Ragged Rascal Rhymes
@rhymster.bsky.social
Publishing stuff for kidz, parents, grandparents, teachers and anyone who likes a rhyme and a smile.
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#kidlit #HaikuSaturday #quietposters
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#kidlit #HaikuSaturday #quietposters
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Need a creative respite from the busy holiday season or an activity to keep your kids engaged over winter break? Send us your #kidlit stories, poems & artwork all about the human body!
What happens when a bone breaks? How does a sneeze grow? Are the large and small intestines buddies or rivals?
What happens when a bone breaks? How does a sneeze grow? Are the large and small intestines buddies or rivals?
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Need a creative respite from the busy holiday season or an activity to keep your kids engaged over winter break? Send us your #kidlit stories, poems & artwork all about the human body!
What happens when a bone breaks? How does a sneeze grow? Are the large and small intestines buddies or rivals?
What happens when a bone breaks? How does a sneeze grow? Are the large and small intestines buddies or rivals?
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We like your likes! We also welcome your direct messages, reposts and any replies you may have. We're committed to improving our annual search for The Best #Haiku anthology in '26. We really do appreciate your feedback. Thanks!
#poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity #poets
#poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity #poets
#Haiku is alive!
We're back and have a new plan @HaikuCrush for 2026. It's this... Profits from our #anthology sales at TinyURL.com/TheBestHaiku will go into increasing honorariums awarded by the judges. Let us know what you think. Thanks.
#giftidea #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #senryu
We're back and have a new plan @HaikuCrush for 2026. It's this... Profits from our #anthology sales at TinyURL.com/TheBestHaiku will go into increasing honorariums awarded by the judges. Let us know what you think. Thanks.
#giftidea #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #senryu
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We like your likes! We also welcome your direct messages, reposts and any replies you may have. We're committed to improving our annual search for The Best #Haiku anthology in '26. We really do appreciate your feedback. Thanks!
#poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity #poets
#poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity #poets
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🎉New blog post!
Learn about the #WeCanBeHeroes project, designed for all young readers to see themselves in published stories
💛🧡💙
Find out more here👇
paperboundmag.com/2025/12/09/guest-post-shirley-anne-brightman-and-yasmin-hanif-on-the-power-of-storytelling-and-using-your-own-name/
Learn about the #WeCanBeHeroes project, designed for all young readers to see themselves in published stories
💛🧡💙
Find out more here👇
paperboundmag.com/2025/12/09/guest-post-shirley-anne-brightman-and-yasmin-hanif-on-the-power-of-storytelling-and-using-your-own-name/
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎉New blog post!
Learn about the #WeCanBeHeroes project, designed for all young readers to see themselves in published stories
💛🧡💙
Find out more here👇
paperboundmag.com/2025/12/09/guest-post-shirley-anne-brightman-and-yasmin-hanif-on-the-power-of-storytelling-and-using-your-own-name/
Learn about the #WeCanBeHeroes project, designed for all young readers to see themselves in published stories
💛🧡💙
Find out more here👇
paperboundmag.com/2025/12/09/guest-post-shirley-anne-brightman-and-yasmin-hanif-on-the-power-of-storytelling-and-using-your-own-name/
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These 7 stunning versions of my 12/6/25 #HaikuSaturday #haiku definitely deserve an encore!
Here are the 7 gorgeous versions of my 12/6/25 #HaikuSaturday #haiku posted so far. I'll post the complete list on Monday so more people can join in if they wish to do so.
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These 7 stunning versions of my 12/6/25 #HaikuSaturday #haiku definitely deserve an encore!
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✨Cover Reveal✨
And here is it! The brand-new cover of PaperBound!
It’s jam packed full of content - huge thanks to the contributors, publishers, publicists and reviewers who have helped make this issue extra special. The whole thing will be coming your way very soon ✨📚
And here is it! The brand-new cover of PaperBound!
It’s jam packed full of content - huge thanks to the contributors, publishers, publicists and reviewers who have helped make this issue extra special. The whole thing will be coming your way very soon ✨📚
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
✨Cover Reveal✨
And here is it! The brand-new cover of PaperBound!
It’s jam packed full of content - huge thanks to the contributors, publishers, publicists and reviewers who have helped make this issue extra special. The whole thing will be coming your way very soon ✨📚
And here is it! The brand-new cover of PaperBound!
