<p><a href="/tags/verse/" rel="tag">#verse</a> <a href="/tags/gàidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gàidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/poemaday/" rel="tag">#PoemADay</a> <a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
Edited 52d ago
<p>Scorpius caught<br>in the oak branches –<br>winter evening</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | clear air<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>arriving early -- <br>before the blizzard<br>a bluebird on the fence</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | robin (bluebird)<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>each day the walk <br>in the woods with the dogs –<br>a self-seeding poem</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | seed<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>mist over the creek<br>a cold morning follows<br>the snow</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | mist<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>at the fence line<br>deep snow drifts –<br>no place for the blackbirds to rest</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | blackbird<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>this morning<br>the stillness of <br>a violet sky</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | violet<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a> <br><a href="/tags/rural/" rel="tag">#Rural</a></p>
<p>waking to the wildness<br>of coyotes<br> waning crescent moon</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | moon<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>enough to know<br>a roadside where<br>wild roses bloom</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | wild rose<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>early March inside the<br>cardinal’s song – <br>new moon</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | new moon<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>last sip of coffee –<br>temporary<br>nirvana</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | nirvana<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a> <br><a href="/tags/coffee/" rel="tag">#coffee</a></p>
<p>Okay, so it is official now. My poem 'Kiss' won fourth prize, and my poem 'Soap' won a Judge's choice award in the Ontario Poetry Society Ultrashort poetry competition. Very happy with this. </p><p>Max 8 lines of max 8 words each.</p><p>A book of the winning poems will soon be available here.</p><p><a href="https://theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Ultra-Short-Poem-Competition-2025-Winners-List.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Ultra-Short-Poem-Competition-2025-Winners-List.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theontariopoetrysociety.ca/Ult</span><span class="invisible">ra-Short-Poem-Competition-2025-Winners-List.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/competition/" rel="tag">#competition</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#poems</a> <a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#Smallpoems</a></p>
Edited 197d ago
<p>about softness – <br>this moonlight through the <br>swelling maple buds</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | moon<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>a fiddlehead weaves<br>and waves – <br>jigs then reels</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | fiddlehead<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>early March –<br>some lightning<br>with that snow</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | lightning <br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>porcupine –<br>my dog and a lesson <br>about space</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | quill<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>our entangled lives<br>wild grapes</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | grapes<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>on a corner of the Milky Way<br>the local owls ask<br>existential questions</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | milky way<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>early spring lantern<br>.<br>the brightness of <br>cardinals</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | spring lantern<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>porch light<br>the crickets <br>pause</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | lamplight (porch light)<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>high in the tree<br>a red bellied woodpecker<br>inspects the shriveled apples </p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | high<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>morning glories and meadowlarks –<br>stories my father told <br>of his boyhood farm</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | morning glories<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
Edited 49d ago
<p>aging mother – <br>pelicans <br>return to the river</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | pilgrimmage <br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a> <br><a href="/tags/caregiving/" rel="tag">#Caregiving</a></p>
<p>blue note<br>a cardinal’s song stirs<br>a warp in time</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | note<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
<p>insight<br>a cloud bank parts<br>for the sun</p><p><a href="/tags/dailyhaikuprompt/" rel="tag">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> | blue sky<br><a href="/tags/smallpoems/" rel="tag">#SmallPoems</a></p>
