Beautifully Bare

 🍂 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

Beautifully bare

Raspberry gingerbread baking

Bright frosted sunsets🍂

Note: Raspberry pronounced “ras-bry”.

5-7-5 Journal 

Bench by the Lake

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂A bench by the lake

Emerald water reflects

Drifting thoughts circling🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Lulling

 🍂In and out

Lulling of the waves

Tomorrow’s echo🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Journal 

Afternoon of December 17, 2025

Yesterday’s

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂The sweet yesterdays

I’ll take all the memories

satin peach blossoms🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Dance prompt

 🍂Crisscrossing 

The stitching 

Of human warmth🍂 

🍂Twirling steps 

Of the whirling dervish’s 

Free fall of leaves🍂

Sarah Mahina Calvello 

October dance prompt showcase, Poetry Pea

Rice Pot

 🍂Stirring the rice pot

Calming routine🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Evening of December 15, 2025

Smols

 🍂The next stupid thing tomorrow🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Different kind of same🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Purgatory or something new🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on December 15, 2025 

Smols

Bump

 🍂A bump in the road

That’s all it is

Winter’s sparseness🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Afternoon of December 11, 2025

Stars

 🍂We’re all

Differently abled stars

Coffee drunk🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Morning of December 9, 2025

Lily

 🍂Cupping the lily

Inhaling rain

Silver on the brush🍂

Sarah Mahina Calvello

San Francisco, CA, USA

Sense and sensibility journal 

Hemlock

 Sunday, December 7, 2025

A Senryu by Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

🍂no olive branch . . .

I have just hemlock to give

before the candle flames out🍂

~

Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee. https://heyyouhaiku.blogspot.com/?m=1

Circle of Salt Journal

Footprints

 Tanka by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂footprints in the snow

white is all over the world

fur coat of the deer

leaves of bright gold and silver

the soft growing moss🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Everything and Shift

 🍂everything

depends on how

the footsteps echo🍂

Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂shift of perspective

twilight’s camera

loses focus🍂

Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Morning of December 5, 2025

I’ll be and Fine Line

 🍂I’ll be happy

When I find someone to

To watch tv with🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

🍂There is a fine line

Between independence and loneliness

Find your village🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Morning of December 2, 2025

Fox Socks

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂new morning breaks bright

pouring coffee in fox socks

to break the dreary🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Valerian Tea

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🌙🍂nodding off to sleep

cup of valerian tea

to the twilight zone🌙🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Smols

 🍂rattling bones of days🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Strangers haunting metro corridors🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Night chill electricity of leaves🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂mixing different teabags party animal🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂puzzle pieces bones to pick🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on November 29, 2025 

Smols

Rose

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂a rose on your plate

thank you for sweet everything

despite the chaos🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Twilight Zone

🌙🍂off to sleep

valerian tea

to the twilight zone🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry 

Morning of November 27, 2025

Foggy

 🍂not so foggy

since Jack the Ripper died

on London cobbles🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Afternoon of November 26, 2025

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

Fairy Dust

 🍂from the cupboard

turmeric powder spills out

fairy dust🍂

 

din dulap

se varsă pudra de turmeric

praf de zână

 

Sarah Mahina Calvello, San Francisco, USA

 

Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal,

Issue 14: Spicy-ku

December 2025, Romania

Offered Coffee and Beaver

 🍂An offered coffee 

Shared rain viewing 

On office windows 🍂

🍂Beavers build what now?

A dam. Realizing you just swore

And had to laugh 🍂

Awen 

Issue130 November 2025

Crow

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂drifting to dreaming

echoing call of a crow

slices the quiet🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Fragmented

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂a little older

everything breaks more often

fragmented stories🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Lifeboat

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂there’s been some changes

floating free on a lifeboat

and I don’t know why🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Lifting

 Sunday, November 16, 2025

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

🍂lifting the curse ~

the soft rustle

of angelica leaves🍂

~

Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee. https://heyyouhaiku.blogspot.com/?m=1

at November 16, 2025

Circle of Salt

Smols

 turning away from your hurricane🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

too much news spin cycle🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

full moon’s quiet composure🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

letting the moment breathe stillness🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

moon illuminating fairy dust🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

the audacity of hope winter🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

masquerade paper faces on parade🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

things unraveling but new shoes🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on November 14, 2025 

Smols

Memories

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂the more time goes on

the safer just staying home

memories comfort 🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Macaron and Psyday

 🍂greatest sacrifice the last macaroon🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂close but distant payday🍂

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on November 10, 2025 

Smol Journal

Happy Autumn Days

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂☕️happy autumn days

friends reunite with coffee

a missed connection☕️🍂

to Danielle 

5-7-5 journal

Welcome

Saturday, November 1, 2025

A Senryu by Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

🍂sit a spell

fellow phantom

all are welcome here🍂

~

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

https://heyyouhaiku.blogspot.com/?m=1

at November 01, 2025

Circle of Salt

Ghost

 🍂quiet night hours

ghost reflected at my door

refuge of the road🍂

By Sarah Mahina Calvello

5-7-5 Journal

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 🎃🍂

5-7-5 Journal

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

5-7-5 Journal

Morticia

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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

5-7-5 Journal 

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🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Discontent

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂A murder of crows

Mad banquet of discontent

Nothing is quiet🍂

5-7-5 Journal

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 🍂

5-7-5 Journal 

Uncertainty

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🌙🍂star-filled quiet nights

filled with promises untold

and uncertainty🍂🌙

5-7-5 Journal

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🍂🌧️

5-7-5 Journal

Align

 when scars align🍂🌙

— Sarah Mahina Calvello

on October 14, 2025 

smols

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.

Circle of Salt

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🍂

5-7-5 Journal

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🍂

5-7-5 Journal

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🌙🍂

5-7-5 Journal

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🍂

5-7-5 Journal

Medusa’s Kitchen Haiku Medley

 🍂Crumbling flower steps

Outing to Sutro baths

Foggy ocean tide🍂

      ~

🍂Rose gold sunset

Lights the barren skin lovely

Echos of what was🍂

      ~

🍂Around in circles,

Just going through the motions

Making lemonade🍂

-

🍂Fragmented blue bowl

Reminds me to be connected

In the chaos life🍂

      ~

🍂Throwing cracker crumbs

Out the window for the birds

The nighttime buffet🍂

      ~

🍂The existing change

Mustn’t force things too quickly

Flowers bloom and fade🍂

-

🍂Pink sunset lamppost

The distance of wondering

Passing time and clocks🍂

      ~   

🍂Still garden violets

Steady sanctuary site

Dark purple angels🍂

      ~

🍂Deep pink and blushing

Carefree wondering rose winds

Under red skies🍂

      ~

These echo of thoughts

The labyrinth of solitude

Calla lily moon

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Today’s LittleNip:

When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.

―Matsuo Bashō

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—Medusa, with thanks to Sarah Mahina Calvello for today’s fine poetry! Be sure to check in next Saturday for more of Sarah’s poetry.

 

Medusa’s Kitchen 

Saturday September 27, 2025