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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey friends, poets, and fellow reprobates This is not a dramatic post. I will be back, I just don't know when. I just need to unplug. I can't live it all then come home and scroll it all too. Be well. Keep writing, and drawing and making trouble where trouble is needed.

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Kid Waves Goodbye and Vanishes Down Slide

Alt: Kid Waves Goodbye and Vanishes Down Slide

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Once, you took care of me, I was number one, you put everything aside and focused on me; Once, you thought you might lose me forever and it mattered, your world stopped and you realized how much I ran it; Once, you told me I was a burden and to get better #poetry

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🅰️Washington M.A. artist | author | activist 🖇️ @arw-raw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Prompter #TrioletJam #triolet #Poetry #Poem #Circulation #Solseed #sequence #October The Names We Keep In Circulation They keep Black names where the silence cannot reach. ⤵️

The Names We Keep In Circulation
for Nolan Wells

They keep Black names where the silence cannot reach.
Our mothers write them down before the news can turn.
They keep Black names where the silence cannot reach.
A photograph becomes a prayer, then a speech.
The search continues through every road and church.
They keep Black names where the silence cannot reach.
We say them again when the headlines retreat.
Our mothers write them down before the news can turn.

ms.awashington | @arwashington | a #solseed joint | #artistree

#5AMWritersClub #skypoets #art
#blackskyrelay #blackpoets #blackwriters

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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Glorious Narcissus resembles gratified sun but lives in brief luminosity An unforgotten woe insofar as Spring's blossoms only thrive in memory #Emoetry #gratified #inkMine #insofar #woe #poetsofbluesky #poetrysky #ColorADay #YellowThu #photography #wck #PoetryandPictures 💙📷 me

Grateful Yellow
Photograph by Winter Ives.
©️2026, All rights reserved.

A CU photograph of a bunch of bright yellow Narcissus. Spring blossoms.

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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#AmpersandAfterDark #poetry #blueskypoet @madp03t.bsky.social Something true must sound like a lie. I will leave it up to you as to which side, or neither, or both, are being honest Here is a #poem...

Leaving

When I tell you that I don't care
You absent mindedly touch your hair

When I tell you that I am done
You open the box of doughnuts and take one

When I say that I have had enough
You give an ornamental pillow a fluff

When I stand and turn to go
You begin to look up very slow

When I take that first loud stride
You finally put the doughnut aside

When I say that it's too late
You toss your hands and rage 'thats just great'

When I simply just don't turn back
Your voice raises in a panicked attack

When I open the front door
You sob breathlessly on the floor

When I leave because we're through
You cough out 'but I love you'

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Talk2BLB @talk2blb.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

Inversion: The Trope ©️ 🖖

Who truly were the gods
Who sought to catch whose eye,
Who turned to capture, hold by rod,
Who rarely let one of us pass by?

Which made the mortal needed,
Which engaged the struggle’s course,
Which offered counsel sinistrous,
And never showed remorse?

Was Zeus the just, with thunder crowned,
When vows were broken at his whim?
Or Hera, wounded, wrath unbound,
Whose jealous stars grew dark for him?

Did Ares know what courage meant,
Or merely thirst for crimson fame?
Did Aphrodite’s sweet ascent
Leave every faithful heart the same?

Did Hermes, quick with silver tongue,
Call every theft a clever art?
Did Apollo, praised by old and young,
Mistake his beauty for a heart?

Poseidon shook the earth and sea,
Yet could not still his raging breast;
The Fates spun every destiny,
But never taught themselves to rest.

And Hades, lord of shadowed halls,
Was judged by those who feared the night;
While Dionysus broke the walls
Between the holy and the blight.

Their temples rose, their praises rang,
Their names were carved in marble white;
Yet still their passions clawed and sprang,
As mortal as the flesh they slight.

For man can grieve and still be kind,
Can bear the wound and choose to mend;
Can look upon another’s mind
And call the stranger, too, a friend.

The gods possessed the endless years,
The strength to bend the stars above;
Yet mortals, bound by death and fears,
Could give what gods could not: true love.

So let the thunder claim the sky,
Let idols glitter, cold and grand;
The godliest among us die—
And, dying, reach to hold a hand.

