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Clive Reed

@clivereed.bsky.social
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Lover of poetry, nature, dogs, writing, music, running, triathlon, baseball,... Human Rights...poems and pictures I post are mine...No DM'S..

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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ocean Lover enjoys reprieve from duty, honour tides out, tides in push pull, push pull Fickle Sea no solitary lover knows no bounds attracted to everything the reason we drown #vss365 #reprieve #poetsofbluesky #poetrysky #TidesoutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #Photography #ECK #WCK 💙📷 me
Tides out, Tides In
Photograph by Winter Ives. 
©️2026, All rights reserved. 

A photograph of the Pacific Ocean, not quite low tide, but beginning to pull back. The water, vivid shades of marine blues and greens sprinkled with white foam.
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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let's cozy up, as warm as toast and read the books we love the most!🫶 tinyurl.com/58hpj2wm #childrensliterature #childrensky #momsky
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 13h
Dying light doesn’t give the living a second thought Even when a sunset bequest springs forth Spry rain in sly agreement won’t give the undeserved a single, terrifying drop #vss365 #bequest #poetrysky #inkMine #spry #poetsofbluesky #Photography #ECK #WCK #OurPoetryX #terrify 💙📷 me
Spry Rain Sky Art 
Photograph by Winter Ives. 
©️2026, All rights reserved. 

A photograph of a vivid reddish pink sunset sky dredged with rain clouds.
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 10h
the summer's bequest dead withered leaves and a wasp's nest #vss365 #bequest #poetry
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Reprieve Day 14 - Death is a #Reprieve cause it teaches us to just be The long exhale. Names loosen. Edges soften. Old recriminations fall away. Nothing left to prove. Only the quiet of letting go. 🖤🖤🖤
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amid the slanted banter permit this short reprieve leaves fall gently song birds tweet a soft light breeze The weight of cruel words burdens me On this hard urban bench grant me this moment of levity #vss365 #reprieve #poetry
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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Formed from Oak, broom And Meadowsweet, And trapped until She was given wings And rose to claim The night - Cursed as an owl, Banished to darkness Where she can #Purify and distil Her sorrow In her soundless Flight... #VSS365 #Writing #Poetry #Folklore
An original artwork of a barn owl. Created using watercolour paints on A4 paper.
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Purify Day 13 - In Elderhood we prepare, we #Purify and reflect We carry stories of a lifetime. Some are spoken. Some are no longer necessary. Our silence begins filling rooms. We begin to separate what matters from what merely happened. 👴👵🖤❤️
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
undergrowth of time wipe the waters clean purify my eye underneath that countenance floating by clear those tiny bits of grit and grime #vss365 #purify #poetry #photography
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
𝓥𝓪𝓷 𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓼 In the name of all good hearts you've broken I renounce you emotional vampire Bubbling holy water won't stop you Renounce you In the name of all goodness you've stolen 𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓼 𝓕𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓹 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 #vss365 #poetsofbluesky #poetrysky #OurPoetryX #photography #wck 📷 me
Emotional Vampire 
Photograph by Winter Ives. 
©️2026, All rights reserved. 

A photograph of the full moon with light flares colourised red for dramatic effect.
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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
late September #wind even the reddest petal must #renounce the stem #HaikuDailyPrompt #vss365 #haiku #blueskypoets #PoetryInPictures #nature #garden #flowers #photography
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Renounce Day 12 - As we grow older, into Late Adults, its time to #Renounce Fewer possessions. Truer sentences. The noise begins unhooking itself. We learn that not everything needs to be carried. ❣️❣️❣️
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In the autumn of life approaching winter should I #renounce my feet, my limbs, my heart, my mind More miles to walk More seasons to love and wisdom uniquely mine Youth has abandoned me But I can guide it from behind Its future is long and uncertain unlike mine #vss365 #poetry
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The new machines in utero Cut them short or watch them grow The product of memes No need to dream No need to drink No need to nurture heaven #vss365 #nurture #poetry
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Reckon Day 10 - It time to #Reckon those Midlife questions The mirror starts asking different questions. The past taps its ring against the glass. What did we build? What did we lose? And who is this standing here now? 😎🖤🖤
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's a long road And I reckon They'll be obstacles In each section But we'll get there my friend And I'll love you Til the end Of the end #vss365 #reckon #poetry
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we hunger the flower breathes life and honey #vss365 #hunger #haiku
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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Where had Dylan’s drive gone? His #hunger to get out there and simply fly? When had he become this lackey for a regime that cared only for rules and regulations? Time was, he wouldn’t have cared what anyone said. He and Marin would have been together. He’d be out there, in Magpie. Flying. #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Hunger Day 9 - In the Builder years its all about #Hunger Then hands get busy. Walls. Meals. Mortgages. Promises. Love begins to look like routine. And beneath it all... the wanting. 💚💙💚
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That hunger down deep Limbic and irrepressible Ravenous baring it's teeth Gnawing at the walls Of this short utopia Guttural cries of satisfy me Blocking all sentience Insatiable screams echoing Flooding this interim #vss365 #hunger #poetry
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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#vss365 Let’s embark on a journey You & I somewhat stormy Redolent with the scent of grass & sky Nature hums life & #passion nigh Love abound in every flower & tree Entangled in each branch & leafy spree A symphony of colours & scents so bright Love affair between earthly souls …& mythical light
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
All boundaries erased With fervor I jump into the pit but only my heart burns That so-called poison passion unfetters me In the avidity, I taste I feel, I see the sensory The breadth of heaven #vss365 #passion #poetry
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Once I stood by the sea exuberant embrace washed over me Once I stood by a river mournful peacock cry a reminder Once I stood by your side We embark on tenacious journeys Love never tells when it’s leaving #vss365 #inkMine #BlueTue #poetrysky #poetsofbluesky #photography #wck #emoetry 📷 me
Star of India 
Photograph by Winter Ives. 
©️2026, All rights reserved.  

A photograph of clipper ship, Star of India located in San Diego harbour.
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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#ChildrensBooksaboutUnicorns www.amazon.com/Una-Unicorn-... #NewYork #Boston #Rochester #Buffalo #kidslit #cartoonbook #pb #foodies #food #celebrations
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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
crackling sway of trees wind kicking up in the storm dust distribution #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #3lines
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Embark Day 7 - Lets #Embark to the world of a Young Adult The horizon calls. We leave before we know what leaving costs. A suitcase. A little courage. A great deal of uncertainty.
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Too many embark on a tire with a slow leak How far can they go We will see #vss365 #embark #poetry
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tilley doing Tilley things #dogs #photography #pets
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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#ChildrensAuthors www.amazon.sg/Housie-Mousi... #readinglist #English #Singapore #childrensfiction #childrensadventurenovels #vocab #speech #conversations #englishliterature #kidlit #artsky #kidlitartsky #natureandanimals #petsandanimals
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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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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Stormy Day 6 - and then we are #Stormy Teeens Out comes a voice trying on thunder for size. We test the walls. We test the world. We test ourselves. Sometimes we mistake breaking for becoming. 👶🖤👶
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stormy on top but still calm in the deep dive beneath the waves there's a wind at play It's just a surface swirl and the treasure's there dive down there are riches underneath #vss365 #stormy #poetry
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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Ascot www.amazon.co.uk/Housie-Mousi... #Reading #Windsot #mums #mumsky #giftsky #bookstagram #booknerd #childrensliterature #HappyChristmas #giving #caring #sharing #kidslibrary
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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Greenwich www.amazon.co.uk/LUNA-SNOW-CA... #Stratford #Chiswick #Wembley #Wimbledon #kidlit #readers #books #booksky #gifts #autumn
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
smoke and silent guns bodies buried we thought it was done #vss365 #conflict #poetry
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Conflict Day 5 - As a Preteen - we face #Conflict A strange skin at the threshold.. laughter on one side, ache on the other, learning to share the same chair. 😊😆😭😢
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
conflict of the egos when the fronts collide wind blown after the anger no roots no soil plants wither and die by the wayside they lie by the hundreds and no one asks why #vss365 #conflict #poetry
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How cold goes the moon Nude in its solitude Marvel at the stars Luminous appearances Unblemished by the sun #vss365 #marvel #poetry #Emoetry #blemish #tanka #poetrysky #writesky #thingstowriteabout #cold #poetsofbluesky #photography 💙📷 me
Sister Moon, Brother Sun. 
Photograph by Winter Ives. 
©️2025, All Rights Reserved.
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IrishLisa 🌈 @irishlisa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
we stopped chasing miracles now we marvel at ripening tomatoes before the squirrels find them #vss365 #Marvel #FreeVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets
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A s p e n🕊️©️(AspenBrave®️™️) @aspenbrave.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #RareDisease #tanka allowing myself grace to grieve what my illness took where did my dreams go somewhere between surviving so much of me died I let myself hope yesterday for my old self nothing to #marvel everything has a price even miracles 👇 youtu.be/pKrxD1hZb5E?si…
A sick, bald girl in a hospital bed with her mother beside her…
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Innocence Against the demons in the machine Soft pink skin and clay wide-eyed and wandering Let them marvel but not amble astray Don't count upon the tenacity of angels #vss365 #marvel #poetry
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harvest The summer is past and the autumn beckons if I can stop and gather up the fruits of the season I can feed my soul and the souls of those around me through the darkness and into the coming light.
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My mother told me I loved to #explore the apple tree Tasty fruit so high and out of reach and sometimes one would fall from a squirrel on a limb and I would run and see the apple was too big for me She would watch me lovingly roll the apple to the bottom of the tree #vss365
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good night all #photography #sunset
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Sustain Day 2 - INFANCY A small fist against a huge sky. Need is our first language. We reach. We cry. We are held. 💕
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Clive Reed @clivereed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The seasons change Pilot lights turned down barely sustained Green to brown and then naked limbs As creatures of the night Roam in the day Packing pockets on their bones For the hideaway The wind is raw The oven door closed for the coming days #vss365 #sustain
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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#CanadaBooks Buy Direct from my excellent #publisher www.theelitelizzard.ca/product/una-... #picturebooks #unaunicornandthebirthdayicecreamsensations #holidaysreads #funreads #books2read #supernatural #magical #picturebook #Canada #canadian
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Una Unicorn and the Birthday Ice Cream Sensations | The Elite Lizzard Publishing Company
Una Unicorn is a magical unicorn, and so are all her unicorn friends.One special day—on Poppy-Jane's birthday—she and her friends escape from a carousel ride, all the way through the town, and bac...
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Twinkling we call it when supple stars commence to dance Dashing when a man presses an illicit suit Revenge when a woman wronged seeks justice Relief when a sordid nightmare ends. #vss365 #commence #OurPoetryX #poetrysky #poetsofbluesky #writesky #SkyArt #WCK #photography #ECK 💙📷 me
Sky Commencement 
Photograph / Sky art by Winter Ives. 
©️2024, All rights reserved. 

A vivid portrait of the sky, revealing the blue violets, purple, reds, yellows, and orange hues of the spectrum.
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A s p e n🕊️©️(AspenBrave®️™️) @aspenbrave.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
one second to run not just to your arms but heart make my wish come true rediscover me as we #commence by making love as one ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #tanka #haiku #Poetry #PoetryCommunity Love & thank you, A🕊️ (BBS) 👇 youtu.be/kPa7bsKwL-c?si…
Hug
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Blockheads, broad chests, walking down the street. Tails wagging hard, got the happy little beat. When the zoomies hit hard it will start to make sense. Let the back garden chaos now fully #commence. There are Staffies on the street. #vss365
Portrait picture of a Staffie by wooof woof on Unsplash
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