Thanks to David McMurray for hosting my Basho-esque haiku Friday at www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my true “tail” haiku at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/h... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

This just in from Kentucky: Senator Mitch McConnell is still… still.

Thanks to Andrew Holmes for hosting my “Canopy Anyone?” sciku today at thescikuproject.com/2026/07/06/c... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my all-too-true ku at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/t... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting an old man’s haiku at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/h... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/h...

Lincoln Square <https://www.lincolnsquare.media/about?utm_source=subscribe_email&utm_content=learn_more> compares Trump deal with Obama deal.

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku at 5-6-5 Haiku Journal: 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/h...

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku along with his at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal: 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/h...

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my Haiku at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal today. 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/h...

Always an honor to be featured in David McMurray’s newspaper column. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my… diagnosisku(?) at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Thanks to Marilyn Humbert of the Waka Society of America for hosting my first waka in the charming Petals eflipbook at www.wakasocietyofamerica.com#s-e15cbde3-f... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Love seeing my poem among such great work at The Bluebird Word litmag thebluebirdword.com

Take a look at Raiya Issue 2, a really special literary magazine. It will flip you out—literally. I’m proud to have a poem included. raiyamagazine.odoo.com/home

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting words many US expats might say. 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/p... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my kinkyku “By Its Cover” at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/b... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Always an honor to find my work in David McMurray’s Notebook. This week my ekphrasticku inspired by Marc Chagall. www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic... @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social woman upended no distraction for a cow who eyes the green man

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haibun “Not Too Hard” at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/n...

David Chorlton celebrates World Migratory Bird Day with his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “Migraciones.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/05/migr... @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Thanks to Silver Birch Press’ Melanie Villines whose new prompt “Word to the Wise” moved me to submit my recollection of growing up. silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/t... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

In his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem Rajat Chandra Sarmah writes of the “Interval” after India’s democratic moment. newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/05/inte... @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Pirates? Anne Herrick hears someone orange singing “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” in her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-am... @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Karen Warinsky looks up to Guido Reichstadter in “A Bridge Too Far,” her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-br... @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my poem today at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/a... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Carrie Farrar writes her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “After the Latest Immigration Raids in Los Angeles.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/05/afte... @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Erin Murphy has written a “Correspondents’ Dinner Villanelle” for @newversenews.bsky.social. newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/corr... Cartoon by Clay Jones @claytoonz.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

In “Queer as Folk Tales” I gather myths and legends from Virgil to the Grimms and reimagine them with queer lovers at their heart. (Some original speculative stories too.) I hope the collection boasts characters and narratives even straight readers can enjoy. books2read.com/u/3nJV89

As condom prices bounce higher as a result of the war, Peter Witt writes of “The Cost of Caution” in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-... @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social