Pumpkins

 Tanka by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂 🎃 pumpkins line porches

like empty mismatched loafers

to light the dark path

such glowing moonshine follows

pumpkin vines curling outward 🎃🍂

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Horrorku

 🍂cold wind arriving

thinning veil is becoming

thinner and lighter🍂

By Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂a sudden aching

creaking and moaning unfold

sharp skeleton bones🍂

By Sarah Mahina Calvello

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Morticia

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂sharing the crumpets
Morticia’s love letters fade
a love gone astray🍂

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smols

 🍂technically it’s the future now🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

fireflies in a tree Disneyland🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂in between

truth and

lies🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂no olive branches just hemlock🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

twisted that treacherous park strolling🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂sparrows spread their mortal wings🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂adulthood excited about sweatpants🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

the chemistry of the moment🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂heavy days they creep around🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂what does it mean? nothing🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on October 30, 2025 

smols

Halloween haiku

 🍂Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

You say I just laugh

At least I’m not dead inside

The stars won’t align🍂

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Discontent

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂A murder of crows

Mad banquet of discontent

Nothing is quiet🍂

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Disarray

 🍂what fun

to lose myself

in disarray🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Afternoon of October 26, 2025

Einstein

 

🍂Einstein wore no socks

At dinner in his honour

His wife ate orchids 🍂

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Uncertainty

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🌙🍂star-filled quiet nights

filled with promises untold

and uncertainty🍂🌙

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Persephone

 Tuesday, October 21, 2025

A Senryu by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂penning a letter

the pomegranate tree blooms

as persephone dreams🍂

~

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

at October 21, 2025

Circle of Salt

Smole

 🍂orange blooms reliving the past🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

despair another name for love🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

parallel universe, inside of atoms🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

junk food venting in person🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂jagged

edges of days

thorns🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂deconstructing the metaphor making stew🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂pumpkins on porches mismatched shoes🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on October 19, 2025 

Smole

Mandolin Rain

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🌧️🍂such a cool evening

mandolin rain fell softly

balancing the loss🍂🌧️

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Align

 when scars align🍂🌙

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on October 14, 2025 

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Lilies

 A Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

🍂purple lilies

in a stone white circle

new morning🍂

~

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

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Rosemary

 🍂with my dad

gathering rosemary

for the sauce🍂

Sarah Mahina Calvello

San Francisco, CA, USA

Sense & Sensibility ~ November 2025

Gratitude

Recliner

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂new furniture store

I’m a sucker more and more

a good recliner🍂

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Last Goodbye

 🌙🍂last goodbye

the cold cutting

of the moon🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Afternoon of October 7, 2025

Backyard

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Cinnamon mint tea

Comfort of a bowl of soup

Backyard of fragrance🍂

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Medusa’s Kitchen

 Fresh faced morning

Unpatterned caffeine bird song

From my bedroom window

    ~ ~ ~

    

Still calming 

Sharpening pencils 

Maddening world

`    ~ ~ ~

Wide eyed

Hiding from the sun

Wanting to be seen

Portrait frames 

Hug the curves 

Of windows 

    ~ ~ ~

Crescent moon

Bent to the shape 

Of the cold 

    ~ ~ ~

Portrait frames

Hug the curve of the window 

Their watching eyes

 

Sweet grasses

Starling murmuration 

At sunset

    ~ ~ ~

It’s a tea light 

Kind of night 

Pink layers melting red 

    ~ ~ ~

Most of the time

Half finished 

Moons lullaby 

    ~ ~ ~

Gladdens my heart 

Sweet almond tea 

Shadows lengthen 

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Today’s LittleNip:

One of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is: ‘Whatever you do, don’t be boring.”

—Ann Sexton

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—Medusa, with thanks to Sarah Mahina Calvello for today’s fine poetry!

 

 

Saturday, October 04, 2025

Night Blossoms

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂🌙Such strange night blossoms

The swelling sea lingering

On the pebbled path🌙🍂

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Velvet

 🍂bones that crack

silhouettes of velvet night

hiding under blankets🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Morning of October 2, 2025

Giving in

 🍂giving in

plot

twist🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on October 01, 2025 

Smole

Antique

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂The longing echo

Of an antique clock mid tick

Commiserating🍂

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