🍂for sanity chestnut trees in sunlight a moment of peace 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍃sun unfolding spiraling days back from the mess🍃
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Afternoon of September 21, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
🍂for sanity chestnut trees in sunlight a moment of peace 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍃sun unfolding spiraling days back from the mess🍃
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Afternoon of September 21, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂A broken streetlight
Dirty laundry airing out
Light flickers in fog🍂
5-7-5 Journal
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂☕️Sweet almond cookies
Italian cappuccino
Youthful nostalgia☕️🍂
Note: Italian here is pronounced “Ital-yan”
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coffee and rent reality screaming ☕️🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Opalescent strange rain outside 🍂the lines
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Afternoon of September 16, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
beautiful complicated mess we are 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
surviving quietly 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
if I had a violin 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Salvador Dali and grasshoppers
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
another iron deficient ghost 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
On September 16,2026
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🍂polarity holding the image antique camera🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🌙🍂star fracture welcome to this mad chaos 🍂🌙
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Afternoon of September 14, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Clear polarity
Holding onto the image
Antique camera🍂
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🌙🍂Mirror crack spiders
Reflection between fragments
Moonlight taking shape🍂🌙
Sarah Mahina Calvello
San Francisco, CA, USA
October Sense and Sensibility
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂An antique clock sounds
Moon shadows paint quiet floors
Time unwinding on🍂
5-7-5 Journal
🍂hazy night thoughts street lamp flickering fairy dust mist🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂inner sabotage thoughts circle thoughts 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂haze drifting last of the autumn sun melting mosaics🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Evening of September 8, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Back to the redwoods
An indoor camping morning
Down nostalgia road🍂
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🍂cutting vegetables beauty in the beet 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂stretches of time long journey of winding roads 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Afternoon of September 6, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
🍂🌙deciphering pieces of myself alongside moonlight 🌙🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂hours tick by this life perfect and messy 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂🌙tending past scars the moon an uncut gem that needs polishing 🌙🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂weighted weave Minoan stone combs through summer’s slowness🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Afternoon of September 4, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Stretches of silence
City of walls and secrets
Empty apartments🍂
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🍂too brief moments silence becomes heavy when the noise stops 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂🌙maybe the lesson is to go down a road with no stars🌙🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Afternoon of August 30, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂
Turning the next page
Don’t skip the messy chapters
Solitude thriving🍂
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sit quietly, the song can swallow the moment🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂still unseen stars the rest is silent reflection 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Morning of August 28, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
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Taking the plunge
Into the ebbing ocean
Trusting new chances
By Sarah Mahina Calvello
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Such fairy tales
Broken Dreams through broken doors
Melt like candle light wax
By Sarah Mahina Calvello
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Cornflower shadows
Ardour of wildflowers
Warm midsummer days
By Sarah Mahina Calvello
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Marmite spread on toast
Tasting like soft salt water
In the morning
By Sarah Mahina Calvello
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another day eclipsed spiraling into the
unknown
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂mad hatter midsummer frightened bird of hope 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Morning of August 25, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
🍂fresh new morning orange blossoms can’t disguise the truth🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂everyone has dirty laundry the broken streetlight flickers 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Evening of August 23, 2026
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂
New yellow daisy
Summer’s reflecting mirror
Moments of beauty🍂
5-7-5 Journal
🍂🌙moonlight glints from a lonely pagoda our secrets linger🌙 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Evening of August 20, 2026
🍂choosy choosers choose destiny🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂sound of clouds gathering🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂the past is another country🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
On August 20, 2026
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🍂sound of clouds gathering🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂the past is another country🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
On August 18, 2026
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🍂waiting for sweetness candlelight reverberates mirrored surfaces🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂A moment is all we are flickering candle🍂
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of August 14, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂New rain on lilies
Two paths to every problem
Perfect and messy🍂
5-7-5 Journal
🍂vagabond phantoms the best at being unseen in moonlight 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂turning the page don’t skip the messy chapters🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of August 14, 2026
🍂calm down a little we’re all in a rush pouring more coffee🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂rose-colored reality in the rose garden 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂clock ticking shape of kimono tea under the moon 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of August 11, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
☕️🍂New coffee brewing
Sharp Mexican vanilla
Such a heady taste🍂☕️
5-7-5 Journal
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Saying my farewells
To past missteps and trauma
Deep saffron sunsets🍂
5-7-5 Journal
🍂looking down the hourglass here we go again🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of August 7, 2026
🍂The sun is burning
Sandalwood and black tea taste
Midsummer napping🍂
5-7-5 Journal
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Circle of Salt
An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂between pine cones twilight descends🍂
~
Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee
not totally delusional 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂life beneath the sand🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂words made of air🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂A gerbil running amok 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂you’re clever handed 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂wasting time running away🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂tempted by unknown fruit 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂monotony of broken clocks 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂too much out there 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂long gaps of nothing🍂
Sarah Mahina Calvello
on August 2, 2026
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Another raindrop
Another tear falling down
Lullaby of time🍂
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🍂Stars the rest is silent🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂surrounded but still unseen🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂reflecting lies 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
On July 27, 2027
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Rain wash my blues away🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
A thread worth pulling on
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Fly speck biscuits of childhood 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Be my fancy fig newton🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
On July 26,2026
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂🌙Orchid-white full moon
Melting on the horizon
Fresh butter on toast🌙🍂
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Past and present blur
Changing hues of cornflowers
Bright summer colors🍂
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🍂singing bowls there is great comedic potential here first date 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Morning of July 18, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Distant harmony
Of the clearest bell striking
Our turbulent love🍂
5-7-5 Journal
midsummer birds cling to the air the space between us 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
light comes down soft in the moment it happens morning coffee 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Morning of July 18, 2026
🍂Tiramisu and impatient dreams🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂It’s about the cat🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Single step journey🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Dirty trick of nostalgia 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Days drifting on the page🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
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on July 18, 2026
Saturday, July 18, 2026
An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂a sky stricken with stars puts me in my place🍂
~
Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee
Circle of Salt
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Sadness comes in waves
A life of empty pieces
Another prison 🍂
5-7-5 Journal
🍂Breaking bread getting to the bottom of things 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂old forest tangled within walls wild birdsong 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Longing upon the page my story unwritten🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Simple good life
Soup noodles
Leave me wanting🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Evening of July 15, 2026
🍂Down we go like a submarine sweet dissolving sugar 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Can’t move time there’s no point purple prairie sage🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Yarrow fields thick fog but we’ll make it through 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Honeysuckle a gloomy day passes for a new dawn🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Evening of July 11, 2026
Saturday, July 11, 2026
An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂amidst the ruins I begin🍂
~
Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee
Circle of Salt
🍂Life in stitches she remembers her purse🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Sneaking chocolate cake in a thunderstorm emotions abandoned🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Leaves whirling down the rabbit hole along with my worries🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Morning of June 8, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Dad’s careful fingers
You taught me your pasta sauce
I’ll never forget🍂
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🍂Street strawberries
Wrong moment, wrong road
Writing your path 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of July 6, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Another coffee
And an extra-fresh doughnut
Just what is needed🍂
5-7-5 Journal
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Every raindrop
There is bound to be a tear
Falling on flowers🍂
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🍂Amidst the ruins I begin🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Watching my clothes drown🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂In decision can cost you🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
on June 29, 2026
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Warm summer solstice
Layers of the horizon
Touching everything🍂
5-7-5 Journal
🌙🍂The silence
Between our names
Fills with moonlight🍂🌙
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Evening of June 25, 2026
🍂What if and why not?🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Broken glass where truth was🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Piano six octaves under🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂One last dysfunctional picnic 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Inside of earth shattering 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
on June 2024
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Fragrant apricots
Gift of a poetry book
Grace of a silk scarf🍂
5-7-5 Journal
🍂Box of ghosts
All those crooked photographs
Ashes of youth🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Submission
Evening of June 24, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Lengthening shadows
Snapping the sweet sugar peas
Ripening summer🍂
5-7-5 Journal
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂☕️A cup of coffee
To warm hands while watching pines
The distant silence☕️🍂
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🌹🍂A lulling strange night
Dark garden of rose briers
Things we didn’t say🍂🌹
5-7-5 Journal
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Lost in translation
The unsayable full moon
Pearl dew on grasses🍂
5-7-5 Journal
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Summer comes in jade
Stretching its shadow freely
Waiting for beauty🍂
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🍂Floating the edge of nothing 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Deep thoughts circle overthinking🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Yelling through rented houses🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Red wine in coffee cups 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Every week a season🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
All types of crazy
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
on June 09, 2026
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂The scent lingering
I remember missing you
Geranium breeze🍂
5-7-5 Journal
Saturday, June 6, 2026
An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
Circle of Salt
🍂days of peaches fleeting and simple🍂
~
Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
Shadow of your smile
🍂You haunt my dreams when you’re gone
Yellow day lilies🍂
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🍂Turntable jazz
Wrapping around the night
Satin silk🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Morning of June 4, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Serene wood pigeons
What is it like to feel sky?
Caressing twilight🍂
5-7-5 Journal
Wistful sky of stars
A soft teardrop kissed your lips
And I did the same🍂🌙
5-7-5 Journal
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Creativity
Left without pen and paper
Musing frustration🍂
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🍂New moon
Unfinished but magical
I want to stay🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of May 28, 2026
Awen
Issue 132 May 2026
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Malted mushy pea bowl
A watercolour new rain
Colour of summer
By Sarah Mahina Calvello
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Turning back over
Looking at the misty moon
Hoping for sleep
By Sarah Mahina Calvello
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Ebb and flow of solitude
Starlings circle azure sky
Completeness feeling
By Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Canned tuna watching the news🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Don’t spin to a spinner🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Hocus potus🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Mad as the full moon🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
May 26, 2026
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Circle of Salt
An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂☕️a cup of coffee with the mountains primal screaming☕️🍂
~
Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Everything seems still
The gravity of silence
Among peonies🍂
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Black crown night heron
Hunching on the water bough
An old grumpy man🍂
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🍂Variations in exactness 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of May 18, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂A walk at twilight
Pie and coffee addiction
Trusty old diner🍂
5-7-5 Journal
🍂New moon
Unfinished
But complete 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of May 16, 2026
🍂Sweet mint tea
A chance of forever
Crow in shade🍂
Sarah Mahina Calvello
San Francisco, CA, USA
The Summer (June, July, August) issue of Sense & Sensibility Haiku Journal is out!
Posted on May 13, 2026
What Lingers
By Sarah Mahina Calvello
Memories
Moonbeams
Circling azure sky
Wild abandonment
Of a heart left behind
Trying to collect more good
Wild Dream
Magic madness rains
There’s a wildness inside
Wet and new
Full of possibilities
New smells of flowers
Honey and saffron
The sky’s shelled colors unfold
One more wild dream
Spring moon lantern
Illuminated halo
Deep blue starless night
Sapphire and waiting
Years flow like water
Soft purple heather
Sashay in the breeze
Leftover wishes remain
The sweetest echo
Under the milky white moon
The Wise Owl Daily Verse
May 2026 What Lingers
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Circle of Salt
An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂honey lingers golden in the open wound🍂
~
Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee.
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🌙🍂The wonder of it
Tiny birds caress moonbeams
A long winding road🍂🌙
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂New York carriage ride
The maze of grand Central Park
Rain echoing down🍂
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🍂Suddenly raining
But still very warm outside
Very confusing🍂
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🍂Sky photobombing sky sunset
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Bird chorus weekend minuet
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Old laughing lady crows screech 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
on May 02, 2026
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Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Grandfather’s motto
Never mixing grape and grain
But it tastes lovely🍂
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🍂Something to guac about
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Such a ridiculous miracle
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Verklempt chaos city streets
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Some kind of mental debris
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Living through history misdeeds
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Poking holes in reality
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Haunted by unfinished words
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Keep comments brief and tasteful🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
on May 01, 2026
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PJCA’s 1st International Haiku Anthology 2026:
🍂new moon—
cherry blossoms unfold
the night scent🍂
Sarah Mahina Calvello
San Francisco, California, USA
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂First morning coffee
In my marigold garden
Such fragrance haunting🍂
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🍂Still in love
Sweet bitterness of blackbirds
Legacy of hope🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Something magic
Layers upon layers
Of sunset 🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Morning of April 25, 2026
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🌹🍂Humid afternoons
Feeling very alive now
Birds on spring blossoms🍂🌹
5-7-5 Journal
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂Silhouettes of crows
No way to turn back the clock
Memory of love🍂
5-7-5 Journal
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Circle of Salt
An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
🍂☕️stovetop coffee a haunted doll going through motions☕️🍂
~
Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee.
🍂Paper mache worries
They tend to crumble
In the wind🍂
~Sarah Mahina Calvello
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
Afternoon of April 15, 2026
🍂New morning dawning
Glimmering and glistening
In a drop of dew🍂
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