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t.j. zhang ☾

@kurokuroart.bsky.social

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creator of “a wish that bloomed in fall” a webcomic artist, haiku poet, origamist, and a squirrel whisperer “it is urgent to live enchanted” https://linktr.ee/kurokuroart

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t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Nov 20

hi hello~ i just want to introduce myself here in bluesky :D

#artist #haiku #poetry #origami #squirrels

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 1d

my distant star
all i can think about
is december

#haiku

seventh moon, fifteenth day, 2025

in my room, holding the stuffed toys Liz gave to me as a gift. i really miss her a lot.

my distant star
all i can think about
is december

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 3d

summer pond
a bumblebee gently sways
on a wildflower

#haiku #poem #journal

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 5d

pulling garbage bins
chair cushions
as our umbrellas

#haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, fourteenth day, 2025

towards the end of our shift, me and my coworker were deciding what to use to cover ourselves from the rain for when we throw the garbages later on. we ran out of garbage bags, which we usually use to make makeshift rain coats, but thankfully we found some cushions outside the kitchen.

pulling garbage bins
chair cushions
as our umbrellas

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 6d

mehehe i can do these stuff now using my flyers and books. also, i finished a lot of things this week including my brochure, stickers, exhibit labels, posters, and more. i just need to print them. we’re getting there, one step at a time

#webcomic #webtoon

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 8d

daydream
when we waltzed
under the summer sun

#haiku #poem #storytelling

seventh moon, thirteenth day, 2025

i’m already missing Liz so much. i’ve been reminiscing about all the things we did these past couple of days over and over. if only there was a way to stop time...

daydream
when we waltzed
under the summer sun

i cannot wait for december though. this time, i will be the one visiting her.

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 10d

rusty chains
she swings high
between cumulus clouds

#haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twelfth day, 2025

on our way home coming from the pond, Liz and i decided to sit on the swing one last time before she goes back home.

rusty chains
she swings high
between cumulus clouds

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 12d

paper butterfly
clipping it on to
her golden hair

#haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twelfth day, 2025

yesterday, Liz's last day of visit. we were originally going to play the card game "Noir" in my room but we decided to spend that morning sitting on a platform over a stream by a pond. we thought that we could always play the card game online and that the best thing to do right now are the things we won't be able to do when we're far away from each other again. so we sat there quietly, holding hands, in the dappled lights.

paper butterfly
clipping it on to
her golden hair

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 12d

happy mid-autumn festival! :D 🥮

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 15d

graffiti bridge
spray painting
each other’s name

#haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twelfth day, 2025

i bought an orange spray paint a couple days ago because i wanted to write Liz's name and my name under the "Haiku Bridge." the walls there are full of graffiti so i thought it would be the perfect place to do just that.

graffiti bridge
spray painting
each other's name

we wrote our names big and painted a huge uneven heart around them. i love it so much. now i will always remember that moment every time i visit that lovely lovely place.

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 17d

summer bridge
the river between
our first kiss

#haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twelfth day, 2025

july 10th, my second day with Liz. she and i had been planning to go to my favorite bridge for months now. she called it, the "Haiku Bridge." the one in my comic, "a wish that bloomed in fall." it's where everything started, it's where i fell so deeply in love with life. without it, my comic could have ended up differently and there's a huge chance that Liz and i wouldn't be together today. that bridge means a lot to the both of us. it has become a very special place.

summer bridge
the river between
our first kiss

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 18d

thank you Kris! 😊

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 19d

our first eve
she spills a jar
of paper stars

#haiku #haibun #storytelling

seventh moon, twelfth day, 2025

that same evening after eating tacos for dinner, Liz and i went in to my room to open our birthday gifts to one another. i’ve been waiting for this moment since forever. since the day we started dating after Valentine’s day.

our first eve
she spills a jar
of paper stars

i folded her a thousand paper stars that contained the words “i love you” in each of them. there are no words to describe how much i love her so i told her to just look at the stars up in the night sky and count them. that is how much she means to me.

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 21d

just ordered 250 pieces of flyers for my comic~ can’t wait to give these to peeps 😤

#webcomic

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 22d

a rainbow
of taco holders
in the sink

#haiku #poem #journal

seventh moon, twelfth day, 2025

i was just so happy that i was finally able to cook taco for Liz that evening. i spent so many fridays trying to perfect her favorite taco combination and i am glad it all paid off. dinner went well. we all ate in the living room and talked about a lot of stuff. what i loved about cooking the tacos was that Liz was helping me cook them. just her being there close to me was the best thing in the world.

a rainbow
of taco holders
in the sink

it made me happy to see most of the holders in the sink. usually only one or two are there, mine and my sister's. but that night the sink was colorful and it made me smile from ear to ear.

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 23d

fireflies
ending our first eve
holding hands

#haiku #poem #journal

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 26d

sunflowers
this is the perfect bouquet
for her

#haiku #journal #poem

seventh moon, seventh day, 2025

my father and i went to Dollar Tree and ShopRite this morning to buy a tablecloth for our kitchen table. i used it as an opportunity to browse some flowers for Liz and her mother.

sunflowers
this is the perfect bouquet
for her

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · 29d

graffiti wall
trying to find a space
for our names

#haiku #journal #poem

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Sep 18

dumpster
saying my farewell
to a decade old computer

#haiku #journal #storytelling

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Sep 16

dust motes
four days till i see
the love of my life

#haiku #journal #storytime

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Sep 13

fireflies
squirrels come rushing
to greet me home

#haiku #poem #journal

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Sep 11

spring morn
squirrel pounces on a nut!
grunts!!!

#haiku #poetry #journal #storytelling

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Sep 9

wingbeats!!!
opening my window
for the blue jay!

#haiku #poem #journal

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Sep 9

i can’t believe it’s been exactly two years~

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Sep 6

dried mango in my mouth
canadian geese
waddles behind me

#haiku #journal #poetry

t.j. zhang ☾ @kurokuroart.bsky.social · Sep 6

i cannot wait to tell!