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/3mlyxmqz22k2wmid May robins breeding grass taller picking bugs through the blades feeding need cutting the fledglings as they grow16 May 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyxmqz22k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlwztas7lc2tCorrect link to the review by Bhawana Rathoreof The Bougainvillea Journal. Many thanks to @cinnatus.bsky.social who posted the correct link. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwztas7lc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlwamdjn2s2gSuper excited and hugely grateful to Bhawana Rathore, Founder and Editor of Bougainvillea Journal, for an in-depth review of 'nothing matters.' at aswordsfly.com/.../.15 May 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwamdjn2s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlu6by2wfk22Many thanks to Patricia Carragon, Editor Sense &Sensibility Haiku Journal for my debut with: heat wave the shirt not letting go of the car Enjoy the lovely Summer issue here sensesensibilityhaikujournal.wordpress.com15 May 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu6by2wfk22https://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlrtfdsv622nVery excited and grateful to have a poem in the shortlist for commentary by the guest editor Carole MacRury for the theme: Sight and/or Sound morning fog I am a bird seen from a cage https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-sanctuary-of-the-senses-sound-and-or-sight-commentary/14 May 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrtfdsv622nhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlkjyat3e22ecomplete the haiga Drawing by Josiah notmetaphor.com/ haiga # 150 @completethehaiga.bsky.social after all the weight of a Mother’s Day11 May 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkjyat3e22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlj4wape5s2rWaking up to a pleasant surprise pointed out by my friend. nothing matters’ is #1 in Japanese Poetry & Haiku and #5 in Nature Poems 😊10 May 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj4wape5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlgobe67ek2wExcited to share the arrival of my first book of haiku and micro poems, “nothing matters”, priced at cost at Amazon at the link below. mybook.to/NothingMatters Should you prefer it, here is a link to the free PDF version. https://archive.org/details/nothingmatters_202605 Grateful for a review on Amazon and Goodreads09 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgobe67ek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlfh5urvv22bThanks to Luke Brannon [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 04:52 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfh5urvv22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mld2ustlbc2esummer call I lend a ear to the sun08 May 2026 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mld2ustlbc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mlakpgnd2s2erunning my imagination wild another sakura poem07 May 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlakpgnd2s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3ml6n7rpp3c2fFirst dandelion of the season and there’s sharing😊06 May 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6n7rpp3c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3ml5tsr3dwc2oMy four poems in the May issue of The Candyman’s Trumpet. Thanks to editor Jack Caradoc.06 May 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5tsr3dwc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mkywtevyus2jcomplete the haiga Drawing by Josiah notmetaphor.com/ haiga # 149 @completethehaiga.bsky.social spring breeze in the park the swath of a swing04 May 2026 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkywtevyus2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mkw232k6v22zMuch gratitude to Editor Tony Pupello for giving my poem a place in the issue #33. Read full issue here https://tsuridoro.org/issue-33-may-june-2026 first village trip grandma introduces me as my dad’s son03 May 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkw232k6v22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mku2ilc4g22yGrateful to the Editors Joe Woodhouse and Luci C X Turner, for their kind acceptance of my poems for the Spring issue, 2026 #waleshaikujournal www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring26 insomnia the wall in the mirror on the wall02 May 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mku2ilc4g22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mksswsaglk2dMany thanks to Editor Jack Caradoc for including this poem with three others in the May 2026 issue of The Candyman's Trumpet The text version is in the comments01 May 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksswsaglk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mkqjctpbfs2jMany thanks to Editor Eric Lohman for giving my poem a face on today’s Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective @freshoutmag.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqjctpbfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mkmesevmts2sApril’s end still not fully awake to the new year29 Apr 2026 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmesevmts2shttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mkjvlxuoqk2ioff and on snow this spring more than the last robins28 Apr 2026 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjvlxuoqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mkhiarcp7k2ycomplete the haiga Drawing by Josiah notmetaphor.com/ haiga # 148 @completethehaiga.bsky.social before and after Dante a palm leaf27 Apr 2026 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhiarcp7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mkexbbnanc2gLeela it’s all a game of multitudes26 Apr 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkexbbnanc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/biswajitca.bsky.social/post/3mk7pnlnvms2xThanks to Editor John Han for including my two poems in Fireflies’ Light issue 33. Read the full issue here https://www.mobap.edu/about-mbu/publications/fireflies-light/ cafe patio fighting for my donut with a wasp Haiga morning thaw the wait between drips24 Apr 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:qlkiw2matpgckokphxp3pwkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7pnlnvms2x