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Thursday, November 13, 2025

"Edge Relativity" by Jack Hernon

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  ~ Jack Hernon was born on a farm in Southern Wisconsin. He had a pony that he once got to ride to school.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

A Monoku by Patrick Sweeney

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  drawing Nazca lines in the backseat with my granddaughter
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

A Concrete Poem by Roberta Beach Jacobson

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  please answer yes . . . pendulum ~ Roberta Beach Jacobson is an American writer in love with words—flash fiction, poetry, song lyrics, puz...
Monday, November 10, 2025

"Mandala" by Scott Wiggerman

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  ~ Scott Wiggerman, a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, is primarily known as a poet, instructor, and editor, though he has been in...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

"Distinctions" by Loralee Clark

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Distinctions Maybe when you're young you think flames of the fire are where the warmth lay. But the flames rise high, straying from the ...
Saturday, November 8, 2025

A Senryu by Anne Fox

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  wake of vultures the ceremonial white of widows ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp wo...
Friday, November 7, 2025

"diaphanous dimension" by Debbie Strange

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  *Found gogyoshi culled from "Cullen in the Afterlife" by P.K. Page ~ Debbie Strange (Canada) is a short-form poet, artist, music...
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Thursday, November 6, 2025

A Monoku by Scott Wiggerman

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  rusted fence how we bleed without knowing ~ Scott Wiggerman, a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, is primarily known as a poet, ins...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

A Haiga by Shloka Shankar

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  ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. She is the Founding Editor of Sonic Boom and its im...
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

A Shahai by Stephanie Zepherelli

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  ~ Stephanie Zepherelli, a former dance professor, is a long time student and teacher of Iyengar yoga, ballet, and contemporary dance; a st...
Monday, November 3, 2025

A Ta Da by Shloka Shankar

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  when you think about it life is a pyramid scheme ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. She...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

"Incantation for Release or Confinement" by Michael Nickels-Wisdom

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  Incantation for Release or Confinement inside the mind outside the mind inside the body outside the body inside the room outside the room ...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

A Senryu by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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  sit a spell fellow phantom all are welcome here ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature a...

"Deep Sleep" by gaia & vana

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  ~ Barbara Anna Gaiardoni and Andrea Vanacore, known as gaia & vana, are finalists in the "Writings Leith" competition in Edi...

A Senryu by Randy Brooks

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  cleaning house for other-worldly guests new ofrenda candles ~ Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University, where ...
Friday, October 31, 2025

A Senryu by Jackie Chou

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looking for you in every masked face Halloween night ~ Jackie Chou is a writer from Southern California who has two collections of poetry, T...

A Haiga by John Hawkhead

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  ~ John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing three books of haiku & senryu in that time. He lives ...

An Esoteriku by Isabella Mori

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  samhain— a thin veil draped over the waxing moon ~ Isabella Mori writes pretty much everything that's not nailed down: Fiction (a 15th...

A Haiga by Terri L. French

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  ~ Terri L. French lives on a little mountain in Huntsville, Alabama with her husband, Ray, her dog, Chaka, and cat, Salem. It's the pe...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

A Senryu by Isabella Mori

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  between life and death the last leaves on the maple tree ~ Isabella Mori writes pretty much everything that's not nailed down: Fiction...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

A Senryu by Chad Lee Robinson

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  bound in the form of a black cat autumn loneliness ~ Chad Lee Robinson has been writing haiku and related poetry for more than twenty year...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

An Esoteriku by Rowan Beckett Minor

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  called out by today's tarot spread the wind settles ~ Rowan Beckett Minor (they/them) is a disabled Melungeon poet and hoodoo practiti...
Monday, October 27, 2025

"The Graeae, in Dust and Teeth" by Betty Stanton

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  The Graeae, in Dust and Teeth Three shadows lean into the mirror—One eye rolling, wet, dropped, caught, dropped again, pressed into socket...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

A Senryu by Vishal Prabhu

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  diary pages the phases of the moon all marked out ~ Educated as a chemical engineer, partly at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Vishal Prabhu has si...
Saturday, October 25, 2025

