Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026@alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk 051
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Deeply grateful to Kelsay Books for believing in me! Also on Kindle version! link.edgepilot.com/x/tqg0aCE-ur... 283
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026@jordanriverwrites.bsky.social thank you for the repost! I appreciate it! 000
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I would like to share that it is official, my long-held dream, on Monday, August 17th at 2:09 pm, I received an email from my publisher, that Ink my book has been officially released on Amazon and Kelsay Books website! www.amazon.com/INK-Debra-J-...amazon.comINKAmazon.com: INK: 9798901468722: Nordyke, Debra J.: Books 131
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Poetry Palooza - North Bay Poetics - I am honored to be the featured poet and will MC the event! You must register to read by today, info@northbaypoetics.net. Please include a 50-word bio and headshot for promotion Would love to see everyone! @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social 121
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Deeply grateful for another fantastic opportunity to read my poetry alongside an amazing star in poetry...Maria Nazos! Her new book "Pulse." I will be in Lincoln, NB on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 5:30 pm at Francie & Finch Bookshop! I am profoundly honored! @marianazos.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeStacia Kaywood (she/her) @staciakaywood.bsky.social · 06/04/2025April and May will be two exciting months for me. I have so many great events I get to be a part of. Be sure to check out my website for listings, links! 1. Main Street Coffee, April 19. 2. Woodneath Library on April 22 3. Bliss Wine and Books on April 26 4. Lit and Libations on May 10 0158
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeKaren Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Happy Mother's Day (or not) to you from me and two other #poets @benedictan.bsky.social @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social #OneSizeDoesNotFitAllMothers #Substack karenpiercegonzalez.substack.com/p/one-size 042
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 30/04/2026So honored and excited to be a contributor for Volume 3 of Speak Up Against Stigma. Please link in to hear our readings! 010
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Thrilled to be included in this month's publication in The Candyman's Trumpet! It is filled with amazing poetry! Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1Rbo6...drive.google.comTct 9 FAMILY March 26.pdf 052
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Thrilled to be included in this fabulous publication! MasticadoresCanada! link.edgepilot.com/s/5469cb54/w...link.edgepilot.comChecking link... 000
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeSoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Quiet beginnings on open roads. Even with the uncertainty of the long journey, choose kindness. 🫶🏻 #HumanityFirst #KindnessMatters 2435
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeThe Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 01/03/2026This week: #BeingWatched. The look that lingers. The sense of eyes before proof. The body adjusting itself without knowing why. Write the awareness. The almost-seeing. The way desire sharpens when it’s observed. New theme opens Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found. 12110
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Thank you Paul! Yes I always am thing myself slowdown when I am reading poetry! Let it absorb! ❤️❤️ 010
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Thank you! I appreciate the feedback! So glad you were surprised! 000
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Not yet! But you will be the first to know!!!🤣🤣🤣 010
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Thank you Ann! Love hearing feedback and perceptions! ❤️ 000
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Yeah for you!!! I thought of you the other day, "I am going to write a love poem and post it on BlueSky, see what Dave thinks!" 😄😆 The dark poet writing a love poem...😜 120
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Dave, I shall call you here on #PoemsAbout "the Love Poet!" Another beautiful poem! I love the repetition of those extravagant lines and the musicality of some rhymes! Wonderful! 120
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeDave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 27/02/2026#spent #poemsabout #rupture #promptcombo #inkmine #dreamy #madrigal #poem #love 5378
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026David, lovely Haiku about our instincts of extravagance! 110
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeDavid Birch @davidbirch.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Many thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for today's #PoemsAbout prompt #Spent. Here's a brief off-the-cuff 'tribute' to someone we knew only too well in the UK. Apologies, I was feeling tetchy this morning.... 10288
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Wow! This is a power hitter of a poem! In my opinion, Pushcart Prize winner! Favorite line (but there are so many I love!) "slashing the hush with a vocal knife!" Fabulous! Brilliant piece of writing! 110
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeRaymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026#PoemsAbout #Spent #poem #writing #writingcommunity @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 4396
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Paul, such truth spoken is so few words...doing what poetry does best! Well done and powerfully true! 000
Reposted by Debra J. NordykePaul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 27/02/2026After a small break, here is my return piece for #PoemsAbout #Spent. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Will be catching up later/over weekend 103610
