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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 7h

#7syllablesquad is a placeholder until Gabe returns for #7syllablesentence. Here is the current schedule: Oct 4th - Oct 10th: @deemclachlan.bsky.social Oct 11th - Oct 24th: @lifelovelily22.bsky.social Oct 25th - Oct 31 @451degrees.bsky.social Today’s 9 to 5 prompt is #jump

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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 29/09/2026

oh no it's me

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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#7syllablesquad is a placeholder until Gabe returns for #7syllablesentence. Here is the current schedule (corrected): Oct 4th - Oct 10th: @deemclachlan.bsky.social Oct 11th - Oct 24th: @lifelovelily22.bsky.social Oct 25th - Oct 31 @451degrees.bsky.social Today’s 9 to 5 prompt is #yawn

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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I can’t thank @alcs.co.uk enough for watching over my published works for me. Yet again they’ve managed to find money I didn’t know existed. Easily the best membership I have. Thank you so much!

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Next up: #Rot. Flowers rot. Houses rot. Governments rot. Love can rot beautifully if you leave it somewhere warm enough. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 28/09/2026

For #LiftToTheSky, name someone who makes this space better.

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The first step to healing the planet is believing it can heal.

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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

; ...but have you ever questioned your own existence? do you ever doubt that you are real? #7syllablesunday #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #doubt

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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

• Tumble words to make poems • #7syllablesquad #tumble Thanks for stepping in @brendafromia.bsky.social

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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#7syllablesquad is a placeholder until Gabe returns for #7syllablesentence. Here is the current schedule (after this week). Oct 4th - Oct 10th: @deemclachlan.bsky.social Oct 11th - Oct 17th: @lifelovelily22.bsky.social Today’s Dolly Parton 9 to 5 prompt is #tumble Also check out #7SyllableSunday

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Steve Silas Hendrickson (Hiatus) @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello #7SyllableSquad! Thank you for the well wishes, I will be logging off shortly but before I do, we have the following people who will host in my stead. 💜 Thank you for this, I wish I didn't have to do this but I need to take care of myself first. Love you all, see you in November ✨

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026

Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-

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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

clouds bleeding scarlet ferocious crimson sunset painting autumn sky #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku

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Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We're passionate about providing an ad-free platform for writers to freely share their #fiction, #poetry, and #writing but we rely heavily on donations from our supporters to stay afloat. If you like what we do, visit penstricken.com/support-us to see how you can help us to keep going. Thank you 🙏😍.

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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#SomethingEveryday #Dream @sonnetsmith.bsky.social when I dreamed I loved to fly over my old paper routes or Gumby glide across town for cloud fluffy pancakes and coffee now with a few extra pounds and a flaccid uvula my wife is usually jabbing my kidneys before I get my snoring ass off the ground

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The US war against Iran is going so well that the US Naval Blockade which was just a few hundred KMs from Iran up till the start of September is now 1200+ km away from Iran. Due to Iran's new anti-ship missiles with a 1200km range It's not even a blockade any more Just give up

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 25/09/2026

ed sheeran brought the snakes back to ireland

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Merril D. Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good morning and happy Friday! Here's an old poem I revised for #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters. Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Poem:

Erasure

Here is where time unfolded wings
and flew from

the straight path I had imagined

the stars have shifted, I cannot
navigate this whirligig expanse,

the parallel universe
where you wrote her letters
and she slept in my place.

Now I burn every word,
all the traces, hints, glimpses–

love and us,
erased.

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Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For this week's #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters with thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk Out most of the day - will try to catch up with everyone later.

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Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 25/09/2026

#poemsabout #deadletters I'm a little out of practice...

The usual guff about life after death - I reckon that I must have enough for a small pamphlet by now.

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

morning Friday you get more autumnal every time I see you which I don’t mind tbh🍁 here’s my little “throwaway” poem for #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters and thank @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk have a lovely weekend everyone everywhere 🛋️🍁🍂

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 25/09/2026

#PoemsAbout #DeadLetters is live. Address it. Stamp it. Confess something. Then decide whether it deserves to arrive. Post from today through Thursday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché Read 3+. Repost. Reply.

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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#PoemsAbout #DeadLetters @thebrokenspine.co.uk It helps to know Bu Shi is a muse/alter ego I created in the early 2010s to post haiku/senryu, it also helps to know they don’t use the lettters L and T, but the poem uses all of the other letters. Our pseudo relationship is sometimes contentious.

DUBIOUS BU

bu emerges from a crack underground
open hand punch
hammering an arc of misshapen force

nor misspoken nor misheard

was a bad poem worsened
by jagged end rhymes
before even being conceived

weaned on my screams and misgivings

bad karma broken casino spinner
dopamine miser sucking my money sac
receiving receiving receiving never giving back

aces queens and princes join voracious jokers

oversized zippers sever
spewing sacred sera in free mason jars
examined by hydrographic surveyors

bu says form precedes usage

do you agree

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Jane Dougherty @janedougherty47.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not feeling very profound today #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters @thebrokenspine.co.uk Not the house style, but there you go.

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Clare O'Brien @clareobrien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This one's probably pretty self-explanatory. #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters @thebrokenspine.co.uk

OBITUARY
By Clare O'Brien

I arrange the words like an oracle,
Pour your thin mystery into shapes I cannot authorise.
Time heals nothing; though I press release,
I liberate nothing. These lines are bloodless traces,
Pencil points, pressed into schoolroom paper

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Bernard Pearson @bernp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

my thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for hosting #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters this was written for my fathers great friend lost when H.M.S. was sunk I have the letter

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Andy Williamson @andywilliamson.com · 25/09/2026

Happy #PoemsAbout folks, here's my quick contribution to #DeadLetters - will check back later to read others! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity

Correspondence

every day of summer
I wrote you a letter
heartbeats
hand shaking
ink staining my fingers

I still have them
at the bottom
of a box
at the back
of the attic

I look out
over the sea
and wonder
how this day would feel
if I had posted them

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Ian Brownlie @ianbrownlie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I hate getting all of these kinds of letters #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters

final form

dear i

i'm so sorry to be contacting you this soon
but it seems that your demise is more imminent
than expected

yes
we all want longer
yes
it is unfair
if you wish to cling to the idea
that fairness is still a thing

no
there isn't anything you can do about it
or anything you need to do to prepare

there is nothing

sorry again

yours

d

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Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wish I could say how much you mattered to me back then when I broke, but words never arrive, and I can't seem to say goodbye. #poemsabout #deadletters #poetry #tanka #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #5amwritersclub #6amwritersclub

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Writers: gen ai is theft Artists: gen ai is theft Narrators: gen ai is theft Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Who wouldn't do all they can to protect a child? So I hide her inside— behind polite smiles, beneath behaviours that aren't really mine, under stale routines & rituals that keep us safe. I've buried her somewhere so very deep even I can't reach. #mpprompt

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Steve Silas Hendrickson (Hiatus) @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

40th Day Of #7SyllableSquad (Sept 24) Happy Thursday! Welcome to your daily dose of #7SyllableSquad. As a reminder, this prompt is a placeholder for 7SyllableSentence until Gabe returns. Today's word is #Abyss #7SyllableSentence #writingprompt #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

#7SyllableSquad

Sept 20 Castle
Sept 21 Perfect
Sept 22 Enchant
Sept 23 Secrets
Sept 24 Abyss
Sept 25 Sirens
Sept 26 Turning

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters. Some words miss their destination. Some reach it twenty years too late. Write from there. Don’t post before Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

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