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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 1m

Cringey things I said --
like splinters in the soul, deep,
not to be plucked out

#haiku #haikufeels [splinter] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 48m

The veil to the
other world parts -- young me
smells Grandma's cookies

#haiku #haikufeels [veil] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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Kaz_the_Kumquat @odragonku.bsky.social · 10h

A white #veil is drawn,
The cold revenant stands still;
Silence, amplified.

👻 🕯️

#HaikuFeels #DailyPrompt #PoetrySky #ThreeLines #MicroPoem #Revenant #Gothic #HorrorPoem #Horrorku #Shrouded #Stillness #Haunted #UnveilingDread

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 21h

A blood-curdling scream --
oh reader, the horror! -- my
coffee cup's broken

#haiku #haikufeels [curdle] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 21h

Passion's words spoken
Flame demolishes decades
Just embers remain

#haiku #haikufeels [ember] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 3d

Bones, pottery shards --
these we dig up; songs, dreams, loves
gone like dust, all lost

#haiku #haikufeels [skeletal] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 3d

Vines twining upward
not creepy but stalwart -- yes,
I admire them

#haiku #haikufeels [creep] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing as lonely
as amends gone unuttered:
pride goeth alone

#haiku #haikufeels [desolate] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 3d

Clouds torn by the wind,
aches of unspoken regret:
rain and tears come soon

#haiku #haikufeels [tatters] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 3d

I won't say it's a
shrine, per se, but the shelves of
books read are holy

#haiku #haikufeels [shrine] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 14d

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 16d

Thought it was three-star --
their bread rolls weren't even hot --
ghastly experience

#haiku #haikufeels [ghastly] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 16d

Well, I thought it said
Feta Cheese -- too bad, so sad --
won't do that again

#haiku #haikufeels [fetid] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 18d

Forever is not
a thing, to have, or hold --
let's make tomorrows

#haiku #haikufeels [forever] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 18d

Future lies ahead,
an unpaved and unplowed road,
carved by our choices

#haiku #haikufeels [future] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 19d

Deep lies a treasure
no pickaxe will find -- only
kindness, and patience

#haiku #haikufeels [mine] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 20d

View of the water surface, as described by the haiku. There is a warbled reflection of a bridge, and a few orange leaves floating on the surface of the water.

John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 21d

Long river, devoid
of boats, ducks, people -- just rain,
plinking in circles

#haiku #haikufeels [long] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 22d

A pale blue dot,
a planet, a refuge, an
end to wandering

#haiku #haikufeels [home] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 22d

A boat and sail --
not flying, not sinking -- bound
to ocean, like faith

#haiku #haikufeels [bond] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 24d

For six decades now
what I planned, what has happened --
little overlap

#haiku #haikufeels [plan] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 25d

A winter sunrise --
purple as a new bruise -- an
aching reluctance

#haiku #haikufeels [ache] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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McBlubbington @mcblubbington.bsky.social · 26d

Tips of maple leaves,

Lit with sherbet and crimson,

Torchlight for autumn.

#haiku #haikufeels #fall #poetry #micropoetry #spookyseason #PSL

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 26d

Pair of glasses lost
Blurred hands pat blurred surroundings
Agony of loss

#haiku #haikufeels [agony] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

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John Kerl @johnkerl.bsky.social · 26d

A lunar orbit --
unending free fall -- never
closer, never there

#haiku #haikufeels [fall] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

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