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Light up the sky, friends
spread your colors on the sea
and sent out the word
we have come in with the wave
of technicolor justice.

Photograph by Alexandra Koch on Pixabay

#Tanka #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #resist #resistance #writing

Light up the sky, friends
spread your colors on the sea
and sent out the word
we have come in with the wave
of technicolor justice.

Photograph by Alexandra Koch on Pixabay

#Tanka #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #resist #resistance #writing

Light up the sky, friends
spread your colors on the sea
and sent out the word
we have come in with the wave
of technicolor justice.

Photograph by Alexandra Koch on Pixabay

#Tanka #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #resist #resistance #writing

Light up the sky, friends
spread your colors on the sea
and sent out the word
we have come in with the wave
of technicolor justice.

Photograph by Alexandra Koch on Pixabay

#Tanka #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #resist #resistance #writing

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact #tanka #TankaJournal #TankaThursday

Matata

https://haikudread.net/2026/05/14/matata/

No Regret

I will not forget
the one path that led me here,
and gates since locked shut;
nor will I weep for those things
that were never realised.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

No Regret

I will not forget
the one path that led me here,
and gates since locked shut;
nor will I weep for those things
that were never realised.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

No Regret

I will not forget
the one path that led me here,
and gates since locked shut;
nor will I weep for those things
that were never realised.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

No Regret

I will not forget
the one path that led me here,
and gates since locked shut;
nor will I weep for those things
that were never realised.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

No Regret

I will not forget
the one path that led me here,
and gates since locked shut;
nor will I weep for those things
that were never realised.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Scales

Notes ascend, descend
in their perfect sequences,
singing harmonies;
but no heart plays melodies
with its strings roughly broken.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Scales

Notes ascend, descend
in their perfect sequences,
singing harmonies;
but no heart plays melodies
with its strings roughly broken.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

With compass in hand
No need for a weatherman
To tell the south wind
From a blustery north wind
Or which way the wind will blow

#dailyhaikuprompt South Wind North Wind
#haiku #tanka #TankaTuesday #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact #tanka #TankaJournal #TankaTuesday

hours before flight,

hours before flight, 
holding onto one more sunrise 
dancing through the pines –

home finds its shape, piece by piece, a 
puzzle, unbounded by hedges
.
20260512:1006
y

hours before flight,

hours before flight, 
holding onto one more sunrise 
dancing through the pines –

home finds its shape, piece by piece, a 
puzzle, unbounded by hedges
.
20260512:1006
y

hours before flight,

hours before flight, 
holding onto one more sunrise 
dancing through the pines –

home finds its shape, piece by piece, a 
puzzle, unbounded by hedges
.
20260512:1006
y

hours before flight,

hours before flight, 
holding onto one more sunrise 
dancing through the pines –

home finds its shape, piece by piece, a 
puzzle, unbounded by hedges
.
20260512:1006
y

one game quickly turns

one game quickly turns 
into four, addiction sounds like 
acrylic tiles, clack, 

clack, clacking against each other 
for another championship round
.
20260511:1800
y

one game quickly turns

one game quickly turns 
into four, addiction sounds like 
acrylic tiles, clack, 

clack, clacking against each other 
for another championship round
.
20260511:1800
y

one game quickly turns

one game quickly turns 
into four, addiction sounds like 
acrylic tiles, clack, 

clack, clacking against each other 
for another championship round
.
20260511:1800
y

one game quickly turns

one game quickly turns 
into four, addiction sounds like 
acrylic tiles, clack, 

clack, clacking against each other 
for another championship round
.
20260511:1800
y

one game quickly turns

one game quickly turns 
into four, addiction sounds like 
acrylic tiles, clack, 

clack, clacking against each other 
for another championship round
.
20260511:1800
y

Requiem

#Wss366 #Mother / #MothersDay

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Carnation
Memory lingering
On her grave

Karmic wheel stilled
No blessed land seen

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽

#Poetry #Tanka #WakaPoetry #NMPoetry #Memorial #Buddhist

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Spire bare
Unicorn Horn
Silvered brush

