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Author: d. f. tweney

d. f. tweney is the founder and publisher of tinywords.com. A writer, editor, journalist, and listener poet, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family. He tries to write haiku every day, but he doesn't always succeed.

family reunion
the grandfather…

Posted on 22 December 202519 December 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 25.25 Comments on

Venus appears,
a sharp curl…

Posted on 26 May 202327 April 2023Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on

Issue 10.1 Now Available in Print

Issue 10.1 is now complete,…

Posted on 5 July 20108 June 2020Author d. f. tweneyCategories Editor's Notes, Issue 10.1Tags colophon5 Comments on Issue 10.1 Now Available in Print

Haibun for Bill Higginson

I started publishing haiku…

Posted on 30 November 20098 June 2020Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 09.1Tags haibun, haiku31 Comments on Haibun for Bill Higginson

blue light
from the laptop’s…

Posted on 12 November 200914 August 2020Author d. f. tweneyCategories Editor's NotesTags haiku33 Comments on

How tinywords will work

This is how I hope to publish…

Posted on 7 November 200914 August 2020Author d. f. tweneyCategories Editor's Notes2 Comments on How tinywords will work

Miniature poetry

tinywords got its start …

Posted on 22 October 200914 August 2020Author d. f. tweneyCategories Editor's Notes2 Comments on Miniature poetry

blue light
from the laptop’s…

Posted on 14 April 20061 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 069 Comments on

late edition–
the…

Posted on 25 January 20061 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 0643 Comments on

Haiku spring:
white blossoms…

Posted on 21 March 20031 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 0370 Comments on

morning news
with the paper,…

Posted on 21 February 20031 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 0312 Comments on

side street
after the train…

Posted on 4 February 20031 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 036 Comments on

overpass:
on every streetlight…

Posted on 30 January 20031 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 036 Comments on

holding our daughter
up …

Posted on 5 April 20021 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 024 Comments on

after the rain
a falling …

Posted on 4 December 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 011 Comment on

Library patron
with a sour…

Posted on 4 October 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 011 Comment on

The moonlit river:
Its silver…

Posted on 10 September 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 013 Comments on

half a moon
pasted on the …

Posted on 13 August 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 016 Comments on

The black reservoir:
a string…

Posted on 2 April 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 013 Comments on

Lying on the couch:
sunlight…

Posted on 26 February 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 013 Comments on

rose light
on your upturned…

Posted on 14 February 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 013 Comments on

January rain–
a solitary…

Posted on 29 January 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 013 Comments on

wind-carved glaciers
swell…

Posted on 19 January 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 015 Comments on

January morning;
Yellow…

Posted on 5 January 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 0111 Comments on

New Year’s Day:
empty…

Posted on 1 January 20011 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 016 Comments on

Mid-day sunset:
azure to…

Posted on 19 December 20001 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 009 Comments on

Bright green moss blooming…

Posted on 11 December 20001 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 006 Comments on

A steam plume rises
against…

Posted on 7 December 20001 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 006 Comments on

greygreen water
sunlight…

Posted on 16 November 20001 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 006 Comments on

Three gnarled pines
shade…

Posted on 10 November 20001 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 006 Comments on

Writing on water
the egret,…

Posted on 2 November 20001 October 2025Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 007 Comments on
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