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17 Onji — Haiku and Senryū

17 Onji publishes haiku and senryū, along with articles exploring the craft of haiku through the lens of The Aphantasic Haikuist.

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Kintsugi

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kintsugi —
their first laugh
at the melting snow

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The break doesn’t announce itself as healing at first — just a sound escaping where silence had settled. Laughter arrives cautiously, like water finding a crack, carrying both damage and repair in the same breath. The melting snow mirrors that shift, loss turning fluid, edges softening. What was fractured remains visible, but it’s the joining that catches the light.

First published on NaHaiWriMo.

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Mark Stuart Farrar
Mark Stuart Farrar

Written by Mark Stuart Farrar⁠

IT professional turned entrepreneur and haikuist/writer. Creator of the Toolarium Idea Vault and five free Newsletters: https://substack.com/@markduncanstuart

17 Onji — Haiku and Senryū
17 Onji — Haiku and Senryū

Published in 17 Onji — Haiku and Senryū

17 Onji publishes haiku and senryū, along with articles exploring the craft of haiku through the lens of The Aphantasic Haikuist.