Sign in

Catherine Baker

@catbake.bsky.social
1.2K followers 843 following 1.6K posts

Writer and editor in educational publishing.

PostsRepliesMedia
Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 4h
blood lymph and water the tight-plaited tides of you pulse beneath your skin
1156
Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 4h
the shores of autumn wherever we started from we’re all washed up here
0144
Reposted by Catherine Baker
@maryfrancesness @maryfrancesness.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
▫️ walking past a lovely wall ▫️ turning it two ways sudden magic
2427
Reposted by Catherine Baker
American Sijo @americansijo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Life and death, are sacred things; both being gifts, ordained by God. By other names, existence and change; they are the world, we dearly cling to. The latter, is not less cruel in its absence; for where in stillness, can lie the soul? #sijo
012
Reposted by Catherine Baker
American Sijo @americansijo.bsky.social · 18h
A day, becomes a year; becomes an age, and still we spin. The clockwork, of the universe; measures hours, beyond our eons. All moments, before the face of the eternal; so the timeless is, even now. #sijo
083
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
sweet glaze over the freshly baked cake - these days mortality is constantly on my mind #tanka
041
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 22h
not near enough to the blue cornflowers to soothe frustration i compose a tanka as the hour gets late #tanka
051
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 23h
sneaky glances over my latté at the man with hazel green eyes #tanka
031
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A lovely poem by #MaryOliver - and look, Matthias, it's tansy!!! (Poem found in the wild) @ignorantfairy.bsky.social #poetry #bloomscrolling
A poem by Mary Oliver- I found this online and am not sure who created the image
1164
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Cor Wijtman @corwijtman.bsky.social · 12h
. Wednesday When things get tough, I dance and wipe away a tear. .
0227
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everyone comes here from a long way off (is a line from a poem I read last night). Robert Hass, September Notebook: Stories.
0356
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 17h
Flowers Aren’t Innocent: Tokizane’s dangerous garden #senryu #Tokizane thesehaiku.substack.com/p/flowers-ar...
thesehaiku.substack.com
Flowers Aren’t Innocent: Tokizane’s dangerous garden
A “What Tokizane Taught Me About Senryu” series post
276
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Hannatu @mamahannatu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
gusts of autumn wind a cool dragonfly in a breezy dance #dailyhaikuprompt dragonfly gusts #haikufeels cool #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #verse #wss366 #vss365
0175
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Leigh Goodwin @leighgoodwin.bsky.social · 17h
Yellow fall roars Over the ground. Loud, in the leafy sun that pours Liquid through doors, Yellow, the leaves twist down #poem excerpt: Annie Finch #art Roger Gordy #resist
leaves caught in golden
autumn glory on amethyst—
moment in stained glass

photograph of stained glass piece
052
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 18h
spent petals curl inward as autumn forgets their names #monoku #micropoetry
0103
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Leigh Goodwin @leighgoodwin.bsky.social · 17h
#art Susan Lussier-O'Connor #monoku #micropoem spent petals #resist
fallen & faded,
summer's hydrangea
washed pale in autumn rain

photograph
272
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 21h
east or west the same elegance in autumn winds #haiku poems of Matsuo Basho between 1684-1688 translator: Jane Reichhold #micropoetry
0115
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 7h
But we're all walking in the night, now, on ground we don't know. When the day comes we may know where we are, or we may not.
03815
Reposted by Catherine Baker
elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs @pleides.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
all summer she'd sit, slowly munch the peanut -- today she grabs it, buries it, grabs the next one and so on -- winter's coming #tanka #squirrelstory 🐿️ #poem
0144
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Tori Gallagher @rockingpines.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
the shadow of a butterfly – just a falling leaf #haiku #senryu
171
Reposted by Catherine Baker
John North @johnnorthwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Up on the fells beyond the heather there is sky grey as an auld devil — the mist.
063
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Tori Gallagher @rockingpines.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
rusting machines loom beneath the surface – flooded quarry #vssdaily #haiku #senryu
061
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Dwrgi @dwrgi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
on the sun-soaked pier a gust sends my father’s hat sailing out to sea #Haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt Gusts
0215
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 7h
September has been a pretty prolific month, since the children have gone back to school and pre-school l've been able to work on several drawings and it's been wonderful. There were a couple of duds that I had to abandon but I'm really pleased with how these have turned out.
Lots of ink drawings on top of each other.
1266
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
& 1st thing, mist levering up off the damp land (ghosts of watercourses), small moon falling towards flightpaths
0222
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
& learn to walk the dark again (haptics of gradient & turn firming up almost 9 months here), spare headlamp for moon (upper right rubbing away already) & it candles on the lochan (mallards burbling somewhere, kwik & quibble of tawny owl), dandelion clock running slow in final phase
1358
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Philippa R. Francis @philippa.bsky.social · 14h
Photopoem shared 30th September 2026
In the photo, a late summer agapanthus bloom leans into morning light. The poem reads:

