Drifting aimlessly,
Meandering through the trees,
Your head in the clouds.

@aethelshane
#haiku #badhaiku #fivesevenfive #poetry
#575prompt #mist

Sky and sea at odds,
Locked in eternal struggle,
Sibling rivalry.

#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Sky #Brother
#Zeus #Poseidon

A ring worn by time,
Set with thirteen ancient stones,
The Druid’s Altar.

#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Ring
#StandingStoneSunday

Summer fruits bursting,
Full of natural sweetness,
My heart, a lemon.

#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Sweetness

Extract from abstract,
Randomness given meaning,
Tell me what you see.

#Senryu #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Ink

Hiding between clouds,
The Moon steals across the sky,
A thief in the night.

#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575prompt #thief

One drop starts a flood,
Mind awash with memories,
Eyes swimming with tears.

@aethelshane
#Senryu #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Perfume

Caught in turbulence,
A leaf in the bitter wind,
Fleeing oppression.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575prompt #bitter

Awe, unexpected,
Right Time and Place conspiring,
A chance-meeting, say.

#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Surprise

The new dawn brings gifts,
Nature’s wealth in evidence,
Enriching us all.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Sparkle

War gives way to Peace,
But Time flows like a river,
History repeats.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #River

Weak apology,
Silence speaks volumes, at least,
Your words mean nothing.

@aethelshane
#BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Sorry

Stars festoon the sky,
A celestial garland,
A slice of Heaven.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Garland

I am lost - four words,
Compassion, Empathy, Love,
Kindness - where are they?

#Senryu #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Perplexity

Those initial sparks,
Each electric touch a thrill,
Too soon fade away.

@aethelshane
#Senryu #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#575Prompt #Electric

Extract, Transform, Load.
Data fighting fascism,
({JoinKind.AntiRight})

#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#ETL #AntiFascist

From lofty towers,
Is far-flung beauty perceived,
Ever out of reach.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #BadHaiku #FiveSevenFive
#Poetry #MicroPoem
#575Prompt #Towers

What Magic once wrought,
Science explains and dispels,
Yet Wonder remains.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #FiveSevenFive #MicroPoem #Poetry
#575Prompt #Magical
#Eclipse #SolarEclipse

Lined up at the docks,
The Ferryman approaches,
We shuffle onwards.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoems #SmallPoems #Poetry
#575Prompt #Docks #Charon

Others fear the climb,
The peaks ahead are daunting,
Your next adventure.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry
#575Prompt #Peaks

Ice and Darkness here,
the extremities of Space,
missing Sun’s warm kiss.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#Haiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Ice

Early morning drive,
Put paid to by a sharp-shot,
Engine still running.

@aethelshane
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry
#575Prompt #Assassin

Trapped above the clouds,
A white land of solitude,
Longing for clear skies.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Mountain
#Haiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems

Stars have guided us:
To Bethlehem; the New World;
The Final Frontier.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Star
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

My thoughts escape me,
Time slipping, notes out of place,
I can’t find my keys.

@aethelshane
#575Prompt #Forgetful
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Delicate blossoms,
Yield fruit with outward sweetness,
Yet a heart of stone.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Plum
#WinterBlossom #PlumBlossom
#Haiku #FiveSevenFive #Poetry
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems

The veil between worlds,
Sometimes feels like a chasm,
So near yet so far.

@aethelshane
#575Prompt #Chasm
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Beneath a stone sky,
Children of the mountain sing,
The earth resonates.

@aethelshane
#575Prompt #Dwarves
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Across the city,
Alarm bells peel at daybreak,
Hit the snooze button.

@aethelshane
#575Prompt #Bells
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #poetry

Fears press in on me,
Anxiety’s crushing weight,
I am trapped in here.

@aethelshane
#575Prompt #Trapped
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

A flutter of red,
Cherished memories recalled,
Loved ones remembered.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Cardinal
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Soft cry of the wind,
The brilliance of the moon,
His noble purpose.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Moon
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

The landscape is changed,
The seasons are a gateway,
I know not this place.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Winter

#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Light dances on snow,
No footprints show her passing,
So lightly she treads.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Light
#Haiku #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

My mind’s discard pile,
Such incoherent nonsense,
Often recycled.

