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Posts by Kij Johnson

I had forgotten
the billowing greens
of the honeysuckle
#haiku #senryu

17 hours ago 5 0 0 0

to the buzzard
on my deck—
not today, either
#haiku #senryu

1 day ago 12 0 0 0

so close
I heard its wings
turkey buzzard
#haiku #senryu

1 day ago 3 0 0 0

turkey buzzard
too big to flutter
heaves through the trees
#haiku #senryu

1 day ago 4 0 0 0

turkey buzzards
pause in the trees
just outside
#haiku #senryu

1 day ago 4 2 0 0

into the storm
to watch storm
chasers on YouTube
#haiku #senryu

2 days ago 7 0 0 0

Negotiations are underway.

2 days ago 1 0 0 0

birdsong and clarity
here then gone
but they'll be back
#haiku #senryu

2 days ago 4 0 0 0

every day
the cat and I battle
for use of my left hand
#haiku #senryu

2 days ago 7 0 1 0
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Queen of the Night aria
in five seconds:
Carolina wren

#haiku #senryu

2 days ago 3 0 0 0

walking outside
what I see
is never AI
#haiku #senryu

4 days ago 12 0 0 0

in the street
waiting for
the wind storm
#haiku #senryu

4 days ago 3 0 0 0

seven buzzards
making patterns
backlit feathers
#haiku #senryu

4 days ago 5 0 0 0

seven buzzards
thirty feet up
not quite landing
#haiku #senryu

4 days ago 4 0 0 0

seven buzzards
on their daily drive-by
feathers glowing with sun
#haiku #senryu

4 days ago 4 0 0 0

the answer
to every riddle
is "why"
#haiku #senryu

5 days ago 6 0 0 0
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one ant
in the kitchen
a midnight prowl
#haiku #senryu

5 days ago 6 0 0 0

stubborn cardinal
singing on the last branch
of the hemlock
#haiku #senryu

5 days ago 3 0 0 0

She approves of the notion.

5 days ago 4 0 0 0

She thinks this is a good idea.

5 days ago 1 0 0 0

Prose update: I realized today that, for what I am paying for my cat's fancy food, I could buy her an organic rotisserie chicken every two days and still save money.

5 days ago 8 0 1 0

last night
the acid-yellow sky
and all that wind
#haiku #senryu

1 week ago 11 1 0 0

strong wind—
the coffeetree sways
dead vine swinging
#haiku #senryu

1 week ago 3 0 0 0

bilingual—
the crow calls
and I look for the hawk
#haiku #senryu

1 week ago 9 0 1 0
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Sunday morning—
two college girls
dressed like their mothers
#haiku #senryu

1 week ago 8 0 0 0

fizzing sparks
dancing across the page
of the great equation
#haiku #senryu

1 week ago 6 0 0 0

the horde of tiny spiders
bright gold and brown
newborn
#haiku #senryu

1 week ago 7 0 0 0

past my bedtime
the cat waiting
impatient
#haiku #senryu

1 week ago 8 0 0 0

dabs of rain
not quite enough
for the wipers
#haiku #senryu

1 week ago 5 0 0 0

Thank you!

1 week ago 0 0 0 0