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@wolftwinthomas.bsky.social

A feast of short form artistry by Alan Summers at Zombie Logic Review.

zombielogicreview.blogspot.com/2026/10/six-...

#haiku #poetry #monostich #tercet #duostich

October 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM

Alan Summers

@thehaikutec.bsky.social

A selection of my haiku have now been posted on Heliosparrow:
heliosparrow.com/category/aut...

#monostich #duostich #haiku #monoku

The one-line haiku is:

all along the river bank a deeper sorrow falls

Alan Summers
#haiku

September 30, 2026 at 8:37 AM

mark r meyer / 3dotstudio

@markrmeyer.bsky.social

that same blank face
whatever I ask you
full moon

five million and counting...
full moon haiku

#DailyHaikuPrompt #fullmoon #haiku / #senryu #duostich

August 28, 2026 at 4:35 PM

Makoto | Kati Mohr | pi & anne

@pi-and-anne.bsky.social

the road to indifference:
it is just a stranger

—Makoto

#senryu #duostich #poem

open.spotify.com/track/3HhgGv...

Intro: What Am I to You

BTS · Dark & Wild · Song · 2014

open.spotify.com

August 17, 2026 at 6:22 AM

Alan Summers

@thehaikutec.bsky.social

Much longer duostich but they sure do work!
simplyhaiku.thehaikufoundation.org/SHv5n4/featu...

#duostich #poetry

August 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM

Orak ⚜️

@opjtx.bsky.social

yes and you've said this many times before. i've always found #duostich difficult to consistently write either as #senryu or even as #tanka a la David Callner translating his grandfather, Kisaburo Konoshima tanka into duostichs.

August 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM

Alan Summers

@thehaikutec.bsky.social

It's an interesting skill to write #duostich I must try more myself!

August 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM

Orak ⚜️

@opjtx.bsky.social

I need to write more #duostich as @thehaikutec.bsky.social suggested a while back.

August 12, 2026 at 2:59 AM

freshoutmag.bsky.social

@freshoutmag.bsky.social

#duostich by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel @oana_maria_ Oana lives in Italy where she writes and co-edits Cold Moon Journal. #poetry #betrayal #haiku #italy

Against a plain black background, a #duostich by returning contributor, Oana Maria Cercel @oana_maria_ reads,

sitting on ash
his betrayal

Oana lives in Italy where she writes and co-edits Cold Moon Journal. #poetry #betrayal #haiku #italy

May 22, 2026 at 10:54 AM

The Owl

@451degrees.bsky.social

Smack of rain on windowpanes
Springtime fury keeps me chained

#7syllablesentence #smack #poem #poetry #duostich #senryu

May 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM

Jenn R-J

@jennfel.bsky.social

terminal velocity the kingfisher’s
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#vss365 #duostich

April 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM

Alan Summers

@thehaikutec.bsky.social

@completethehaiga.bsky.social challenge
#completethehaiga 119 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #duostich #haiku

A 2-line haiku written in response to a haiga illustration by Josiah the artist

October 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM

Orak ⚜️

@opjtx.bsky.social

October 1st
rushing to grab words to make a ku

#senryu #duostich

October 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM

Orak ⚜️

@opjtx.bsky.social

edge of the moon
talking the Devil through his worries

#senryu #duostich

October 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Orak ⚜️

@opjtx.bsky.social

colleague left dozing—carrying home the scent of work #senryu #duostich

October 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM

Orak ⚜️

@opjtx.bsky.social

easy flow of clouds
moving through a strong weariness

#senryu #duostich

October 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM

Orak ⚜️

@opjtx.bsky.social

wind through glass bottles
the Devil HAS been kind to me

#senryu #duostich

October 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM

Michele Rule 🇨🇦📝 she/her

@michelerule.bsky.social

Thanks to David McMurray for publishing this duostich in today's Asahi Shimbun! Kalamalka means "lake of many colours" in the Syilx language. The lake is full of rainbow trout 🙂 #haiku

On a background the runs from aqua at the top to mauve at the bottom are two white text boxes. Written in black, the text reads
The Asahi Shimbun
Asia & Japan Watch
ice fishing on Kalamalka lake
a rainbow beneath our feet

June 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Alan Summers

@thehaikutec.bsky.social

#duostich #haiku published haikuKATHA journal issue 43 (May 2025)

Also appearing are #monostich and #tetrastich (both haiku) as well.

May 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM

Makoto | Kati Mohr | pi & anne

@pi-and-anne.bsky.social

too fair to be in the same breath
jonquil bells

This very much sounds like a #haiku. It is commentary on human affairs though. Even political. Let's agree on that it's a #duostich and a #shortpoem .

open.spotify.com/track/1s2I9Q...