Skip to content

tinywords

haiku & other small poems

  • About
  • Archives
  • Subscriptions
  • Submit
Log in

Category: Issue 21.1

Welcome to tinywords 21.1

Our new background image…

Posted on 22 March 202117 November 2023Author The EditorsCategories Issue 21.17 Comments on Welcome to tinywords 21.1

winter’s end
a wardrobe…

Posted on 23 March 20215 March 2022Author Alan SummersCategories Issue 21.121 Comments on

revealing a little
more …

Posted on 24 March 202122 March 2021Author Katrina ShepherdCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

first daffodil
forever…

Posted on 25 March 202122 March 2021Author Marion ClarkeCategories Issue 21.17 Comments on

Spring fever
dancing just…

Posted on 26 March 202122 March 2021Author Sylvia Forges-RyanCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

a fine mist clings
to old-man’s…

Posted on 29 March 202124 March 2021Author Nancy RichardsCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

steady thaw
the wood frog’s…

Posted on 30 March 202124 March 2021Author Katrina ShepherdCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

new ache
writing a psalm…

Posted on 31 March 202124 March 2021Author Frances JonesCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

Light,
the old monk said,…

Posted on 1 April 202124 March 2021Author Tom MontagCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

Holy Saturday
the door cam…

Posted on 2 April 20214 February 2022Author LeRoy GormanCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

Easter morning
fox cubs …

Posted on 5 April 20211 April 2021Author Helen BuckinghamCategories Issue 21.18 Comments on

empty
a crow leaves
the robin’s…

Posted on 6 April 202122 May 2025Author Frank HoovenCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

between heartbeats
a breath…

Posted on 7 April 202122 May 2025Author Gavin AustinCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

a snowflake
out of nowhere…

Posted on 8 April 20211 April 2021Author Jeffrey FerraraCategories Issue 21.1Leave a comment on

in the beginning cherry …

Posted on 9 April 20217 April 2021Author Barbara KaufmannCategories Issue 21.1Tags haiga3 Comments on

first rays of sun
on morning…

Posted on 12 April 20211 April 2021Author Anna Eklund-CheongCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

after our tiff
about whose…

Posted on 13 April 202113 April 2021Author Noel SlobodaCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

social distancing
at your…

Posted on 14 April 20211 April 2021Author Michael Henry LeeCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

only the top
two plates used…

Posted on 15 April 20211 April 2021Author D. MahoneyCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

moonlight
trapped in icicles…

Posted on 16 April 20211 April 2021Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

interrupted dream—
I make…

Posted on 19 April 202122 May 2025Author Susan AntolinCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

Covid life as we don’t…

Posted on 20 April 202122 May 2025Author Julie Bloss KelseyCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

lockdown blues
a hit of whip…

Posted on 21 April 20211 April 2021Author Ben GaaCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

nestled into oak the urge…

Posted on 22 April 20211 April 2021Author Jo BalistreriCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

Survival

leaping from branch…

Posted on 23 April 202123 May 2025Author Taofeek AyeyemiCategories Issue 21.17 Comments on

year of the ox
most of us
plodding…

Posted on 26 April 20211 April 2021Author Dian Duchin ReedCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

gibbous moon
she gives me…

Posted on 28 April 20211 April 2021Author Andy BurkhartCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

graveyard shift
another…

Posted on 29 April 20211 April 2021Author Mark MillerCategories Issue 21.1Leave a comment on

migrant
detention

sunset…

Posted on 30 April 20211 April 2021Author LeRoy GormanCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

family tree
the leaves
that…

Posted on 3 May 20211 April 2021Author Jennifer BurdCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

my child –
wind blown…

Posted on 4 May 20211 April 2021Author Bill FayCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

empty playground
a lollipop-shaped…

Posted on 5 May 20211 April 2021Author Rafał ZabratyńskiCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

cactus blossoms holding…

Posted on 6 May 202122 May 2025Author Lesley Anne SwansonCategories Issue 21.19 Comments on
the measure
of a life
the 
…
Posted on 8 May 20218 May 2021Author Marianne PaulCategories Issue 21.1Tags haiga2 Comments on