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Rachel, this is a well written poem using the metaphor of the toothpaste tube...love it! This poem reads as if you are squeezing out the words as you progress to the end! Well done! 110
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeRachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 27/02/2026To all those who never ever get to start the new toothpaste! 😊 #PoemsAbout #Spent Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Happy Friday! 133410
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Ann, your poem takes the reader on a journey everyone knows so well or can relate to. It reads like a slow unfurling of understanding and forced acceptance. Well done! 110
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeAnn Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 27/02/2026#poemsabout #spent Banjaxed: a common Irish slang term meaning something is broken, ruined, severely damaged, or beyond repair. 136917
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I love how your poem pulls the reader in with that first fabulous line, "attic sketches appear," dripping with mystery and a little macabre vibe. And I love the ending line, "where noted desires played!" I really like poetry that uses only the words necessary, nothing frivolous used. Well done! 110
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeSoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 27/02/2026attic sketches appear unclaimed reels linger as grey tinged captions claim the passage confounded and spent my impulses proceed through the fire and passion stoking the burnt offerings left scratching their way through the ash and lust where noted desires played #PoemsAbout #Spent 3539
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I love how the title is not just sitting there like a hat on top of the poem; it is part of the poem! It works quite nicely! ❤️ 010
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeC. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Strangely, don’t have much to say for #PoemsAbout #Spent @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk …but just enough for #fragmentsfriday #micropoem @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #Oulens #BlueskyPoetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity 127017
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Jen, I also love #PoemsAbout day! 😀 I also love how your poem sets on the page, the three metaphors delineated with italics and set apart in a couplet, then expounded upon with a stanza. This would be a lovely poem to be read out loud at an Open Mic! Great use of imagery! 110
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeJen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I love Fridays, or #PoemsAbout day as I now call them. Here is my offering, and I look forward to seeing all of yours 😁 #Spent @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poetry 196422
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Andy, the repetition of words actually moves the reader along slowly, quietly, like walking down a staircase. And the repetition lends itself to the theme #spent quite effectively! Well done!❤️ 000
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeAndy Williamson @andywilliamson.com · 27/02/2026Nice to be able to post a quick little poem for #poemsabout #spent after a bit of an enforced absence last week (bad cold). Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt and to everyone contributing! #poems #poetry #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #scottishpoetry 1925639
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Thank you Jan! That means a lot coming from you! You are such a good writer! 110
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026So excited! My first interview regarding my poetry and three poems included! Flapper Press is an amazing magazine with exceptional writing and art! I am honored beyond words! @fpress.bsky.social www.flapperpress.com/blog/categor...flapperpress.comPoetryFamiliar classics and original poetry from across the globe as well as interviews with poets and helpful hints to jumpstart your writing. 261
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Oh thank you John! You are such a good writer your thoughts are so important! ❤️ 110
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Thank you Mike! Yes the ultimate body being spent…inevitability of death!🥰 010
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Thank you! So good to know my intention was effective! ❤️ 010
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Thank you! I do love the turns in sonnets! 😆 000
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Good morning #BlueSkyPoets! #PoemsAbout #Spent @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk I took the traditional sonnet and tweaked the form to create a List Sonnet, I hope you enjoy! Excited to read your poetic creations! 9226
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeThe Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 27/02/2026#PoemsAbout #Spent is live. Write the after. The bodies that don’t rush apart. The silence that isn’t empty. The care that follows intensity. Post from today. Tag #PoemsAbout #Spent to be read and shared. Use Alt Text. Take care with each other. 193
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeThe Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 24/02/2026One editor will pick the poems they love. That’s it. No career promises. No breakthrough narrative. Just cash and community — raised together. #TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky 0166
Reposted by Debra J. NordykeThe Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 24/02/2026#PoemsAbout #Spent starts Friday. Write exhaustion as intimacy. Sweat drying. Breath slowing. The body no longer performing. What’s left when desire has finished speaking? Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. 063