it's not just a hat
my lucky makarapa
brings the victories
... and occasional Tanka... and Haibun. Started after a competition on the unbound.co.uk blog (see #1 and #2). Mostly actually senryu, I think. This year attempting to publish a Haiku every day - 365 Haiku a Day. For good or for ill, I always aim to stick rigidly to a 5-7-5 structure - forgive me if I have counted the syllables wrong, often they are how I have said, or thought, them in my head rather than their official number.
diamonds exhorting
thoughts of a planet called home
time places gently
From words on page 385 of We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (Penguin, 2025/2024).