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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

where she fell to her knees, this pot brimming with pink roses Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero does not deserve to be lost in the news cycle. He deserves to be remembered as a loving father and husband. #haiku #poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #memorial

An image of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was created and left at the corner of Hill and Pool streets in Biddeford on Tuesday. (Daryn Slover/Staff Photographer) The Portland Press Herald.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In Little Village, Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo signs

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

dark entryway a scent of pink daphne drifts through my door Ellie Marie Johnson Wales Haiku, Spring 2026, p.43 Discover the rest of their issue: www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring26 #waleshaiku #bloom #haiku #nature #micropoetry #photography #poetrycommunity #poetry

A few pink daphne blossoms surrounded by bunches of yellow-edged leaves, dripping with fresh rainwater.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

A small collection of my micropoems about the Artemis II mission 💙 Thank you to Lit Up for publishing them! medium.com/lit-up/beyon... #NASA #ArtemisII #micropoetry #photography #poetry #poetrycommunity #haiku #senryu

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Beyond the Dark Side of the Moon

Micro Poems

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The astronauts are currently being praised for such good communication throughout the flight—Isaacman said they were "almost poets." 💙 So happy they splashed down safely. Thank you #NASA.

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

chocolate bunny gazes from a wrapper I struggle to bite Does anyone else feel this way, or is it just me? #haiku #Easter #poetry #ocpoetry #blueskypoetry

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I'm from a younger generation than this film, but it still gives me so much nostalgia. Rankin/Bass created such imaginative and timeless art. I just discovered the full movie online . . . 🐇 Happy early Easter, everyone www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2_Z... #Easter #art #stopmotion #movies

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Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Seymour S. Sassafrass, an eccentric, yet friendly peddler, and inventor, tells the tale of Peter Cottontail, a young Easter Bunny who lives in April Valley, where the Chief Easter Bunny supervises…

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A new favorite of mine—this poem contrasts two different perspectives so simply, concisely, and beautifully. #poetry #poetrycommunity #relationships #joysullivan

MERCY

Once, we were grilling zucchini
from the garden. It was summer time
and I was about to leave you.
A praying mantis landed on the grill.
He was bright and beautiful
even as he fizzled and I burned
all my fingertips trying to save him.
You can't tell when an insect is in pain
but he must have been and you put him
in the grass so softly
where I found and stomped him.
And I think it surprised us
what we each defined as mercy.

JOY SULLIVAN.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"....Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth." —Naomi Shibab Nye Shared with me recently, and I wanted to pass it on—highly recommend her full poem: poets.org/poem/kindness #poem #poetrycommunity #poetry

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

eightieth birthday an orchid hoop even from her hairdresser #haiku #blueskypoetry #poetry #bloom #dailyhaikuprompt #orchid This one is about my grandmother 💐

A hoop of bright magenta purple orchids in a white pot on a table.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Alex pretti was a Va nurse and a dog owner

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

From "There will come soft rains" by Sara Teasdale "...Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done." poets.org/poem/there-w... #sarateasdale #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading

Sara Teasdale, in a sepia portrait photo from around 1910. She is looking to the side, wearing a brimmed white hat.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

A dove sails over smothering blue fog— New Year's Eve. I spotted an all-white bird soaring across the trail that looked like a dove. Shortly after, I found this ornament hanging from a nearby fir tree. #haiku #newyear'seve #writing #poetry #poetrycommunity #nature #poem

A dove ornament on a branch of a fir tree along the trail. The fog lies in the background.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

tiny Christmas tree breathes life into our living room after hospitals. This year, we visited family at the hospital. Wishing everyone a happy holiday and a wonderful new year. May 2026 treat many of us better. 🎄 #haiku #Christmas #writing #poetry #micropoetry #originalpoetry #blueskypoetry

A small Christmas tree in a living room with glowing rainbow lights and a few red glass ornaments. Blue and white star lights hang in the window.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Enjoying this so far. Each chapter brings unexpected twists. Having seen the second book, I wish they had kept the same design style. I love this cover. #booksky #books #bookrecommendations #readingcommunity #fantasy #bookrecs #bookdesign