late Monday
the quiet work…

Posted on 10 May 20211 April 2021Author Elizabeth McMunn-TetangcoCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

imagine the sound of rain…

Posted on 11 May 20211 April 2021Author Michael BattistoCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

deep wrinkles
the paths …

Posted on 12 May 20211 April 2021Author Robert WitmerCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

sun among the branches ……

Posted on 13 May 20211 April 2021Author Lucia CardilloCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

temple procession
in between…

Posted on 14 May 20211 April 2021Author Malintha PereraCategories Issue 21.16 Comments on

barely dawn
a spider weaves…

Posted on 17 May 202118 April 2021Author SanjuktaaCategories Issue 21.120 Comments on

a flash of kingfisher blue…

Posted on 18 May 202118 April 2021Author Olivier SchopferCategories Issue 21.17 Comments on

glass rings
on the barroom…

Posted on 19 May 202118 April 2021Author Mark MillerCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

another bill drops in the…

Posted on 20 May 202118 April 2021Author Matthew MoffettCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

pandemic
another candle…

Posted on 21 May 202118 April 2021Author Ann K. SchwaderCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

its fragrance
almost a taste…

Posted on 24 May 202118 April 2021Author Veronika Zora NovakCategories Issue 21.16 Comments on

hammock time
a neighbor’s…

Posted on 25 May 202122 May 2025Author Tim CreminCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

Full moon
how is it, my friend…

Posted on 26 May 202118 April 2021Author Sylvia Forges-RyanCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

wind-blown rain
gutters…

Posted on 27 May 202118 April 2021Author NikaCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

morning birdsong
so many…

Posted on 28 May 202113 August 2021Author Julie SchwerinCategories Issue 21.1Tags haiga7 Comments on

evening quiet
the widow …

Posted on 31 May 202118 April 2021Author Stella PieridesCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

old photo
the smiles
I left…

Posted on 1 June 202118 April 2021Author Cynthia AndersonCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

rusting in dry dock
a boat…

Posted on 2 June 202118 April 2021Author Bill CooperCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

high tide
a ghost crab
unearths…

Posted on 3 June 202118 April 2021Author Marilyn AshbaughCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

if only
I could awake
in the…

Posted on 4 June 20213 June 2021Author Susan ConstableCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

thunder clap ravens fly …

Posted on 7 June 202123 May 2025Author Ray CaligiuriCategories Issue 21.1Tags haiga3 Comments on

completing
the silence…

Posted on 9 June 20213 June 2021Author Jeff HoaglandCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

after a quarrel —
from the…

Posted on 10 June 202122 May 2025Author Daniela MissoCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

yellow locust leaves
settling…

Posted on 11 June 20213 June 2021Author Adelaide B. ShawCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

moving day
a pink flamingo…

Posted on 14 June 202110 June 2021Author Kathryn J. StevensCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

late spring
a robin’s…

Posted on 15 June 202122 May 2025Author Padmini KrishnanCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

out of the blue
my son calls—…

Posted on 16 June 202122 May 2025Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

Zoom—
I hazard
a new red lipstick…

Posted on 17 June 202122 May 2025Author Mary StevensCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

Sunday afternoon
I know …

Posted on 18 June 202110 June 2021Author Ellen Grace OlingerCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

green everywhere i turn …

Posted on 21 June 202110 June 2021Author Roberta BearyCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

berry-picking
even our …

Posted on 22 June 202113 August 2021Author Debbie StrangeCategories Issue 21.1Tags haiga8 Comments on

it’s hot, it’s…

Posted on 23 June 202121 June 2021Author Lorin FordCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

ripe mango
that delicious…

Posted on 24 June 202121 June 2021Author Marietta McGregorCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

talk of rain
the first drop…

Posted on 25 June 202125 June 2021Author Jennifer HambrickCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

creeping phlox
pours over…

Posted on 28 June 202121 June 2021Author James SchlettCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

waterfall –
a single…

Posted on 29 June 202121 June 2021Author Bill FayCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

veins of quartz
running …

Posted on 30 June 202121 June 2021Author Sheila SondikCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

