free verse poetry, haiku, other Japanese micro poems, and occasional flash fictionhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muxxfcwkgs2snight life the solitude of the living room couch08 Sep 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxxfcwkgs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muva27tfzc2wcomplete the haiga Drawing by Josiah www.completethehaiga.org haiga # 167 @completethehaiga.bsky.social sound barrier the white rabbit unfettered07 Sep 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muva27tfzc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muuiumocyc2zMany thanks to Eric Lohman for featuring my work at @freshoutmag.bsky.social unspoken words the potential clouds my day06 Sep 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuiumocyc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mus6hw7sxc22Text version in comments05 Sep 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus6hw7sxc22https://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muqh6ggbgc2mGrateful to Luke Brannon @lessethereal.bsky.social for a lovely reading of my poem with his, also for reading the Sufi Poet Hafiz’s beautiful poem [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqh6ggbgc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muppkiiqxc2cautumn stalks the boat already roped on the other side04 Sep 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muppkiiqxc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mumgnsskv22ja dream ready to break in03 Sep 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumgnsskv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muk4srnozc2ethe grass and… text version in in separate comments because of the size 😊02 Sep 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk4srnozc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mujvl3cg5c2sWhile the next issue is being polished up check out the updated guidelines for Drifting Sands Haibun submissions to open in October drifting-sands-haibun.org submissions/ My apologies, there’s was a typo in Mary Hale Bilbro, the issue editor’s name in the original post from Sep 1.02 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujvl3cg5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muitaiqimc2msleep shade off bit by bit I reconstruct the dream02 Sep 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muitaiqimc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muh5qbwwc22rWhile the next issue is being polished up check out the updated guidelines for Drifting Sands Haibun submissions to open in October drifting-sands-haibun.org/submissions/01 Sep 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh5qbwwc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mugqlamduc2j01 Sep 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugqlamduc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mue4mco26s2bcomplete the haiga Drawing by Josiah www.completethehaiga.org haiga # 166 @completethehaiga.bsky.social fall empty robins’ nest climbing down the pine31 Aug 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mue4mco26s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3muagsnbm2c2llimiting infinity myths sitting within from chapbook ‘nothing matters’29 Aug 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muagsnbm2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mu54b3dnjs2xWang Wei, the 8th century Chinese poet, from the collection “The Selected Poems of Wang Wei” translated by David Hinton. Untitled You just came from my old village so you know all about village affairs When you left, outside my window, was it in bloom—that winter plum?28 Aug 2026 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu54b3dnjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mu2awwevqs2vwild fires the moon without any pence27 Aug 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2awwevqs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mtvutxyaxs2v25 Aug 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvutxyaxs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mtuey5wokc2sMany thanks to Roberta (Robin) Beach Jacobson for giving my poem a space at smols an eclectic poetry journal featuring ultra-shorts, five words max smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com?m=1 immigration unknown language of joblessness24 Aug 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuey5wokc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mtrfovgets23complete the haiga Drawing by Josiah www.completethehaiga.org haiga # 165 @completethehaiga.bsky.social a tethered traveler my aging23 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrfovgets23https://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mtpvxmi2fs2gA poem included in Australian Haiku Society 2026 String Book World Haiku Day April 17, 2026. Thanks to the organizers home coming the robins return to our spruce23 Aug 2026 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpvxmi2fs2g