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I'm very pleased to see my 'slice of life' piece at Horror Senryu Journal, the place for horrific and unsettling short poetry. Many thanks to editor Thomas Tilton.
horrorkujournal.blogspot.com

I'm extremely proud to contribute to the inaugural issue of The Bougainvillea Journal, a thoughtful new journal for #haiku and related endeavours. Many thanks to Bhawana Rathare for the hard work! Check out the link here:- aswordsfly.com/index.php
#HaikuSaturday #writingcommunity

What an intruiging tanka.

the laugh track
on a late-night game show
echoes in the dark ...
my hand feeling colder
on the empty side of the bed

—Chen-ou Liu
The Bamboo Hut, 2, 2020

#TankaThursday game #TankaPoem #5Lines #micropoetry

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Gorgeous!

(And thankfully Kevin doesn’t need glucose tests anymore!)

I am most pleased to contribute to this week's Haiku Dialogue on the subject of pets, many thanks to editor Nancy Brady for the prompt. Do check out the long list for imaginative haiku related to pets and other domestic animals, here:-
thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

A text based image of the poem on a white background. The poem reads: zen garden the tomcat’s transgressions go unnoticed

I’m delighted to have this poem included in the long list of the latest installment of Haiku Dialogue, with the theme of ‘World of Animals - Domestic Creatures’. Thanks so much to Guest Editor Nancy Brady for curating such a heartwarming collection.

thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

Great to have this monoku in Five Fleas Itchy Poetry amongst a lovely read thankyou Robin Jacobson 🙏

#monoku

A superb honour!

I’m thrilled that The Mamba: Journal of the Africa Haiku Network Issue 19 published my haiku and featured an interview celebrating my 1st place in the 2025 Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award.
Grateful to the editors ❤️
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#haiku #inkMine
#poetry

I'm very proud to see this little piece at Heron's Nest, thanks very much to Fay Aoyagi for helping to steer me through the application process. Volume XXVIII can be perused here theheronsnest.com/March2026/

And where were the LibDems.

Thank you - I enjoyed following the Scottish I mean British Curling team during the Winter Olympics.

church mosaic
a silent liturgy
of brokenness

#senryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

#senryu for #SenryuSunday

end of the match
no stone left
unthrown

Watching USA vs Switzerland women’s Olympic #curling semifinal. 2nd of two #sportku today. #WinterOlympics2026

#senryu for #SenryuSunday

watching the curling
with the hammer
no popsicle

Rather a technical #sportku. Line 2 refers to the team which has the last throw of the stone, an advantage in the winter sport of #curling. Another one to follow. #WinterOlympics2026

Very proud to supply the Haiku of the Day at thehaikufoundation.org, thanks to editor Raghav Prashant Sundar. This month's theme is Love. Many thanks to Shloka Shankar who originally published it at Sonic Boom in Jul-25.
thehaikufoundation.org/daily-haiku-...
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Have you ever thought of creating a women's party? I'd vote for it (and I'm a man who is sick of how things are with men in control).

#SenryuSunday

at the detention center ululation

valentine's day
long hours in bed
with nancy dŕew

#haiku #micropoetry
credits : Nancy Drew Anthology @silverbirch.press
failed haiku issue 2 #MichaelRehling editor💜

Valentine’s Day —
seeing the world
thru rose-tinted glasses

Joint 15th place March 2018 Indian Kukai (n=79)

Well done!

Another poem at 5-7-5 yesterday. Thanks to DJ Tyrer 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/h...

Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...

#R4Today

broken record
on and on and on
on the virtues of vinyl

#haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

Very well done!

Couldn’t be more chuffed to receive my contributor’s copy of @poetrywales.bsky.social
and see my name under ‘new Welsh poets’

#poetry #welshmythology

old friends, old paths -
our steps and souls
entangled

#senryusunday
#haiku
#poetry