#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

#haiku by Lucas Weissenborn @luque_mit_q | Lucas is a researcher, musician, & poet based in #Norway. His haiku & senryū have appeared in many journals, including Science. He was also once unintentionally appointed an expert on squirrels by a university in Russia. #swallows #poetry #spring

#monoku by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel oana_maria_ #poetry #haiku #cherryblossoms #italy

#haiga by returning contributor, Sankara Jayanth Sudanagunta. Sankara is a multidisciplinary artist from Hyderabad, India trying to center his mind through art in an increasingly chaotic world. You can find his work on www.coffeeandhaiku.in and find him on social media with the username @coffeeandhaiku. #poetry #art #india #war