[Poetry] Haiku You

Read the winning entry for our June 13, 2025 prompt, "Autistic Haiku"

Neurodivergent Narratives Presents: Your Autistic Birthright

I’d write an intro,
but counting syllables is
harder than it looks.

Lindsee Garlock-Thornton:

-Sparkly Brain-

The greatest treasure
Golden playground of the mind
No bland thoughts in here

-Knowledge Thirst Trap-

I learn something new
Pupils dilate, purview swells
Let’s do that again!

-Sensational Senses-

I must touch the thing
Smooth, fluffy, bumpy, or slick
Hungry fingertips

-Visual Disturbance Rumination-

The anomaly
Highly visible to me
Rinse and repeat and repeat

-Call Me Sal- (Sally, witch, Practical Magic)

Pattern recognized
We can see around corners
Magic to your eyes

-Welp, Found My People-

Autistic culture
Talking it out fills me up
Everything makes sense!

Allyson Hogan:

Comfort episode
Watch ‘til you know it by heart
Recite every word

Spin reemerging
Hello again, my old friend
I sink into you

Play the song again
Medicine to scratch away
The itch in my brain

Rooting My Voice by Genya Vasilov

Autistic Deconstruction Parallel by Isabella Smith

My Mind Has No Blinds by Roman Kashitsyn

Flow by Rachael Ann

My Heaven by Julia B.

Just Write by R. F. Miller

Jump! by Katherine Stewart