It’s jam packed full of content - huge thanks to the contributors, publishers, publicists and reviewers who have helped make this issue extra special. The whole thing will be coming your way very soon ✨📚
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Have you read @lozzawriting.bsky.social book Motherbunnet yet? As recommended in The Book Bag Christmas Gift List as an excellent gift for parents…
Read the full list here:
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#poetry
Read the full list here:
shorturl.at/cfrWb
#poetry
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Have you read @lozzawriting.bsky.social book Motherbunnet yet? As recommended in The Book Bag Christmas Gift List as an excellent gift for parents…
Read the full list here:
shorturl.at/cfrWb
#poetry
Read the full list here:
shorturl.at/cfrWb
#poetry
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A great blog on Children's Poetry Summit site by Emma Dai'an Wright, all about the children's poetry publishing scene & the work of the amazing Emma Press to support new writing, writing in translation & more. @lizpoet.bsky.social @theemmapress.bsky.social childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/12/04/e...
Emma Dai’an Wright: How I Started Publishing Poetry for Children
The first Emma Press books were poetry for adults, so after a couple of years it made sense to branch out into poetry for children. I’d always wanted to publish children’s books, and how better to …
childrenspoetrysummit.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A great blog on Children's Poetry Summit site by Emma Dai'an Wright, all about the children's poetry publishing scene & the work of the amazing Emma Press to support new writing, writing in translation & more. @lizpoet.bsky.social @theemmapress.bsky.social childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/12/04/e...
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Need a great gift for young kids?
You can get all 3 issues of @littlethoughtspress.com that I published this year for under $20!
You get to support writers & artists, small press, kids reading & elementary classrooms all in one gift!
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You can get all 3 issues of @littlethoughtspress.com that I published this year for under $20!
You get to support writers & artists, small press, kids reading & elementary classrooms all in one gift!
square.link/u/6D1k7LF3
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Need a great gift for young kids?
You can get all 3 issues of @littlethoughtspress.com that I published this year for under $20!
You get to support writers & artists, small press, kids reading & elementary classrooms all in one gift!
square.link/u/6D1k7LF3
You can get all 3 issues of @littlethoughtspress.com that I published this year for under $20!
You get to support writers & artists, small press, kids reading & elementary classrooms all in one gift!
square.link/u/6D1k7LF3
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In addition to their fantastic Christmas themed collections, Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social always delivers a great Almanac for the forthcoming year... looking forward to this one.
In addition to their fantastic Christmas themed collections, Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social always delivers a great Almanac for the forthcoming year... looking forward to this one.
Almanac: Twelve Poems for 2026
Twelve beautiful poems for the months of the year: poems for birthdays, for special anniversaries, poems to simply say “I’m thinking of you this month, and isn’t nature wonderful?”. Our ...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/alm...
In addition to their fantastic Christmas themed collections, Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social always delivers a great Almanac for the forthcoming year... looking forward to this one.
In addition to their fantastic Christmas themed collections, Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social always delivers a great Almanac for the forthcoming year... looking forward to this one.
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WE HAVE SUPER EXCITING NEWS!!
Issue 1: Taking a Stand is now available to purchase IN PRINT!
Get your copy and share this post to help us spread the power of children standing up for what they believe in!
This issue is dedicated to the young heroes of our world!
#TakingAStand #KidLit #EduSky
Issue 1: Taking a Stand is now available to purchase IN PRINT!
Get your copy and share this post to help us spread the power of children standing up for what they believe in!
This issue is dedicated to the young heroes of our world!
#TakingAStand #KidLit #EduSky
Nimblewitlit: Taking a Stand (Nimblewitlit Issues)
Amazon.com: Nimblewitlit: Taking a Stand (Nimblewitlit Issues): 9798264599743: Magazine, Nimblewitlit, Rotert, Melissa Ruth, Perry, Emma, Houlihan, Kristin: Books
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September 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
WE HAVE SUPER EXCITING NEWS!!
Issue 1: Taking a Stand is now available to purchase IN PRINT!
Get your copy and share this post to help us spread the power of children standing up for what they believe in!
This issue is dedicated to the young heroes of our world!
#TakingAStand #KidLit #EduSky
Issue 1: Taking a Stand is now available to purchase IN PRINT!