@aethelshane
#575Prompt #Gibberish
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Threads of the rainbow,
Woven tightly together,
With love and respect.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Thread #LGBTQ
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Truth is a feather,
Weighed against your heart and soul,
On scales wealth can’t tip.

@dailyhaikuprompt
#DailyHaikuChallenge #Feather
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Beyond the grey veil,
The realm of Sunlit Uplands,
A grim fairytale.

@aethelshane
#575Prompt #Realm
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Aura

Twilight casts a spell,
An otherworldly aura,
Shivers down my spine.

#575prompt #Aura
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Flight

In our dreams we soar,
And touch the clouds, but briefly,
A flight of fancy.

#575prompt #Flight
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Rug

I sleep fitfully,
Dark secrets do not lie still,
Swept under the rug.

#575prompt #Rug
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Eve

On midwinter’s eve,
The Long Night, darkness triumphs,
Glimpse fleeting beauty.

#575prompt #Eve
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

New Chapter

With the turning leaves,
Winter brings a fresh, white page,
And a new chapter.

#575prompt #NewChapter
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Reflect

As bleak as Winter,
mood and dark days, reflected.
Which is the mirror?

#575prompt #Reflect
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Dinner

Our North-South divide,
Defined by dinner’s timing,
Evening or at noon?

#575prompt #Dinner
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

@darthmatango

Dinner in evening here in the North West

Affirmations

Self-empowerment,
Positive affirmations,
Fostering belief.

#575prompt #Affirmations
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Beginning

Woodland guardian,
Teaching the acorns patience,
Humble beginnings.

#575prompt #Beginning
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

@aethelshane

#575prompt Backlog:

Aura
Twilight casts a spell,
An otherworldly aura,
Shivers down my spine.

—•—

Flight
In our dreams we soar,
And touch the clouds, but briefly,
A flight of fancy.

—•—

Rug
I sleep fitfully,
Dark secrets do not lie still,
Swept under the rug.

—•—

Eve
On midwinter’s eve,
The Long Night, darkness triumphs,
Glimpse fleeting beauty.

—•—

New Chapter
With the turning leaves,
Winter brings a fresh, white page,
And a new chapter.

@aethelshane

#575Prompt Backlog:

Reflect
As bleak as Winter,
mood and dark days, reflected.
Which is the mirror?

—•—

Dinner
Our North-South divide,
Defined by dinner’s timing,
Evening or at noon?

—•—

Affirmations
Self-empowerment,
Positive affirmations,
Fostering belief.

—•—

Beginning
Woodland guardian,
Teaching the acorns patience,
Humble beginnings.

Typo

My head in the weeds,
I miss the would for the trees,
Typos flourishing.

@aethelshane
#575prompt #Typo
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Pain

Painful memories,
Pierce the dull monotony,
Numbness soon returns.

@aethelshane
#575prompt #Pain
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Speaker

A speaker, it seems,
Yet it is always listening,
“Alexa, save me!”

Final words spoken in vain,
“Sorry, I don’t know that one.”

@aethelshane
#575prompt #Speaker
#Haiku #Tanka #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Hay

The wind in the hills,
Night’s veil pierced by silver light,
Hay for his pillow.

#DailyHaikuChallenge #Hay
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Pipe

Always holding right,
Speeding towards the up-pipe,
Kaizo blocks be dammed.

@aethelshane
#575prompt #Pipe #Mario #Kaizo
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Fern

Here among the ferns,
Dappled sunlight filters through,
Mushroom says hello.

#DailyHaikuChallenge #Fern
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Mirth

Caught by a stray thought,
A fleeting smile, here then gone,
Short-lived happiness.

#DailyHaikuChallenge #Mirth
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Insults

Prideful blackbird sings,
Elicits negative tweets,
Affronted, flies South.

@aethelshane
#575prompt #Insults
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Frost

Brittle covering,
Cold heart refuses to thaw,
Still not over you.

#DailyHaikuChallenge #Frost
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Long Night

A candle flickers,
No comfort through this Long Night,
Lonely, this Winter.

#DailyHaikuChallenge #LongNight
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry

Desolation

Desolate wasteland,
Sealed by nuclear winter’s kiss,
Our Christmas future.

#DailyHaikuChallenge #Desolation
#Haiku #Senryu #FiveSevenFive
#MicroPoem #SmallPoems #Poetry