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cauldron bubbing relinquishing steam Herbal vapours woven intent A mumbled spell, a magical sheen Cauldron bubbing relinquishing steam Witchery rises in magical green Against the miasma of contempt Cauldron bubbing relinquishing steam Herbal vapours woven intent #trioletjam

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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Stars don’t defy Evenfall’s passion what is felt in the barest whispers of time No use pleading with the sun, love Even shadows can’t deny you are mine where the fields are black #vss365 #passion #poetrysky #inkMine #poetsofbluesky #FromOneLine 430 #poetry #photography #wck #photoart 💙📷 me

Where the Fields are Black
Photograph by Winter Ives.
©️2026, All rights reserved.

A photograph of leaves in silhouette against concrete. Photo art expressing shadows; a field of black.

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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#AmpersandAfterDark #prompt for 09-23-2026: -> Something true must sound like a lie. Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post! 🫠 #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting

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yeeorcas poems 🌱 @yeehawpoems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Wednesday cuties! The theme for this week is .. #transforms! 🩵 #Cassiopeian is a #weekly #prompt for #poetry #photography #collage #art and #resistance Feel free to tag me so I don't miss your piece due to occasionally glitchy tags.

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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

- Puking in the Piss Bucket - Breakfast at Crypt-Phonies - Sausages Just three of over 60 works of poetry, flash fiction & art in the upcoming "I Smell Toast: An International Halloween Anthology." Coming October 31, 2026. 🎃 theampersandsyndicate.com #ISmellToast #Halloween #smallpress

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The Ampersand Syndicate | Books, Words & Other Things

The Ampersand Syndicate is a small press publishing books and other creative works.

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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Let me tell you, my sister's in green are NOT to be trifled with. They have to work twice as hard for half the respect and they do it all with a style and professionalism that is unmatched. Semper Fi, Sisters.

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hello Wild Walk #writers From within the Earth Growth paints colour onto brown Proving she's alive. Your word today is #Growth Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today - September 22nd - is World #Rhino day!!! You know what that means, Time to post #Poetry, #Prose, and #Artwork about #rhinoceros... Rhinoceri... Rhinoceroses... One of those... #SomethingEveryday #prompt #writingprompt #writesky #5amwritersclub #blueskypoetry #amwriting

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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#vss365 #stormy #poetry #blueskypoets This started because I wanted to write "screaming and snapping" and "charcoal teeth" then I got twisty and evil and I wrote it in a hateful hiss. It was pretty fun, I won't lie to you! Here is a #poem..

Charcoal

Rage bait eyes
Screaming and snapping
With charcoal teeth
Skin flap lacerations
Between the bone
Of chin and nose
A storm of nonsense
Rallied in melodramatic
Clouds
The dawn claws at
The purple perimeter
But the dark sour notes
Still look for diva solos
In the chaos choir
Sickened sickle smile
Taking aim at anything
Not supporting the notion
Of entitled self enamoured
Edification

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🅰️Washington M.A. artist | author | activist 🖇️ @arw-raw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

SŌLSEED Anniversary Oct 2026 New Design 🤩 More #Poets 😉 A #SŌLSËËD Joint 🌻 #PoetryCommunity #Prompt “A prompt, a pulse, a purpose of the soul —to water a seed. Join #October #SkyPoets #Monthly #Prompter Use word or theme: both #poetry #art #photography #writing Please Tag: #Solseed + word

Image : The overall imagery uses a warm cream background, bold black typography, hand-painted sunflower yellow, earthy brown, and green accents.

A square, cream-colored promotional flyer with a bright, hand-painted sunflower theme. Large black serif text at the top reads “MONTHLY PROMPT”, followed by “#SŌLSËËD | NOVEMBER.” Beneath it, large bold text reads “#PROMPT,” with the words “POETRY • ART • PHOTOGRAPHY • WRITING.”

The visual mood suggests growth, harvest, creativity, reflection, community, and hope.

Image and Content: A large golden-yellow sunflower with a dark brown center fills the upper-right corner. Loose yellow painted petals and brush marks are scattered around the edges, with green leaves extending from the sunflower. A partial sunflower center appears in the lower-left corner, creating a circular visual balance.