Get your copy and share this post to help us spread the power of children standing up for what they believe in!
This issue is dedicated to the young heroes of our world!
#TakingAStand #KidLit #EduSky
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Poetry Review - A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime poetryroundabout.com/2025/12/03/p...
Poetry Review – A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime
A Welly Full of Christmas, Attie Lime, Illustrated by Nadine Licence, Tiny Tree Books. If you’d like some Christmas magic in a book, this is the one for you. Christmas day is full of the sort…
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December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Poetry Review - A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime poetryroundabout.com/2025/12/03/p...
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Thank you so much for your patience while we prepare the next issue. It will be worth the wait, we promise!
We are thrilled to be including these brilliant writers and illustrators in the next issue 🤩 More info about the new edition coming very soon 👀📚
We are thrilled to be including these brilliant writers and illustrators in the next issue 🤩 More info about the new edition coming very soon 👀📚
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thank you so much for your patience while we prepare the next issue. It will be worth the wait, we promise!
We are thrilled to be including these brilliant writers and illustrators in the next issue 🤩 More info about the new edition coming very soon 👀📚
We are thrilled to be including these brilliant writers and illustrators in the next issue 🤩 More info about the new edition coming very soon 👀📚
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Black Friday Sale!
Get your copy of Motherbunnet for only £7 including UK postage, until 00.00 on 29th Nov
DM for details
Review by the very kind @helenlaycock.bsky.social
Get your copy of Motherbunnet for only £7 including UK postage, until 00.00 on 29th Nov
DM for details
Review by the very kind @helenlaycock.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Black Friday Sale!
Get your copy of Motherbunnet for only £7 including UK postage, until 00.00 on 29th Nov
DM for details
Review by the very kind @helenlaycock.bsky.social
Get your copy of Motherbunnet for only £7 including UK postage, until 00.00 on 29th Nov
DM for details
Review by the very kind @helenlaycock.bsky.social
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The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
ALT: a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
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November 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
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So pleased to have 3 poems on The Poetry Express, one in the Haunted ticket and 2 in Cobweb-zines (September). Thank you! www.scaryness.com 👻
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
So pleased to have 3 poems on The Poetry Express, one in the Haunted ticket and 2 in Cobweb-zines (September). Thank you! www.scaryness.com 👻
#kidlit @haikucrush.bsky.https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pukliszo52huqhbq2emgrnre/bafkreigylxolfbqp6sbyf3l6hoqiip6uewte2dhapfnqqfitwgwqqqrqsm@jpeg
Great to appear in this year’s collection
Great to appear in this year’s collection
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
#kidlit @haikucrush.bsky.https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pukliszo52huqhbq2emgrnre/bafkreigylxolfbqp6sbyf3l6hoqiip6uewte2dhapfnqqfitwgwqqqrqsm@jpeg
Great to appear in this year’s collection
Great to appear in this year’s collection
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scaryness.com is the place
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
scaryness.com is the place
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
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HAPPY ALL HALLOWS' EVE!
🧟♀️💚🧌
Thank you to the editors at THE POETRY EXPRESS for publishing two of my poems about #Overcoming
COSTUMES and
WHAT I USED TO BE AFRAID OF... ⬇️
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scaryness.com/new-poems-no...
#HalloweenPoems
#PoemsAboutOvercoming
#BonfireNightPoems
#BeYourself
🧟♀️💚🧌
Thank you to the editors at THE POETRY EXPRESS for publishing two of my poems about #Overcoming
COSTUMES and
WHAT I USED TO BE AFRAID OF... ⬇️
scaryness.com/costumes-car...
scaryness.com/new-poems-no...
#HalloweenPoems
#PoemsAboutOvercoming
#BonfireNightPoems
#BeYourself
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
HAPPY ALL HALLOWS' EVE!
🧟♀️💚🧌
Thank you to the editors at THE POETRY EXPRESS for publishing two of my poems about #Overcoming
COSTUMES and
WHAT I USED TO BE AFRAID OF... ⬇️
scaryness.com/costumes-car...
scaryness.com/new-poems-no...
