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Dawn McLachlan

@deemclachlan.bsky.social
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Poet, painter, printmaker, planter - for hire or loan. Won some poetry prizes. Account is stuff from a small rural town in NE Scotland. Kitten content warning! Once a librarian…. #FridayPoem She/Her dawnmclachlan.com

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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 23h
We don't always say what we want to say We don’t always say what we mean Even time loses its way Sky changes and so do we light grants supernatural clarity Though at times memory slips into storm grey to forget #PoetsofDoom #Sky #poetsofbluesky #poetrysky #Photography #WCK #ECK 💙📷 me
Storm Grey Memory
Photograph by Winter Ives.
2026, All rights reserved.

A photograph of a once golden sunset sky; grey storm clouds approaching.
Colours include yellow, light golden orange, pale lavender, light & dark grey, and black.
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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
shades of blue some say azure some cerulean midnight blue traces of pink in vanishing cirrus clouds my eyes kissed by blue hues wandering vast expanse celestial blue soothing frazzled nerves #PoetsOfDoom Sky #poetry
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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I shared dawn with the birds today and wrote this as it happened. I would normally spend ages editing, and I know it needs it, but I also like the untamed flow of it! #PoetsOfDoom #Sky #Poetry #Dawn @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
Dawn Study

As inky blackness breaks,
gives way, fades grey, to dawn,
I sit on the garden bench
still and chill,
watching cigarette smoke
coil itself against the sky,
trying to name, to frame,
its cold colours.

I could call it blue.
That would do.
It would be true.
Yet blue won't hold
the whole fold of it,
won't catch the rich pitch
of that deep sweep,
that vibrant expanse
drawn and gone across the heavens.

And now it shifts, drifts again.
What colour is this?
Blue, yes,
but blue alone cannot own
every hue
in this delicate, gold-souled,
light-rolled blanket overhead,
this fabric of morning
threaded with silver,
with butterscotch, 
with hints that resist
the insistence of names.

Again it changes.
The smoke melts away.
The shadows resign.
The sun has risen,
and the sky,
after all its layered displays,
its veils and trails,
its subtle disguises,
is finally,
simply,
blue.
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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My #PoetsOfDoom #Sky poem came out a little less cheerful that I had hoped for, but sometimes that's the way it goes. @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
The Last Sky

Pale peach tendrils 
reach out across the denim horizon.
A new day starting 
despite the weight  
of indigo laden clouds.

I could not stop it. 
I would freeze this moment. 
Spend forever with you within 
the faded mint walls 
of this medical mausoleum. 
I couldn’t.

The sun continued rising, 
bright amber matches glint 
in the windows opposite.  
Their flames are cold. 
I share tears with the sky 
but we cannot dout 
the bitter light. 

The day still comes.  
And you still go.
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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 22h
Time for today’s (Oct 7th GMT) #7syllablesquad #poetryprompt and with the seasons shifting today’s word is #chill Does it mean to just relax As frost arrives while sleeping? Is it something sinister With Halloween fear creeping? #7syllables #7syllablepoems #poetrycommunity #poems #poetsofbluesky
Oct 4th - cloud

Oct 5th - storm

Oct 6th - rain

Oct 7th - chill

Oct gth - ice

Oct gth - wind

Oct 10th - shine

Drawn from the skies
#7syllablesquad
#7syllables
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Beth Ember @ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Head in clouds, ass on floor. Right. #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #cloud
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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#7syllablesquad #rain I’m just singing in the rain 🎶
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Gene Kelly: Singing in the Rain
Alt: Gene Kelly: Singing in the Rain
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Beth Ember @ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Let storms wash this filth from me blood and dirt from palms and knees and impending felonies #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #storm
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stuberk625.bsky.social @stuberk625.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No #rain today, but just wait… #7SyllableSentence #7SyllableSquad
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Jaime @jamellen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
showering sun on rooftops #7syllablesquad #shower
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Beth Ember @ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Replace teardrops with rain, dear. 🫶🏼 #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence
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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
woeful clouds cry raindrop tears. #7syllablesquad #rain #cloud
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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 22h
I love these.
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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's been weeks since it's rained #7syllablesquad #rain
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Tumbleweeds in a Dry Desert Landscape
ALT: Tumbleweeds in a Dry Desert Landscape
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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 22h
That’s so charming!
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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
happy clouds spread raindrop joy #7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence #rain
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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
; bleak sky laments our dying earth; forced to witness human destruction; sorrowful clouds cry raindrop tears; a deluge of grief // misery floods the earth - yet tears cannot drown the fires that rage below. a thunder crash of pain; [1/2] #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #rain #writing
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Lady Alisa ✍️👟💃🍰🎨☕ @ladyalisa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seems to be good for vampires 😂 #7SyllableSquad
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Beth Ember @ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I miss constant northwest rain. #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #rain
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Paul V @apvos.bsky.social · 23h
Morn chill out on bike to work Morn chill chill out out on bike bike to work #7syllablesquad #chill #7syllablesentence
Fisheye view of sunrise with some agriculture land, buildings visible on the horizon and some tree branches in the foreground. Just north of Wageningen Campus, 7 October, 2026
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rain, tin roof, winter milking #7syllablesquad prompt #rain #7syllable #poetryprompts #Poetrycommunity #poetry #poetsofbluesky #7syllablelines #poetryprompts
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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#7syllablesquad #rain Horror of war - bombs rain down; War mongers really must go; Rain on their parade and vote
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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence #rain wash my hair in summer rain
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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence #rain Some people live in the rain
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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
...and some people dance in it. #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence
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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
after the rain a promise after the rain a toadstool #7syllablesentence #7syllablesquad (rain)
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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#7syllablesquad #rain Prince: Purple rain, purple rain I only want to see you Laughing in the purple rain 🎶
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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The most important message In #7syllables
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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That’s such an important message. ❤️
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Lady Alisa ✍️👟💃🍰🎨☕ @ladyalisa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rain outside for next 10 months Rain inside our heads for some If you have a friend with SAD Check on them and show them love #7SyllableSquad #rain #MentalHealth
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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
UK folk might notice that #7syllablesquad poem prompts actually roll over into the following day. This is because our pals around the world are on different timelines. Go with the flow - there’s enough love to rain into tomorrow.
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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
it is said that the wings of a butterfly may induce a hurricane chaotic principles — cause and effect yet I tend to believe this gentle fluttering of dusted fragile bodies feeding on last asters won't provoke mighty winds #vss365 #poetry
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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Time for today’s #7syllablesquad prompt and today it’s #rain Do the heavy clouds ache With all the burden of weight Holding back the rain again? Bring me the autumn deluge. #7syllable #poetryprompts #Poetrycommunity #poetry #poetsofbluesky #7syllablelines #poetryprompts #poems
Oct 4th - cloud

Oct 5th - storm

Oct 6th - rain

Oct 7th - chill

Oct gth - ice

Oct gth - wind

Oct 10th - shine

Drawn from the skies
#7syllablesquad
#7syllables
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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
; 𝖍𝖊𝖗; a whirling cyclone - a destructive force of nature; the tempest to his tranquil; the wild to his whimsical. 𝓱𝓲𝓶; the eye of the storm - the calm amidst her chaos; the hushed whisper of a gentle breeze to her thunderous peal. #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #storm #writing
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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
; he was the sunshine to her storm clouds; a shining ray of hope amidst a gloomy sky. #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #storm
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Paul V @apvos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm singing in rain or shine Just to say you have been warned #7syllablesquad #7SyllableSentence  #rain
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Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks to Ronnie for last week's fantastic prompt! This week tag me @emteepoetry.bsky.social #PromptCombo #Winged Winged or Wingèd? Birds, bugs, planes etc, or dragons/ wingèd cryptids? Icarus? Or winged, as in wounded? Just a few of the possibilities. Looking forward to reading your work!
Micropoem about an airplane in concrete formPhoto of a black and white pigeon, with a black mark on its head like a small hat.
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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
soft currents carry lavender and thyme wafting through a sleeping garden open midnight sky exhaustion leaves under a harvest moon dreams are woven and fade again into the small hours #SenseWrds 277 #poetry
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sifaswriting.bsky.social @sifaswriting.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This #storm has enormous #rage #7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence #writing #writingcommunity
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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence #storm Do you like being caught in the storm?
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Beth Ember @ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Storms in her eyes reveal truths. #7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #storm
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Paul V @apvos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Calm after a storm of words #7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence #storm
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NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Bluesky @naramoore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It clears the storms in my mind #7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence
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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#7syllablesquad #storm Storm clouds chase across the sky: Menacing, angry storm clouds: Prepare to unleash the storm.
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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
we're all heading for a storm #7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence #storm
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Coast Guard Boat Navigates Rough Ocean Waves
ALT: Coast Guard Boat Navigates Rough Ocean Waves
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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
; she stands in the storm; drenched by the downpour; smudged mascara stains her cheeks // tempest worn as a mask; her sorrow veiled by a gray sky; the torrent of teardrops that pour down her face mistaken for rain // no one notices that she is crying. #7syllablesquad #storm #cloud #writing
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Lady Alisa ✍️👟💃🍰🎨☕ @ladyalisa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No one knows your inner storm #7SyllableSquad #Storm
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menhir musings @menhir-musings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After the storm, Flowers bloom. #7SyllableSquad #7syllablesentence
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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#7syllablesquad #clouds #7SyllableSunday #enclose Dark clouds hanging overhead Before the clouds burst open Lightening sends me running Seeking a safe enclosure
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The Owl @451degrees.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One cloud defied their forecasts. #7SyllableSquad #cloud #7SyllableSentence
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