"angel smolder" by Thomas Zimmerman

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angel smolder my wife with friends the devil took her north well hexed by now    so doggo baches it with me    gas fire    woodswalks    lau...
Friday, October 24, 2025

A Monoku by Shloka Shankar

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  a sinter of words before the word ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. She is the Foundin...
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Thursday, October 23, 2025

A Haiga by John Hawkhead

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  ~ John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing three books of haiku & senryu in that time. He lives ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

A Senryu by Kelly Sargent

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  wiping the steam from the mirror— this longing to be enough ~ Kelly Sargent is a poet, editor, and devoted tea drinker residing in Vermont...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

A Senryu by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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penning a letter the pomegranate tree blooms as persephone dreams ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. Sh...
Monday, October 20, 2025

Three Diwali Ku by Arvinder Kaur

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  the statuesqueness of an evening star amavasya - your initials in marigold petals rangoli diyas - it is complicated trying to untangle the...

A Diwali Ku by Shloka Shankar

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  earthen lamps . . .               the afterglow of motichoor laddoos ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from B...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

An Esoteriku by Alan Summers

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  timing the shadows we sidestep into the forest to mingle with gods ~ Alan Summers is related to the first ever American best-selling/block...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

"Gay Gene (pink)" by Scott Wiggerman

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  Many of Scott Wiggerman's art endeavors include gay themes and/or male nudity. No nudity in "Gay Gene (pink)"; however, the ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

An Esoteriku by Rowan Beckett Minor

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  crisp oak leaves in the old mason jar a collection of teeth ~ Rowan Beckett Minor (they/them) is a disabled Melungeon poet and hoodoo prac...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

"The Memory of Wholeness" by Michael Nickels-Wisdom

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  The Memory of Wholeness A soul is a singing bowl. No one alive can tell you that. Just a touch from your lifelong partner rounds it with s...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

A Haiga by Anne Fox

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  ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp work behind the scenes for our dying civilization.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

A Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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  purple lilies in a stone white circle new morning ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco. She writes haiku, enjoys nature and is a...
Monday, October 13, 2025

"East 12th & Rockwell" by Ken Tomaro

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  East 12th & Rockwell It was a thousand black holes coursing through my veins. A bullfrog trying to hypnotize me with its stare. All th...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025

A Monoku by Chad Lee Robinson

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  hymn of seven crows my soul to take ~ Chad Lee Robinson has been writing haiku and related poetry for more than twenty years. He is the au...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

A Monoku by Robert Moyer

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  undercompensated the blind oracle on the curb ~ Robert Moyer, known by those close to him as Curly, lives in Winston Salem, where he dotes...
Friday, October 10, 2025

An Esoteriku by Roberta Beach Jacobson

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  enriching the crone's herbal garden transformation ~ Roberta Beach Jacobson is an American author/editor/poet who is in love with word...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

"exorcism" by Colleen M. Farrelly

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  exorcism their walls weep red and whisper words broken by walkie-talkie static and wailing doors Rorschach the forensics of bullet holes ~...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

A Senryu by Terri L. French

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  moon illusion we weren't really that close ~ Terri L. French lives on a little mountain in Huntsville, Alabama with her husband, Ray, ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

An Esoteriku by Rowan Beckett Minor

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  fading light porcupine quills pushed in the dirt ~ Rowan Beckett Minor (they/them) is a disabled Melungeon poet and hoodoo practitioner fr...
Monday, October 6, 2025

"The Gleaning" by Terri L. French

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  ~ Terri L. French lives on a little mountain in Huntsville, Alabama with her husband, Ray, her dog, Chaka, and cat, Salem. It's the pe...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

A Monoku by Arvinder Kaur

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the music in my loneliness cicadas ~ Arvinder Kaur believes in a superpower that lives within each one of us, whose presence she feels in al...
Saturday, October 4, 2025

