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Former English teacher trying to survive being a bleeding heart liberal in the midst of hateful rhetoric.

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Sharing a tanka published earlier this week in Down in the Dirt Magazine and its recent collection titled "Cleopatra’s Last Words":

Subway Artistry
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2026

spray-painted mice
blend with graffiti hair
on the platform
adding splashes of color
to our morning commute

Author's website: douglaslanzo.com

#tanka #spray #paint #art #graffiti #subway #entertainment #mice #mouse #punk #rock #hairspray #author #amreading #amwriting #bookstagram

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Sharing a humorous haiku (aka senryu) recently published in Five Fleas Itchy Poetry:

waiting for straight talk
in talks about
the Strait

By Douglas J. Lanzo ©2026

Author's website: www.douglaslanzo.com

If you are interested in realistic battle scenes of a US Army Ranger officer told in dramatic flashbacks on his wedding day, check out I Have Lived (2024 American Book Fest Best Book, Novella Category & Firebird Award Winner in Multiple Categories): It’s available on Amazon at Amazon link: amzn.to/43zfRLe

If you enjoy a NY Times bestselling authored endorsed heartwarming and heart-rending adventure story reminiscent of Where the Red Fern Grows, check out The Year of the Bear (2023 Ames YA Book of the Year, Hawthorne Prize Finalist & Firebird Award Winner): It’s available on Amazon at Amazon link: amzn.to/3PK3Xq4

If you love poems, please check out www.douglaslanzo.com for over 600 inspirational internationally published poems by my twins sons and me.

#straight #hormuz #Iran #negotiations #talks #war #peace #oil #tankers #Persian #Gulf #humor #senryu #haiku #author #books #YA #adventure #romance #suspense #veterans #military #army #poetry #collection #inspire

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Sharing a senryu recently published in Five Fleas Poetry:

leaping for joy
FIFA players
at first hydration break

By Douglas J. Lanzo ©2026

Author's website: www.douglaslanzo.com

If you are interested in a riveting story of a US Army Ranger told in dramatic flashbacks on his wedding day, check out I Have Lived (2024 American Book Fest Best Book, Novella Category & Firebird Award Winner in Multiple Categories): It’s available on Amazon at Amazon link: amzn.to/43zfRLe

If you enjoy a NY Times bestselling authored endorsed heartwarming and heart-rending adventure story reminiscent of Where the Red Fern Grows, check out The Year of the Bear (2023 Ames YA Book of the Year, Hawthorne Prize Finalist & Firebird Award Winner): It’s available on Amazon at Amazon link: amzn.to/3PK3Xq4

If you love poems, please check out www.douglaslanzo.com for over 600 inspirational internationally published poems by my twins sons and me.

#FIFA #Worldcup #soccer #football #hydrate #break #summer #tournament #knockout #rounds #humor #senryu #haiku #author #books #YA #adventure #romance #suspense #veterans #military #army #poetry #collection #inspire #goodreads #bestseller

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Sharing with you a senryu leavened with a strong dash of ironic humor that was published in today’s issue of Five Fleas Itchy Poetry.

Regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum, it is ironic to say the least to be having these marches in the very year in which we celebrate the 250 anniversary of our Declaration of Independence and invite King Charles to address a joint session of Congress -Who could make this up?!?

“no kings” rallies
250 years
after we first said it

By Douglas J. Lanzo
©2026

Douglas J. Lanzo - Author of 2 award-winning books, a contest-winning poetry collection & 585 internationally published poems

If you enjoy writing created to inspire, pls check out my Author’s website at: www.douglaslanzo.com

The Year of the Bear (Ames 2023 Novel of the Year): Amazon link: amzn.to/3PK3Xq4

I Have Lived (American Book Fest 2024 Novella of the Year): Amazon link: amzn.to/43zfRLe

#nokings #king #protest #rally #250th #anniversary #freedom #George #democracy #monarchy #1776 #Washington #Trump #Britain #poem #haiku #poet #author #award #goodreads #adventure #suspense #hiking #Founding #Fathers

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Sharing an "enlightening" senryu just published in today's issue of Five Fleas Poetry Journal

illumination
what I don’t get
from watching T.V.

By Douglas J. Lanzo ©2025

Author of I Have Lived (Best Novella of 2024, American Book Fest Awards) and The Year of the Bear (Ames 2023 YA Novel of the Year)

I Have Lived: Told in dramatic flashbacks on their wedding day, the story of how a US Army Ranger combat officer and his courageous medical missionary bride met, fell in love, battled for everything they believed in and yet face perhaps their fiercest adversary yet…

I Have Lived – Amazon link:
amzn.to/43zfRLe

The Year of the Bear: A black bear cub, a Penobscot Indian and a boy face seemingly insurmountable obstacles as they struggle to survive and to learn how to thrive in the rugged but majestic mountain environs of Mount Katahdin and Moosehead Lake in Maine.

The Year of the Bear – Amazon link:
amzn.to/3PK3Xq4

#senryu #haiku #poem #author #goodreads #bookstagram #humor #TV #television #programs #adventure #suspense #YA #novel #novella

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We are halfway through in the submission period for 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀. I hope you have been polishing your haibun over the weekend so you can send them out in the course of this week.

Please note: 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 (𝐈𝐒𝐓).

Please submit your haibun through this Google Form:

https://forms.gle/xUEiiDR9wd2dgqtR9

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We are halfway through in the submission period for 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀. I hope you have been polishing your haibun over the weekend so you can send them out in the course of this week.

Please note: 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 (𝐈𝐒𝐓).

Please submit your haibun through this Google Form:

https://forms.gle/xUEiiDR9wd2dgqtR9

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Escape that old grey winter and have a listen to some original #summer #poetry

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5haikuSpoken:
issue 16

Eavonka Ettinger @stormofcuteness
Tracy Davidson @tracydavidson27
Adele Evershed @ad_libby
Jennifer Chiera @manicgirl
Jeremy Haworth @jeremyhaworthwrites

#micropoety #micropoem #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #5haikuspoken #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram

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Excellent! An abstract piece in dadakuku inspired by E. E. Cummings. Thanks to @stormofcuteness for introducing me to his poetry!
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"Taught to Recycle

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An overabundance of thanks to @petro.c.k for selecting another on my nanoverses.

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#shahai by regular contributor, Eavonka Ettinger @stormofcuteness #photography #photooftheday #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #haiga #haiku #senryu #poetrylovers #photographylovers

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