringFever #Spring
#ShowTime #Seasons
#March #Poet #Poets
#poetry #MicroPoetry
#Poem #Seductive #Spring #JoinIn

17th March -> Subtle
@dailyhaikuprompt
@nlowell

A tree trunk with bare limbs is in the foreground looking over the break up snowdrifts and 
the blue ice off a marsh. In background on opposite shore are red wolf willows. 
A photography I took one spring day years ago and used various apps to create the look I wanted.
Steve Peterson
2 days ago

*

cranes croak in the valley
what speaks spring
when we are gone

*

#SmallPoems
#MicroPoetry

Steve Peterson
2 days ago

#BlackOutPoetry made with random text.
Interesting experiment.

#SmallPoems
#MicroPoetry

delicate you
you wish 
if
eagerness
is water
Richard Manley-Tannis
2 days ago

Inspired by asking the Universe a question …
#MicroPoetry #Memes #UCCan #ShineOn
https://adeaconsmusing.ca/

Steve Peterson
2 days ago

the sun warms stones
your calm voice

#SmallPoems
#MicroPoetry
Daily #Photography

A stone -- weathered granite -- rests on a frosty picnic table. The morning sun strikes it and melts the frost around the stone. In the background, two more stones. Blurred.
Codgerverse
3 days ago

#haiku #SciFaiku

the saucer alights
weary sextopod furls out
touches the soil of home

#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#SciFaikuSaturday: home

Codgerverse
3 days ago

#haiku

rust-encrusted plow—
a war hero blows on chilled fingers
begs for hand-outs

— § —

lazily smoke curls
from the shell of his prized Corvette
she torched in spite

#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#DailyHaikuPrompt: plow; #VSSPoem: hero;
#575Prompt 102: smoke

Haiku Diem
3 days ago

day 442

post-haircut
some complexities
clarified

Daily haiku by Freeman Ng, the author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS, a haiku picture book.

https://www.BashoPB.com
https://www.HaikuDiem.com

#haiku #dailyhaiku #poetry #micropoetry

Steve Peterson
3 days ago

pelicans return to the river
a visit to mom

#SmallPoems
#MicroPoetry

I run #limerick contests & always illustrate the Limerick-Off RHYME-WORD with a limerick. In my current Limerick-Off, the RHYME-WORD is SCENE or SEEN or OBSCENE.

If you write your own SCENE or SEEN or OBSCENE-Rhyme limerick, please post it here, to be considered for the contest:
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2023/03/04/limerick-off-monday-scene/

#Limericks #Rhyme #LimerickOff #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Humor #Humour

A young fellow, no more than nineteen,      
Would steal golf carts and often be seen     
Careening around      
On his campus. He’d found      
A trump card: His dad was the Dean.  
    
©Madeleine Begun Kane MadKane.com
Nonsense Factory
3 days ago

cherry blossoms quilt
quiet paths, blessing couples
passing, hand in hand

#MastoPrompt #DailyHaikuPrompt quilt #Quatrain
#Haiku #FreeHaiku #Shahai #Micropoetry #SmallPoems #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity#575prompt

Haiku Diem
3 days ago

day 441

the pigeon
on the other side
of the glass

Daily haiku by Freeman Ng, the author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS, a haiku picture book.

https://www.haikudiem.com

#haiku #dailyhaiku #poetry #micropoetry

Jon Woodhams Art and Photo
4 days ago

A Tanka (#DailyHaikuPrompt March 17 "PLOW")

Plows must hurt the soil,
dredging up long-buried things,
secrets long hidden.
Still, tilled, refreshed, and laid bare,
the earth opens to the new.

#MicroPoetry #Haiku #Senryu #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity

@dailyhaikuprompt

Sharon Cummings Art
5 days ago

flamingos are pink
a lengthy proposition
The truth a dull gray.

These birds aren't actually pink.
Born gray, their food choices tinge their feathers its characteristic shade. I use creative license. ;)

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/enchanted-flamingo-tropical-bird-art-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #AYearForArt #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoes #micropoetry #poet #poem #nature #writer #fun #cute #bird #birds #flamingo #flamingos #tropical #beach #beachlife #beachy #beaches #nature #coastal #animals

Colorful flamingo bird art with a nautilus shell motif by artist Sharon Cummings.  Haiku in post.
Chewy A Dupp
5 days ago

@aethelshane

Triple jump moonsault
A space flying tiger drop
Flipping and flopping

#575prompt #Haiku #Senryu #Micropoetry #SmallPoems #Poem #Poetry #ProWrestling

Today's #MastoPrompt #Myopic reminded me of this old #limerick of mine about #Monet:

A man with poor vision, Monet,
Had eyesight so weak, the display
Of the world that he saw
Was blurrily raw.
And that’s why he’s famous today.

http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2012/08/09/claude-monet-humor/

#Art #Impressionism #Vision #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Humor #Humour #Rhyme #Limericks

Sharon Cummings Art
1 week ago

In my world
Colors are like feelings
All over the place
Yet frozen in a moment
Hidden treasures to discover
Express and share
I wear my art on my sleeve
A mixture of fantasies
Reality only an afterthought...

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/hidden-nautilus-art-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #nautilus #sea #sealife #ocean #oceaans #oceanlife #beach #beachlife #beachy #beaches #poetry #haiku #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #poem #poems #poet #poets #micropoetry #smallpoems #red

Red, blue and aqua nautilus seashell art by beachy beach artist Sharon Cummings.  Poem in post.
Sharon Cummings Art
1 week ago

deep into the cold
sea of lavender delight
The nautilus sleeps.

