TINYWORDS 25.2 came to a close with Nivedita N’s haiku “lone walk”. We will take a pause now while we work on the next issue, 26.1, that will begin in late March.
Submissions to TINYWORDS 26.1 will be open February 1-28, 2026.
In the meantime, we’ve chosen a new writing prompt: A photo image of a people-formed peace sign created in Ithaca, New York, USA on 6/22/2008. This photo shows 5,814 people forming the symbol to promote world peace at Ithaca’s annual Peace Festival. It was the largest symbol of its kind ever created at the time.
Peace — always a worthy cause, and now perhaps more than ever.
We hope this image will inspire you to write a tiny poem or two. Please leave your best efforts in response to the photo prompt in the comment box below and the TINYWORDS editorial team will share the winner(s) that will kick off our next issue.
Again, we will be open for submissions February 1-28, and TINYWORDS 26.1 will start up in late March, 2026 (and until then, we will not be publishing daily haiku.)
Thanks again for dropping by. We look forward to reading your work.
Peace and all the best,
The TINYWORDS team
John 1:1 – we are all tiny
words-frequencies of the Christ’s
Consciousness living
shadows glimpsed from above
attracted like magnets
in the name of love
making peace…
we follow in the footsteps
of a great heron
cheese & onion sarnie drying in the sun-baked sit-in
Alan Summers
yum!
irony
peace protests
quelled by violence
hand in hand in hand
in hand in hand in hand in
hand in hand in hand
again
we teach
the old words
spirited festival––
finding peace
along the margins
Peace.
The symbol inner
and outer, Peace.
our flesh prays
united in signing peace
to spy satellites
six thousand bodies:
flowers gather in grass
at peace
piecing
together
peace
Oh, how I love this
six thousand bodies:
flowers gather in grass
at peace
peace gathering
a circle of people
unbroken
this futile wish to ban the bomb(astic)
Peopled Peace Sign
shadows fold within shadows
peace rippling
through the river
source stones
pub owner
on a slow night he reads
a haiku of peace
• Randy Brooks
as seen
from space
a speck of dust
peace circle
always room
for one more
mandala…
peace
blowing in the wind
Or–
mandala…
a peace sign
blowin’ in the wind
our SOS
to anyone
watching
WOW, great!
lost
in a Roman desert –
peace
dusk
a symbol of peace
still hanging
internet outage
a peace symbol gathering
inspires new hopenew hope
Apologies for the typo on line three. Should read, “inspires new hope”.
People for peace.
Progress? Not
without world.
Saturday morning—
the sudden quiet
from the bullhorn
handing out peace symbols if it was only that simple
badge collection
his left lapel full
with righteousness
peace sign
the longevity
of hope
Love it…..
peace ins
for decades now
longings linger
rally on meadow
in the sun rays
trampled grass
peace sign
piece of pie
for everyone
greenness
peace
in nature
past repeats itself
old hippy sews peace signs
on her new jeans
Fabulous! Love it. Sad truth, like a sigh….
peace piecing together piecing peace
greenness
peace
in nature
even in the rain
the solidarity
of mushrooms
Love this !!!
There’s something about this… lovely
peace symbol
designed in 1958
unrealized to date
People, too, can be
a sign of peace
I meant for “people” to be lowercased. Thank you!
And what a beautiful thing it is when they are
Love this!
despite a crowd
too few gather–
a new hope
~Nancy Brady, 2026
summer afternoon…
an olive branch
in the dove’s mouth
~Nancy Brady, 2026
not sure
where we all fit in
human peace symbol
if not now
then
when
split ends
blotches of green amongst
her bleach blonde dye
taking shape
in a peaceful field
peace
❤️❤️❤️
after the peace rally
down in the grass
broken poppies
shooting star . . .
I make a wish
in the shape
of peace
world peace
still in pieces
still a daydream
peaceful protest
the praying
and the preying
This hit me right in the chest. Love this (unfortunately)
semaphoring peace a flock of starlings
peace symbol children color in the empty spaces
love it
tapestry of peace
the threads
begin to fray
the fraying wreath
on my neighbor’s door
still keeping its shape
war zone—
a murmuration
of starlings
autumn dusk—
a murmuration
of starlings
meadow’s edge
crossing over the shadows
the petrichor
peace march
police batons
keep the beat
late winter
the ‘walk for peace’
snowballs
peace symbol
some messages
don’t need words
the loudness
of silence
peace march
good one Ravi
pitching
peace
to power
give peace a(nother) chance
finding the runway
jet engines humming …
the people surge back
peace the invisible olympic ring
or even…
peace the original olympic ring
peace must be
picked like
flowers from fruit
I was thinking about this a bit more and made this revision:
peace must be
picked as peace
flowers from fruit
peace sign
if only the circle
were bigger