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The summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere will occur on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 10:42 p.m. Eastern Time.

#SummerSolstice #JuneSpecials #haikuaday 6-20-25 #haikuhive 💛🐝🖤

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JenlovesJT47 Gorgeous! 🧡💛🧡 My first thought was that if it‘s solstice, that means the stones are more easily travelable at Craigh Na Duhn (in the Outlander series) — too bad I‘m not close to Scotland or I‘d try my hand at finding Jamie Fraser. 😆 Yes, I have issues lol

Outlander

DebinHawaii Perfect solstice haiku! 💛☀️💛🐝💛 4h

AnnCrystal Beautiful Summer Solstice 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🪄🌞🐝💝. 3h

lil1inblue Superb haiku! Love. 💛🌞💛 6m

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DebinHawaii

The Princess Bride: a Counting Story | Lena Wolfe

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Today‘s haiku (I‘m caught up now) takes inspiration from the deep respect I have for my fellow “hivers” who dare to go to some deep dark places with their poems. I‘m a little afraid of getting stuck in the dark places, so I feel the need to keep mine pretty light. Also, the pit of despair is a wee bit dramatic, but I love me some Princess Bride!😉

Go deeper I think,
But if I dig down that far,
Can I climb back out?

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JenlovesJT47 This is so great! Let me tell you a secret: you are the person who inspired me to start writing haikus a couple of years ago. You would write them every day for some buddy read we were doing, maybe for PemberLittens or something. And that got me interested in haikus so I started reading up about it. And the rest was history. So thank you! 🩵💙🩵💙🩵🤗 5h

JenlovesJT47 P.S. We are all here to listen whenever/if you need to write about the dark places. 🩵 5h

DebinHawaii @JenlovesJT47 Aww… you are very welcome! It‘s funny. I was just thinking about that the other day. I think I did a couple of the books. Someday I should try to dig back into posts & find them! 😉 And thanks for the offer of listening to the dark places. 💙💙💙 4h

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AnnCrystal Light or Dark, Haiku is Healing 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🎬🐝💝. (edited) 3h

Itchyfeetreader This really resonates with me 2h

lil1inblue Ooh, this one is intriguing! 💛💛💛 37m

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Eggs

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In service from 1943 to 1991, this ship (Lady Lex) sits in the bay at Corpus Christi. Often called the “ghost ship”, it was converted into a floating museum and it is awesome.
#haikuaday 6-20-25 #haikuhive 🖤🐝💛

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@Itchyfeetreader @Jari-chan

JenlovesJT47 So cool!! 🩵💙🩵💙🩵 8h

DebinHawaii Ahh, the color! 💙💙💙💙💙 Love! 🖤🐝🖤 7h

AnnCrystal Beautiful Haiku construction 🤩🆒👏🏼🐝👍🏼⛴️🐝💝. 3h

Itchyfeetreader Ooh lovely and it rhymes ! 2h

lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 You created a great mood with this one! Great pic, too! 39m

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DebinHawaii

Cake Pop Casualties | Addison Moore

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Still a day behind in my daily haikus, this should be yesterday‘s. My inspiration: a coworker sweetly brought me a cake pop to our meeting. I have decided after much (ok, maybe just some…) tasting & deliberation, I just don‘t like them. It‘s a texture thing—I‘m not a fan of cookie dough! 🤷🏻‍♀️

A single bite speaks;
Not cake, not quite cookie dough
Just wrong in my mouth!

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TheBookHippie I don‘t care for them either.. 12h

lil1inblue I am not a fan either - the frosting usually throws me off. I love the first line, btw! 💛 11h

JenlovesJT47 I used to sell cake pops but I‘ve never been a fan of the texture either 😬 (edited) 11h

AnnCrystal 🧐 Are they raw? 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🍭🐝💝. 11h

dabbe Texture is everything! 🖤🐝🖤 10h

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dabbe

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Oh, the journey I have gone through with just one tooth. Hopefully, it ended today!

Seventh-month journey.
Bye old implant; hi new
one. Today, a crown. 👑

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TheBookHippie 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 13h

TheBookHippie The dentist is a great fear of mine 🫣😵‍💫 13h

dabbe @TheBookHippie IKR? It's been a bit of torture, and I also 🤞🏻 that this journey is finally over. 😅 12h

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MemoirsForMe Yikes! 😬 Glad you can smile brighter and move beyond this nightmare. 12h

lil1inblue 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 I hope there's nothing but bright smiles ahead! 12h

TheBookHippie @dabbe let‘s hope 🫣😵‍💫 12h

JenlovesJT47 Great poem! I loathe going to the dentist. Never had worse pain than the week I was waiting for my root canal. Hope you are feeling better! 🫂🩵💙🩵💙🩵 11h

AnnCrystal 😳 Hopefully 👏🏼🐝🙏🏼🐝💝. 11h

dabbe @MemoirsForMe Thanks for the positive outlook! I will smile more brightly, also knowing how much it cost! 🤣😍 10h

dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯 10h

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! 🩵💙🩵 I feel your pain, too! 😍 10h