#HalloweenPoems
#PoemsAboutOvercoming
#BonfireNightPoems
#BeYourself
🧟♀️💚🧌
Thank you to the editors at THE POETRY EXPRESS for publishing two of my poems about #Overcoming
COSTUMES and
WHAT I USED TO BE AFRAID OF... ⬇️
scaryness.com/costumes-car...
scaryness.com/new-poems-no...
#HalloweenPoems
#PoemsAboutOvercoming
#BonfireNightPoems
#BeYourself
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I'll take that, thanks! My festive poetry collection for all the family, is out TOMORROW! 🎉🎄🍾
@tinytreebooks.bsky.social
@tinytreebooks.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I'll take that, thanks! My festive poetry collection for all the family, is out TOMORROW! 🎉🎄🍾
@tinytreebooks.bsky.social
@tinytreebooks.bsky.social
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We are here for helter-skelter leaves and bouncing, boppy poems!
Helter-Skelter by @valpoet.bsky.social, accompanied by artwork by Imogen Hartland is part of Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Helter-Skelter by @valpoet.bsky.social, accompanied by artwork by Imogen Hartland is part of Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are here for helter-skelter leaves and bouncing, boppy poems!
Helter-Skelter by @valpoet.bsky.social, accompanied by artwork by Imogen Hartland is part of Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Helter-Skelter by @valpoet.bsky.social, accompanied by artwork by Imogen Hartland is part of Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
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Judges @haikucrush.bsky.social add to today's shortlist for possible publication in The Best #Haiku '25.
Joanne Scott
Graham Seal @rhymster.bsky.social
Breuna Walker @sincerelybreuna.bsky.social
Micheal Feil @michaelfeil.bsky.social
John Browne y Ayes @ayesart80.bsky.social
More later.
#poetry
Joanne Scott
Graham Seal @rhymster.bsky.social
Breuna Walker @sincerelybreuna.bsky.social
Micheal Feil @michaelfeil.bsky.social
John Browne y Ayes @ayesart80.bsky.social
More later.
#poetry
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Judges @haikucrush.bsky.social add to today's shortlist for possible publication in The Best #Haiku '25.
Joanne Scott
Graham Seal @rhymster.bsky.social
Breuna Walker @sincerelybreuna.bsky.social
Micheal Feil @michaelfeil.bsky.social
John Browne y Ayes @ayesart80.bsky.social
More later.
#poetry
Joanne Scott
Graham Seal @rhymster.bsky.social
Breuna Walker @sincerelybreuna.bsky.social
Micheal Feil @michaelfeil.bsky.social
John Browne y Ayes @ayesart80.bsky.social
More later.
#poetry
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#Haiku is alive!
The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.
Mara Gajic
Carlo K Brown @carlokb.bsky.social
Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social
+ Jay Friedenberg
More finalists tomorrow.
The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.
Mara Gajic
Carlo K Brown @carlokb.bsky.social
Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social
+ Jay Friedenberg
More finalists tomorrow.
October 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#Haiku is alive!
The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.
Mara Gajic
Carlo K Brown @carlokb.bsky.social
Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social
+ Jay Friedenberg
More finalists tomorrow.
The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.
Mara Gajic
Carlo K Brown @carlokb.bsky.social
Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social
+ Jay Friedenberg
More finalists tomorrow.
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#Haiku is alive!
The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.
Tracy Davidson
J. L. Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social
Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social
and brett brady
More finalists coming tomorrow!
The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.
Tracy Davidson
J. L. Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social
Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social
and brett brady
More finalists coming tomorrow!
October 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#Haiku is alive!
The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.
Tracy Davidson
J. L. Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social
Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social
and brett brady
More finalists coming tomorrow!
The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.
Tracy Davidson
J. L. Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social
Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social
and brett brady
More finalists coming tomorrow!
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#Haiku is alive in 2025!
The Judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted -- are finalists -- for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* annual anthology.
Edward Cody Huddleston
thomas david
and David Oates
More finalists to come tomorrow!
The Judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted -- are finalists -- for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* annual anthology.
Edward Cody Huddleston
thomas david
and David Oates
More finalists to come tomorrow!
October 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#Haiku is alive in 2025!
The Judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted -- are finalists -- for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* annual anthology.
Edward Cody Huddleston
thomas david
and David Oates
More finalists to come tomorrow!
The Judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted -- are finalists -- for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* annual anthology.
Edward Cody Huddleston
thomas david
and David Oates
More finalists to come tomorrow!