#KidLitChat
I just stopped and counted. I'm at 195 stand-alone poems for the year. (Not counting verse novel, or the #HaiCoup I continue to accrue).
numb fingers clench
always a certain type
adding more ICE
#HaiCoup #HyperFundingICE
#KidLitChat I just started writing #HaiCoup to deal with the politics. And added my reps to my speed dial. Gah. How do we prioritize when the world is breaking down?
freshly shelled peas
a reminder…always
of your brain
#DailyHaikuPrompt (fresh peas) #haiku #HaiCoup
Breaking the ICE raid in San Diego
focaccia in the act
paperless bolognese
at a fork in the road.
#HaiCoup #ICE #ArrestForNotCarryingPapers
VA Orders Scientists not to Publish Without Clearance
when they’re stallin’
certain studies hold-a-more
digestible view
#HaiCoup #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPress #Censorship
Elon Musk Leaves Doge
the key words still scan
big brother’s watchful A-eye
at every trap door
#HaiCoup #DOGE #AI
Joni Ernst says We’re all Going to Die
not *that* but *when* and *how*
dense the fog must be to blind
one to cruelty
#HaiCoup #MedcaidCuts #MedicareCuts #Congress
Kids Ziptied and Detained After Their Deportation Case Dismissed
they don’t resist
their wrists too small to steel
still we hear zip
#HaiCoup #ICE #Deportation
FEMA pulled out of Western NC
the rusted remains
of bridges to the homestead
left to rot beside the river
#HaiCoup #WNC #Helene #BudgetCuts #Poetry
I’m not sure why, but over the past three days I’ve had a large influx of new followers. It’s not from any viral post as far as I can tell. Maybe a starter pack?
Anyhow, hello new followers! I mainly post #KidLit, #poetry, my garden, #HaiCoup, and random odds and ends.
Still taking additions to this #HaiCoup thread
Image of text from newspaper article referencing violations of human rights and due processes, courtesy of NPR, "Trump, back in rally mode, marks 100 days in office with boisterous Michigan speech."
#HaiCoup
in Easter’s court
truth and sworn oath cracked open
answer thrice refused
I have six solid pages worth of #HaiCoup drafted since January. Not one haiku per page. But a haiku, an empty line, next haiku, etc.
One of my #HaiCoup is included in this collection. Written after seeing the histories highlighting women of NASA deleted from their website.
There are a bunch of other just super great Haiku, too. If you enjoy poetry, please check it out!
#Haiku #InternationalHaikuDay #poet
I went from writing this #HaiCoup to a Haiku workshop with the Poetry Society of South Carolina. And I may have written another half dozen #HaiCoup there. A good protest day. And a good poetry day. I needed a day like this.
#Haiku #HaikuSaturday #HaiCoup #Senryu
Winds of change
thunder reflects the shock
chanting of the coming rain
#HandsOffProtest
This is definitely a #HaiCoup
Save EPA above a sand fish sculpture
Democracy ebbs
Low tide, spirits low
bombastic gulls, defenseless
against tyranny
#resist #HaikuSaturday #haiCoup
#Haiku is a three-line #poem of usually unrhymed words totaling 17 syllables: five in the first line, seven in the second line, and five in the last line. I wrote this #Haicoup in 60 secs. Your turn.
Ripping dawn from dusk
Our lives shatter into shards
Musk is trump's hammer
#HaicoupChallenge 🌸
our quick descent
the decent dissent as
democracy distances
#HaiCoup #Haiku #freedomOfSpeech #Detainment
I’ve enjoyed reading the #HaiCoup contributions! #kidlitchat
#KidLitChat I'm trying to cope with that by challenging myself to at least put the doom into haiku.
I mean #HaiCoup
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#HaiCoup #Resistance #CallForSubmissions
Be like @doucette515.bsky.social. Create #ArtAsResistance.
And then send it to us!
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