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Mike Jurkovic
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2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate

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https://mikejurkovic.substack.com/
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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
mjpj55.bsky.social
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
mjpj55.bsky.social
the odds go down as
the sun comes up slow hours
becoming mayhem

#micropoetry #haiku #dailyhaiku #haikuart #poets #poetry #Poetry #poetsofbluesky #haikuprompt #haikuforyou #poems
#wordsandimages
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
mjpj55.bsky.social
the geography
of mercy unveils the last
turning of the road
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
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
mjpj55.bsky.social
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
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#poetry #poetrycommunity #livepoetry #spokenword #openmic #HudsonValley #poets #Poetry #freespeech #poetryperformance #openmicpoetry
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
mjpj55.bsky.social
catskill lightning flays
vague sky dark tomorrows loom
all my nets are torn
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
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
mjpj55.bsky.social
the noise of dreams at
dusk the road a void of
our escaping light

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikudaily #haikupoetscommunity #micropoetry
#haikuaday #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetsandwriters #haikuart
#Poetry #poetsofbluesky #haikuofbluesky
#haikuprompt
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
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
mjpj55.bsky.social
a righteous force street
fighting seraphim prevent
the cruel king’s rise

#nokings #nokingsprotest #nokingsinamerica #savedemocracy #freespeech #dumptrump #occupyeverything #haiku #haikuprompt #haikupoetry #micropoetry #poetsandwriters #poetry #Poetry #poetsofbluesky
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
into the headwinds
our chants for democracy
loudly ascending

#freespeech #nokings #nokingsinamerica #nokingsprotest2025 #democracynow #indivisible #haikudaily
#haiku #haikupoetry #haikuprompt #micropoetry #haikudaily
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
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
mjpj55.bsky.social
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
mjpj55.bsky.social
these woods  we walk  a
graveyard vast  the dead unknown 
their work  done at last 

#haïku #haikupoetry #haikuartist #haikuprompt #dailyhaïku #micropoetry #poetsandwriters #poetsandartists #blueskyhaiku #haikubluesky #substackwriter #substackhaiku #substackpoetry #poetsofbluesky #poetry #Poetry
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
olde sturbridge crimson
gold gold gold umbra orange
haloes yellow wild

#haiku #haikyuu #poetrycommunity #poetsandwriters #poetry #haikupoetry #micropoetry #haikuprompt #autumnleaves #autumnvibes🍁 #poetry #Poetry #haikubluesky
October 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
I dream of perp walks
moonshine menace the sundry
gods that roam so free

#haïku #haïkupoetry #micropoetry #poetrycommuníty #Poetry #poetsandartists #substackpoets
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
mjpj55.bsky.social
wild owl magic courts
shadow moon coyote cries
nocturne in B flat

#haiku #haïku #haikupoetry #haikuartist #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #micropoetry #poetsofinstagram #poetsandwriters #poetsofbluesky #Poetry #haikuofbbluesky
October 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
mjpj55.bsky.social
ow savage the coup
these recent days whitewash the
verbs we use for blood

#haikuartist #haikuprompt #haiku #haikuarts #poetsandwriters #haikuonbluesky #poetsofbluesky #dailyhaiku #haikuandyou
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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A special thank you to Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram & Quintessential Poetry for this spotlight on my work. . . . goes live noon today . . . www.facebook.com/Quintessenti...

#poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #quintessentialpoetry #poetsandwriters #poetsonbluesky
October 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
mjpj55.bsky.social
atlantic mermaid
blues a song of extinction
the looning gulls

#haiku #haikupoetry #haikuartist #micropoetry #haikuprompt #poetrycommunity #poetsandartists #poetsandwriters #micropoetry #environment #environmentalist #haikuonbluesky
#poetsofbluesky #Poetry #poetry #poets
October 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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join us Wednesday, 10/8 for Poetry as Protest and Political Action. . . this is what democracy looks like!

#democracy #freespeech #poetrycommunity #protestpoetry #protestpoetryproject #nokingsprotest #nokingsinamerica #kingstonny #kingstontourism #poetry #micropoetry
October 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
the earth trembles as
the greatest generation
twists in all their graves

#haikuart #freespeech #savedemocracy #nokingsinamerica #nokings #poetrycommunity #haiku #haikupoetry #protestpoetry #poetryisprotest #micropoetry #haikuprompt
October 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
mjpj55.bsky.social
blackbird convention
cackle and caw buzz from tree
tops cackle and caw

#haiku #haikupoet #haikuprompt #haikuart #micropoetry #poetry #Poetry #poetryofbluesky #haikuofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #poetsandwriters #poetrycommunity
#poems
September 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM