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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

😁 Happy Sunday to all 😁 This weeks #PoetsOfDoom is going arsey - #ArsPoetica that is! Pick your favourite poetic form and write a poem about it, in said form. Clear as mud, right? Don't worry, there's a link below and a couple of examples to help clarify! www.writersdigest.com/write-better...

On Acrostics

A line must rise from the chosen word’s letter,
Craft out its bones like a patient typesetter.
Rules of rhythm and clarity guide your pen,
Organise thoughts so they brighten again.
Showcase your thoughts, create and express,
Take each line as your chance to impress.
Inspiration flows when structure meets art,
Clever acrostics reveal both form and heart.

Do Not Go Gently into a Villanelle

Do not go gently into a villanelle,
Its chains of rhyme bind tight the poet’s hand,
Yet in its bondage, hidden wonders dwell.

As lines repeat, their echoes cast a spell,
A stubborn form that bows to no command.
Do not go gently into a villanelle.

Resist the lure of freedom’s restless swell;
Each stanza’s shape must first be wisely planned,
Yet in its bondage, hidden wonders dwell.

The poet curses rules they know too well,
Twisting lines to meet a strict demand.
Do not go gently into a villanelle.

But when the pattern sings, a truth will swell,
A beauty forged from order, fierce and grand;
Yet in its bondage, hidden wonders dwell.

Embrace the verse and let its cadence tell;
Yield to its grip and you will understand:
Do not go gently into a villanelle,
For in its bondage, hidden wonders dwell.

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Very sorry to read this. Please take care and get checked over by a doctor soon.

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Maybe that’s the part of us wishing to fly.

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another beautiful one, Matthias!

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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

harvest moon singing silent silver symphony selenic music filling the night with quiet small hours melting away #paintbywords #tanka #poetry

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Don’t know why birds remind me of souls. Thanks for sharing.

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A smile— in middle winter the scent of spring. #poetry

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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

dipping a white quill into her scarlet ink pot letters blossoming #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Imagine: the whistle of words in the ancient, as voice, when silence as a mantle embraced our songs, and hearing your heart was the tangible choice.

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Not sure who’s the one left outside :)

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Is there a bit of Eliot in there?

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@janpsolivagant.bsky.social #promptcombo #poetry #the90s Apologies this is not a new piece. But that’s what I did in the 90s. :)

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lovely poem Julian. Stars all over the skies And we—don’t know why Speak of sheeps to the shetlands. But the coast only hears sea murmur.

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hello Wild Walk #writers Dewdrops on grass blades, Early morning memory Of nights beneath stars Your word today is #Dew Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s really a fun poem to read. Thanks for sharing.

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#PoetsOfDoom mixing forms challenge. This one is a Villanelle written with Haiku, and ending on a tanka (the last stanza is a little off from a normal villanelle because Tanka ..) A Villanous Haiku @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social #poetry #wasp

Gentle buzzing rings
Through silence, once so sublime
Wait to feel the sting.

Still can't see a thing,
Could just be a fly this time...
Gentle buzzing rings

There it is, a glimpse.
Black and yellow warning signs
Wait to feel the sting

Now, panic rising
Up the windowpane it climbs
Gentle buzzing rings

Incessant humming
Echoes through my aching mind
Wait to feel the sting

Gentle buzzing rings,
Still anticipating crimes
Wait to feel the sting
Nothing comes, it seems that I'm
Afraid of hoverflies...

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Truth be told, it was for the cookie :)

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I noticed the dance in your autumn poem too :)

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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social another one for the #Autumnal #PoetsOfDoom collection. I hope my #RhymeRoyal impresses you enough to earn me a hobnob once I'm off this stupid diet! #Poetry

Autumn Announced

A door opens to a grey dawn's sharp chill
Dew rests easy on those early vagrants
Keen to shake dependence on chlorophyll
The air drenched with their dying fragrance
While the sky sings songs of sunbound migrants
Unpack jumpers and fire up the heating
Autumn has sent its very first greeting

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Too kind, Emily. Comes from loved experience as it often happens. Sometimes I feel things happen to us because we’ve to write about them.

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Keep catching the beauty around us :)

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thanks Jen, hope everything’s fine with you!

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lovely! Trees are always full of poetry.

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#PromptCombo #Personified #banklessriver #poetry For @emteepoetry.bsky.social Forgive me—this is an odd choice for the prompt, but please bear with me.

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Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Thanks to @jenthorne.bsky.social for last week's prompt! This week #PromptCombo is #Personified You can bring to life inanimate objects or use it metaphorically. If you want more rules, go for 10-16 lines. A poem & photo to kick things off. Tag me @emteepoetry.bsky.social in your response!

Photo of a tree trunk with protrusions looking like an eye, nose and mouth, leaves like hair

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Dear readers and writers: I’ll be silent from time to time. I need some time to read and let things sink in. Perhaps poetry, like music, is an iteration of sound and silence.

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Stefano Carini @cieloceano.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s very kind of you to check. No worries, here I was experimenting on a form on the limitations of our “official knowledge” to understand the world out there. In general, do not write confessional poetry: I.e. it’s not really about me as an individual.

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