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Haiku by Millicent Bee

cosmos of marbles
if we’re playing for keepsies
blue and white swirly

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 23, 2026October 17, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:Humour, Marbles, Millicent Bee, Science FictionLeave a comment on Haiku by Millicent Bee

Haiku by Barbara Mosbacher Anderson

gentle autumn rain
a piano protégé
practices the scales

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 23, 2026October 17, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:Autumn, Barbara Mosbacher Anderson, Music, Piano, RainLeave a comment on Haiku by Barbara Mosbacher Anderson

Haiku by Mariola Grabowska

morning exercise
a starling imitates sounds
of coach’s commands

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 23, 2026October 17, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:Birds, Exercise, Mariola Grabowska, MorningLeave a comment on Haiku by Mariola Grabowska

After Rain

The old clothesline still hangs behind the house. I don’t remember when we stopped using it. Sometimes I reach up and touch the taut line – it hums.

the cold withered field
a drop falls from the clothesline
into my cupped hand

By Jacek Margolak

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 22, 2026October 17, 2026Posted inHaibunTags:Clothesline, Fields and Meadows, Hands, House, Jacek MargolakLeave a comment on After Rain

Haiku by DJ Tyrer

like clouds on the wind
seasons will keep on passing
recorded in words

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 22, 2026October 17, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:Cloud, DJ Tyrer, Poetry, Time, Winds and BreezesLeave a comment on Haiku by DJ Tyrer

Another Milestone

The 3000th post –
will there be thousands more posts?
You need to submit!

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 22, 2026October 17, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:DJ Tyrer1 Comment on Another Milestone

Haiku by Monica Kagan

i sit on a trunk
seedlings burst forth into bloom
under the spring sun

Instagram: @monicakaganpoet

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 22, 2026October 16, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:Flowers, Monica Kagan, Seeds, Spring, Suitcases and Trunks, SunLeave a comment on Haiku by Monica Kagan

Haiku by Aeronwy Dafies

swift moonlit shadow
silent cat on a mission
cloud across the moon

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 21, 2026October 16, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:Aeronwy Dafies, Cat, Cloud, Moon, Shadow, SilenceLeave a comment on Haiku by Aeronwy Dafies

Haiku by Barrie Levine

turnips in a bin…
the village women complain
about their husbands

Author of Cotton Moon

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 21, 2026October 16, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:Barrie Levine, Husbands and Wives, Turnip, VillageLeave a comment on Haiku by Barrie Levine

Haiku by L. Bordetsky-Williams

I open her door,
My old mother barely dressed –
Sunlight on her legs.

Author of Forget Russia

Posted byatlanteanpublishingOctober 21, 2026October 16, 2026Posted inHaikuTags:Door, L. Bordetsky-Williams, Legs, Mothers, Old Age, SunLeave a comment on Haiku by L. Bordetsky-Williams

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