No Sleep, Only Haiku

became a parent ll eternally sleep-deprived ll writing haiku to survive ll it's not working ll help

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

neglected garden -
bees visit blossoming weeds
as they would flowers

[Andrew @Andddrrrew]

flower petals
she picks apart
my apology

#senryusunday #haikuchallenge #senryu

[Andrew @Andddrrrew]

hot springs...
old grievances bubble
to the surface

#haikuchallenge #senryu

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

@petro_ck Congrats, very deserved!

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

a moonlit
plum tree
waiting until spring

Basho

[Mihan Han @MrMihanHan]

new moon
peering behind cassia trees
a white rabbit

Couldn't get a decent image from AI art for this one. Happy Lunar New Year!

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

wilted lilies -
tears for a memory
no longer shared

[Haiku Daily @HaikuDaily3]

sleepless night ~
a new tooth
in the baby's smile -- Heather Madrone, USA 2011-04-1
#haiku #micropoetry #haikudaily #poetry #poem

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

@shankaradaasa Thanks!

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

struggle on a branch -
a leaf slowly falls
and feathers

[Luna @YourMoonliness]

somewhere between sorrow
and light
december

#WriteMap

[John Wisdom @john34239]

#Haiku #ladybugs #light #presence

the weight
of a lady bug . . .
finger-to-finger

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

silent churchyard -
the bell chimes stolen
by horses

[Frogpond @frogpondjournal]

dusk
birdsong pulls you
closer

—Owen Bullock, Katikati, New Zealand

This #haiku was originally published in Frogpond!

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

dangerous path -
an ancient tree felled
for its roots

[Andrew @Andddrrrew]

overworked
the barista grinds
her teeth

#haikuchallenge #senryu

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

@FreshoutMag Very grateful to FreshOut for selecting this submission for publication ❤️

[FreshOutMag @FreshoutMag]

#haiku by new contributor Rudolph Slöh, @UnsleptPoets, of London, England. Rudolph describes himself as a, “sleepless new parent writing poetry for [his] sanity.” #poetry #poems #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #micropoems #micropoetry

[Hifsa Ashraf @hifsays]

Happy to be included in the latest issue of The Heron's Nest.

unfolding
the story of a migrant
sea water foam

-Hifsa Ashraf

Published in The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIV, Number 4: December 2022

https://t.co/vp0GvR5xG1

#haiku #micropoetry

[No Sleep, Only Haiku @UnsleptPoets]

heating crisis -
the rough twist of metal
on glass

[Haiku Daily @HaikuDaily3]

snowmelt -
the garden blooms
with children's toys -- Jon Davey, UK 2011-02-1
#haiku #micropoetry #haikudaily #poetry #poem