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Alan Summers

@thehaikutec.bsky.social

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Founder of Call of the Page, and Pan Haiku Review https://www.callofthepage.org

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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 28d

Our first video feedback haiku course!
Video & audio combined is a great way for Alan Summers to comment on your haiku poems, for him to hone in really clearly on specific lines and words in real time.

www.callofthepage.org/courses/haik...

#haiku #callofthepage #course #courses #writing #poetry

Call of the Page - Haiku Playback

New page

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 1d

A new verse from returning contributor @funnyfrogget.bsky.social:

your eyelashes
can do karate

— Oliver Kleyer

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your eyelashescan do karate — Oliver Kleyer

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 22h

muddy watermint
all the pale roots thickening
where nobody sees

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Books for Keeps, the online children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 1d

Not long until @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference 8 November, even less time to apply for a FREE place via our special offer. Find out more, and enter by Friday 17 October🤞#KidLitUK

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Graphic advertising the Ibby UK Conference 2025 title Whose History? Challenging historical narratives through writing for children and young people.

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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for supporting my work!!!

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 2d

A new verse from returning contributor @thehaikutec.bsky.social:

𝗽𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲

we share blushes
use the wrong phrases
shuffle heatwaves
nest-building a conifer
of red sneakers

— Alan Summers

pomegranate and chocolate

we share blushesuse the wrong phrasesshuffle heatwavesnest-building a coniferof red sneakers — Alan Summers

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 3d

Federico da Montefeltro (of the famous nose) & his lovely wife Battista Sforza. Frozen in time in their perfect profiles, in 1470, by Piero della Francesca.

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Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to be shortlisted for the very prestigious Wells Festival Of Literature Open Poetry Competition 2025 with "God is an Armadillo". Congratulations to all the marvellous poets

Prize-giving 20th October.

Huge thanks for everyone at Wells

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Open Poetry | Wells Festival of Literature

Here's a chance for poets worldwide to show off their talents and enter our Open Poetry 2025 competition. Your poem needs to be with us by 30 June to avoid disappointment.

wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 3d

late night visitor
the hotel receptionist's
knowing smile
#whistpr

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 3d

white hanbok~
no footprints
in the snow

#haiku

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Books for Keeps, the online children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 3d

'Images of the Great Bear in her watery green world are awe-inspiring, Booker’s illustrations creating a real sense of size, strength & power.' Annie Booker's striking debut picture book, THE GREAT BEAR, is the new #BfK Book of the Week #KidLitUK

booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-g...

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Freya Pickard @freyapickard.bsky.social · 4d

Have you read Air Brother yet?
Here's an excerpt from it at
Ambush! nirunen.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/a...

Ambush!

She pushed her steed harder, using her power to detect any threat ahead. Quite why she felt so angry at pain being inflicted on Lored, she wasn’t sure. She didn’t particularly like the taku and fou…

nirunen.wordpress.com

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 3d

asleep on my knee
a descendant
of wolves
#vssdaily

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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 3d

A #bookshopday visit to Storytellers, Inc on the Crescent in St Annes, a chat with BM and a hello from Mrs Lemon Cake! 📚
Support your local bookshop #booksky

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Fiona Maddocks @fionahmaddocks.bsky.social · 3d

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Well worth reading this

It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...

The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book

observer.co.uk

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Adam @atmylifeoutside.bsky.social · 4d

My record of connecting with Shrikes in Pembrokeshire is appalling so it was a great relief to find the Brown Shrike still present near St David’s this afternoon. Across and down the road from where originally found it gave some lovely views. #birdingWales #rareBirdsUK @birdsinwales.bsky.social

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 4d

A new verse from returning contributor LeRoy Gorman:

truth be trolled winter's here

— LeRoy Gorman

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truth be trolled winter’s here — LeRoy Gorman

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 4d

autumn dusk
shadows creep
into themselves
#haikufeels

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completeTheHaiga @completethehaiga.bsky.social · 3d

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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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 4d

A new verse from returning contributor Eli S. Evans:

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝗹𝗶 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗜 𝗔𝗺

The other one –
he’s dead

— Eli S. Evans

How I Know Which Eli Evans I Am

The other one –he’s dead — Eli S. Evans

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dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 4d

Dadakuku is now back open for submissions, with a new working submission form! Give it a go!

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dadakuku

microdadaism, nanononsense, minisurrealism

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David Morley @profdavidmorley.bsky.social · 4d

Happy World Bird Migration Day
RINGING SWALLOWS
Swallows clip the lake for a sip of water,
or kerfuffle their feathers as they dip for a bathe.
They stipple ellipses across the surface like a skimming stone.
None skitter the water except by glitch or error
nor overwinter under its ice-barred door.

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Writer Jo Malby @jomalby.bsky.social · 5d

“The best way to learn to write is by reading. Reading critically, noticing paragraphs… how your favourite #writers use verbs, all the useful techniques. A scene catches you? Go back and study it. Find out how it works.“ https://buff.ly/3RtuXdV
@judieannrose.bsky.social #writingtips #writesky

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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you very much @freshoutmag.bsky.social

freshoutmag.bsky.social @freshoutmag.bsky.social · 5d

#haiku by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward, of Lincolnshire, UK. (Bluesky: @haikupoet.bsky.social / TwitterX: @MarilynWar76626) #poetrycommuníty #poetry #poetrylovers #micropoetry #butterflies #lavender #lincolnshire

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Deborah A. Bennett @dabennettpoet.bsky.social · 6d

for the heart
very small things
morning sparrows

- Deborah A. Bennett
Rattle Magazine, Issue 68

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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 6d

Oddly topical other than for Halloween itself.