Writing a poem a day has been a very rewarding experience for me as this project wouldn't exist had I not tried this exercise. At first I focused on full length poems but I've started to get into haiku, couplets, and a,b,b,a rhyme schemes. #HaikuWritingMonth #PoetryMonth #Poetry

Winding Up the Week #458 This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Robinson Crusoe Day, …

bookjotter.com/2026/01/31/winding-up-the-week-458/ #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #Bookish #RobinsonCrusoeDay #HaikuWritingMonth @consumedbyink.bsky.social @mandywight.bsky.social

Invention of Traffic Lights: a Haiku
8/28

So, Garrett Morgan
Apparently understood
That consent saves lives.

#blackinventors #blackhistorymonth #haiku #haikuwritingmonth #poc #blacklabor #africanamericanlabor #poetry #poem

The New Jim Crow: a haiku
7/28

Chains, Segregation,
Now bars and killer police.
"Safety" for the Whites.

#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #africanamericanhistory #dei #haikuwritingmonth #jimcrow #newjimcrow #massincarceration #policebrutality #blm #blacklivesmatter

Juneteenth: a haiku
6/28

They didn't follow
Emancipation orders
Slaves two years too long

#juneteenth #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #reparations #haiku #haikuwritingmonth

African Americans and Labor The work of Black skin Intense visibility Never really seen

African Americans and Labor: the theme of this year's #blackhistorymonth
It's also #haikuwritingmonth so I've challenged myself to write 28 haiku in 28 days about Black History. 1/28
#haiku #blackhistory #visibility