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A.C.Juniper

@acjuniper.bsky.social
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I'm here as a beginner poet. Also a wife, teen boy-mom, non-practicing physician, rare chronic illness patient, philosophical thinker. ENFJ/INTP Canadian living in Treaty 6 territory and hikes/runs/scrambles the Rocky Mountains in Treaty 7 whenever I can.

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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 3h
Yup. You are hopelessly brilliant. (You really are, Quill.) Just watch out for dwarves that might want to drain your blood to make numinous mead. 😉
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 3h
#PoetsOfDoom #sky #tricky @daveashleypoet.bsky.social aka "Hosty-chap" @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 3h
I couldn't resist this opportunity to present my favourite vampire: Now, if you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
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Sesame Street Muppets
ALT: Sesame Street Muppets
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 5h
Nah. It'll taste like dirt, and I don't think it will have much of an effect on you. 🫶
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 5h
But I like your approach better!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 5h
It's an allusion to an old Norse myth that the blood of an ancient sage named Kvasir turned into mead called the Mead of Poetry. Drinking it imbued one with wisdom and the ability to create poetry.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 16h
#SomethingEverday #Mead Kvasir did not need to bleed I exhale poetry without any mead
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Whatever works!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you, I needed this today. 🫶
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Poetic Justice even!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ugh, I have to turn off the news! How do you cope with a lot of grim?
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My apologies, Suzy! I did not intend to be impertinent, so I am genuinely sorry that it came across that way to you. I only meant it as an invitation to get to know you better, not as an expectation. I respect your preference for privacy, and I thank you for your original answer.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🤮 You nailed evoking the emotion.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#WildWalkPrompt #beak #humour Here is a slightly updated version of a poem from last February. It is a light, fun ballad written in a poetic form I call the Juniper Loop.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
😀 Are these yours?
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I hadn't even consciously thought of that, so thank you so much for sharing that reflection!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is so powerful Madi. I'm saving it for when I need this encouraging reminder. 👏👏❤️❤️🖋️
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you Arliden. ❤️
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes - on the left the more predictable contours, and on the right, the unpredictable ones. I suspect the latter part is much too subtle, but I couldn't think of how to convey it better. It would probably be too much anyway.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you so much for sharing that Robert. In retrospect, the one line should have been "they will transform their cages into armour".
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you Jen, I really appreciate that. It was meant to be ultimately hopeful.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you Quill! (What did you take out of the shape?)
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes! Because before you go to sleep it's good nighttime, and good mornings are for once you wake up again. However, as long as you read it again after you wake up, I don't think it will rip a hole in the space-time continuum. 😉
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is for Oct 2 morning. No peeking if you haven't gone to sleep yet on Oct 1! Good morning glacial erratic rock Good morning green-gold larch flock Good morning mountain summit, shy Good morning all in the Bluesky
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you for the interpretation, although I'm still curious as to what you would say yours is, if you are willing to share.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#SomethingEveryday #Poem One of my favourites, one of my early poems here from a #vss365 prompt. The poem is on the challenges of living with an unpredictable #ChronicIllness and appreciation for #Caregivers
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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dunno if this is my favorite, or best (as there is little distance between my best and worst). But it is my Braveheart speech to poets and creators all. ❤️ #SomethingEveryday #NationalPoetryDay #NeverDenyYourGift #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #prompt @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The last lines resonate with me especially. 👏❤️👏 I would love to know what you mean by "your gift" and what you see yours as.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I forgot to add the image credit yesterday: Wikimedia Commons, Smithsonian Institute 1888 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ha...
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you Jen! I am doing better at the moment, thanks to this amazing community.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you so much for this! 🫶
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you Alea! I'm so glad you noticed the visual aspect and commented!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#SomethingEveryday #Thunderbirds Sept 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada to acknowledge cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples, honour survivors, and work to grow together with mutual respect. This is my offering.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love this so much too - Khóra, thank you for reposting! And I accept your invitation Jim. Just warning you, I may ask to cry on your shoulder.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Got it! 🤩
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Shady goose". The best!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🤩 Look at that notation even! Oh Quill, you delight my soul. Now I have to look up what it all means! 😃
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh no, I never say you are a self-professed smart person! Definitely Juniper-professed, and I will profess that until the cows come home. Good catch on the defining question - although given that the word "smart" is from a living language, maybe I should profess you are sapient!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Last day of made up words ever" said by Dave - hahaha!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AAHHHH! Love it! Explain the new form please?! 😃
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Are you an owl or a goose, really? 😜 Either way, you are a clever and delightfully silly, talented poet! (Except @sonnetsmith.bsky.social has not invested in Ray-Burns - he invests much more wisely, so I don't know whose you pilfered.)
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What do you know, mine do too! Glad to be in the same sky as you!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🤣
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excellent restraint Dave! 👏👏👏 And excellent poem too.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love the "also part" 🤣 I misead it first as "self-professional smart people". As both a self-professed and professional smart person, I know more than most - but there is SO MUCH that I don't know! And I pronounce you a Very Smart Person. Shit. Now we have to define "smart"!
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Golden larch forest, alpine meadow: Sacred places where I want to stay. How did I dare enter there, Knowing I must go away?
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
rolled off the edge and splattered. And we, cleaning up each mess, were dismayed that we had lost the fight with the stupidest wild goose to bear our national name. Canadian Geese lay very large eggs. 2/2
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#SomethingEveryday #HappyGoose The happy goose found her perfect nesting site. The camper top was high, dry and warm in the sun. That she had to defend the spot from attacks with numerous snowballs and a few brooms only confirmed it's desirability. Given all this, she was shocked when every egg 1/2
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This reminds me of the Dufflepuds/Duffers/Monopods in C.S.Lewis book "The Voyage of The Dawn Treader". And, come to think of it, my in-laws.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meant to end with this: 💩 🙄 😆 💧
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