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Category: Issue 23.1

Welcome to tinywords 23.1

Welcome to the newest issue of tinywords — 23.1 — and our announcement of the latest photo prompt winners.
Posted on 20 March 202319 March 2023Author The EditorsCategories Editor's Notes, Issue 23.15 Comments on Welcome to tinywords 23.1
sunshaft a stab of joy    
Posted on 21 March 202319 March 2023Author Christopher PatchelCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
soft light rings the mouth of a vase spring rain
Posted on 22 March 202319 March 2023Author Meredith AckroydCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
someone’s jacket beside the trail warming days  
Posted on 23 March 202319 March 2023Author Lesley Anne SwansonCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
first-born flowers*   In the place where we scattered her ashes last summer, there’s now a tiny crown of purple shoots adorning the snow. early March just enough
Posted on 24 March 202319 March 2023Author Lorraine A PaddenCategories Issue 23.18 Comments on
recycling the recycling— rogue wind  
Posted on 27 March 202324 March 2023Author Cynthia AndersonCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
juniper wind the creek below completes a chord  
Posted on 28 March 202324 March 2023Author Agnes Eva SavichCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
snowdrops i tell him the river speaks river sprinting from the waves spring laughter       (This is a tan renga, a form of linked verse, by Jonathan Roman
Posted on 29 March 202324 March 2023Author Dyana BasistCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
paperweight the unbroken silence through the years
Posted on 30 March 202324 March 2023Author Aishwarya VedulaCategories Issue 23.1Leave a comment on
spring melt snow moving out of its silence  
Posted on 31 March 202324 March 2023Author Gary HothamCategories Issue 23.17 Comments on
mountain stream over slippery stones dancing with the stars  
Posted on 3 April 202330 March 2023Author Robert WitmerCategories Issue 23.1Leave a comment on
small brook . . . a wren’s beak dips into the babbling  
Posted on 4 April 202330 March 2023Author Shawn BlairCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
an inland gull shakes out its feathers— long-awaited rain  
Posted on 5 April 202330 March 2023Author Joanne E. MillerCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
leaving home — the mountains sink behind me  
Posted on 6 April 202324 April 2023Author Dan CurtisCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
I teach my children what my father taught me— river of stars  
Posted on 7 April 202330 March 2023Author Linda PapanicolaouCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
old churchyard the locals all at odd angles  
Posted on 10 April 20236 April 2023Author Mike WhiteCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
second wedding church bells flatted by time  
Posted on 11 April 20236 April 2023Author Bob LuckyCategories Issue 23.15 Comments on
the song remains the same song sparrow  
Posted on 12 April 20236 April 2023Author Jeff HoaglandCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
guitar solo on the car radio— my fretting fingers
Posted on 13 April 20236 April 2023Author Michael Dylan WelchCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
Irish pub rolling hillsides in every song  
Posted on 14 April 20236 April 2023Author petro c.k.Categories Issue 23.11 Comment on
small talk between songs a tuning mandolin  
Posted on 17 April 20237 April 2023Author Ben GaaCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
sleepless night… parsing out the language of leaves  
Posted on 18 April 20237 April 2023Author Evan VandermeerCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
hint of woodsmoke the collie sleeps with one ear cocked
Posted on 19 April 202310 April 2023Author Julie MellorCategories Issue 23.17 Comments on
gone from the forest the flower I knew only by touch
Posted on 20 April 202310 April 2023Author Padma RajeswariCategories Issue 23.17 Comments on
hot air— talk of climate change over drinks  
Posted on 21 April 202310 April 2023Author Melinda B HippleCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
between derricks the reservation contains buffalo
Posted on 24 April 202310 April 2023Author Jeffrey FerraraCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
prairie gale the groan of a silo holding steady (haiga)
Posted on 25 April 202326 April 2023Author Debbie StrangeCategories Issue 23.1Tags haiga5 Comments on
old barn leaning against the sun days of my youth
Posted on 26 April 202326 April 2023Author Lee HudspethCategories Issue 23.1Leave a comment on
knee deep in memory mountain scree
Posted on 27 April 202310 April 2023Author Gregory LongeneckerCategories Issue 23.18 Comments on
he makes a pitch she walks spring practice  
Posted on 1 May 202311 April 2023Author David Kawika EyreCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
the smell of spring motorcycle sounds  
Posted on 2 May 202311 April 2023Author Frank HoovenCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
traffic jam watching the clouds pass me by
Posted on 3 May 202311 April 2023Author Joanne MorcomCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
canal lift bridge loose kite snagging on the counterweights
Posted on 4 May 202311 April 2023Author Michelle V. AlkertonCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
the mathematics of wings in flight— butterfly  
Posted on 5 May 202311 April 2023Author Patricia J. MachmillerCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
from aster to zinnia the hummingbird    
Posted on 8 May 202311 April 2023Author Jennifer BurdCategories Issue 23.18 Comments on

