frost on softball fields
players warming up
winter-spring collision

#DailyHaikuPrompt [no geese, sorry] #micropoetry
written 2/21

1/ Viola Roseboro' (December 3, 1857 — January 29, 1945) was an American literary editor. She was the fiction editor for McClure's and later for Collier's, in which role she discovered several important authors. #WomanToday

I captured the March 3rd, 2026, lunar eclipse. The night was clear until shortly before totality, then clouds rolled in. However, there were brief breaks in the clouds, and I was able to get a few shots. 😄

#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #eastcoastkin #photography

Me, too! But now I'm also doing sodoku and my brain hates it. LOL

Day 4 Using Reading to Improve your Writing and Verbal Communication Pt. 4

How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 4 areadingjourney.substack.com/p/day-4

rough bark, sharp needles
eldaricas fluffy at distance
don't judge by appearances

#DailyHaikuPrompt #micropoetry
written 2/13/26

1/ Etta Lubina Johanna Palm d'Aelders (April 1743 – 28 March 1799), also known as the Baroness of Aelders, was a Dutch spy and feminist, outspoken during the French Revolution. #WomanToday

very grateful to appear in this delightful journal

Tony Pupello, Editor🙏🏼
tsuri-dōrō

#haiku

Here's another of my limericks celebrating National Grammar Day:

#DailyHaikuPrompt “Morning/evening”

Morning wakes wearing
a gossamer gown of golds
blushing pinks and pale-

Blue jeans she wears by
evening. Soon she’ll slip into
indigo sequins.

#poems
#poetry
#PoetryDaily
#Haiku
#FreeVerse
#ArtOfWords
#MicroPoetry
#SkyPoets
#BlueskyPoets
#vss365
#vssdaily

lemons crowd neighbor's tree
tempting me, mouth waters
I walk on

#DailyHaikuPrompt (no willows here) #Micropoetry
written 2/15/26

1/ Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress, singer and comedian. #WomanToday

sky on fire burnt orange
deep red fades to black
nothing moves

#DailyHaikuPrompt evening #Micropoetry

1/ Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. #WomanToday

Pressed rose in the fridge,
Like my love for you, it’s kept.
Could you accept it?

3/2/26
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt

rose petal earth
unwrapping itself
a toad

#dailyhaikuprompt
#haiku

#DailyHaikuPrompt : #fresh #blue #sky

Fresh canvas dreams of
a brush, lush with blue paint, so
it can hold the sky.

#poems
#poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#PoetryDaily
#Haiku
#FreeVerse
#ArtOfWords
#MicroPoetry
#SkyPoets
#BlueskyPoets
#vss365
#vssdaily
#BlueskyPoetry

cloudburst —
the bittersweet scent
of fresh mint

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #fresh

#dailyhaikuprompt #wildroses

morning sun
peeping through the wire fence
wild roses

The pet store opens. “Are thessse miiice fressssh?” preys the snake. “From farm to fang, ma’am.”

The pet store opens.
“Are thessse miiice fressssh?” preys the snake.
“From farm to fang, ma’am.”

#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #fresh #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #reading #verse #prose #inkmine #emoetry

lone goose crying
to find a mate
romance in the air

#DailyHaikuPrompt Flying Geese (or 1 goose not flying) #Micropoetry
written 2/28

1/ Maria Aleksandrovna Rybakova (b. 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian writer whose works have been published in multiple languages. #WomanToday

Day 3 How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 3 Rhetorical Devices

How Reading improves Your Written and Verbal Communication Part 3 areadingjourney.substack.com/p/day-3-how-...

clear blue sky
motionless anemometer
March comes in like a lamb

#DailyHaikuPrompt blue sky #Micropoetry

1/ Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was an American government official and businesswoman who served as the first United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1953 to 1955. #WomanToday

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

graceful curves of palm trees
topped by spiky wigs
human beauty can't compare

#DailyHaikuPrompt #micropoetry

1/ Hannah Glasse (1708–1770) was an English cookery writer of the 18th century. Her first cookery book, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, published in 1747, became the best-selling recipe book that century. #WomanToday

surrounded by lilies
the frog escaped
lunch

a broken willow
gold buds curling open—
root strength

#DailyHaikuPrompt (willow)
#haiku