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Kris Lindbeck
@krislindbeck.bsky.social
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Haiku etc.. Also, Jewish Studies, Christianity, Buddhism, art and cool science stuff. Some politics . . . She/her.
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · Oct 24
I few years ago I wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide to writing literary haiku called "How to Write Bad Haiku."
It also has a picture of the late great Jabberwok, who was tortoiseshell with white patches, and whom I miss.
Enjoy!
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How to Write Bad Haiku
A humorous guide to writing "bad" haiku -- mediocre and boring ones -- whose goal is to help people write and edit haiku better.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 5h
#Poetry -- Camay International

"My mother stripped
layer after layer, prying away pieces of words that stuck
to the jar as though closing around an open wound."

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Camay International
I had tasted the pork pickle he had transported trussed
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 5h
Beautiful!
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 5h
I lost #SmallPoemSunday in the maw of a migraine, so jumping onto its tail with this, the source of the title of my soon-to-be book. @tomsnarsky.bsky.social (Is it a title poem even if the title of the poem is not the title of the book? Any poetry experts around here? 😂 )
Held Every time I turn around, there it is, my life, becoming altar.
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 17h
Two #haiku, yesterday and today.
Maybe it's time to get back to writing a little poem daily . . .

first cool night
the silver sound of crickets
slips in the window

such a noise!
two or three mockingbrirds
argue in grackle

(and yes, they really do!)
youtu.be/PbImHA61P1o?...
Northern Mockingbird Singing
YouTube video by MikWilkens
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 5h
You're welcome!
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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 19h
#HaikuFeels #OneLineOctober #monoku #haiku

desolate wind even the moon looks thin tonight
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Gerhard Oevermann 🐦‍⬛ @oevermann.bsky.social · 13h
insomnia’s cathedral

thoughts ring like bells
in the skull’s small nave

each toll a reminder
that silence was never empty

waking feels the same
only brighter

#poetry
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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 16h
#haiku
in the cabinet
the cat who
loves nut butter
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kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social · 16h
The words: dark stones scattered at the boundaries of light.

-Gustaf Sobin
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Leigh Goodwin @leighgoodwin.bsky.social · 16h
#art Andy English
#peace #poem Wendell Berry

#resist
heron reflects, reflected in rippled water grayscale illustration
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feral cats hollerin are @caterwaulerin.bsky.social · 16h
seed overhead
freed to mingle with trees
drifting in ease

#haiku #completethehaiga 119 #prompt #micropoetry
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completeTheHaiga @completethehaiga.bsky.social · 8d
#completethehaiga 119 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka
abstract drawing of a fish from overhead
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Richard Dean Barnes🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social · 15h
night fishing…
the willows catch
only mist

#haiku #poetry
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 13h
Thanks!
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completeTheHaiga @completethehaiga.bsky.social · 3d
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Amy Borgman @ireneaddie.bsky.social · 3d
#senryu #haiga #disco
#completethehaiga #bellbottoms
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A minimal line drawing that can be interpreted in various ways, with a senryu poem.
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completeTheHaiga @completethehaiga.bsky.social · 1d
This week's featured poet is @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social who has been creating haiga from the very first post. Please follow the link to see her wonderful selections ✨✨✨
three selections of Lafcadio's haiga poetry. follow the link for the individual haiga.
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 17h
sunfish swimming
down through blue sky
amid cloud flowers

#haiku #haiga
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completeTheHaiga @completethehaiga.bsky.social · 8d
#completethehaiga 119 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka
abstract drawing of a fish from overhead
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 17h
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Merril D. Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social · 3d
Good morning! I wasn't going to do this prompt for #PoemsAbout #imperfectMe but started writing it yesterday @paulwritespoems.bsky.social writing group. It's still rough. Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Poem: Still Standing The scar on my right breast a faint tracing, the charcoal under the artist’s paint, tattooed dots, ellipsis signaling the story continues— always a before and an after-- so far, always an after-- the sagging of flesh, the greying of hair, points for endurance, if not for style, as vain as anyone, I suppose, but embracing the imperfect, me.
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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 3d
#poemsabout #imperfectme

@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
All tomorrows The room is finally quiet The only reflection is mine Another day closes Another small victory for attrition But the end is always... Me. I don't stare at my reflection I don't need to know today I am here I am enough Today that was enough I could do more I could be more Someday I may But today the room is quiet. Again. Finally. And the day closes A flick of a switch and a clap of the notebook. life pauses Maybe tomorrow I try to be more than enough. Maybe tomorrow I check my reflection. Maybe tomorrow
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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 3d
It begins: #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe. Share from today ‘til Thursday. Tag your work or it’s lost. Use Alt Text if there’s an image. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché. Read/repost/reply to 3+. No ghosting. For weekly prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
An ornate antique mirror with a heavily tarnished and speckled surface, reflecting a faint, distorted background. The frame is baroque-style, featuring elaborate gold and black detailing with a sculpted lion's face at the top. In the top left is The Broken Spine logo shaped like a fountain pen nib. The website "@thebrokenspine.co.uk" is written in white at the top right. At the bottom right, bold white text reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #IMPERFECTME".
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 17h
As her Moonliness probably knows, cherry blossoms in Japanese culture symbolize acceptance of transience and mortality . . . so this is perfect.
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YourMoonliness @yourmoonliness.bsky.social · 20h
the other side
of giving up
cherry blossoms

#dailyhaikuprompt
#blossom
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 17h
Evergreen!
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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 1d
The Peace of Wild Things
—Wendell Berry

#Poetry #SmallPoemSunday

May all find a moment of peace in nature today. At minimum go stand below a tree and look up toward the sky for a full minute. #Peace
The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. from Openings: Poems (1968)
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 17h
@alanparrywriter.co.uk Hi, Alan, Paul Connolly mentioned you could use a friendly word right now.

I just added you to my "Haijin, Other Poets, and Poetry" list to keep up with your work better . . . I love that the "Poems About" folks have stepped up for you, and it makes me want to participate.
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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · May 24
My debut novella #PeelingApples is out now with @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social
A tender, unflinching bildungsroman tracing boyhood, loss, and becoming—
Order your copy: amzn.eu/d/angSgVq
I’d love to hear what it stirs in you.
Cover of Peeling Apples by Alan Parry. The title is handwritten in black on a textured pale blue background, partially torn to reveal layered photographs underneath. Images include red apples on a wooden board, a cracked mug holding a cactus, a netted bowl of marbles on a lace doily, and a vintage photo of a young boy holding a football. The author’s name appears at the bottom in the same handwritten font.
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