bevisiscariot.bsky.social
@bevisiscariot.bsky.social
Poet, librarian, former bookseller. Author of West of House. More poems at http://www.1hitpoint.com
After so much harm
the autumn sun warm
on my forearm

#haiku #poetry
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Staring at the ceiling —
The constellations wheeling
Past the plaster.

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December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Chandelier 

Hanging by a thread 
Above their unsuspecting heads, 
Its eyes glittering. 

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Reposted
December is when
shadows tend to run amok
forte and abrupt

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December 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
One day I will wish 
That I were only fifty. 
Today is not it. 

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Children running laps —
a cloud of dust close
at their backs

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December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Leaning like James Dean 
Against the wall at sunset, 
These truant sunbeams. 

#haiku #poetry #senryu
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Beside the highway,
The wind farm’s turbines waving
Their arms in warning.

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted
❄️

icy roads,
accidents, &
no off-ramp
#haiku #poetry
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Even the sidewalk 
In front of the jewelry store 
Glittered this morning. 

#haiku #senryu #poetry
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Gooey gumdrop rain. 
Passage barred by candy canes. 
Sugar-coated train. 

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December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Mona Lisa
up close — her old composure
beginning to crack

#senryu #haiku #poetry
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Children’s battle cries —
A volley of dark-feathered
Sparrows fills the sky

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November 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Late for work —
Even the car
Not wanting to go

#haiku #senryu #poetry
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Holiday traffic
The freeways strung
With lights.

#haiku #poetry
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The oak tree’s shadow
falling across the creek bed
before the oak tree

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November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wind in the gravel —
A dead butterfly
Moves its wings

#haiku #poetry
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The gentle whisper 
That woke me up this morning 
Was only the wind. 

#haiku #poetry
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rainy autumn night
The color in the traffic lights
Starting to run.

#haiku #poetry
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Late night mystery
A moth flitting back and forth
Between the suspects

#haiku #senryu #poetry
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reposted
the November sky
still waiting for first sighting
of the Pleiades

#haiku
the Big Dipper
resting on the treetops
a string of twinkle lights

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November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Reposted
things fall apart
thank god with alacrity
in the compost pile

#haiku #gardening
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My clothes going
Around in circles —
My thoughts laid bare.

#haiku #senryu #poetry
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
An open window —
My nine-year-old singing
To himself.

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November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Narcissus flower
Mesmerized
By its own shadow

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November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM