𝐇𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡⁣ ⁣ He is silken, contrapuntal, woodenspoon.⁣ ⁣ The word is 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 or 𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢,⁣ that mingle at the very end, a salt-like punctuation,⁣ one goosebump at a time.⁣ ⁣ On land, it’s called⁣ love. —Makoto #poem

ten thousands having a picnic listening to the high notes of a trumpet that carries far across the park —Makoto #sanka

Prune Juice issue 49 is live!! prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/u... I'm happy these two of mine have been included :) 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦⁣ 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵⁣ 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦,⁣ said the rabbit⁣ to the otherwise empty room.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Makoto⁣ Germany #kyoka #poem #sequence #PruneJuiceJournal

charliebrowning my son the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two things. FIRST: #FemkuMag issue 42 is out! femkumag.wixsite.com/home/archives SECOND: my #monoku / #senryū got an #HonourableMention in the Marlene Mountain Contest! 😊💕

SECOND SKIN ⁣ ⁣ 𝘛𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯. ⁣ ⁣ The blanket is your hoodie,⁣ 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. At night, we call⁣ all things by their own, proper names:⁣ North Star, Great Oak, Owl King. ⁣ ⁣ 𝘛𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯. ⁣ ⁣ 1/3 #poem ⁣

NIGHTMARES Ah, freedom. Standing at the weathered garden fence. The wood is rough and pricks the soft part of my palms. Ah. Freedom. The gate moves with difficulty in the milky morning, and the wind blows like the morning blows, the morning blows . . . 1/2 #poem

Marlene Mountain, October 1985. If you want to read poems and essays from her website, it's partially in the internet archive: web.archive.org/web/20040705...

And here's the fox head. Fingers crossed that it will survive the kiln!

#Clay is wonderful. Had a fun day creating a fox head and a #hare!!

Working on my next #book, a #tanka sequence about a journey to the UK, visiting good friends. Anytime I travel, I learn new things about myself. The physical change of surrounding has a deep effect on me mentally. Still some #editing to do, but here's the #cover :).

It feels very, very good to find out that someone wrote a short #review of my #book 'landmark status woman'! Having given that one person moments of peace, that's just wonderful. Simply wonderful. That's why I share my poems and take on the labour of #publishing. a.co/d/05UO3dvo

you can only know rain against something dark —Makoto #haiku #poem #haiga open.spotify.com/track/4nbDMG...

Beads Part 2 pi-and-anne.com/2026/04/10/b... #tankaprose

Beads Part 1 pi-and-anne.com/2026/04/10/b... #tankaprose

Two tanka proses have also been included in issue 48 by @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social :) Read them also here prunejuicesenryu.com/2026/04/01/i... or here pi-and-anne.com/2026/04/02/w.... (5/5)

Two tanka proses have also been included in issue 48 by @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social :) Read them also here prunejuicesenryu.com/2026/04/01/i... or here pi-and-anne.com/2026/04/02/w... . (4/5)

Included in Prune Juice Journal, issue 48: a haiga. Cutouts. Mixed Media. (2/5)

Minute after minute, a water drop lands on the scuffed steel kitchen sink . . . I've just got too much time. —Makoto #completethehaiga 139 #prompt #haiga #tanka

There's no question about the weight of a blooming dahlia: our son, burnt out, and we didn't notice. —Makoto #completethehaiga 135 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka

my child in hospital drunk for the first time —by benadryl —Makoto #completethehaiga 132 #prompt #haiga #senryu

The Moritat Love was put away, stored in a narrowed place between the outer wall and the massive wardrobe. There the dust mice loiter, too, along with the remains, the same, the dry, the unidentifiable. The human factor. —Makoto #poem #freeverse

Die Moritat ------------ Die Liebe wurde abgestellt, an einem eingeschränkten Ort, zwischen Außenwand und dem gewaltigen Schrank. Dort lungern auch die Staubmäuse rum, und die Reste, und das Gleiche, Trockene, Unidentifizierbare. Der Faktor Mensch. —Makoto #poem #freeverse

I wish doctors would listen more closely to those that are 24hrs around a patient at home, having a great sense of what's out of character, and be open & clear about the diagnostic process. The latter helps to deal with the helplessness so many caregivers experience. #tanka #sequence

"art of tanka" issue 5 by Pamela Babusci has landed on my doorstep, and look, there's one of my tanka inside!! Forgive me that I possess only the heart of a child, turned towards shadow play, unblinded by the light. —Makoto #tanka #artoftanka #poem #published

Alan, you bring out the best in me. It's a pleasure, always, to see your work as an editor. You're a true sensei. Here is my second #haiku in #PanHaikuReview issue 6: Women, made ghosts, foxglove. —Makoto 2/2

#PanHaikuReview issue 6 is out and about!! Happy I've got two little #haiku nuggets included, shaking the sun from the tips of wet pine needles so to say 😌. my summer lake . . . of tiny moustaches or fishtails . . . —Makoto 1/2

And finally a found #haiga that made it into #PruneJuiceJournal #47 prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/11/30/i... . Yay! more clearly, along the shores a lot of weight —Makoto

Here's my sequence from #PruneJuiceJournal #47 prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/11/30/i... Longer forms and sequences are a joyful splash in the desert of my day, hope you enjoy it too ❤️

Happy this #senryu found a good home in #PruneJuiceJournal #47 prunejuicesenryu.com/2025/11/30/i... ! Big thanks to the editors Pippa & Orrin ❤️ the fiend inside how you name it —Makoto

strapless her seeds pearled barley —Makoto #completethehaiga 127 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka bsky.app/profile/comp...