waning light
a cormorant…

Posted on 1 July 202121 June 2021Author Hannah MahoneyCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

rented cottage
a hummingbird…

Posted on 2 July 202121 June 2021Author Dan CurtisCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

antique shop
today’s…

Posted on 5 July 202128 June 2021Author Mary StevensCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

sipping tea
sent by a friend…

Posted on 6 July 20216 July 2021Author Bill KenneyCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

late innings in the stands…

Posted on 7 July 202128 June 2021Author Don MillerCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

grieving all day
in the wind…

Posted on 8 July 202128 June 2021Author Barbara RobinetteCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

sister lotus
teach me the…

Posted on 9 July 202128 June 2021Author Veronika Zora NovakCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on

zoom therapy
the small holes…

Posted on 12 July 202111 July 2021Author Bruce H. FeingoldCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

bones the geology of me…

Posted on 13 July 202111 July 2021Author Gregory LongeneckerCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

age spots
I no longer talk…

Posted on 14 July 202111 July 2021Author Joanne MorcomCategories Issue 21.16 Comments on

everywhere
someone’s…

Posted on 15 July 202111 July 2021Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

with every storm
this spiderweb…

Posted on 16 July 202111 July 2021Author Sue BurkeCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

day long rain
the missing…

Posted on 19 July 202118 July 2021Author Bouwe BrouwerCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

spitting rain
the sound …

Posted on 20 July 202118 July 2021Author Bob LuckyCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

banana split
the child in…

Posted on 21 July 202118 July 2021Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

family photo —
everyone…

Posted on 22 July 202118 July 2021Author Greg SchwartzCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

staying in touch—
after …

Posted on 23 July 202122 May 2025Author Earl LivingsCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

St. Mark’s Square…

Posted on 26 July 202124 July 2021Author Jay FriedenbergCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

filling in
the empty spaces…

Posted on 27 July 202124 July 2021Author Rich SchillingCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

midwinter
a redtail endures…

Posted on 28 July 202124 July 2021Author Nancy RappCategories Issue 21.1Leave a comment on

who knows how long
widowhood…

Posted on 29 July 202124 July 2021Author Beverly Acuff MomoiCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

marriage anniversary
mom…

Posted on 2 August 202124 July 2021Author Jessica Malone LathamCategories Issue 21.1Leave a comment on

winter rain
a blue bowl overflows…

Posted on 4 August 202124 July 2021Author Kristen LindquistCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

he hawk flicks its tail
atop…

Posted on 5 August 202124 July 2021Author Wally SwistCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

gathering dusk
i leave the…

Posted on 6 August 202124 July 2021Author Jennifer HambrickCategories Issue 21.114 Comments on

receding hairline growing…

Posted on 9 August 202124 July 2021Author Sam BatemanCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

my head
full of worries……

Posted on 10 August 202124 July 2021Author Brad BennettCategories Issue 21.13 Comments on

picking wildflowers
she…

Posted on 11 August 202130 July 2021Author Edward HuddlestonCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

wild mushrooms
I kept on …

Posted on 12 August 202130 July 2021Author Alice WandererCategories Issue 21.14 Comments on

she stakes out
her own path…

Posted on 13 August 202130 July 2021Author Deborah P KolodjiCategories Issue 21.1Leave a comment on

the just-purple
of beach…

Posted on 16 August 202130 July 2021Author Hannah MahoneyCategories Issue 21.1Leave a comment on

far love
the scent of apples…

Posted on 17 August 202130 July 2021Author Adrian BouterCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

autumn leaves falling for…

Posted on 18 August 202130 July 2021Author Bryan RickertCategories Issue 21.16 Comments on

autumn afternoon
I bring…

Posted on 19 August 202130 July 2021Author Dan CurtisCategories Issue 21.11 Comment on

some color
lost in the wash…

Posted on 20 August 202130 July 2021Author Joyce ClementCategories Issue 21.12 Comments on

deep autumn
the red in my …

Posted on 23 August 202130 July 2021Author Joanne van HelvoortCategories Issue 21.19 Comments on
Proudly powered by WordPress