Across the middle, a yellow painted brushstroke introduces “November Prompt Words.” The five prompt words and weekly themes are:

* NOV 1–5 — GRATITUDE —
week theme: harvest
* NOV 5–10 — REFLECTION —
week theme: inner landscape
* NOV 10–20 — CHANGE —
week theme: transition
* NOV 20–25 — BELONGING —
week theme: community
* NOV 25–30 — HOPE —
week theme: what’s next

A second yellow brushstroke reads “Use the Prompt / Theme to Create:” followed by #poetry • #art • #photography • #writing.

Founder and published since October 2025 by @arwashington : bsky

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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

O' come ye clouds stormy friends cover us gently in sun's ashes O' come ye rain sorrowful friend wash away prideful sins O' come ye stars may healing begin nocturnal love without end #vss365 #stormy #poetrysky #poetsofbluesky #ImageandVerse #PoetryAndPhotography #photography #wck 💙📷 me

Storm Clouds / Sky Art
Photograph by Winter Ives.
©️2026, All rights reserved.

A photograph of dramatic storm clouds in various hues—black, grey, reddish-orange and a slight tinge of blue.

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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#AmpersandAfterDark #poetry #blueskypoet @madp03t.bsky.social 'Three knocks past midnight' Just wanted to play around in the #prompt a little. It's a little moody, maybe a little spooky and I enjoyed writing it. Here is a #poem..

Three

The clock ticks like a hammer
The quiet around it amplifies
The hour

knock

My mother cried over two
Knowing the rule was three
Her sobs between small seconds

KNock

The clock hammers like a gunshot
The regret around it antagonizes
My dour

The air holds gravity
The gravity holds me
And the minutes weep

Knowing these things come
In threes

KNOCK

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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I am a little lost in this song tonight. I don't know why. I love the band, and listen to them often, but tonight this song is walking with me. youtu.be/NvsWUrcMBeg?...

youtu.be

Youth Cults

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Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Three knocks past midnight apathy echoes gray sky goodbyes to old selves. #ampersandafterdark #poetry #haiku #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #3lines

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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Broken hearts bleed out slow conflicts last barely present we forget the past Stars shift apart to forge splendour but crushed souls shatter futures In tandem sun we thrive together #vss365 #Emoetry #OurPoetryX #thingstowriteabout #writesky #poetrysky #poetsofbluesky #photography #wck 💙📷 me

Tandem Sun, Blue Sky
Photograph / photo art by Winter Ives.
©️2026, All rights reserved.

A photograph of a luminous blue sky with puffy white and grey clouds.

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Goad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happening now outside of the Richmond Airport, protest against ICE deportations which organizers say they saw prisoners transported.

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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

River child grown wild tangled weeds in your hair your quiet eyes saw the truth Some magic occurs whilst barefoot long forgotten Trapped in shoes with no river to smell we're closer to the sky but farther from Earth #inkMine #poetrysky #writesky #poetsofbluesky #photography #wck #eck 💙📷 me

River Child.
Photograph by Winter Ives.
©️2025, All rights reserved.

A photograph of a river with a tree branch hanging overhead.

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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#AmpersandAfterDark #prompt for 09-20-2026: -> "three knocks past midnight" Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post! 🫠 #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting

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Ash & Ink @bundtkake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#resist #ICEout #fuckICE #fuckTrump #poetry #resistancepoet #amwriting If we saw the response at the Kennedy center at every ICE facility? How many people won't even vote? I know it's not everyone, so, if it offends you, maybe ask why. I don't know if this is a #poem... 📷: mine

Rationalize Nation

You can hold hands
Thousands strong
To protect the rights
Of a building.
Why do you disappear
When the monument
Is a family?
Why do you mobilize for
Imported marble
But not immigrant parents?
Where are you when the
Enemy is not at the gates
But freely using them?

Make your excuses..
Make it ok to you..
I would do more but..
I gave a supportive post..
I follow a protest influencer..
That's pretty good, right?
Hey! At least I tried.
That's more than most!
Schedule your opposition
Looking for comfortable
Confrontations
While the system is leaving
Pacifiers abandoned in parking lots.