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pulling weeds from between the bricks— this hold on life
Posted on 9 May 202311 April 2023Author Adelaide B. ShawCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on 8
wild rose– the child they never expected  
Posted on 10 May 202311 April 2023Author Kim KlughCategories Issue 23.1Leave a comment on
away from mum a toddler shakes stones from her shoe
Posted on 11 May 202311 April 2023Author Maurice NevileCategories Issue 23.1Leave a comment on
the long shadow of a flower vendor Mother’s Day
Posted on 12 May 202311 April 2023Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
the last song I sing her the lullaby she taught me  
Posted on 15 May 202327 April 2023Author Patricia McKernon RunkleCategories Issue 23.111 Comments on
outgoing tide . . . the tug of little hands pulls us to the sea
Posted on 16 May 202327 April 2023Author Anna Eklund-CheongCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
breaking waves we talk with our children about our ashes
Posted on 17 May 202327 April 2023Author Bruce H. FeingoldCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
fulfilled in my small life bonsai
Posted on 18 May 202327 April 2023Author Barbara SabolCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
who am i a falling leaf gives the answer
Posted on 19 May 202320 May 2023Author Kala RameshCategories Issue 23.114 Comments on
daily jog an abundance of may     (Originally published in Frogpond 44.3, 2021)
Posted on 22 May 202327 April 2023Author Helen BuckinghamCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
day moon thoughts of you when we were us
Posted on 23 May 202327 April 2023Author Carol RaisfeldCategories Issue 23.15 Comments on
fading contrail what life makes of pipe dreams  
Posted on 24 May 202327 April 2023Author Mark MillerCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
milky way we argue the distance between stars     (Originally published in Hedgerow #125)
Posted on 25 May 202327 April 2023Author Elisa TherianaCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
Venus appears, a sharp curl of light planed off the gone sun  
Posted on 26 May 202327 April 2023Author d. f. tweneyCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
still seeking a hill to die on my father at ninety-two  
Posted on 29 May 202327 April 2023Author Angele EllisCategories Issue 23.18 Comments on
stamp album a page from a country that no longer is
Posted on 30 May 202327 April 2023Author Linda PapanicolaouCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
the icy bridge over our childhood river — at opposite ends we look past each other in this journey to our dreams  
Posted on 31 May 202327 April 2023Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
beneath the bridge goldfish pause in reflection  
Posted on 1 June 202327 April 2023Author Bill FayCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
winter storm— icing drizzled on cinnamon buns
Posted on 5 June 202327 April 2023Author Tina CrenshawCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
winter sky another friend to be missed
Posted on 6 June 202327 April 2023Author Nadejda KostadinovaCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
three-day blizzard my thoughts pile up
Posted on 7 June 202323 May 2023Author Jeannie MartinCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
snow on snow all the things this pill cannot fix  
Posted on 8 June 202323 May 2023Author Bryan RickertCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
winter morning a support group of apple trees
Posted on 9 June 202323 May 2023Author Julie SchwerinCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
weak winter sun how fragile our resolve
Posted on 12 June 202323 May 2023Author Beverly Acuff MomoiCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
a little closer to my old self fresh snow  
Posted on 13 June 202323 May 2023Author Lynne ReesCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
finding another way    new snow along the forked branches of the pine  
Posted on 14 June 202323 May 2023Author Wally SwistCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
click of the wind silvered with frost feather grass
Posted on 15 June 202323 May 2023Author Jo BalistreriCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
father’s old coat a life held in the creases
Posted on 16 June 202323 May 2023Author Anton FloydCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
single father my daughter cooks me a make-believe dinner  
Posted on 19 June 202323 May 2023Author Bouwe BrouwerCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
graduation day the upward tumble of starlings
Posted on 20 June 20239 June 2023Author Wendy Toth-NotarnicolaCategories Issue 23.17 Comments on
the choices we make distant thunder  
Posted on 21 June 20239 June 2023Author Jennifer HambrickCategories Issue 23.15 Comments on
hearing the phoebe– now I can plan all my day
Posted on 22 June 20239 June 2023Author Nichael CramerCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
another day with nothing to do moss-covered millstone
Posted on 23 June 20239 June 2023Author Kathryn J. StevensCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
mill pond a mallard ripples the su nl ig ht
Posted on 26 June 20239 June 2023Author Nick TCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
between duckweed open water turns into a ribbon of gold  
Posted on 27 June 20239 June 2023Author Richard TiceCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
backwater cove … an old man fishes out a bit of sunset     (Originally published  in The Haiku Foundation website’s kukai, October 2022)  
Posted on 28 June 20239 June 2023Author SanjuktaaCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
tidepool minnows the splosh of a spoonbill
Posted on 29 June 20239 June 2023Author Bill CooperCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
clouds shift beneath a child’s steps … summer sea
Posted on 30 June 20239 June 2023Author Daniela MissoCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
daylilies the news can wait  
Posted on 3 July 202313 June 2023Author Ann K. SchwaderCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
as if I had a choice the warm embrace of the waves
Posted on 4 July 202313 June 2023Author Marilyn FlemingCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
cranberry bog my inhibitions rise to the surface
Posted on 5 July 202313 June 2023Author Deborah P KolodjiCategories Issue 23.16 Comments on
lingering heat a peach grows heavy on its stem
Posted on 6 July 202313 June 2023Author Hannah MahoneyCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
a pinch of lavender almost a bee  
Posted on 10 July 202313 June 2023Author Alice WandererCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
cactus flower with the best of intentions
Posted on 11 July 202313 June 2023Author Mimi AhernCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
border crossing— roses climb over post and rail
Posted on 12 July 202320 June 2023Author Maureen Lanagan HaggertyCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
new in town garden club program on invasives  
Posted on 13 July 202320 June 2023Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
slipping under a chain-link fence honeysuckle long lost relative the slur in his slur     (This tan-renga was composed by Jonathan Roman and Dyana Basist)
Posted on 14 July 202320 June 2023Author Jonathan RomanCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
Chinatown the prices of produce offered in song  
Posted on 17 July 20235 July 2023Author Antoinette CheungCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
family vacation the tangled roots that trip us  
Posted on 18 July 20235 July 2023Author Valorie Broadhurst WoerdehoffCategories Issue 23.17 Comments on
rock art dreams of a shaman  
Posted on 19 July 20235 July 2023Author Victor OrtizCategories Issue 23.17 Comments on
beach reading the driftwood’s code  
Posted on 20 July 20235 July 2023Author eric sundquistCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
to love this body just as it is twisted shore pines (haiga)
Posted on 21 July 202319 July 2023Author Annette MakinoCategories Issue 23.1Tags haiga6 Comments on
sequoia seeds how we save ourselves for later the dawn in each drop of bracken dew     (Tan renga, a form of linked verse, by Kath Abela Wilson and Billie Dee)
Posted on 24 July 202319 July 2023Author Billie DeeCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
she goes in for a fork comes out with a plate — newly diagnosed     (Originally published in Blithe Spirit 33.1, February 2023)  
Posted on 26 July 202319 July 2023Author Maeve O'SullivanCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
chrysanthemums my name misspelled on the get well card  
Posted on 27 July 202319 July 2023Author P. H. FischerCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
echocardiogram the underwater singing of my heart  
Posted on 28 July 202319 July 2023Author Marianne PaulCategories Issue 23.16 Comments on
homeward bound whispering your name to the moon (haiga)
Posted on 29 July 202327 July 2023Author Emma Alexander ArthurCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
cicada dusk this death poem will never do
Posted on 31 July 202319 July 2023Author Christopher PatchelCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
mosquito his little theater of cruelty
Posted on 1 August 202319 July 2023Author j. zimmermanCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
mid-August night a few fireflies have overslept
Posted on 2 August 202319 July 2023Author Stuart BartowCategories Issue 23.15 Comments on
lazy beach day a blue crab’s raft of bubbles
Posted on 3 August 202319 July 2023Author Marietta McGregorCategories Issue 23.11 Comment on
loose tea leaves overflow the scoop autumn evening  
Posted on 4 August 202319 July 2023Author Donna KaplanCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
aquarium nightshift from one of the tanks — the slap of a fin  
Posted on 7 August 202319 July 2023Author Jay FriedenbergCategories Issue 23.1Leave a comment on
the long sigh of an ebbing wave… summer’s end
Posted on 8 August 202319 July 2023Author SriniCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
standing in the waves the gull’s cry lingers
Posted on 9 August 202319 July 2023Author C.X.TurnerCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on
first cool September morning catbird wrenching its cry wrenching its cry
Posted on 10 August 202319 July 2023Author Wally SwistCategories Issue 23.14 Comments on
indian summer holding on and letting go (haiga)
Posted on 11 August 202319 July 2023Author Bob RedmondCategories Issue 23.1Tags haiga9 Comments on
the struggle to keep going summer heat (haiga)
Posted on 14 August 202319 July 2023Author Barbara KaufmannCategories Issue 23.1Tags haiga6 Comments on
one large wave a dash for an ending—
Posted on 15 August 202319 July 2023Author Tony WilliamsCategories Issue 23.12 Comments on

Submissions to tinywords 23.2 — and a new writing prompt

tinywords 23.1 has now ended with Tony William’s haiku “one large wave”. We will be on pause until the next issue, 23.2, begins in a month or two. The submission window
Posted on 17 August 202313 August 2023Author The EditorsCategories Editor's Notes, Issue 23.146 Comments on Submissions to tinywords 23.2 — and a new writing prompt
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