A photo of the book "The Will of the Many" by James Islington—the dark blue cover with bronze foil columns.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Perfect as winter nears — like slipping into a snowy dream. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading #poem #MaryOliver

In winter
all the singing is in
the tops of the trees
where the wind-bird

with its white eyes
shoves and pushes
among the branches.
Like any of us

he wants to go to sleep,
but he's restless—
he has an idea,
and slowly it unfolds

from under his beating wings
as long as he stays awake.
But his big, round music, after all,
is too breathy to last.

So, it's over.
In the pine-crown
he makes his nest,
he's done all he can.

I don't know the name of this bird,
I only imagine his glittering beak
tucked in a white wing
while the clouds—

which he has summoned
from the north—
which he has taught
to be mild, and silent—

thicken, and begin to fall
into the world below
like stars, or the feathers
of some unimaginable bird

that loves us,
that is asleep now, and silent—
that has turned itself
into snow.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

gold dancers on screen— Thanksgiving chatter like stars bright as the parade. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 🥧 ⭐ #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

dog leaps— scrubs off sand fleas saves sticks from the sea's bite kicks against swells of cold comforts courage. 🌊 #cinquain (follows a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern) #poetry #dogs #originalpoetry #nature #photography #blueskypoetry #ocean #PNW

Photo of a cloudy beach with a line of golden sun over the Olympic mountains. A dog paddles in the bright ocean near the sandy shore, with a few passersby.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

On this day in history, Ruby Bridges integrated a previously all-white school. I wanted to share a powerful poem by 16-year-old Joyce Brown, a teacher at a bombed freedom school in 1964: www.crmvet.org/poetry/pbrow... "But I'll do my work if I have to do it on the ground" #poetry #reading #history

Ruby Bridges walking down steps with U.S. Marshals in 1960. She had to be escorted to and from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Even if the shutdown ends, many in the U.S. will still be recovering and struggling after losing SNAP. Even a small amount can help: www.givedirectly.org 🍎 More tips: bsky.app/profile/elli... #haiku #SNAP #shutdown #poetry #drawing #blueskypoets #originalpoetry #poetrycommunity #writing #aid #poem

Drawing of a cross-hatched falling apple in light grey on a cream white background. Above is the haiku:

no more honeycrisps
fall from late autumn branches
bare shelves at food banks.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Today, this poem about jump boots reminded me of my great grandfather - also a WW2 vet. I'm so grateful I can still connect to him through his letters, photos and belongings, as well as family stories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpwU... #veterans #veteran'sday #poetry #poetrycommunity #history #ww2

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He Wrote This Poem To Deal With The Horrors Of War // WWII Veteran Clinton Riddle

YouTube video by Best Defense Foundation

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

cloud front tore off sky's edge winds in convergence zone gold leaf sun past the Olympics— resolve. 🌊 #cinquain (follows a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern) #poetry #originalpoetry #blueskypoetry #micropoetry #blueskypoets #writing #nature #photography #ocean #PNW

The Puget Sound, with a dark grey encroaching cloud front forming a line near the edge of the sky—as if a ripped photo. The exposed sky is a soft cream color. Driftwood rests on the sandy shore mixed with a cobble beach and seaweed. Above the bright ocean waves lies the Olympic mountain range in the distance, with a gold lining of sun.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A few resources in hard times 💙 Directory for Local Food Banks: www.feedingamerica.org Formula Exchange: freeformula.exchange/home Find a Local Backpack Program (Meals for Schoolkids): www.feedingamerica.org/our-work/hun... #snap #food #mutualaid #snapbenefits #foodstamps #shutdown #hunger #aid

A graphic with the title "How to Help One Another - Tips for Fighting Food Insecurity." Colored icons show a credit card, a red aid hat, a baby bottle, and a plate of pasta.

Suggestions:

Cash donations are most effective because food banks buy in bulk at a discount. Donate to a food bank and find out if your employer will match it.

