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As the daylight fades,
a thousand other suns shine --
radiant chorus

#haiku #haikufeels [fade] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by John Kerl
daytime turns to dusk
vibrant orange sunset fades
dark patiently waits

#haikufeels
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Scar beneath the eye --
I never asked what happened --
crinkled by smiling

#haiku #haikufeels [repair] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Nail in a tree
a hundred years old now -- what
welcome, what warning?

#haiku #haikufeels [invest] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Do you mind, with the
toe-tapping? Oh yes I mind --
life needs some rhythm

#haiku #haikufeels [mind] #writingprompt #blueskypoets
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Speak to me only
of truthful things, or sweet lies --
ask no reflection

#haiku #haikufeels [speak] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reposted by John Kerl
river speaks in loops
braiding light around the stones
forgetting no one

#haikufeels #haiku
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by John Kerl
pines on the ridgeline
speak in long unhurried sways
old green dialect

#haikufeels #haiku
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One long strand of yarn,
looped ten thousand times, keeps this
soul warm, this heart light

#haiku #haikufeels [yarn] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Morning's jarring sounds --
phantoms flee, fears backpedal --
cruel, truthful dawn

#haiku #haikufeels [jarring] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hands pull on a rope
drawing from the well of pain --
bottomless, ink-dark

#haiku #haikufeels [well] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Freshly sharpened knife
parts onion cell from cell, in
layered bitter tears

#haiku #haikufeels [keen] #writingprompt #blueskypoets
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Leaves crushed into scent,
dish flavored, a memory
of sunny hillside

#haiku #haikufeels [crush] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Dog gnaws on bone like
icy wind on bare neck, like
all my old regrets

#haiku #haikufeels [gnaw] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
To edit, or not?
Last question before posting.
Nope, now it's perfetc.

#haiku #haikufeels [edit] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I loved Grandma's treats --
peanut brittle, not so much --
thought I broke a tooth

#haiku #haikufeels [brittle] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Who's that goose up there,
tip of the vee, no goose-ends
in sight -- just blue sky

#haiku #haikufeels [lead] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Loom warped and wefted --
loose strands gathered and tightened --
a rainbow fabric

#haiku #haikufeels [warped] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hand on subway pole --
boss wrote "See me," no context --
O rider, just breathe

#haiku #haikufeels [relax] #writingprompt #blueskypoets
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hair combed, teeth brushed -- a
first date -- fingers crossed -- damage,
rear not thy foul head

#haiku #haikufeels [damage] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reposted by John Kerl
#HaikuFeels #haiku

spring rain—
each drop a vote
for the buried seed
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Rocky Mountain rain,
continental divide: drops
fall, choose an ocean

#haiku #haikufeels [vote] #blueskypoets #writingprompt
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM