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Catherine Baker

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Writer and editor in educational publishing.

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fog on the low field
flowers of the sheep’s slow breath
becoming blackthorn

07.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

march is yours β€”
how magnanimous
the early sun

#HaikuChallenge #yours
#vss365 #magnanimous
#Haiku #micropoetry #micropoem

06.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The following haiku is presented on faded yellow background and illustrated with a sumi-e painting of pelicans flying parallel to an overpass


along the arc 
of the overpass... 
a pod of pelicans

The following haiku is presented on faded yellow background and illustrated with a sumi-e painting of pelicans flying parallel to an overpass along the arc of the overpass... a pod of pelicans

along the arc
of the overpass...
a pod of pelicans

Find more haiku and haibun here: kasasagi.blog

07.03.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ice cold soda
the grass at the ballpark
fizzing with gnats

#haiku #senryu #poetry

05.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I like this poem of love and loss by Emilie Jelinek from her @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social pamphlet The Sky Around My Father

23.02.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The photo shows a large leafless tree with sturdy, low-hanging limbs. The poem reads: many-armed giver/ reading seat and climbing frame:/ left to grow at will

The photo shows a large leafless tree with sturdy, low-hanging limbs. The poem reads: many-armed giver/ reading seat and climbing frame:/ left to grow at will

Photopoem shared 7th March 2026

07.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#haiku
shadow of
a heron’s wing
across the fish pond

07.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

dropping an expensive toy
the dog picks up
a stick
#HaikuNuggets

07.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

creeping into forbidden
spaces
the evening fog

07.03.2026 04:56 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the rosegold peace of dawn
fades slowly to a pale day
birdcalls on the wind

#haiku, #haiga, #shahai

04.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Portrait orientation photograph of a fog-covered oak woodland hillside. A diffuse sun glows softly through dense fog at the top of the frame. Dark, richly detailed oak trees fill the foreground, with ghostly silhouettes of trees dissolving into mist in the middle distance

Portrait orientation photograph of a fog-covered oak woodland hillside. A diffuse sun glows softly through dense fog at the top of the frame. Dark, richly detailed oak trees fill the foreground, with ghostly silhouettes of trees dissolving into mist in the middle distance

The Light It Keeps
-Light that doesn't quite arrive
Nov 2025

πŸ“·πŸ“±Pixel #Fog #OakWoodland #Landscape #Scape #Nature #Mist #Smartphone #NaturalLight #Trees #Morning #Sunrise

06.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 202 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m glad! Thank you, Kris!

07.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sliding into dusk
each flower a little moon
bees in the prunus

06.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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an eastern phoebe
sharing her song free of charge
magnanimity

#vss365 #haiku

06.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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Gachoura ga
Yutaka na hokori de
Sora kazaru

The geese
Decorate the skies
With their gorgeous pride

#Haiku #Poetry #δΏ³ε₯ #θ©© #spring #ζ˜₯
#DailyHaikuPrompt : Geese
#vss365 : magnanimous
#inkmine : decadent

06.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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▫️ lost and found ▫️

a wall .. or .. a world

06.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

human disguise
worked for decades until
unexpected molting

#thingstowriteabout (disguise)
#senryu #poem πŸ¦β€β¬›

04.03.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ALT text: doodles with the words World Book Day, read what you love!, read in any format you want, comics = reading, and a robot doodle saying I love sci fiοΏΌ

ALT text: doodles with the words World Book Day, read what you love!, read in any format you want, comics = reading, and a robot doodle saying I love sci fiοΏΌ

Happy World Book Day! Celebrating with a fun little doodle from Anaya (age 10). The message: read whatever you love in whatever format you want! πŸ“– 🎧 ✨ πŸŽ‰ It’s ALL reading. #kidlit #worldbookday

05.03.2026 08:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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& reed buntings flickering out over water & back to tapers in rushy shallows, a sky clear & deep - & over the Solway, thin snow on fells

06.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#TankaThursday
#memory

Memories
of small children on beaches,
sandcastles ...
middle-aged adults now -
did the sea wash them away?

06.03.2026 07:23 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

strange Idea, now
locked in a mason jar
unidentified
found under the carpet
trying to scuttle away

#thingstowriteabout (idea) #tanka

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This day can be yours,
But you cannot return it,
Best to spend it all.

#haikuchallenge yours

06.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

returning geese β€”
restoring a shape
to the season

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (geese)

06.03.2026 07:09 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The photo shows a hollow tree trunk and lopped boughs spread on the ground for habitats. The poem reads:  tumbled offcuts                stubs/ a giant’s emptied tower:/ left as settlement

The photo shows a hollow tree trunk and lopped boughs spread on the ground for habitats. The poem reads: tumbled offcuts stubs/ a giant’s emptied tower:/ left as settlement

Photopoem shared 6th March 2026

06.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a lone sparrow
atop the naked branch
viewing sunset

--R K Singh
#haiku

05.03.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

March
the wind takes
a dog’s bark

#haiku #poetry

06.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

geese return
as they always do
no papers

#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #Micropoetry

06.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the distant mountain
holding a single cloud
desert lands

06.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A door, a handle
between me and all my dreams
now where's that damned key?

#haikufeels #handle #senryu #haiku

06.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Leigh!

06.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0