Volunteer with food banks or mutual aid groups, and ask what help they need. Consider getting a grocery buddy, and assist your neighbors.

Fund or give children and baby’s items, like formula. 39 percent of SNAP recipients are children. See if your local school may have a backpack meal program.

Contact local businesses and restaurants to ask how they can help—such as with food drives, free and discounted meals, donations, or other alternatives.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

New York poet Adelaide Crapsey invented a cinquain, which follows a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable structure. November Night Listen… With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees And fall. #cinquain #poetry #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity

Black and white portrait photo of Adelaide Crapsey sitting with her hands on her lap, wearing a long sleeve top embroidered with leaves.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I loved publishing an autumn collection on Medium! 🍁 I've provided context for pre-existing poems and mythology references, and names for each haiku and tanka. Check it out here, thanks to Women Write: medium.com/women-write/... #poetry #photography #poetrycommunity #autumnleaves #writing #pnw

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Autumn in Short Poems: 13 Haiku and Tanka to Inspire Reflection on Change

A Collection from the Pacific Northwest

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

...The loud is to help us not think, To make us confuse the day and our feelings with happiness. Because, you know, if we do think about our dead, Wherever they are, we’ll get sad, and begin to look across at each other. –Alberto Ríos shorturl.at/VLktW #dayofthedead #poetrycommunity #reading

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Gold stipples green trees, our changes in pointillism; brown iris — life's brush . . . Let time layer us with light; this series of autumn walks . . . #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #nature #autumnleaves #fallcolors #trees #photography #originalpoetry #blueskypoetry

Vibrant layers of gold and green leaves seen from below, with sunlight shining through.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Fate flips the faucet on bikes without bumbershoots — gloves of yellow leaves keep us dry —scrubbing away gloom despite squeaks of thunder. #poetry #poem #pnw #trail #forest #TreeTuesday #river #photography #nature #originalpoetry #blueskypoetry #autumn #fall #tanka #micropoetry #landscape

Autumn day at Burke-Gilman under storm clouds. Yellow-green leaves overhang the Sammamish River and the trail.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Books and poems save lives—but tens of thousands are banned in U.S. prisons. Literature programs can cut recidivism from 45% to 19% after a year: shorturl.at/C9xC4 If you can, please share—or consider a donation.📚 #reading #bannedbooks #freedomtoread #readingcommunity #booksky #books

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

We shriveled for you . . . We know you longed for dark notes — thorns took reaching arms. We give late fall—stained glass leaves, pipe organs of cricket song. #micropoetry #tanka #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading #photography #nature #forest #fall #autumn #blueskypoetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

A bundle of wrinkled, withered blackberries on a bush with a few curled dead leaves. The background is full of fresh green leaves.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I love "Diwali" by Vikram Seth. 🕯️This fascinating epic is full of history and incredible detail: poetryarchive.org/poem/diwali/ More on Vikram Seth's prolific poetry, novels, activism, and awards: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_... #Diwali #VikramSeth #poetry #candle #FestivalofLights #reading #epic

Two diyas sharing a flame in the dark. Image credit: Sonika Agarwal.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Black Locust lures bats . . . Invasive, laced finger roots snare Persephone — tiny words trap wings, a slow death in pomegranate seeds. #poetry #poem #tanka #mythology #autumn #fall #poetrycommunity #reading #unhealthyrelationships #mentalhealth #photography #forests #ForestFriday #blueskypoetry

Twisted roots of a Black Locust tree on a trail at a local park. The tree's bark and leaves are poisonous to animals and humans. Bats (often a symbol of the Underworld and Persephone) will sometimes make homes in Black Locusts.

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸 @elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Iridescent leaves scatter from prisms—we quit our old, storm-swatch house . . . past grief, an opal fractured— palette split from clouds, revealed. #autumnleaves #fall #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #poem #moving #poetrycommunity #reading #pnw #photography #blueskypoetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

A rainbow of maple leaf branches against a cloudy, autumn sky. I took this photo in the Seattle area on a walk after our move.

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