Catherine Baker
@catbake.bsky.social
Writer and editor in educational publishing.
gently extending
tiny snail-horns to the moon
ferns in the gutter
tiny snail-horns to the moon
ferns in the gutter
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
gently extending
tiny snail-horns to the moon
ferns in the gutter
tiny snail-horns to the moon
ferns in the gutter
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clouds rush by
my morning window
making their way
to a rendezvous
of some import
I bid them good day
and have another cuppa tea
my morning window
making their way
to a rendezvous
of some import
I bid them good day
and have another cuppa tea
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
clouds rush by
my morning window
making their way
to a rendezvous
of some import
I bid them good day
and have another cuppa tea
my morning window
making their way
to a rendezvous
of some import
I bid them good day
and have another cuppa tea
Reposted by Catherine Baker
it seems to have
a long, long tail
autumn's end
--Maya Okuzaka
長々と尾のあるごとし秋の暮 奥坂まや
#haiku #gendaihaiku #translation
a long, long tail
autumn's end
--Maya Okuzaka
長々と尾のあるごとし秋の暮 奥坂まや
#haiku #gendaihaiku #translation
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
it seems to have
a long, long tail
autumn's end
--Maya Okuzaka
長々と尾のあるごとし秋の暮 奥坂まや
#haiku #gendaihaiku #translation
a long, long tail
autumn's end
--Maya Okuzaka
長々と尾のあるごとし秋の暮 奥坂まや
#haiku #gendaihaiku #translation
Reposted by Catherine Baker
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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wandering wonder
sacredness great and small
pebbles on a beach
#DailyHaikuPrompt | #pebble
#haikuchallenge | #sacred
sacredness great and small
pebbles on a beach
#DailyHaikuPrompt | #pebble
#haikuchallenge | #sacred
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
wandering wonder
sacredness great and small
pebbles on a beach
#DailyHaikuPrompt | #pebble
#haikuchallenge | #sacred
sacredness great and small
pebbles on a beach
#DailyHaikuPrompt | #pebble
#haikuchallenge | #sacred
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Leaves on Lake with rain drops.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Leaves on Lake with rain drops.
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Cheryl Moskowitz: How We First Fall in Love With Language childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/11/27/c...
Cheryl Moskowitz: How We First Fall in Love With Language
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we first fall in love with language – what causes the spark that helps us to understand that words are there for enjoyment as well as communication. Of cour…
childrenspoetrysummit.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Cheryl Moskowitz: How We First Fall in Love With Language childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/11/27/c...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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#Glowvember photopoem shared 27th November 2025
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#Glowvember photopoem shared 27th November 2025
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murmuring darlings
fly wild in my head
veering close to each other
swoop-swirling instead
as the infinite space
fills with infinite words
i must write
for the sake of the birds
#whistpr #murmuration
fly wild in my head
veering close to each other
swoop-swirling instead
as the infinite space
fills with infinite words
i must write
for the sake of the birds
#whistpr #murmuration
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
murmuring darlings
fly wild in my head
veering close to each other
swoop-swirling instead
as the infinite space
fills with infinite words
i must write
for the sake of the birds
#whistpr #murmuration
fly wild in my head
veering close to each other
swoop-swirling instead
as the infinite space
fills with infinite words
i must write
for the sake of the birds
#whistpr #murmuration
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Reposted by Catherine Baker
jam packed bus
filled with November
frosty looks
#DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
filled with November
frosty looks
#DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
jam packed bus
filled with November
frosty looks
#DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
filled with November
frosty looks
#DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
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November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
waking at first light
cold little reliquary
pebble leaf and bone
cold little reliquary
pebble leaf and bone
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
waking at first light
cold little reliquary
pebble leaf and bone
cold little reliquary
pebble leaf and bone
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& a tectonic sky, great plates of cloud - asbestos blue - levered in by 14.40, the long dusk of dark horizons
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
& a tectonic sky, great plates of cloud - asbestos blue - levered in by 14.40, the long dusk of dark horizons
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November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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#Glowvember photopoem shared 26th November 2025
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#Glowvember photopoem shared 26th November 2025
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Tuesday Night at The Shelter
Lea puts down her meager
belongings next to a cot
& looks ‘round at the others
seeking a warming lifeline.
She gets needed food & sleep
under protective eyes of
station staff—some just a few
paydays from needing cots too.
#NeighborsInNeed
#syllabic #verse #poem
Lea puts down her meager
belongings next to a cot
& looks ‘round at the others
seeking a warming lifeline.
She gets needed food & sleep
under protective eyes of
station staff—some just a few
paydays from needing cots too.
#NeighborsInNeed
#syllabic #verse #poem
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tuesday Night at The Shelter
Lea puts down her meager
belongings next to a cot
& looks ‘round at the others
seeking a warming lifeline.
She gets needed food & sleep
under protective eyes of
station staff—some just a few
paydays from needing cots too.
#NeighborsInNeed
#syllabic #verse #poem
Lea puts down her meager
belongings next to a cot
& looks ‘round at the others
seeking a warming lifeline.
She gets needed food & sleep
under protective eyes of
station staff—some just a few
paydays from needing cots too.
#NeighborsInNeed
#syllabic #verse #poem
Reposted by Catherine Baker
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings.
Not all things are blest, but the seeds
of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed,
this look, this instant of love.
One life, or the faring stars.
🌱🌿🍁
#poem excerpt: Muriel Rukeyser
#micropoem
#art Mary Jo Hoffman
Not all things are blest, but the seeds
of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed,
this look, this instant of love.
One life, or the faring stars.
🌱🌿🍁
#poem excerpt: Muriel Rukeyser
#micropoem
#art Mary Jo Hoffman
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings.
Not all things are blest, but the seeds
of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed,
this look, this instant of love.
One life, or the faring stars.
🌱🌿🍁
#poem excerpt: Muriel Rukeyser
#micropoem
#art Mary Jo Hoffman
Not all things are blest, but the seeds
of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed,
this look, this instant of love.
One life, or the faring stars.
🌱🌿🍁
#poem excerpt: Muriel Rukeyser
#micropoem
#art Mary Jo Hoffman
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all the poems
torn, crumpled, burnt
the songs unwritten
Evanescent as birdsong
sacred as spring's first frog
#tanka in response
torn, crumpled, burnt
the songs unwritten
Evanescent as birdsong
sacred as spring's first frog
#tanka in response
A lot of what we call “the canon” is not “the best” so much as “the survived” - the work that got copied, funded, taught, archived, distributed, translated, reprinted, passed hand to hand.
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
all the poems
torn, crumpled, burnt
the songs unwritten
Evanescent as birdsong
sacred as spring's first frog
#tanka in response
torn, crumpled, burnt
the songs unwritten
Evanescent as birdsong
sacred as spring's first frog
#tanka in response
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Many thanks to Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent for including me in #FemkuMag, Issue 40, Autumn/Winter 2025.
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#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity
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#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Many thanks to Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent for including me in #FemkuMag, Issue 40, Autumn/Winter 2025.
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#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity
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#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity