#senryu by Dr. Randy Brooks ( @brooksbookshaiku ), Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on #haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK: A collection of playing cards. #poetry #ghosttown #illinois

#digital #haiga by Biswajit Mishra ( @biswajitmishra.ig ), a bilingual poet writing mostly in English & occasionally in Odia. His #poems have been published internationally in magazines. Born in India & having spent a few years in Kenya, Biswajit & his wife Bharati currently live in Calgary, #Canada #haiku

#haiku by Ash Evan Lippert | Ash is an emerging queer writer from South Carolina. A featured poet at Neologism, their work has appeared or is forthcoming in NOON: journal of the short poem, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Sonic Boom, whiptail: journal of the single-line poem and Heliosparrow, among many others. Their debut chapbook, god of the body, is available through Yavanika Press. Find them on Bluesky (@wanderstruck.blog ) and Instagram (@wanderstruck_haiku ). #poetry #SC #spring

#haiku / #senryu by long time contributor, Marilyn Ward of Lincolnshire, UK. Find more of her work on Blue Sky @haikupoet.bsky.social #poetry #banana #UK @malward71

#shahai by Reid Hepworth @reidhepworth | Reid lives in a small cottage in Georgian Bay, Ontario where she spends her time listening to trees, talking to all manners of wildlife and writing short form #poetry. #haiku #photo #water

#senryu / #haiku by new contributor, Tom Bierovic ( @tombierovic ), a widely published, award-winning haiku, senryu, & tanka poet. When not reading or writing, he enjoys playing backgammon & Connections, drumming on bongos & djembe, & power washing his driveway. Find his books, “Playing for Keeps in Stocks and Futures”, “Blink of a Duck’s Eye”, & “Paper Boats” on Amazon. Tom & wife Laurie (mystery writer Maggie McChristie) live in DeLand—the Athens of #Florida #song

#senryu #monoku by Laurence Stacy. Laurence teaches English & literature courses at Kennesaw State University. He is also the recent coauthor of “Before the Earth: Haiku and Haikai.” In addition to studying poetics, he is a longtime martial artist, and is interested in connections between the disciplines he enjoys. #poetry #haiku #illness

Somber #senryu by Jennifer Gurney. Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published. Two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #haiku #colorado #grief #poetry

#shahai by new contributor, Michelle Farrell. @michellefarrellart Michelle is a mixed media artist & poet living in New Zealand, with a background working in disability, neurodiversity & mental health. Her artworks have found homes internationally, & recently she has been nurturing her creative writing along, with #poems & #haiga published in various journals. #poetry #haiku