Paul Callus

desert mirage - my thirst for illusive love unquenched #vss365

packedintothispoem for they have nowhere else to go #senryu #war #peace

a shell necklace every knot tight against time he said he love me not enough to loose his wealth Fatma Zohra Habis #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #inkMine #knot

This is a favourite 5-7-5 #haiku of mine, it has a pleasing rhthym. Many thanks to @djtyrer at atlanteanpublishing.wordpress.com for publishing it at the 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. Check out the link here:- 575haikujournal.wordpress.com

@sreelekha001 Thank you, Sreelekha @sreelekha001 ☺️💐🌸Happy weekend

@CallusPaul Great work! Congratulations, Paul!💚

I’m pleased to be published in LEAF Journal of The Daily Haiku Issue 9, April 2026. Congratulations to Amanda White Founder of The Daily Haiku, and Editor Ravi Kiran together with the rest of his team: Sébastien Revonl, Ron C. Moss, and Jade Wildgoose. leafjournal.io/wp-content/upl…

A topical #haiku at Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Network, thanks to editor David McMurray asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…

@leontefft Thank you, Leon 🙏Best regards

@CallusPaul Congratulations, Paul.

Many thanks to Ravi Kiran for including my poems in LEAF, issue 09, April 2026. Thanks for the honour! leafjournal.io/.../LEAF-Issue… #haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity

#vss365 #revolve #gabrielamariemilton #fantasy #culture #Greece Aphrodite travels to Cyprus As she drifted toward Cyprus on the back of a sighing wind, the ocean itself seemed to worship her, the waves licking at her heels with a rhythmic, soft desperation. When she finally stepped onto the sand, the transition was electric. The earth didn’t just meet her; it succumbed. Under the press of her damp soles: The sand turned to soft, emerald moss, revolving around her. The air grew heavy with the scent of crushed lilies and musk. The silence of the island was broken by the sudden, frantic heartbeat of the wild things hiding in the brush. She stood there, wringing the Mediterranean from her hair, her eyes reflecting a hunger that was older than the gods. She was the personification of a fever dream—a beauty so absolute it felt like a bruise.

#vss365 March 26, 2026 facinate #poetsoftwitter #poetrycommunity #WritersofTwitter #WritingCommunity imagery... mimicry color world passionate, exfoliate complexities, the simple seen with you. Trails luxury lean to do, from left at ease, mourning loves #facinate differently.

@Effulgent_Zeal Congratulations, Bhawana!! 👏💐

Happy to have three haiku in The Leaf Journal of The Daily Haiku Such a lovely issue 🍃 🍂 Congratulations to all the poets ✨️ Thanks to the Editor Ravi Kiran And founder of The Daily Haiku, Amanda White leafjournal.io #haiku #WritingCommmunity

Thrilled that my fantasy story "Cold Revenge" was published by MetaStellar magazine today! metastellar.com/fiction/cold-r…

#vss365 #Aperture_of_Dreams There were days when I was seduced by the noise of the world— its glittering chaos, its restless pull. It dazzled like something half-alive, yet I have watched wonder rot and collapse when forced to shine too long. Now I beg for a tranquil hour, not as peace, but as a final escape— where silence hums like an endless void, and thoughts, heavy and broken, sink like leaves that decay before they ever touch the ground. There, in that suffocating quiet, nothing deeper waits— only a vast, indifferent absence. A colder kind of fascination, the kind that does not call, does not promise, and still devours what remains of you… without ever letting go.

@sreelekha001 Thank you, Sreelekha 🌷🙏

@CallusPaul Wonderful! Congratulations, Paul!💛

My thanks go to Guest Editor Nancy Brady and her supporting team for having my haiku included in The Haiku Foundation - Haiku Dialogue (World of Animals)

@sreelekha001 @TheoAirgonaut @ShelCompton As usual, your short story "Fire on Ice" has been a pleasure to read, Sreelekha. Congratulations👏🪻🥀💐

Elated to have my flash fiction “Fire on Ice” published in Issue 43 of @TheoAirgonaut . Warm thanks to the amazing editor, @ShelCompton! Please visit the link below to read my piece. theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/fir…

@Upasika1 Thank you 🪻and have a lovely day 😊

@CallusPaul 🙏🏼👏 Congratulations 💐🍀

@ericcoliu My voice will fade on the wind My words will burn with my pyre May I enter the stream Transcend this cycle of desire Emptiness is my source Into the void i will disperse Let me awaken from this dream To the Buddha realm ascend higher