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Mike Jurkovic
@mjpj55.bsky.social
2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate

politics poetry pathos radio host visual artist

https://mikejurkovic.substack.com/
I carry forward
these sins are they mine or those
of the men before

#poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #haïku #haikupoems #haikuartist #poetry #micropoetry #Poetry #poetsofbluesky #haikuprompt
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
hopefully some of you can make it out. . . hopefully I'll facebook it live

I'll be reading mostly from the upcoming
Circling Planes, from Bushwack Books.

#poetry #poets #poetsandwriters #livereadings #Poetry #micropoetry #poetsonbluesky #poetryonbluesky #hudsonvalleypoetry #spokenword
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
the geography
of mercy unveils the last
turning of the road
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Be bold. Be brave.: Lessons from a visit to the Resistance Museum matternews.org/voices/be-bo...
Be bold. Be brave.: Lessons from a visit to the Resistance Museum – Matter News
The catalog of harm keeps growing, with new pages added every day. But we are not afraid.
matternews.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
What a great night at Beahive in Beacon last night! Poems, Protest, discussion. this is what democracy looks like!

Cmon by this evening. Give us your voice! Silence is not an option!

#newpaltzny #poetrycommunity #nokings #nokingsprotest #protestpoetry #freespeech #poetrycommunity #hudsonvalley
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
the chores of fools my
payday the glory of thieves
comforts my final hours

#haiku #haikuforyou #haikudaily #haikuprompt #micropoetry #poetry #blueskyhaiku #haikupoets #poetsofbluesky #haikuyou
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
catskill lightning flays
vague sky dark tomorrows loom
all my nets are torn
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
at a loss for words
bereft of verbs grim poet
chastened bleak adrift

#haiku #haikudaily #haikuprompt #haikuart #haikupoet #Poetry #poetry #poetrylovers #micropoetry #haikuonbluesky #poetsofbluesky
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
the slow going of
things dust has forgotten my
ever current days

#haiku #haikuprompt #haikudaily #haikuofbluesky #poetry #Poetry #micropoetry #haikuart #haikupoets

follow if you like what you read
October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
your footsteps  I walk
new paths  each day fathers  sons 
your footsteps  these days

#haiku #haikupoems #micropoetry #haikuprompt #haikuyou
#blueskyhaiku #poetsofbluesky #Poetry #poetry #haikuart
October 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
she has created
a home full of love for that
I thank her dearly

#poetry #Poetry #blueskypoetry #haiku #haikudaily #haikuprompt #micropoetry
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM