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amyborgman.bsky.social
above and below…
it is impossible
to count the stars

#GreenSat #haikusaturday
#shahai #moss #haiku
#haikuchallenge
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A mound of green, Juniper haircap moss that looks like small stars.
September 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
amyborgman.bsky.social
vibrant cosmos
blooms at summer’s edge
and beyond

#bloomscrolling #haiku
#flowersonfriday #shahai
#dailyflowers #nature
Bright pink flowers with green leaves and a backdrop of woods.
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
amyborgman.bsky.social
hiking at dusk…
the aging doe and I
recognize each other

#haiku #senryu #shahai
#haiga #deer #nature
Doe on a wooded path facing me. We’re quite close.
September 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
tregallery.com
✨️🌳🌎🌏🌍🌳✨️

#EarthDay

Dearest Earth, thank you
For sheltering us through Space
Our wild garden ship

#EastCoastKin #Shahai #haiku #俳句 #Poetry #Micropoetry #PoetryCommunity #Landscape #Photography #NationalPoetryMonth
A sunset landscape photo I took over a lake in Florida. The clouds are ablaze with gold, magenta, indigo, and pink. The rolling land is in silhouette. All is reflected on the mirrored surface of the lake. This photo is paired in shahai form with a haiku poem I wrote: Earth Day Dearest Earth, thank you For sheltering us through Space Our wild garden ship
April 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
amyborgman.bsky.social
a small joy
a bouquet of flowers
for everyone

#streetart #tagtuesday
#haiga #haiku #shahai
The mural is located in northern lower Michigan, and was created by artists Dominic Laporte and Anaïs Labrecque of Drift Mural Co.
A large red building with a mural painted on the corner. The mural is a bouquet of flowers held in a hand. The flowers appear to be extending toward someone walking by on the sidewalk.
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
amyborgman.bsky.social
opening their hearts
ice and water
are friends again

-Teishitsu

#imageandverse #haiku #haiga #shahai #naturephotography
#nature #haiku #photography
A wintry scene. A stream of water flows with sunlight shining through snow and frost covered tree limbs.
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
amyborgman.bsky.social
autumn chill—
the sun setting
on the orb weaver

#haiku #haikusaturday
#shahai #spiders
Orb weaver spider in a web in a south facing window with a reflection of trees and sky.
September 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
amyborgman.bsky.social
aging creeps along
beginning at the edges
autumn leaves

#ImageandVerse #haiku
#nature #haiga #shahai
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
amyborgman.bsky.social
cold autumn rain
all the way to work
the stink eye

#dogsofbluesky #dogs #senryu
#haiga #shahai #senryusunday #vss365 #raincoat
A small brown dog in a plaid raincoat in a car seat giving the stink eye. Not all small dogs want to wear coats 😂
October 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
amyborgman.bsky.social
immature berries
still waiting
for the sun’s kiss

#senryu #haiga #haiku #shahai
#sundayyellow #imageandverse
American Spikenard bush with green leaves and a stem of chartreuse yellow berries.
October 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
amyborgman.bsky.social
a soft bed of straw
the old farm stand cat
sleeping on the job

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #haiga
#shahai #cats #caturday #senryu
*yes…same farm stand and cat, different day! 😄
A gray cat lays sleeping on a bale of hay, which is for sale at the local farm stand, along with cauliflower and other veggies.
October 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
amyborgman.bsky.social
bright Thanksgiving
tom turkey struts
off the menu

#haiku #haiga #haiku4u
#thanksgiving #senryu
#gratitude #shahai #senryu

Can’t believe I happened to be standing in the window when this fella came by! 🧡 May all sentient beings be wild and free! 🧡✨
Atop a snow covered ground, a large tom turkey struts by showing off his full plumage. It’s a bright thanksgiving day.
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
amyborgman.bsky.social
in a hole
that used to house an acorn
a pair of eyes

#shahai #haiga #haiku
#nature #toad
A small toad face peeking out of a patch of brown mulch near the edge of a sidewalk.
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
amyborgman.bsky.social
spiders and flies
drawn to a charming streetlight
a frenzy of webs

#urbangaze #streetlight #haiga #shahai #haiku #streetphotography
A curved turquoise streetlight with many spider webs. The morning light is illuminating the webs.
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
mightyathena.bsky.social
𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 -
𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟
𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔

⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･ ⠄⠂⋆ ･

#Stunday #ImageAndVerse
#mobilephotography #photography
#bloomscrolling #flowers
#haiku #shahai
"Dahlia Tranquility. Very attractive clear white petals with a white inner collar". The orange of the bloom's centre is bristling with life. This solitary beauty is surrounded by the greenery of the garden. In the background is a white statue depicting St. Joseph cradling the Baby Jesus. The day was overcast with a light misting of rain descending on us all. It felt precious, this bit of grace. I still come down to Mercy Hospice, and each time, find a simple bit of loveliness, peace, and compassion. ...and can't we all just use a little more of that in this life?
February 28, 2026 at 10:15 PM
amyborgman.bsky.social
outlasting
human flesh…
quality fiber art

