Veronica Hosking
@hoskingpoet
Trying to match meter and rhyme with life.
piddle on the floor too late to go outside puppy training #haiku #backyardoasis #rescuepuppy #poetrycommunity #Arizona
My chapbook, Initial V Scar, will be released by Finishing Line Press later this year. It is available now on their website for preorders. 😊 finishinglinepress.com/product/init...
his beak wide open fledgling demands food from mom she ignores his cry #haiku #fledgling #backyardoasis #poetry
hummingbird sits on the palo verde branch petals drift away #completethehaiga #backyardoasis #haiku #Hummingbird #paloverde
little visitor sits in my palo verde we guard the puppy #poetry #haiku #Hummingbird #rescuepuppy
Rich Stadium tee Buffalo recognition at Buc-ee’s #haiku #senryu #Bucee’s #GoodyearAZ #Poetry
We got a new puppy. She came into my son’s clinic after a pit bull attack and her owners surrendered her because they couldn’t afford to fix her broken jaw and leg. 😢 #CPChatNow
soap dish cracked in half grandma’s gnarled finger traces family heirloom #haikutopiaapp #firstwin #mostlikes #Senryu #haiku
plop head on pillow feathers poke into my neck float down to the floor #completethehaiga #senryusunday #haiku
sound healing vibrations ripple outward tones enhance calm #completethehaiga
towhead in her youth hair falls on salon floor far too much gray #completethehaiga #Senryu
Icing my foot after walking the floor rocking a baby. Love my ice boot. #CPChatNow
triple digit heat crazy hot cement dance moves walk outside barefoot #completethehaiga #summertime
lone beta fish swims in algae rich water on kitchen table #Senryu #senryuslam #prunejuice
another birthday mom cradles little baby who has grown and flown #completethehaiga
My #haiku made the #longlist on THF’s #HaikuDialogue Thanks to guest editor, Deborah Karl-Brandt! 🙏 vhosking.wordpress.com/2026/05/28/w...
do not step on cracks children skip down the sidewalk happy for summer #completethehaiga
leaf is discarded as a tree becomes pages my debut chapbook #completethehaiga #poetry
he pounds until she becomes putty beneath him her legs akimbo #completethehaiga
crimson sunset burns above Gila riverbed salt cedar kindling #haiku #HazenFire #Arizona #sunset May 4, 2026
dolphins at play splash onlookers as they vie for attention #completethehaiga
Palo Verde in Bloom day 25 of #NaPoWriMo2026 #poetry #Arizona #paloverde #poetsofBluesky vhosking.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/n...
bridal bouquet Veronica blooms cascade effeminacy #completethehaiga
semicolons give a beat to rest before life comes back into step #NaPoWriMo2026 #worldsemicolonday #Senryu
above beachgoers seagull glides on wind currents bombs away! #completethehaiga
forecast calls for rain outside my window fragrant jasmine soaks up sun #HaikuChallenge #NaPoWriMo2026 #wtforecast #sunnyinavondale