Michele Rule 🇨🇦📝 she/her

I'm am so excited about BC switching to Daylight Saving Time and never 👏🏻 switching 👏🏻 back again! ⏰

Submission Guidelines - The Solitary Daisy The Solitary Daisy Journal runs on a fortnightly schedule (every two weeks). In each issue there is a prompt. Haiku written to the prompt will be considered

The prompt for our next issue is Signs of Spring! What does that mean to you in your part of the world? Submission deadline is Sunday, March 8. Full details here: thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-g... #haiku #senryu #haikusubmissions

Whatever my sticker from you says I hope it's a long time coming, my friend

Issue 69 – Calendar Haiku Part Two - The Solitary Daisy Last month, I attended an on-line workshop put on by Angela Leuck of Haiku Canada on creating your own haiku chapbooks.

More haiku from the Solitary Daisy Haiku Month prompts! thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/02/issu...

My drawing of a snail with jewelry eyes

For the #BlueskyArtShow I tried something new. This little #Round snail is done all in ink and no watercolour. Ink and shirt-studs on paper.

Donate to Help cover legal fees after an abrupt immigration detention, organized by Dylan Fox My husband Dillon works at BC Children’s Hospital as a mental he… Dylan Fox needs your support for Help cover legal fees after an abrupt immigration detention

Dillon is a friend of a good friend of mine. His immigration application was denied. His work supporting families in BC as a social worker is truly impactful. He needs help to cover legal fees & related expenses. Please donate or share to support him during this difficult time.
gofund.me/3ed8ee181

A rectangle piece of cardboard covered with magazine print as a background. In the foreground are mountains and an overhead shot of a seashore. Overlaying these are a variety of bathtubs, fish, lamps, plums, and a bowl of cucumber salad. There are also the words twist, bright idea, fish, and take a trip glued over other elements of the collage.

Had fun playing with paper and glue today - first time in a while! This is called "Away With Water". #collageartist #collageart

Let's try this again 👋

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

That's a great day!

GOLD 🇨🇦🥌 FOR CANADA

GRANITE GLORY HAS BEEN RESTORED

BRAD JACOBS. MARC KENNEDY. BRETT GALLANT. BEN HEBERT. OLYMPIC CURLING GOLD

WHAT A TEAM. WHAT A WIN. CHAMPIONS

It was a great game!

Yes. Yes Yes. Canada won gold. Woo hoo.
#curling #canada #olympics
@thecurlingnews.bsky.social @grandslamofcurling.bsky.social

Curling in the Back Lane
Terry Annany
n.d.

Sign the Petition Save the KVR

Help make sure the integrity of the Trans Canada Trail and the Kettle Valley Railway Trail is maintained! Please sign here: c.org/xvTcZjmVbM

Ack! I can barely watch - I can't imagine how it feels to be in the middle of it!

Ministers Alty, Gull-Masty, Chartrand, and Valdez issue a statement of support on the 35th Annual Women’s Memorial March Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty; Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty; Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Rebecca Chartrand; Minister of Women and Gender Equality ...

www.canada.ca/en/crown-ind...

There is a national, toll-free 24/7 crisis call line that provides mental health support for anyone who requires emotional assistance related to missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people. For assistance, call 1-844-413-6649.

Issue 68 – Calendar Haiku - The Solitary Daisy I'm really pleased to announce that we have a new team member here at the Solitary Daisy! Join me in welcoming Sean Wright.

Today's issue is out! Welcome to @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social, our new columnist! Also congrats to our two choices for senryu - @thehaikutec.bsky.social and @haikuhawk.bsky.social! Enjoy, everyone 😊 thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/02/issu...

Supporting people through the Tumbler Ridge tragedy The government of British Columbia is working to ensure every possible support is available for the community of Tumbler Ridge, and for people around the province dealing with the impacts of this trag...

British Columbians come together during tough times to support each other - that’s exactly what we are doing to support the community of Tumbler Ridge during this tragedy.

Provincial supports and information are available on this webpage: gov.bc.ca/TumblerRidge 🙏

Thank you!

Thank you!

Ice - Michele Rule Ice I’m drowning in the news of Renee Good and Alex Pretti I didn’t know them or even of them until the gunshots rang clear across the country until their

A new poem - trying to put my grief in a page.

I’m drowning in the news of Renee Good and Alex Pretti

I didn’t know them or even of them
until the gunshots rang clear across the country

michelerule.ca/ice/

Thank you for sharing ❤️

Issue 67 – Hibernation Haiku - The Solitary Daisy February is Haiku Month and we are happy to present another series of prompts for you to consider. Thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions! You can print out the calendar and hang it on your fridge

Are you still hibernating? Check out the great haiku in this issue of the Solitary Daisy! thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/01/issu...

“Stop asking candidates if they “believe in” climate change and start asking if they understand it. It’s science, not Santa Claus.”

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Tell Minister Solomon: We Don’t Need Israel’s Genocidal AI

It is unacceptable for Canada to promote “dialogue” with Israel on AI. The Israeli military uses Israeli AI and tech in the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians, using automation to develop kill lists and facilitate its genocide in Gaza. Sent an email! share.nwmd.social/s/Ote3dGEY

It was the highlight of 2025 for me!

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Kim Mitchell
Barenaked Ladies
Sarah McLachlan
Robert Fine
Trooper

VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival 2026 : March 24-29,
Misha Solomon! Karen Solie! Isabella Wang! Sheri-D Wilson! Jérôme Melançon! Kacper Bartczak! Paul Vermeersch! Alexandre Yergeau! Jumoke Verissimo!
full schedule to be announced soon
www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.

—Martin Luther King Jr. #quote

#MLKDay