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🎯🩵🎯 10h

DebinHawaii Not going to lie—this made me wince & drool a bit. I also am not a fan of the dentist. Glad it‘s behind you! 🖤🐝🖤 9h

dabbe @DebinHawaii Sorry to have grossed you! 😅🤗😍 9h

DebinHawaii @dabbe It was all sympathy pain & drooling! 💛💛💛 9h

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lil1inblue

Freedomland | Richard Price

My husband always makes me giggle. 🤣🤣🤣 This has inspired further writing, though.
#haikuhive #haikuaday

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AmyG Ha!!! 21h

Bookwormjillk Lol what does freedom taste like? 21h

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JenlovesJT47 😅🩵💙🩵💙🩵 21h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Inquiring minds want to know! 😍 19h

dabbe Your husband is a mensch! I have to ask what the drink is. Your words made me want to know! 💙♥️💙 19h

jdiehr 😂 19h

AnnCrystal 😂👏🏼🐝👍🏼🥲🐝💝. 18h

lil1inblue @AmyG 😂 17h

lil1inblue @dabbe I think it was “Star Spangled Splash“ Mountain Dew. I'm not a Mountain Dew fan, so even though I didn't taste it, I would probably agree. 😂 17h

lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk @dabbe I'm not 100% sure, but apparently not like fruity carbonated sugar water! 😂 17h

lil1inblue @jdiehr 😂 😉 17h

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 😉 😂 17h

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 😂 💙 17h

kspenmoll 😂😂 17h

dabbe @lil1inblue Mt. Dew was my fave drink as a youngster. For some reason, it made me super hyper. 🤔🤣😘 16h

lil1inblue @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 13h

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JenlovesJT47

You Think Too Much | Jaylin Cabales, Rainier Camina

Don‘t mind me, just another evening of overthinking. It‘s what I do best. 🙃😌🤯

Can‘t turn off my brain,
feel like I‘m going insane;
I tried, but in vain.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

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Itchyfeetreader I know that feeling ! 1d

Jari-chan Let's overthink together. Maybe that helps? Sending hugs and comfort blankets. 1d

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JenlovesJT47 @Jari-chan it definitely helps! Glad to know I‘m not alone. So grateful for this group 🤗🖤💛🖤💛🖤🐝🐝🐝 1d

JenlovesJT47 @Itchyfeetreader 🫂🖤💛🖤💛🖤🐝🐝🐝 1d

julesG 🫂🫂 You're not alone. I woke up at 6am and have been overthinking since. I could have slept. 😭 1d

JenlovesJT47 @julesG I‘m sorry. 🫂🫂 Hope your day gets better and you can get some rest. Overthinking is the worst. You are not alone. 🩵💙🩵💙🩵 1d

julesG Unfortunately, I was overthinking a weekend trip and the packing thereof. That spiralled easily. Well, I've got most things packed and made a list of what needs to be packed and what needs to be done before I leave tomorrow. 😉 Luckily it's a public holiday in my part of Germany and I might be able to nap later. 1d

Jari-chan @julesG Making lists also helps me when I feel overwhelmed. I hope you'll get some rest 💖 1d

AnnCrystal Perhaps try visualizing two images at the exact same time (e.g. a rabbit eating a carrot and a kangaroo hopping along). Individual, separated images at exactly the same time.

Or perhaps, try air drawing. Imagine drawing images with your eyes only. As simple or as detailed as you want.

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Eggs This image 🧠🤯🔥 !!! Well done 👍🏼 with a rhyme to boot!! 23h

TheBookHippie The struggle is real. 😵‍💫 22h

lil1inblue I feel ya! 🤗💓 22h

dabbe The rhyming is very powerful here. 🖤🐝🖤 Here's a game to play when you overthink or are trying to fall asleep: Pick a category--like books! Then go through the alphabet and name 1-3 that start with that letter. So, for “A“ you might think ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, and ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, THE (I use “the“ and “a“ however I feel like). I guarantee you'll fall asleep before you get to Z. 😘 19h

JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal @Eggs @TheBookHippie @lil1inblue @dabbe thank you everyone, and for all the excellent advice. Definitely going to use these tips! 🤗💙🩵💙🩵💙 18h

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Eggs

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#haikuaday 6-19-25 #haikuhive 💛🐝🖤

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@Itchyfeetreader @Jari-chan

dabbe Boy, it does, doesn't it? What a way to make one think. 🖤🐝🖤 1d

Itchyfeetreader This made me stop and think 1d

JenlovesJT47 You just twisted my brain into one giant knot!! 🤯 Well done! 🩵💙🩵💙🩵 1d

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AnnCrystal Some things need to remain a mysterious?? 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌹🐝💝. 1d

Eggs @dabbe @Itchyfeetreader @JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal🙏🏻💛🐝 23h

lil1inblue Ooh. I love this. "Live in the question." So many meanings in 5 syllables! ??? 22h

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AnnCrystal

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Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

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#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

My explanation for this Haiku follows in commets

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AnnCrystal Ravens and Crows have a bad reputation.