The fairies sleep
Spirits awakening

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #Camping #olympicpeninsula #NMPhoto

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Spire bare
Unicorn Horn
Silvered brush

The fairies sleep
Spirits awakening

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #Camping #olympicpeninsula #NMPhoto

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Foggy moods
Caught on sea breeze
Witnessed alone

Far from the noise
Crackling airwaves

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #Camping #olympicpeninsula #NMPhoto

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Foggy moods
Caught on sea breeze
Witnessed alone

Far from the noise
Crackling airwaves

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #Camping #olympicpeninsula #NMPhoto

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Foggy moods
Caught on sea breeze
Witnessed alone

Far from the noise
Crackling airwaves

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #Camping #olympicpeninsula #NMPhoto

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Foggy moods
Caught on sea breeze
Witnessed alone

Far from the noise
Crackling airwaves

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #Camping #olympicpeninsula #NMPhoto

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Foggy moods
Caught on sea breeze
Witnessed alone

Far from the noise
Crackling airwaves

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #Camping #olympicpeninsula #NMPhoto

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact #tanka #TankaJournal #TankaThursday

yes, every morning,

yes, every morning, 
the sun peeks twice – once, over 
the edge of the world, 

then again, over the pine 
hedge, flattering our uncut grass
.
20260505:1458
y

I'm radiating
Notice of things I have done
Dissipate a wave
Rake out the pent up vapors
From #phantom of tomorrow

#dailyhaikuprompt Wave Rake
#haiku #tanka #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact #tanka #TankaJournal

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact #tanka #TankaTuesday #TankaJournal

every now and then,

every now and then, 
we go back to the year of 
the shiso that grew 

taller than mama, grateful 
to have enough for everyone
.
20260427:2034
y

every now and then,

every now and then, 
we go back to the year of 
the shiso that grew 

taller than mama, grateful 
to have enough for everyone
.
20260427:2034
y

every now and then,

every now and then, 
we go back to the year of 
the shiso that grew 

taller than mama, grateful 
to have enough for everyone
.
20260427:2034
y

every now and then,

every now and then, 
we go back to the year of 
the shiso that grew 

taller than mama, grateful 
to have enough for everyone
.
20260427:2034
y

every now and then,

every now and then, 
we go back to the year of 
the shiso that grew 

taller than mama, grateful 
to have enough for everyone
.
20260427:2034
y

we learn to plant seeds

we learn to plant seeds 
while trying to collect as much 
light as possible – 

it takes a season to realize 
we are the moving target
.
20260426:2116
y

when scions became
a cultures #psychopomp lamps
snuffing out reason
puts a pin in epoch churn
leaves turn yellow in the dark

#dailyhaikuprompt Evening Yellow Leaves
#tanka #haiku #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Mayday Solidarity Rengay Project

I will be publishing a #Mayday #rengay on May 1st on #PIXIV, #AO3, and Fedi using the following theme: "#solidarity." If you would like to participate, please DM me 2x3-line verses and 2x2-line verses by the 28th.

Details

• Depending on how traditional you feel, 3-line verses use the pattern 5, 7, 5 beats, and 2-line verses 7, 7 beats.
• Don't worry about connecting your lines; they will be rearranged later to make a "coherent" poem.
• Avoid obvious words such as "union" and "solidarity" to minimize duplication.
• Since we are an international community, non-English verse will be accepted, provided I can verify the contents using Deep L.

I will arrange and edit, using portions of all good-faith contributions, and publish on May 1st in Japan and the US. All contributors will be credited unless you specify otherwise.

In solidarity, let's verse

#Wss366 #PoetsOfMastodon #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #Tanka

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact #tanka #TankaThursday #TankaJournal

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact #tanka #TankaTuesday #TankaJournal

Fraudulent facade
Bamboozle blur broadcast bunk
Calm lonely bleating
Deadly #undersea missiles
Teeter on a madman's whim

#dailyhaikuprompt Calm Lonely
#haiku #tanka #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #senryu #artifact #tanka #TankaJournal