A Haiku...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XcREAt3LqTM

#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetry24 #poetry2024 #haiku #HaikuPoetry #NationalHaikuDay #writing #writingcommunity @writingcommunity @writing @poetry

On Reading an Article in Science:
“How writing haiku has made me a better scientist”
- @Smalljones

If I wrote haiku,
would I do better at what
I'm supposed to do?

Would I have insight
into molecules and rules
for making new tools?

Understand nature
as beyond Occam's razor?
Nothing so simple

as syllable count
to get at complexity
with dexterity.

[...]

#nationalHaikuDay

https://indeliblelit.com/2023/06/25/seeing-more-by-seeing-less-and-on-reading-an-article-in-science-by-paul-jones/

Twitter hashtags had me inspired. [shrugs]

Bats: Wingéd creatures
Your appreciation day
We love you so much

You are so helpful
with eating dangerous bugs
and enriching plants

So soft and fluffy
Like little fuzzy winged cats
Thanks for your hard work!

#BatAppreciationDay #NationalHaikuDay #AprilPoetryMonth

What should I write for
National Haiku Day? Hmm.
I’m completely stumped.*

#NationalHaikuDay
[* This, strictly speaking,
is a senryu, but let’s
not quibble, shall we?]
https://wp.me/p4H9zI-xw

"A time travel farce?
Commedia dell'Arte?
Catch us at Marcon!"

#NationalHaikuDay

#CommediaDellArte #commedia #improv #TimeTravel #Marcon #MarconOH

"Public right of way"
should mean people don't die there
no matter what mode.

#NationalHaikuDay #poetry #haiku #multimodal #RoadSafety #PeopleStreets #StreetsAreForPeople #ZeroTrafficDeaths #CompleteStreets #infrastructure #transportation #walk #bicycle #WalkTooter #BikeTooter #BikeEverywhere

Ink stains on paper,
Words flow from pen to capture
Thoughts immortalized.

#poetrycommunity #haiku #nationalhaikuday #micropoetry

A cherry blossom,
Softly falling to the ground,
Spring's gentle whisper.

#NationalHaikuDay #haiku