Left in the parking lot of an ICE check in facility

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

morning Friday your friend Thursday brought me to East Yorkshire for a sleepover don’t worry I’m making my way home but in the meantime here’s my “throwaway” poem for #PoemsAbout #Strays Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk have a great weekend everyone everywhere 🛋️

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 18/09/2026

For #PoemsAbout #strays Incibbled this together yesterday. Needs work, though I like my original idea. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk as always. Look forward to reading the other #poetry offerings over today and the weekend.

A poem by Debbie Ross entitled
Stray Cat Strut

She slunk out at 14
all teenage angst and Cat Woman anti-hero style.

She got her claws
into all the glitter, all the guys, though she was the one mauled in the process.

On the street,
drugged, drunk, destroyed
by dreams and demons.

She eyes you warily,
she can be a pussy cat or a puma -
always independent, restless.

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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I hope everyone is having a good Friday. I am off to a poetry festival so am very happy. @ianbrownlie.bsky.social I tried to stay away from the darkness and mostly succeeded (mostly). @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Strays #Poetry

A Menagerie of Misfits

They keep their distance
I keep mine.
We meet in narrow places
where need outweighs caution.

Their world is built
from small permissions.
A step closer,
a touch shared
without a bite.
A moment without retreat.

Affection isn’t promised.
It arrives like a blunt fact,
without ceremony,
without apology.

I take what is offered.
I don’t ask for more.
The truth stays simple:
I wasn’t their saviour.

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Robert E. (He/him) @robertemond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#emoetry | #wounded This was a hard one for me. Been struggling with it for a while, and I’m not sure it's expressing me. But it's been a long week and I’m exhausted so no more tinkering. #Poetry #Micropoetry #FreeVerse #Homophones #WordPlay #PoetryPrompt #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoetry

Wounded Pride by Robert Emond

Vainglorious man desperate for acclaim
Spends life seeking self esteem from others.
Ere long, fatally wounded will be their pride.

Self worth shattered unable to be reclaimed.
Denied their hearts desire blame their mothers.
That the fault is theirs they can't abide.

Searching for meaning they hate what they became.
Life deemed pointless, they desire to see the world smothered.
If only they had humility they could take all in stride.

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On a call with family this morning and my 8 year old niece in New Zealand made my day by reading to me her first Acrostic poem! Am super proud to share her work, please clap for Harper who is just starting out 😊😍🙏💚✨️ #acrosticpoem #writingcommunity

Sunlight shining through the branches of the trees,

Pink blossoms slowly fall free,

Rivers flow oh so fast,

Insects buzz and crawl through the grass,

Newborn lambs skip and play,

Giving Spring another wonderful day.

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A manta Ray always smiles Swimming many many miles The underwater world compiles It's journey and its sense of style. #silly #SomethingEveryday

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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Immature lightning breaks sky's heart zealous attempt to gain affection Some say it's only an ancient god selfish punishment No one knows Nature's secrets Space is indeed a scary place but sunlit grace sustains us all. #vss365 #emoetry #poetrysky #writesky #poetsofbluesky 🎨Sasha von Dorp

Sasha von Dorp, Sound Bending Light (CU detail of Sunlight)
Photograph by Winter Ives.
Artwork © 2021. Sasha von Dorp www.sashavomdorp.com

A CU photograph of Taos-based multidisciplinary artist Sasha von Dorp’s amazing capture of sunlight via sound bending through water, resulting in a vivid prismatic effect of all of the spectrum’s colours.

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Paul Cannon @pvcannon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For #PoetsOfDoom Mixed multiple forms Mine is a Haiku-Sonnet with much thanks to the Doom Team @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/09/2026

TODAY: Learn about local polling place election protection, how to spot potential voter suppression issues, and what to do when you see them. Join the No Kings coalition’s first nationwide Election Protection 101 training to discuss how you can take action to defend the vote from anywhere.

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Join the No Kings coalition for this call to learn how you can take action wherever you are to protect our elections this fall. We’ll cover how to get out the vote, the importance of voting early, pol...

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