The greeter at the local art center!
#senryu #senryusunday #haiga
#shahai #31DaysofHalloween #haynaku
A skeleton sits in a red rocking chair in the doorway to an art center. The skeleton is wearing a purple knitted hat and scarf.
October 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
krislindbeck.bsky.social
without caring
if it's caught half way down
a red leaf

#haiku #haiga #shahai
Gorgeous photo, Dave. Thanks to @amyborgman.bsky.social for reposting.
October 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
orchisailsa.bsky.social
Feeling normal about #HeiHua today as usual. Ft #XieYuchen: collector of priceless antiques, ratty opera houses, and one (1) half feral dubiously socialized racoon. A normal collection for a nice and normal young man
#DMBJ #ShaHai
Two screenshots of Xie Yuchen in Sha Hai, subtitled, "I just like old things. Can't stand watching them suffer." An image of Hei Xiazi with a caption that says "Yeah, buddy, we're aware" (in answer to the previous images)
October 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM
mightyathena.bsky.social
𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑦𝑒𝑡
𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛
ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒

#smArtist | #roots
#photography
#haiku #shahai
Whilst the earth near a shoreline has crumbled and fell, a tree's deep roots help it cling to the cliff. Some roots are thicker; some appear vein-like or as a brain's neural net.
July 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
krislindbeck.bsky.social
a distant owl:
sometimes signs of life and death
are one sign

#haiku #haiga #shahai
nsousanis.bsky.social Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 4d
Skull (squirrel probably) in an owl pellet…
Photo of the skull of a small mammal with undigested fur pushed through it.
October 1, 2026 at 4:25 PM
mightyathena.bsky.social
𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑠
𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤
𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑

#InsectThursday
#photography
#haiku #shahai
A tiny praying mantis stops and watches me. It was walking along some succulent leaves - its body stark and spindly against the white walls of the house.
July 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
mightyathena.bsky.social
𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑜𝑓𝑓
𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑦 -
𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑥𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒

#MacroMonday
#mobilephotography #photography
#haiku #shahai
A close-up of a flowering Ourisia macrophylla (North Island mountain foxglove) spotted just off the trail leading up a slope of Taranaki Maunga (Mt. Egmont). From the wiki: "Plants of this species of New Zealand foxglove are showy, perennial, large-leaved, tufted, rhizomatous herbs that are often glabrous (hairless) or sometimes hairy with non-glandular or glandular hairs. They have crenate, ovate to heart-shaped leaves. The flowers are in whorls in each node, with a regular calyx, and a large, white irregular corolla. The corolla tube is yellow with three lines of yellow hairs inside." and "Ourisia macrophylla plants are large, showy, hairy perennials with whorls of flowers with large white corollas, and three lines of yellow hairs inside the corolla tube, characters they share with another New Zealand species, O. crosbyi." All is know is this: PREEEEEEEETTY 🌼🤍
March 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
mightyathena.bsky.social
the pink moon sets as
Tama-nui-te-rā
turns on the light

⋆ ༅˚☀️•🌅•💛༅˚•

#Scape #seascape
#HumansOfBlueSky
#mobilephotography #photography
#haiku #shahai
03.04.26 - Happy/Good Friday morning! Went to take in the sunrise at Milford Beach on the northern shore as the weather forecast looked promising. The sun, Tama-nui-te-rā, decides once more to leave Ārohirohi's side and rise from the Eastern horizon with open arms and a beaming smile, his rays lighting up the waters below and high streaky clouds above. Rangitoto Island is also taken into the sun's joyful embrace. Along the tawny sands of the shoreline, a man and woman are out for walkies with their two dogs. The waves are calm. At first tentatively stepping into the water, I found it pleasantly warm and lovely to wade in. Along the right-hand side of the photo is a stone wall that runs along the edge of the beach and residential neighbourhood. Along the way, there’s a peek of a Pōhutukawa tree, its brilliantly distinctive red flowers long shed as we head further into Autumn. Outside of this photo, April's lovely Pink Moon continues to set in the West. What a wonderful juxtaposition to see and hold as a peaceful memory.
April 2, 2026 at 10:26 PM
mightyathena.bsky.social
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠
𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑠
- 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒̄𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑎

#Stunday #ImageAndVerse
#mobilephotography #photography
#haiku #shahai
On the trail's mid-way point/platform, and peering thru the dense forest's window frame, one is presented with a stunning view of Wairēinga/Bridal Veil Falls. 55 m/180 ft in height, the falls splash land into a large pool of water at its base, carved over time. "Waireinga means leaping waters, referring to wairua (spirits) leaping the great height of this waterfall. Waireinga is also spiritually known by tangata whenua (people of the land) to be occupied by Patupaiarehe (Maori fairies) who are kaitiaki (guardians) of the area." https://www.raglan23.co.nz/about-raglan/bridal-veil-waireinga-falls/
March 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
vbvlach.bsky.social
#haiku #senryu #Shahai #Haiga #photography

二羽の雀
水たまりで水浴び
彼らの海

hot fall
bluegrass surrounds
tree guardians
October 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM