Monday, September 21, 2026

Chestnut, Sun Unfolding

 🍂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


Dirty Laundry

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂A broken streetlight

Dirty laundry airing out

Light flickers in fog🍂


5-7-5 Journal

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Nostalgia

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂☕️Sweet almond cookies

Italian cappuccino

Youthful nostalgia☕️🍂


Note: Italian here is pronounced “Ital-yan”


5-7-5 Journal

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Coffee and Rent, Opalescent

 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

Smols

 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


Smols 

Monday, September 14, 2026

Polarity and Star Fracture

 🍂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

Polarity

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Clear polarity

Holding onto the image

Antique camera🍂


5-7-5 Journal

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Mirror

 🌙🍂Mirror crack spiders

Reflection between fragments

Moonlight taking shape🍂🌙


Sarah Mahina Calvello

San Francisco, CA, USA


October Sense and Sensibility  

Friday, September 11, 2026

Antique

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂An antique clock sounds

Moon shadows paint quiet floors

Time unwinding on🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

 🍂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

Everything

 🍂everything left ajar🍂



~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

on September 8, 2026

smols

Monday, September 7, 2026

Redwoods

   Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Back to the redwoods

An indoor camping morning

Down nostalgia road🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Cutting and Stretches

 🍂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

Friday, September 4, 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

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Secrets

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Stretches of silence

City of walls and secrets

Empty apartments🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Sunday, August 30, 2026

Too Brief and Lesson

 🍂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

Solitude

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂

Turning the next page

Don’t skip the messy chapters

Solitude thriving🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Friday, August 28, 2026

Still Unseen and Sit Quietly

 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

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Awen

 Awen

Issue 133 August 2026

Free for SAE ($2 overseas) or as PDF download:

atlanteanpublishing@hotmail.com

© Atlantean Publishing/all rights revert to contributors

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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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Eclipsed and Mad Hatter

 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

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Fresh New Morning and Everyone Has

 🍂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

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Moments

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂

New yellow daisy
Summer’s reflecting mirror
Moments of beauty🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Moonlight Glints

 🍂🌙moonlight glints from a lonely pagoda our secrets linger🌙 🍂



~Sarah Mahina Calvello


Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

Evening of August 20, 2026

Smols

 🍂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


smols

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Sunday, August 16, 2026

A Sky and a Moment

 🍂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

Saturday, August 15, 2026

New Rain on Lilies

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂New rain on lilies

Two paths to every problem

Perfect and messy🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Friday, August 14, 2026

Vagabond and Messy Chapters

 🍂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

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Five Fleas

 🍂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

Brewing

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


☕️🍂New coffee brewing

Sharp Mexican vanilla

Such a heady taste🍂☕️


5-7-5 Journal 

Hollyhock

 🍂hollyhock hocus pocus 🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello

on August 11, 2026

Smols

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Farewells

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Saying my farewells

To past missteps and trauma

Deep saffron sunsets🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Friday, August 7, 2026

Here We Go

🍂looking down the hourglass here we go again🍂

 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

Afternoon of August 7, 2026

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Sun

 

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂The sun is burning
Sandalwood and black tea taste
Midsummer napping🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Between Two Pines

 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 

Sunday, August 2, 2026

Birthday Smols

 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

Smols

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Peach

 🍂peach of mind🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello  

onAugust 1, 2026

smols


Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Lemon Tree

 🍂Hot cup of tea 

In the shade 

of a lemon tree🍂


Leaf Issue 10

Monday, July 27, 2026

Another Raindrop

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Another raindrop

Another tear falling down

Lullaby of time🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Smols

🍂Stars the rest is silent🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello



🍂surrounded but still unseen🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello



🍂reflecting lies 🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello

On July 27, 2027


smols

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Smols

 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


smols

Friday, July 24, 2026

Toast

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂🌙Orchid-white full moon

Melting on the horizon

Fresh butter on toast🌙🍂


5-7-5

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Cornflowers

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Past and present blur

Changing hues of cornflowers

Bright summer colors🍂


5–7-5 Journal 

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

First Date

 🍂singing bowls  there is great comedic potential here first date 🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

Morning of July 18, 2026

Monday, July 20, 2026

Distant Harmony

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Distant harmony

Of the clearest bell striking

Our turbulent love🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Midsummer and Light

 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

Smols

 🍂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

Smols


on July 18, 2026

Stricken

 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

Friday, July 17, 2026

Another Prison

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Sadness comes in waves

A life of empty pieces

Another prison 🍂


5-7-5 Journal

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

 🍂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

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

 🍂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

Ruins

 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 


Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Smols

 🍂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

Dads Suace

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Dad’s careful fingers

You taught me your pasta sauce

I’ll never forget🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Monday, July 6, 2026

Street Stawberries

🍂Street strawberries 

Wrong moment, wrong road

Writing your path 🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello 


Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

Afternoon of July 6, 2026


Sunday, July 5, 2026

Needed

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Another coffee

And an extra-fresh doughnut

Just what is needed🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Raindrops

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Every raindrop

There is bound to be a tear

Falling on flowers🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Monday, June 29, 2026

Smols

 🍂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

Smols

Summer Solstice

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Warm summer solstice

Layers of the horizon

Touching everything🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Silence

 🌙🍂The silence 

Between our names 

Fills with moonlight🍂🌙 


~Sarah Mahina Calvello 


Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 


Evening of June 25, 2026

Smols

 🍂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

Smols

Grace

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Fragrant apricots

Gift of a poetry book

Grace of a silk scarf🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Ashes

 🍂Box of ghosts

All those crooked photographs 

Ashes of youth🍂



~Sarah Mahina Calvello 


Five Fleas Itchy Submission 

Evening of June 24, 2026

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Sugar Peas

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Lengthening shadows

Snapping the sweet sugar peas

Ripening summer🍂


5-7-5 Journal

Friday, June 19, 2026

Distant

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂☕️A cup of coffee

To warm hands while watching pines

The distant silence☕️🍂


5-7-5

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Lulling

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🌹🍂A lulling strange night

Dark garden of rose briers

Things we didn’t say🍂🌹


5-7-5 Journal 

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Translation

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Lost in translation

The unsayable full moon

Pearl dew on grasses🍂


5-7-5 Journal

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Waiting

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Summer comes in jade

Stretching its shadow freely

Waiting for beauty🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Smols

🍂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 

Smols

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Lingering

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂The scent lingering

I remember missing you

Geranium breeze🍂


5-7-5 Journal

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Peaches

 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 

Friday, June 5, 2026

Shadow

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


Shadow of your smile

🍂You haunt my dreams when you’re gone

Yellow day lilies🍂


5-7-5 Journal

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Turntable Jazz

 🍂Turntable jazz

Wrapping around the night 

Satin silk🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello 


Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Morning of June 4, 2026

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Wood Pigeons

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Serene wood pigeons

What is it like to feel sky?

Caressing twilight🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Wistful

 

🌙🍂Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

Wistful sky of stars
A soft teardrop kissed your lips
And I did the same🍂🌙


5-7-5 Journal 

Friday, May 29, 2026

Without

  Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Creativity

Left without pen and paper

Musing frustration🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Thursday, May 28, 2026

New Moon

 🍂New moon 


Unfinished but magical


I want to stay🍂



~Sarah Mahina Calvello


Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Afternoon of May 28, 2026

Awen

 Awen

Issue 132 May 2026

Free for SAE ($2 overseas) or as PDF download:

atlanteanpublishing@hotmail.com

© Atlantean Publishing/all rights revert to contributors


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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

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Smols

 🍂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

Smols

Primal

 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 

Gravity

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Everything seems still

The gravity of silence

Among peonies🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Garden

 🍂Life’s a garden 


So dig it


Sunlit sky🍂



~Sarah Mahina Calvello 


Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Afternoon of May 23, 2026


Sparkling

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Cherry coral sky

Motion and progress sparking

Calm in the chaos🍂


5-7-5 Journal I 

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Night Heron

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Black crown night heron

Hunching on the water bough

An old grumpy man🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Monday, May 18, 2026

Plans

 🍂Plans not panic🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello


on May 18,2026


smols

Variations

 🍂Variations in exactness 🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello


Five Fleas Itchy Poetry


Afternoon of May 18, 2026

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Trusty

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂A walk at twilight

Pie and coffee addiction

Trusty old diner🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Complete

 🍂New moon


Unfinished 


But complete 🍂


~Sarah Mahina Calvello


Five Fleas Itchy Poetry


Afternoon of May 16, 2026

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Chance

 🍂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

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Memories , Wild Dream, Leftover

 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 

Honey

 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.

Monday, May 11, 2026

Wonder

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🌙🍂The wonder of it

Tiny birds caress moonbeams

A long winding road🍂🌙


5-7-5 Journal 

Friday, May 8, 2026

Carriage Ride

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂New York carriage ride

The maze of grand Central Park

Rain echoing down🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Monday, May 4, 2026

Suddenly

 

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Suddenly raining
But still very warm outside
Very confusing🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Smols part two

 🍂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 

Smols

Friday, May 1, 2026

Motto

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Grandfather’s motto


Never mixing grape and grain


But it tastes lovely🍂


5-7-5 Journal 

Smols

 🍂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 

Smols

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Cherry Blossom

 PJCA’s 1st International Haiku Anthology 2026:




🍂new moon—

cherry blossoms unfold

the night scent🍂

 

Sarah Mahina Calvello 

San Francisco, California, USA

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Marigold

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂First morning coffee

In my marigold garden

Such fragrance haunting🍂


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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Still and Something Magic

 🍂Still in love


Sweet bitterness of blackbirds


Legacy of hope🍂



~Sarah Mahina Calvello







🍂Something magic 


Layers upon layers


Of sunset 🍂



~Sarah Mahina Calvello


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Morning of April 25, 2026

Friday, April 24, 2026

Humid Afternoons

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🌹🍂Humid afternoons

Feeling very alive now

Birds on spring blossoms🍂🌹


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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Clock

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello


🍂Silhouettes of crows

No way to turn back the clock

Memory of love🍂


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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Haunted

 Thursday, April 16, 2026

Circle of Salt


An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

 


🍂☕️stovetop coffee a haunted doll going through motions☕️🍂


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Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Paper mache

 🍂Paper mache worries


They tend to crumble


In the wind🍂



~Sarah Mahina Calvello 


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Afternoon of April 15, 2026

Dew

 

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂New morning dawning
Glimmering and glistening
In a drop of dew🍂


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