purple zeppelins
funnel sunshine into stripes
summon honeybees
041
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Tori Gallagher @rockingpines.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
brass ship’s bell on the sea floor undiscovered #thingstowriteabout #haiku #senryu
095
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 16h
among the lavender a bee becomes part of the silence #DailyHaikuPrompt #Bee #Haiku #Haiga #Poetry #ECK #Nature #Photography my 📷
A bumblebee clings to purple lavender blossoms, feeding among the flowers against a softly blurred green background.
417527
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Jenni Wyn Hyatt @ydryw.bsky.social · 6h
#haiku #micropoetry satin-faced canal flanked by autumn fields and trees - homebound traffic hums
142
Reposted by Catherine Baker
K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 11h
tucked in her purse a handful of chilly wind saved for summer days #dailyhaikuprompt chilly
0133
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
nothing but almosts— night of the Perseids #DailyHaikuPrompt | night #haiku #senryu #poetry
1183
Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
here in your mind’s eye the gold shoulder of the moon behind the houses
02510
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
all day rain city sidewalks welcome the reprieve #vss365 #haiku
04410
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
early sunset — the indifferent shadows dissolve
052
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
reflected in the dull phone screen bright and sunny begonias
0143
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Orak ⚜️ @opjtx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
adjusting the ornate brooch on this cheap work shirt #tanka
0135
Reposted by Catherine Baker
john mαtthєw @jdubqca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
jdubqca.com/2022/09/29/a... ANGEL AS A SONGBIRD #poetry <Sep-2022>
jdubqca.com
angel as a songbird
I’m not going to rhyme I swear I won’t even though this poem is about a songbird there are seven of them [actually] inside the bush swapping silly stories thriving on higher vibes a single gust of …
186
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Philippa R. Francis @philippa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Photopoem shared 29th September 2026
In the photo, early sunshine highlights yarrow flower heads. The poem reads:  gilded parasols/ raised in morning promenade:/ trooping brief colours
052
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Dragon-slayer, guardian of humanity and bearer of the scales of divine justice" Today is the feast of St Michael and All Angels #Michaelmas aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-se...
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com
Four Medieval Texts for Michaelmas
Haddon Hall , Derbyshire (15th century) Today is Michaelmas, the golden autumn feast of St Michael and All Angels. It falls at perhaps ...
1134
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Tori Gallagher @rockingpines.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
on restless nights it scratches at the window black walnut tree #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu
0163
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
making my hair gray on my zoom avatar: it's time A #senryu for my 66th birthday tomorrow. Feel free to write me a poem.
9132
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
taut spider silk— a silver telephone line between two rose bushes exchanging morning greetings
1167
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the blackbird pulls another morning out of the mud #haiku #poetry
38516
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Sheikha A. @poetsheikha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
✨✨ whale fog earthly nebula of wildflowers ✨✨ #sheikhawrites #micropoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365 #monoku #spec-ku
284
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the blue hour come round again as the dawn moon floats free from slender branches #5lines with extra alt text for the wonderful photo.
1124
Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
trying to escape the tether of earth your seeds make you immortal
0237
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Wendy Gent @wendyg63.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
perhaps the colours of the river made them turquoise damselflies #dailyhaikuprompt #dragonfly #monoku
0234
Reposted by Catherine Baker
ma_doiron @madoiron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
même la vérité peut être difficile à cerner en trois lignes #poésie #haiku
083
Reposted by Catherine Baker
Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
a foot-deep flood at the gate . . . autumn wind Kobayashi Issa (1762-1826) #haiku #micropoetry Tr. David G. Lanoue Date of #poem: 1802
0199