Well it's true that some people use their Medicines for bad, or their form is used by those who are negative (like Skinwalkers or daemons), the true essence of Ravens and Crows are not evil.

Many Native American Indigenous tribes hold Ravens and Crows in high esteem for various reasons.

A Trickster personality with powerful “good“ Medicine.

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AnnCrystal Understandably, these birds are naturally weary of humans...and if betrayed, Ravens and Crows do not easily forgive.

Yet, be friendly by not angrily chasing them away, adding the larger nuts to your bird feeder, or humming a delightful song whenever you see one of these birds could begin earning you friendship...not just with the ones you personally encounter, but with Ravens and Crows for miles around and generations of them to come.

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AnnCrystal Because these birds share information about both foes and friends with each other and with their offsprings.

So, if you begin being nice to your neighborhood Ravens and Crows...DON'T try to pet them or feed them by hand...just be “nice“ and you may earn their friendships.

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AnnCrystal These birds may even begin sensing when you need them around.

Ravens and Crows can sense energies, they are drawn by energies.

It's one of the things that give these birds a bad reputation. Good or bad energies, they are drawn by it.

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AnnCrystal If you are feeling lonely, invisible, depressed, or sad... sometimes local Ravens or Crows will fly over to lend you some of their medicines. And if you are lucky enough, they will share their greatest of medicines by giving some good natured humor or by Ravens gifting the sound of their laughter.

They also want to celebrate with you, or just check up on you and say hello...so always keep an eye out.

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AnnCrystal Long explanation shortened, I wrote this Haiku from my American Indigenous cultural prospective 😉✍️🐝💝. (edited) 1d

dabbe Your words in the haiku and after helped me to learn! I love to learn! I adore ravens and crows and always try to chat pleasantly with them when I see one. Poe's “The Raven“ is in my top five fave poems of all time. 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤 1d

JenlovesJT47 So cool! Thank you for sharing!! 🐦‍⬛🩵💙🩵💙🩵🐦‍⬛ 1d

Eggs So unique! Birds do appear to us at unusual times as if they were secretly summoned🐦‍⬛🐦🦅 1d

JenlovesJT47 You also see a lot of ravens as familiars in books about witches. Makes sense! 1d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 💝🐝💝🐝💝. I love to hear that you chat with them too! My mom and I chat with our garden critters all the time.

Ravens and Crows are simply amazing, smart, creative birds. It was years before I heard the laugh of a Raven in real life, it overjoyed me with utter delight.

Love Poe, and his Raven 📚✍️💝. It was the first of his works that I encountered when a kid.

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AnnCrystal Thanks @JenlovesJT47 🥰 I'm glad you enjoyed 🐝💝🐝💝. 1d

AnnCrystal @Eggs 😘 birds are simply magical. Some legends say that Ravens and Crows are among the birds who can bring loved ones (who have journeyed on) for a visit. There are endless legends, but this is a favorite of mine 🐝💝🐝💝...they may also have messages to deliver. (edited) 1d

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 there are, good and bad witches depending on the story. 🪄📚💝. (edited) 1d

JenlovesJT47 Very true! My favorite witch series is the Practical Magic series. One of the books is set during the witch trials and a raven was her familiar. (She was a good witch!)

Magic Lessons: A Prequel to Practical Magic

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 that is epic! I'm keeping my eye out for that series...love magical books with witches 😉👌🪄📚💝. 1d

Jari-chan Thank you for sharing this 🐦‍⬛💖 1d

AnnCrystal @Jari-chan 😉👍🏼✍️💝🐝💝🐝💝. 1d

lil1inblue I love this! 💓 We have a crow that watches over our house. I often feel like he or she is protecting us! 💛 22h

AnnCrystal @lil1inblue 🤩 they do feel like they are there to protect, the way they carefully watch 💝💝💝. I feel the same way 🥰 with the Crows, Ravens, and other Critters of my garden. Protect, teach, be friends... Before I began studying the viewpoint of my own ancestral world, I world sometimes see Ravens and ask them to say hello to Odin 😉👍🏼💝🐝💝🐝💝. (edited) 18h

Bette I enjoyed this, thanks for all the info. I love crows and ravens. 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 8h

AnnCrystal @Bette I'm so glad you enjoyed ☺️👌🏼🐝💝🐝💝. 3h

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DebinHawaii

The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 | Dan Buettner

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Still a day behind in my haikus but here is yesterday‘s inspired by the Okinawan Sweet Potatoes I was eating in my car. I‘m not a big sweet potato fan in general, but these purple beauties I love.

A slice in my hand
Creamy, perfectly purple
Quiet comfort food

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lil1inblue Fantastic! 💜💜💜 1d

dabbe I've never had these! They look delish! 💜💜💜 1d

TheBookHippie Yummmm 1d

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AnnCrystal 🤩 never have I seen these beauties 😍🆒👏🏼🐝👍🏼😋🍠🐝💝. 1d

Eggs These look wonderful 💜 1d

Jari-chan Never heard about those before 😯 1d

JenlovesJT47 Never heard of them but they look delish! 🩵💙🩵💙🩵 1d

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