An Esoteriku by Chad Lee Robinson

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  ragged moth wings . . . a stranger on the threshold ~ Chad Lee Robinson has been writing haiku and related poetry for more than twenty yea...
Friday, October 3, 2025

"Kitchen Rhythm" by Nolcha Fox

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  Kitchen Rhythm We tap feet to the coffee pot that drips and burbles heaven. We tip on toes through broken glass. We'll need to buy mor...
Thursday, October 2, 2025

"Born for the Job" by Luanne Castle

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  Born for the Job for all the harpies Pensive, that look she had, part introspective, part tending feelings both black and red about the ch...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

A Monoku by Shloka Shankar

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  a diorama of light mountain ash ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. She is the Founding ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

An Esoteriku by Rowan Beckett Minor

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  mixing a bottle of hook vine and mandrake dusk settles ~ Rowan Beckett Minor (they/them) is a disabled Melungeon poet and hoodoo practitio...
Monday, September 29, 2025

"Cicada Remnants" by Loralee Clark

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  Cicada Remnants A husk without its own energy, momentum; aimless in its wind-tumbling as it floats away on the water light and airy carrie...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

"Portals" by Colleen M. Farrelly

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  Portals always open in my favorite science fiction movies—gleaming and churning through spacetime with the promise of adventure and a new ...
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Saturday, September 27, 2025

An Esoteriku by Chad Lee Robinson

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  curled leaf a secret taken to the grave ~ Chad Lee Robinson has been writing haiku and related poetry for more than twenty years. He is th...
Friday, September 26, 2025

An Esoteriku by Roberta Beach Jacobson

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  hidden within the temple ruins gnosis ~ Roberta Beach Jacobson is an American author/editor/poet who is in love with words—flash fiction, ...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

"relief" by Shloka Shankar

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  ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. She is the Founding Editor of Sonic Boom and its im...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

A Tanka by Jackie Chou

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  praying for the weight of woes to lift . . . the mercy of a raven fleeing the branch ~ Jackie Chou is a writer from Southern California wh...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

"fantastic this one dream no make it seven" by Isabella Mori

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  Image courtesy of Joan Marie,  creator of the Cult of Weimar Tarot fantastic this one dream no make it seven her fingers dance among the g...
Monday, September 22, 2025

A Haiga by John Hawkhead

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  ~ John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing three books of haiku & senryu in that time. He lives ...
Sunday, September 21, 2025

"The Origins of Perfume" by Katherine E Winnick

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The Origins of Perfume What are the origins of perfume? The word "perfume" today is used to describe scented mixtures and is deriv...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

A Senryu by Shane Coppage

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  witching hour— the soft cacophony of old bones ~ Shane Coppage is a poet and artist. His poetry has been published in various journals and...
Friday, September 19, 2025

"Technical Interview #517" by Colleen M. Farrelly

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  Technical Interview #517 They say another day, another dollar . I waste half a dollar on interviews. Their problem states that a dollar an...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

A Senryu by John Hawkhead

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  trapped inside a crusting salt circle middle-age demons ~ John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing t...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

"Over and Out" by Nolcha Fox

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  Over and Out I look out the window that my dreams did not wash clean. I see the bench where we first met is empty and decayed. I know the ...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

A Senryu by Rowan Beckett Minor

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  sudden thunder swallows the daylight . . . my black candle flickers ~ Rowan Beckett Minor (they/them) is a disabled Melungeon poet and hoo...
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Friday, September 12, 2025

A Senryu by Jerome Berglund

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  underworld . . . do you come here often? ~ Jerome Berglund has had a lifelong interest in angels, demons, hoodoo, voodoo, saints, sinners,...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

"Flower Moon" by Christina Chin

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  ~ Christina is a painter and a haiku poet. A three-time Pushcart Prize 2025 Nominee. She is a four-time recipient of Top 100 in the mDAC S...
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Saturday, September 6, 2025

A Senryu by Isabella Mori

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hail hypnogogia hekate speaks to me of rustling leaves ~ Isabella Mori writes pretty much everything that's not nailed down: Fiction (a ...