Jonathan Roman

. the doors are closed ahead of cold's arrival but i am keen on winter sweeping clean all that festers in me #TankaThursday #vss365

@SenryuChest @pippaesque Love this, O. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 It has this quality where the last line/word surprises me. I don't know why but I expected the word "feral" lol

afternoon tide i become coral #senryu #zakku #hiraku

. dissolving into the cool air the call of an owl —Susan Antolin The Years That Went Missing #Haiku #Poetry @susanantolin

@susanantolin Same to you! I'll be posting more poems from your book periodically :) Well worth highlighting & sharing.

@deft_notes No worries! Thank you so much for posting a poem of mine! Wishing you all the best in the New Year!

Thank you, Jonathan!

@SenryuChest Likewise! I forgot how cool it was to be on here & read new work by great poets like yourself. I definitely miss it & I guess that's why I started creeping back.

@deft_notes Totally totally understand! I miss reading your work tho!

@deft_notes thnk you! oh my gosh! where have YOU been!? lololol

@SenryuChest Hey, Bluesky is just an alternative for me. I never know what's going on with this place, so it's good to have options :) I've browsed Threads, Spoutible, Mastodon, etc., & Bluesky just seems familiar enough yet different. I'm not gonna lie though—way less people there than here.

@deft_notes my man its so good to see you. tell me a bit about Bluesky. If its worth it, ill come by. im still here lololol and on Threads now. Im glad you were able to live through and beyond the Twitterpocalyps lolol

. who was she when she wasn't herself moonless night —Susan Antolin The Year's That Went Missing #Haiku #Poetry

@mybookandbranch A late Merry Christmas to you, Laura. I don't have any snow to offer you, but there is snow in this poem from @MamaJoules: twitter.com/deft_notes/sta…

. pixelated sky a silver-scaled dragon downloads me #SciFaiKuSaturday #Poetry

Season's greetings! 👽 I hope you will join us this weekend for #ScifaikuSaturday 💫 The #prompt word is SILVER Thanks! ✨️ @PromptAdvant @PromptList @SciFiPrompt #scifi #scifaiku #poem Image: Pixabay

. the fragrance of plums: carrying me back to the cold —Matsuo Basho Basho’s #Haiku: Selected Poems of Matsuo Basho #Poetry

my first #senryu in Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole) òrdonne linj—moman saj—fé senti pou mwin (arranging linen—monman's wisdom—makes sense to me) #senryu #kourivini #louisianacreole

. gentrification less & less arroz for the sparrows Akitsu Quarterly Spring/Summer 2023 #Poetry

always all alone he says but the thing is I'm surrounded by snow #tanka

I'm not ok. Lots of us aren't ok. And the shitty part of this is not being able to say so. So let's get ok with our non ok-ness. I'm not ok. The world is not ok, and most people I interact with are not. And it IS ok for me, and others, to not to be ok.

@mybookandbranch You've got the right attitude! It's good to see you as well (& to be back—kind of). Sorry I took so long to respond. I'm in & out over here. Also, I'm dabbling in Bluesky. Are you there as well?

@mybookandbranch I'm glad 😊 Sometimes those curveballs can derail the day. Sounds like you were able to adapt!