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Rebecca Upjohn
@rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
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Kidlit author 📚, picture taker 📷, knitter 🧶, woods wanderer 🌳🚶‍♀️, tree hugger 🌲, dreamer 🌌
www.rebeccaupjohn.com
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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 19d
Huge thank you to #WashingtonCounty, PA for using my book #LilyandthePaperMan during your Hunger and Homelessness week to raise awareness about the increase in food and housing insecurity. @secondstory.bsky.social Video on Instagram (where I'm not) and Facebook for more info. #kidlit #cankidlit
a screen shot of a woman with shoulder-length brown hair in a cream coloured sweater speaking to the video camera with the words Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week November 16-22 across the lower part of the screen. Below the words Hunger & Homelessness Week appear in black type. a screen shot of a woman's hand with rings and red nail polish touching the cover of a picture book called Lily and the Paper Man. The illustration shows a young girl in winter clothing looking worried.
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Author Philippa Dowding answers some questions about her new chapter book #TheLoveSongofMrByrd published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Thank you to Patricia and @thepoetrypea.bsky.social for including one of my senryū in Volume 2 of the Little Marvels 2025 Anthology. I'm honoured to be included.
A photo of the cover of Little Marvels The Poetry Pea Antholgy, 2025 which shows a graphic of a peas in a pea pod on the left and on the right the text: Rebecca Upjohn Canada/USA slumping in the shade-/a dollar coin drops/into his cup
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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andrewssusanm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
leaves dangle and fall
as the rhythm of life slows--
whispers of winter

short form:
leaves dangle and fall
as life's rhythm slows--
winter prelude

Please add a version if you feel like it.
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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johnchmura.bsky.social
#haiku #haikusaturday #puppy #ears #translucence

twin lanterns
the orange sunset
through a puppy’s ears
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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booksbycindy.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday

decaying log piles
safe havens for butterflies
stalwart survivors.

#haiku #mourningcloak
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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jengennari.bsky.social
Porcini, oyster,
shiitake on polenta—
flavor festival

#haikuSaturday
Mushrooms on polenta
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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janemhealy7916.bsky.social
Happy Saturday!
ssss! pop! pop! ssss!
cranberry percussionists
relish the rhythm
#haiku #haikusaturday
Stainless steel saucepan holding cranberries in various shades of red
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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ljrwritenow.bsky.social
twinkles through branches

reflections off water play

shadows welcome us

#HaikuSaturday #haiku #photography
Sunset reflected through the trees photography by Laura Roettiger
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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gracemac.bsky.social
bare forest
snuggly the fox wears
his own fire.
#haikusaturday #dailyhaikuprompt #senryu
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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teresarobeson.com
Happy #HaikuSaturday … because art—and science—makes life better (something the White House occupants don’t know).

Fully saddled up,
waits patiently for rider
with leafhopper zen.

I serendipitously spotted this sweet Saddled Leafhopper while walking around the property last weekend. #IchigoIchie
A saddle leafhopper, approximately 5 mm long, basks in the sun on the leaf.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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cinnatus.bsky.social
polaroid picture—
old woman without a face
thins into the fence

#haiku #haikupoem #prompt #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #haikusaturday #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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abbiewjames.bsky.social
bare oak branches
warming outstretched hands
by the fire

Happy #HaikuSaturday 💙
top of an oak tree without leaves; sky behind tree is sunrise streaked with orange and pink and purple clouds
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
art gallery-
outside, a pigeon
makes its mark

#haikusaturday #haiku #pigeons #amwriting
a gray pigeon with pink feet walking across square paving stones pigeon prints in the sidewalk
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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herbtate5.bsky.social
leaf lined pavement
between the summers
winter tide

#haiku #HaikuSaturday
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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mamahannatu.bsky.social
again and again
learning
to not be right

#vss365 learning

#haikufeels #dailyhaikuprompt #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #verse #wss366
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Office #Krampus
I assume he only fills out a naughty list.
Up on my shop!

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November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I'm honored by this review of ONE COSMIC ROCK, written by me & illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social. Thanks to @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social of England's Natural History Museum. He's an expert in the evolutionary palaeobiology of dinosaurs & other critters.
☄Available for preorder!
#CANkidlit #kidlit
“This vibrant, engaging book provides the perfect introduction to the last day of the dinosaurs and the resilience of life on Earth.” Professor Paul M. Barrett of the Natural History Museum in London, England. ONE COSMIC ROCK arrives on Earth in February 2026.
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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andrewssusanm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
the world shimmers
with raindrops and sparrow
song--
autumn afternoon

short form:
autumn afternoon--
the shimmer of raindrops
and sparrow song

Please add a version if you feel like it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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andrewssusanm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #haiku
The Golden Triangle BID has an annual haiku contest. They post haiku throughout the community and give some prizes. This year's theme is The Joy of Nature. More info on their site under events. Submissions are open until 1/11/26.
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
the lake opens
unites with the sky-
all of time

#haikusaturday #haiku #LakeSuperior #PancakeBay #Ontario #November #amwriting
a big lake reflecting the sun in a swath or bright light. A blue sky with clouds on the horizon and the sun globe midway down the sky.
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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suzygirl.bsky.social
This was a really lovely treat to happen upon while sitting here at home knitting. Knitting and singing along to Neil Young! Have loved him and his music from the beginning. Happy Birthday Neil ❤️

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2000+ voices SING for Neil Young at Toronto’s Massey Hall | Happy 80th Neil!
YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir!
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November 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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stormsy.bsky.social
A celebration of autumn from The Princess of Wales. Love this so very, very much. Soothing & comforting. #Autumn #Fall #Beauty #Nature #PrincessofWales
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Mother Nature: Autumn
YouTube video by The Prince and Princess of Wales
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November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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@teresarobeson.com Enjoyed and learned a lot from your @12x12challenge.bsky.social webinar on Leaning in, Pivoting and Adapting for a sustainable #kidlit Career. Thank you, Teresa and @juliefhedlund.bsky.social & @kellipanique.bsky.social for continuing to open doors. 🙏🏻
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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andrewssusanm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #haiku

5/7/5:
brown brittle remains
of a large sycamore leaf--
golden memories

short form:
bare sycamore tree--
golden ghosts
linger

Please add a version if you feel like it.
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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teresarobeson.com
Happy #HaikuSaturday!

Wild and free-ranging,
riderless Saddleback holds
its own destiny.
💪🏼
A saddleback caterpillar crawls up the handle of the stairs to our pool. This is a spiky, pale brown caterpillar with a bright green saddle, like pattern on its back.
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM