Nitu Yumnam
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Exploring micro poetry | Crafting tiny verses that resonate 📝
Joined June 2019
The following selected haiku are inspired by the prompt, "On My Way" As always, thank you to the poets who continue to submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. #poetry #haiku #short #writing #submissions
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haiku by Nitu Yumnam predictive text the things I want to say the things I say https://t.co/0xuAjL6ql0
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predictive text the things I want to say the things I say
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child migrant's stare a world beyond this border fence https://t.co/k1ImMdN5Gr
#migration #migrants #bordercrossing #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem
Humbled and honored to be nominated for the 2025 Touchstone Award. Deep thanks to Whiptail editors Kat Lehmann & Robin Smith. #monoku
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Humbled and honored to be nominated for the 2025 Touchstone Award. Deep thanks to Whiptail editors Kat Lehmann & Robin Smith. #monoku
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trade war news a spiderweb on the eaves sagging with raindrops Prize Winner, 27th HIA Haiku Contest https://t.co/11RhxZtyPJ
#haiku #poem #DonaldTrump #Trump #TradeWar #politics #TariffWar For more of my prize-winning #poems, visit https://t.co/dgK3mbgdl7
#poetry #micropoetry
My #DonaldTrump's "#tradewar news" #haiku is "Prize Winner, 27th HIA #Haiku Contest," at https://t.co/11RhxZu6Fh It's the 2nd prize-winning #haiku this week 😉 https://t.co/PtTUZju776
#poem For more of my prize-winning #poems, visit https://t.co/dgK3mbgLaF
#poetry #micropoetry
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early snow blankets the skylight loneliness a many-mouthed bird crying all night long https://t.co/IEnB03oxug
#5lines #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem
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An #Advent of #haiku Day 6 Just found out this ku has been nominated for a #touchstone. Thank you to the editors of #Femku Rowan Beckett and Kelly Sargent
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barbed wire ... wrinkles crisscross a migrant’s face https://t.co/EGrCSyaTUc
#border #migration #aging #migrant #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem
barbed wire the relentlessness of frost #haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #WritingCommunity #mainichi Mainichi https://evamaria-limbach2.blogspot.com/2025/04/blog-post_21.html?spref=tw
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first frost … a Gazan baby’s face in pixels Commendation, PIHC 2025 https://t.co/sQI4U2mCju
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem #GazaStarving Israeli Opposition Leader #YairGolan, May 20 2025: a "sane state does not Kill Babies as a Hobby" https://t.co/aUs85LIfyy
#GazaGenocide
My "Gazan Baby" #haiku won Commendation, 15th Polish International Haiku Competition, accessed at https://t.co/sQI4U2m4tW
#Gaza #poetry #poem Israeli Opposition Leader #YairGolan, May 20 2025: a "sane state does not Kill Babies as a Hobby" https://t.co/aUs85LHHJ0
#GazaGenocide
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large snowflakes fall on the corpses of large snowflakes --Seegan Mabesoone ぼた雪が散るぼた雪の死屍に マブソン青眼 From his book Dreamtime (ドリームタイム, 2025) #haiku #gendaihaiku #mukuku #translation
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Pleased to be featured in ESUJ‑H December 2025. Many thanks to judges Emiko Miyashita and Yuzo Ono. #senryu
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hallway stillness traffic hum drifts through windows of a nursing home https://t.co/tjL8wntZ6x
#nursinghome #carehome #oldagehome #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem
dry leaves skip along the dirt road -- old age home John Richard Stephens https://t.co/H5Wn7nLIZO
#aging #oldage #oldagehome #nursinghome #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem
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The following selected haiku are inspired by the prompt, "Lost in Thought." As always, thank you to the poets who continue to submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. #poetry #haiku #short #writing #submissions
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with what do you fill the void? starry night --Mashiro 空白をなにで埋めるか星月夜 真白 From The Lonely Night #Haiku Gathering Newsletter No. 248 #LonelyNightHaiku #translation
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snowflakes never falling straight --Seegan Mabesoone まっすぐに落ちることない雪片 マブソン青眼 From his book Dreamtime (ドリームタイム, 2025) #haiku #gendaihaiku #mukuku #translation
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