Marjolein Rotsteeg

The Haiku Shack Magazine: Issue 6 is out! | Cendrine Marrouat - Artist Issue 6 is out!

That’s it! The Haiku Shack Magazine: Issue 6 is out!

Go grab your copy, it's free. And don't forget to leave a comment for the winners of the contest. :-)

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Featuring the beautiful works of @marjoleinrotsteeg.bsky.social @cinnatus.bsky.social @tregallery.com and more!

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It's always a pleasure to read you, Marjolein! Please continue submitting to the magazine.

I'm so proud that my three haiku on the theme of water are published in The Haiku Shack Magazine: Issue 6. You can download it for free, but, please, tip Cendrine if you can...

#haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #writing #writingcommunity #poem

tranquil night
so far away
from the new war

#dailyhaikuprompt - tranquil
#haiku
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing
#writingcommunity
#war

Cat in the Blue is a hand-painted watercolor painting in portrait format painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A black cat is sitting on the floor with its head turned to the left side. The cat is painted with loose brushstrokes in indigo and blue tones. The background is abstract. Sweeping brushstrokes and splashes of colour suggest a blue sky and green grass. Part of the white paper has been left blank. The picture radiates freshness, liveliness and lightness.

Enjoy your weekend!
Happy Caturday!

Cat in the blue - handpainted watercolor: www.pictorem.com/2546201/cat-...

#art #painting #cats #caturday #cat #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #WhiskersWednesday #kittens #katze #AnimalArt #BlackCats #ArtForSale #giftideas #watercolor #aquarelle #chat

Collage of four watercolor paintings, each depicting two cats together. Two cats and a full moon, two cats under a colorful sky, two cats meet under the mistletoe and you and me together - a black cat and a white cat seen from above are cuddling together. They form a circle like the yin and yang symbol on an abstract watercolor background in teal and indigo. All paintings by Karen Kaspar.

My gift for all (cat) lovers!

Have a lovely weekend!

#valentinesday #valentine #love #art #romance #painting #cats #caturday #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #kitten #AnimalArt #BlackCats #ArtForSale #giftideas #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #aquarelle #TraditionalArt #kunst #kitty #kittens

Unfinished watercolor painting of an alpaca with brown fur, by Karen Kaspar

It's time to paint an Alpaca....

#alpaca #wip #wipwednesday #workinprogress #ArtistAtWork #art #painting #artist #arte #humanartist #watercolor #watercolour #contemporaryArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #artists #aquarell #aquarelle #handmade #ArtMatters #animals

Congratulations, Karen! So well-deserved!

Little Robin is an acrylic painting in contemporary square format by artist Karen Kaspar. A cute fluffy little European Robin bird is sitting on a branch and is looking to the left side.The background is abstracted in vibrant shades of pink.

I'm happy that my acrylic painting Little Robin won first place in the Fine Art America contest 'Bold and Brightly Toned Art' run by the Creative Women Group. Thank you to everyone who voted!

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#art #painting #birds #robin #animals #wallart #artwork

unfurled fist
a farmer lets his seeds
answer the storm

#dailyhaikuprompt
#haiku

Snow covered tree limbs with a hint of sunlight.

branching
everywhere
one seed

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt
#nature #imageandverse

Thank you so much, Cendrine! A compliment from you means a lot to me, as you are such a multi-talented artist whose work I absolutely love!

It's always an honor to receive your work, Marjolein!

It's such an honour, that my 3 haiku have been selected by Cendrine Marrouat @haikushackmag.bsky.social for the 6th edition of The Haiku Shack Magazine on the theme of #water.

#haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #fiction #writers #writer #nature

Another phenomenal issue is coming your way soon. Featuring the works of @marjoleinrotsteeg.bsky.social @cinnatus.bsky.social and more!

As always, members of The Haiku Shack Magazine get to see the issue before anyone else.

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snow flurries
the winter king's
last convulsions

#dailyhaikuprompt - flurry
#haiku
#poem
#poetry
#writing
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#winter
#snow

invisible wounds
with time they will mend
but never heal

#dailyhaikuprompt - warmth
#haiku
#poem
#poetry
#writing
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#mentalhealth

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January rain;
in an alley by itself
one cherry tree blooms.

#haiku #poetry #winter

A young Brandt's cormorant emerges with two shrimp in its bill.

A calm bay
mouthfuls of shrimp
dive after dive.

Brandt's Cormorant, Jan. 2026, #BodegaBay, #California.
#birds #birdphotography #photography #sonomacounty #m43 #haiku

high in the bare oak
the crow is ignoring us
early morning mist

A text based image of a poem. The poem reads still life my womb becomes an echo chamber

I’m honored to have this poem make the long list of the latest installment of Haiku Dialogue, with the theme of ‘Energy in Motion - Movement in Stillness’. Thanks so much to Guest Editor Vidya Shankar, and congratulations to all the featured poets.
#senryu

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filling the ditches
great snarling bramble-wodwos
crawling into spring

Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com

lotus leaf —
the old frog
slips under again

Neena Singh

Time Haiku Journal #63, February 2026

Still time to join in the fun and be part of this amazing mixed genre! #haiku #prose #tanka #haibun

#haiku
having gone to
the barn to die
the cat returns

should I rug up warmly
for this last adventure or strip naked
under a sheet?
take my favourite shirt
with me

— Sandra Renew

25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019

(an individual’s reckoning w/their own death)

#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #tanka

Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com

empty church
relighting
someone’s candle

Frances Angela

hedgerow: a journal of small poems, sample poems.

Image: "Saishoin Temple, Hirosaki, in Snow", Kawase Hasui (1883 - 1957)

bright day - the hedgehog wakened from hibernation by the smell of spring Hedgehog in spring is a watercolour painting in landscape format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A small hedgehog with brown spines sits in bright green grass against a calm blue sky. He curiously stretches his nose into the air and sniffs the fresh spring air. He seems to be smiling. The loose brushstrokes of the watercolour lend the scene a gentle and peaceful aura. This work, a combination of painting and haiku, is a joint project by Karen Kaspar (© art) and Marjolein Rotsteeg (© Haiku). A haiku is a traditional Japanese poetry form consisting of three lines. Here the watercolor painting was supplemented with the haiku in English.

And here is the cute hedgehog combined with a lovely haiku written by @marjoleinrotsteeg.bsky.social

bright day - the hedgehog
wakened from hibernation
by the scent of spring

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#art #haiku #hedgehog #animals #nature #watercolor #poem #poetry #writing #igel