Fun facts: Nautilus snooze, must live in cold water and have a multi lobed brain. They are super cool and I am obsessed!

#MastoPrompt Cold

ART https://fineartamerica.com/featured/purple-nautilus-shell-art-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #nautilus #sea #sealife #ocean #oceaans #oceanlife #beach #beachlife #beachy #beaches #poetry #haiku #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #poem #poems #poet #poets #micropoetry #smallpoems #purple

Purple and lavender nautilus shell art by beachy beach artist Sharon Cummings.  Haiku in post.
Auroras & Blossoms
1 week ago

Do you write haiku? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for #haiku and #senryu in English for our new anthology.

Our guidelines are located at https://abpositiveart.com/haiku-anthology-submissions

#submissioncall #SubmissionCalls #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #micropoetry #mastodon

Frank
2 weeks ago

See the stories
Change the stories
Release the stories

#meditation #Spirituality #Buddhism #taoism #Poetry #MicroPoetry

Codgerverse
2 weeks ago

#haiku

the first crocus
opens its sangria-white throat
to taste nascent spring

— § —

sunlight cleaves asunder
the ominous flank of clouds
to score a field goal

#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#DailyHaikuPrompt: crocus; #VSSDaily: vernal;
#TheDailyHaiku: light, clouds

Jon Woodhams Art and Photo
4 weeks ago

What sprouts more quickly
than self-planted seeds of doubt?
Pluck them ere they grow.

#DailyHaikuPrompt seed seeds
#FreeHaiku #Haiku #MicroPoetry #Senryu #Poetry

Jon Woodhams Art and Photo
1 month ago

Waiting for the rain
is called precipitation
anticipation

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Rain #haiku #senryu #deskku #poetry #MicroPoetry

Books banned in Red states
can be read by ANY teen--
ebooks from Brooklyn.

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned

#575Prompt #Banned
@yieng

#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

This is a FREE teen ebook library card service from the Brooklyn (NY) Public library available nationwide. It was launched to combat book banning.

Nonsense Factory
2 months ago

Beneath the snow
Purple crocus bulbs
Hibernate

#DailyHaikuPrompt hibernate
#MastoPrompt
#Poetry #MicroPoetry  #Haiku  
#Writing #Poem

Heart of a Crone (Milly)
2 months ago

Drifting snow piled high
against a weathered barn.
Owl in the rafters

❄️ 🌨️ 🦉

#DailyHaikuPrompt -drift
#575Prompt
#MastoPrompt
#Poetry #MicroPoetry #575Prompt #Haiku
#WritingPrompt,#Writing
#French

Ben Deutsch 🌊
2 months ago

#MastoPrompt #broken #MicroPoetry

I know that I've been
Broken open.

But is it possible
To be open,
Without being broken?

Here's my limerick for "National Bagel Day."

Is “Bagel Day” fun, or just folly?
I suppose it makes bagel fans jolly,
Served with lox and cream cheese,
Maybe onion, but jeez,
I would rather just have a bialy.

#Bagels #Bagel #BagelDay #OddHolidays #Food #Bialy
#Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #NYC #Jewish #Jews

#Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme

Ben Deutsch 🌊
3 months ago

I really do understand,
You'd get it in the neck,
Just for lending a helping hand,
So, what the blinkin' heck,
I'll just leg it.

#MicroPoetry in response to #MastoPrompt #neck

Ben Deutsch 🌊
3 months ago

This last day of the year
Might be the last
Last day
Of any year,
That we see
Together.

So, just in case that's true,
"Happy New Year
And also
I love you."

#MicroPoetry in response to #MastoPrompt #last

#HappyNewYear #ILoveYou

Yahia Lababidi
3 months ago

Unanswered prayers are
nevertheless imperishable—
they are merely deposited
into some eternal account,
accumulating interest.

https://dailywisdomtexts.com/yahia_lababidi

#yahialababidi #newyear #quotes #WindowFriday #happynewyear #spirituality #inspiration #quote #meditation #poetry #poem #microfiction #micropoetry #faith

Heart of a Crone (Milly)
3 months ago
Heart of a Crone (Milly)
3 months ago

Jane who is incorporeal
Struggled at her memorial
Got stuck at the door
Then slipped through the floor
She needs a ghost tutorial

#Microprompt #Corporeal

#DailyHaikuPrompt #MastoPrompt #Poetry #MicroPoetry #575Prompt #Haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt
#WritingPrompt,#Writing

Ben Deutsch 🌊
3 months ago

#MastoPrompt #mirth #MicroPoetry

A day of mirth,
What is it worth?

The joy of death,
The pain of birth:
Made visible
Like Winter breath,
Concealed like bones
Beneath the earth.

Ben Deutsch 🌊
3 months ago

Change is imminent,
It always is.
Time to begin again.
No time to resist.

#MicroPoetry in response to #MastoPrompt #imminent

Dine
3 months ago

The arts are bright stars
lighting the way for sad hearts
to find hope again.

#MondayMotivation
#Haiku
#SmallPoems
#MicroPoetry
#Poetry
#WritingCommunity

Dine
4 months ago

Prompt: Sparkle

They’re just children, but
they can make rainbows sparkle
or cause worlds to burn.

@aethelshane

#575Prompt
#Haiku
#Poetry
#MicroPoetry
#SmallPoems
#WritingCommunity
#AmWriting

degloved
4 months ago

a new place
where do i find
you

#senryu #shahai #haiga
#micropoetry #mpy
#PoetsOfMastodon

Two buses and a car under two street lamps in a misty morning dakness, wet street and no houses in sight.