Laughing Monkey

artisticautisticnoah.etsy.com/listing/4602... My adult son Noah is neurodivergent and is selling his art through his Etsy Storefront. He is a talented self-taught artist. We'll be adding a new piece weekly. He has sold 39 pieces so far. See the link above. #ArtBrut #Elephant #Neurodivergent

kitchen window fogged with steam from boiling things-- autumn's early dark #haiku

Good hunting Clear skies, full moon, hard to hide Great Horned Owl #PaintbyWords #haiku #micropoem www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_...

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writing a letter by campfire light-- Hunter's Moon #haiku

a paper gun always aimed at you --Shinko Tokizane 紙鉄砲いつもおまえに向いている　時実新子 Note: What we call a "paper popper" (origami that you flick to make a loud popping sound) is lit. "paper gun" in Japanese Take 2: paper popper always pointed right at you #senryu #translation

night full of stars I dream so hard

unmuting the microphone wild birds return to my mouth #haiku #micropoetry #senryu?

#haiku soon we’ll all get our own murder drone

books crowd every shelf unread spines schedule futures death keeps no waitlist #senryu #micropoetry #writingcommunity #BookSky

in keeping with the season... kitchen window an orb weaver's dream catcher snared nightmares #haiku #Halloween #spiders #horror

quickly dashing off a few things— tonight's red beans simmering simmering #tanka

day spent listening to recordings of Renata Tebaldi— lukewarm tea #tanka

#HaikuSaturday #haiku howling wind-- a scarecrow dances in a cornfield Please add a version if you feel like it. If you want your version posted with the other versions please include the hashtag #VersionsHaikuSaturday.

this weekend i shut myself away a bottle of Jamaican rum my only friend #tanka

#haiku little icky spirits all over you

dragging down Maria of the Dawn into the same sin --Shinko Tokizane 暁のマリアを同罪に堕とす　時実新子 Note: an allusion to Mother Mary, perhaps connected to "Maria of the Dawn Gate"? #senryu #translation

Special thanks to editorTanya McDonald for including this poem in Kingfisher 14. And thanks @cinnatus.bsky.social for posting. #haiku

unfortunately there isn't a back door to escape this reality #tanka

#haiku appalling silence the diffidence of cicadas

afraid of the dark all the lights ON #senryu

inside the house it is mostly empty space #senryu

marigolds they remind me of her #MarigoldVerses #haiku

Day 1 of Marigold Verses: 10 day #poetrychallenge Names We Carry Inspired by cempasúchil, the marigolds that guide souls home during #DíadelosMuertos Whose name lives within u, remembered, inherited, forgotten, or longed for? Begin a poem with a name. Follow where it leads. Share #MarigoldVerses

on my way to vote I saw a running wren so odd we huddle in booths hoping to change the world #tanka #TankaThursday

over coffee a friend and i discussing suicide well into the night #tanka

#haiku moth girl better than the war

Just heard about Ryu Murakami. Almost Transparent Blue, Coin Locker Babies, and In the Miso Soup blew my mind in college. Miike's adaptation of Audition led me to Love & Pop, Tokyo Decadence, Popular Hits of the Showa Era, Piercing... He left behind an amazing collection of work.

emerging from one dream to the next i am a newborn stretching limbs... #senryu

Sanford & Sons playing in the background warmth of nostalgia of safety #tanka

rhubarb colored blouse... a single woman fearless and content #tanka

rainbow bridge a little dog playing among the stars #thingstowriteabout

#dailyhaikuprompt #desolate #kittens A box of kittens Left on a desolate street Cuteness abandoned

crossing the veil a crow carries stories ancestral spirits

"Ernesto" and "Francisco" are cleaning the blackberry rows - removing excess leaves and branches - to create space between the rows. This makes it easier for workers to move and harvest good quality berries rapidly and safely. #WeFeedYou

#haiku the raccoons sniff through the edges of the door

lunch at the taco truck everyone ignores the car alarm

returning home from work... already i want another vacation #tanka

the quietness of aged men piling up wood for the winter #tanka

fire's SNAP! wakes me #haiku

first love she stole his heart and his liver #senryu #horrorku #Halloween2026

My poem in Haiku Dialogue... from my time in Cambodia. #haiku #micropoetry #naturepoetry

"Maria" is picking grapes in Delano. She is getting paid minimum wage. She works with a partner and between the two of them they make about 95 boxes/day. Temps this day reached 98°. "When picking under the vines, it feels very hot and humid." #WeFeedYou