snail morning donning our armor for another day #DailyHaikuPrompt (snail) #poetry
MG author. Fledgling poet. Rep’d by Nicole Eisenbraun @ Ginger Clark Literary Agency. WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES IN releasing fall 2026. Website: jemattern.com
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snail morning donning our armor for another day #DailyHaikuPrompt (snail) #poetry
swirling mist— another day of the news cycle #DailyHaikuPrompt (mist)
It’s #LimerickSunday!
Go TMH (Team Modern Haiku)!!
A while back, someone very helpfully pointed out the “rules” and I shared that same article. 😁
Thank you, Tracie. 🥹
in verdant fields of 4-leafed clovers I search for horseshoes #DailyHaikuPrompt (clover) #senryu #poetry
new moon~ the boisterous stars and i renew our friendship #dailyhaikuprompt
clover patch we test our luck amidst the birds and bees #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku
cradling summer in my hand a boisterous cricket #DailyHaikuPrompt (boisterous) #haiku
Thank you, Jilanne. 🥹
I’m excited to celebrate again when the official announcement comes out!
Thanks, Polly! I’m pretty sure that’s the big one for all debuts. I guess if a ‘26 MG debut group doesn’t exist, I should just start one…
Did I know about this book of yours?! Congratulations! (And if I already shouted about it and forgot, I blame perimenopause brain.) Blips on the road to publication are a bummer, but we can still be debut cousins!
trumpeting over my father’s headstone mourning glories #DailyHaikuPrompt (vine) #poetry
six sardines in an overcoat holding myself together #DailyHaikuPrompt (sardines/overcoat) #poetry
Will do! I have some feelers out.
Hey, hive mind! Traditionally, there has been a #debut group for authors of #mglit for different calendar years. Does anyone know if one exists for 2026 debuts that’s MG specific? (I know there’s a general Discord group for ALL ‘26 debut authors & that’s not what I’m looking for.)
Thank you! 🙏
That would be such a great feeling!
gnarled stump savoring the memory of crisp apples #DailyHaikuPrompt (refreshing) #poetry
😁😁😁
extending light into the August night paper lanterns #DailyHaikuPrompt (lantern) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
Thank you, Tomás!
abject depravity scrolling past genocide 💔 #senryusunday #Haikufeels #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #dailyhaikuprompt #verse #vss365
This is beautiful. 🥰
I read this, kept scrolling, and then scrolled back up to read it again. Well done!
flickering lantern my hands raise up a protest sign #DailyHaikuPrompt (lantern) #poetry
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Great minds… 😎
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The back-to-school sales were alluring Tom's penchant for binders enduring That number two lead Went straight to his head He took pleasure in all his procuring! Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me
Ha! Neither did I, so I wrote a really terrible one out of sheer stubbornness.
ululating ungulates undulate #DailyHaikuPrompt (undulate) #poetry
It’s impossible to hear the word ‘plum’ and not think of WCW!
humid day my emotions grow frizzy #DailyHaikuPrompt (humid) #poetry
I love the phrase “steam dragons”!
hot potato uncle joe dons his red hat for the potluck #DailyHaikuPrompt (potato) #poetry
grey horizons looking for contentment in windless sails #DailyHaikuPrompt (sail) #poetry
You’ll probably miss the characters terribly when you have to let them go!
*routine
Not too shabby. My summer has been a little unpredictable, so I'm looking forward to fall when I will hopefully be able to get into more of a writing routing. How about you?
Haha. That's the best!
Hey, Kathy!
You can't have been much over 12. Surely you're only a teeeeeeeny bit older than me!
Same.
I think New Kids on the Block were a thing when I was in junior high. They were never on my wall, though. I was more of a Richard Dean Anderson (MacGyver) girl.
And if your order came with a fuzzy keychain or boyband poster. HEAVEN. #kidlitchat
I only have one left who's not graduated or in college. Sad times.
I think that needs to be on a t-shirt: STILL CHASING THE HIGH OF A SCHOLATIC FLYER. #kidlitchat
And that's why we get along so well!
When my daughter brought home a Scholastic book order for the first time, I nearly wept for joy. #kidlitchat
1987 was epic!! #kidlitchat
100%!!
Hi, Laura!!
Depending on the group, we might be the only ones! 🤓 #kidlitchat
Yes! I love the thread of hope that is always woven through a MG tale.
Can completely relate! Also, I'm the most likely to make a joke that only me or a 12yo boy would come up with.
Hey, friend!
Oops. It's clearly been too long because I forgot the hashtag! #kidlitchat
I always say I love to write (and read) MG because my soul is stuck at age 12. I guess 1987 was a good year for me.
Hello, #kidlitchat! Wow, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve been here. It’s so good to see familiar names & faces!
Haha. Those were good times!
countless februaries …and still the spring comes #DailyHaikuPrompt (February) #poetry
Thanks for reading, Amy!
It decided I’m definitely human!
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Thank you! ☺️☀️
I’m tickled to have my #haibun featured on the 50-Word Stories website today!
icebox plums I ponder my humanity #DailyHaikuPrompt (plum) #poetry (Recycled from my #HaikuSaturday post on Twitter)
You’re right; thanks for the reminder that there’s definitely some good potential uses for AI. I just hate what it’s done to the creative arts so much that I tend to have a sour view of the whole endeavor.
Thanks, Cindy 🌲
Thank you! 🌲
I feel like everything important is missing where AI is concerned. And it will quickly become normal, which causes me to despair.
decaying forest the A.I. trees lack that piney scent #DailyHaikuPrompt (decay) #poetry
Tom felt that Ms.Taylor was nifty And became an affectionate Swiftie 'Cruel Summer' on repeat Had him tapping his feet Filled his tank up with unfettered glee! Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me
💚 This week’s feature in my Poetry Corner: “Things We Carry on the Sea” by Wang Ping (easier-to-read version in alt text) #poetsofbluesky #poetry
cold rain on the roof a crimson leaf #DailyHaikuPrompt (cold rain) #poetry
I really like this one. 😊
Thank you! ☺️🪁
kite shaped memories beach day #DailyHaikuPrompt (kite) #poetry
We’ve pulled through before. I have faith we can do it again.
soaked in despair we order another round of humanity #DailyHaikuPrompt (soaked) #haiku
Ha! Punku is a great term!
tiny omelette my heart quails at the price #DailyHaikuPrompt (quail) #haiku
This made me laugh in solidarity.
You are a master at hai-puns!
Thank you! 🤓🌙
Thank you, Tracie! 🥰
Thanks, Jennifer! ☺️
sandpiper morning finding balance during slack tide #DailyHaikuPrompt (sandpiper) #haiku #senryu
Thank you!
Thanks! I love that my poems came individually printed out on cardstock when I ordered the journal. ☺️
The latest issue of Folk Ku from King River Press is gorgeous! I’m tickled to have two poems featured in its pages amongst so much beautiful ‘ku!
soft night air we grin at each other the moon & I #DailyHaikuPrompt (grin) #haiku
Thanks, Amy!! ☺️
Thank you!! ☺️🌙
Thank you! 🙏