James Atkinson6d ago
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1894 https://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/06/1894.html #poem #bookhaiku #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #cormacmccarthy #alltheprettyhorses #thebordertriology #haiku
#1894

the bell sounded thin, or morning hour exhausted, like a mashed tin can From words on page 182 of All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy ...

James AtkinsonApr 28
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1847 https://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/04/1847.html #poem #bookhaiku #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #thecoin #yasminzaher #haiku
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knowledge, precision afternoon sunlight shining onto the strangers From words on page 86 of  The Coin  by Yasmin Zaher (Footnote, 2024).

James AtkinsonApr 17
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1831 https://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/04/1831.html #poem #bookhaiku #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #ursulakleguin #cityofillusions #hainishcycle
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flesh sterile alone labor foggily obeyed lift-off drive bluish From words on page 369 of  Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Three Hainish Novels...

James AtkinsonApr 7
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1819 https://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/04/1819.html #poem #bookhaiku #blackoutpoetry #erasurepoetry #ursulakleguin #hainishcycle #hain #planetofexile
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the tent stood talking wind stretched a flaw carried word memory outward From words on page 145 of  Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Three Hain...

James AtkinsonMar 9
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1788 https://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/03/1788.html #poem #bookhaiku #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #lordoftheflies #williamgolding #haiku
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remember the smoke? say i hadn’t forgotten everything in sight! From words on page 263 of Lord of the Flies  by William Golding ( Faber and ...

James AtkinsonFeb 22
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1768: http://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/02/1769.html #poem #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #bookhaiku #bookclub #thecrackedmirror #chrisbrookmyre #haiku
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sleep failed silence breath “i don’t want you to see this” a glimpse empty trapped From words on page 263 of  The Cracked Mirror  by Chris B...

James AtkinsonFeb 22
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1767: http://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/02/1767.html #poem #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #bookhaiku #bookclub #thecrackedmirror #chrisbrookmyre #haiku
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a glass brain useless eyes down a glimpse devils here the oubliette voice From words on page 263 of  The Cracked Mirror  by Chris Brookmyre ...

James AtkinsonFeb 20
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1765 https://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/02/1765.html #poem #bookhaiku #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #chrisbrookmyre #thecrackedmirror #bookclub
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the New Town badger in a Mazda (passenger) sleep eyes in half-light From words on page 263 of The Cracked Mirror  by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus...

James AtkinsonFeb 11
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1753: http://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/02/1753.html #poem #bookhaiku #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #Tolkien #roverandom
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the cabbage dragon swooped above the moon and lost his way home for months From words on page 91 of  Roverandom  by JRR Tolkien (HarperColli...

James AtkinsonFeb 6
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1748: http://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/02/1748.html #poem #erasurepoetry #blackoutpoetry #bookhaiku #davidgentleman #haiku
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take you everywhere know roughly where i'm going have time to stretch/stop From words on page 19 of  Lessons for Young Artists  by David Gen...