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Fleur Du Pseudonym

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Writing anonymously, unless you recognise the feet which may or may not be my own, the writing will always be my own feet.

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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 1m
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 27m
Over one thousand poems written might seem like showing off With words I am quite smitten over one thousand poems written another thousand? Could be fitting with no one needing to at all scoff Over one thousand poems written might seem like showing off. with thanks to my good friends #wonder
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 1h
#AcrosticOctober word #Pumpkin #acrostic #Telestich #doubleacrostic #poetry
Part way down the hall, at the bend, peep 
under the lavishly carved beech bureau 
My (now dead) aunt, there kept them
perfectly oiled and super sharp 
Keen to keep them, away from folk
inclined toward incidents of ‘accidental’ ennui 
Noble idea that, totally ignored by her son 

                                                                      —Fleur du P
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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 15h
@yeehawpoems.bsky.social oooh you sent me all lovey dovey with this one ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #Cassiopeian #Hearts #Poetry
You

I see the heart the world forgets,
your quiet wounds beneath your grace,
and all the love you’ve never known.

I hold the truths your strength conceals
and vow to guard your tender light.
I see the heart the world forgets,
your quiet wounds beneath your grace.

For love is freely given, not earned,
and mine will meet you without demand,
a shelter offered, soft and sure.
I see the heart the world forgets,
your quiet wounds beneath your grace,
and all the love you’ve never known.
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S. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com · 21h
ONE MORE POET could it be you <3
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 19h
Thanks for the prompt Ronnie 🙏 #promptcombo #Apocalypse @rfsmith.bsky.social #poetry #writing #prompt
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 21h
#TrioletJam #Squall #Triolet #TrioletPoetry #PoetryPrompt
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
•It’s long past the time to jump• #7syllablesquad #Jump @brendafromia.bsky.social
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Love the word clingering
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thanks to @sonnetsmith.bsky.social word today is #Wet #Cherita #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
my young words ache to be seen, understood, loved, held; my freckled verses long for your acceptance I must admit it she needs validation #inkmine #poetry
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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Their reprieve came with shovels. #vss365 #prompt #reprieve #7syllablesentence #writing
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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#vss365 #purify
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Lunar Bandanas @lunarbandanas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt #fog #whale #blueskypoets
smooth surface slickened,
dispersing soupy sea fog,
there she rose, a whale
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Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Enjoy this #cherita #AmpersandAfterDark #prompt #SomethingTrueMustSoundLikeALie @madp03t.bsky.social #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting #StayCreative bsky.app/profile/madp...
on the tongue
 
forked
for diversion
 
something true 
must sound like a lie -
both sweet and sour



cherita, Karen Pierce Gonzalez
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"I’m a tough critic when it comes to the grooms, especially when the men look like they know they’re attractive." Contributor @suburbanprairie.bsky.social’s piece “Girls in White Dresses” was published in @forgetcool.bsky.social 🥳 buff.ly/CUKOUFf
 A line of several wedding dresses.
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Peter J. King @rock-rex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Indoctrination". (Response to a photo by Alicja Posłuszna.) #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
      there are secrets                     hidden in the way
                                            that you reflect the cobbles,
                              revealing more
                                    than what is on display.

                the pigeon
         revels in its special power,
                        and siphons water from the street —
                                             sucks ripples
                                                     from your spinning head.

                  will you rebel?
           prise stones from round your mind
     and hurl them
as you guard the barricades?
        send shards of granite flying,
                      and the slate-grey birds
                                       in startled clouds
                                   into the reeling pewter sky?
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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whooo hooo! I got in this time. In your face @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social and @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social 😝😝😝 (Not really i was super happy for you guys last month!)
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My first contribution to #PoetsOfDoom #Arsapoetica contains instructions, and an origin story for my own form of Sonnet which I have been working on. Feel free to give it a go yourself #MeyersoneanSonnet #Sonnet #poetry
I thought, why should not sonnets have refrains?
And so, dissected this once perfect form
Restructured it, with brand new shape reborn
A potent image brought around again.

My pen a scalpel, slicing through the ink
I thought, why should not sonnets have refrains?
That rhyme scheme too, it might as well be changed
Is nothing sacred? What would Shakespeare think?

And so, I take this form and make it mine
All sparked by one small niggle in my brain
I thought, why should not sonnets have refrains
That shift; each stanza, downward by one line?

I thought, why should not sonnets have refrains?
A potent image brought around again.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Next month is approaching fast... October's prompt will be #AcrosticOctober then #EvilNovember a time of spooky horror poetry
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Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There’s an egg cup in Mum’s once kitchen older than me that I can’t throw away for still I can see her cutting up soldiers and the golden yolk dripping down its sides #vss365 #micropoetry
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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#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 #Stretch
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#poetsofdoom #arspoetica #cascade
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TrioletJam @trioletjam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey all, here is today’s prompt Please always tag #TrioletJam so I can share your work! Triolet format is above in the banner ☝️ Have fun 🖊️💜🖊️ #Triolet #TrioletPoetry #PoetryPrompt
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Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here's a wee dystopian beastie mostly on topic for Ronnie @rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo #Apocalypse It's a long one, across three vignettes. Thanks for sticking with it if you get to the end!
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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Right, my next #PoetsOfDoom #ArsPoetica is a #sonnet For @suzydobie.bsky.social and the masters of the form @sonnetsmith.bsky.social and @daveashleypoet.bsky.social (Be gentle with me people - I am not a sonnet kinda girl!)
Bloody Sonnets

Upon the page, write one measured line,
To frame your thoughts within a stately song.
Each foot must march in rhythm's strict design,
While words persuade the verse to move along.

A rhyme appears and calls out to its mate,
Though it can hide beyond the poet's sight.
Chase the right sound like a rabbit always late,
Then squeeze its echo till the fit is right.

The quatrains build a house of ordered parts,
Where sense and rhythm settle into place.
Yet every line demands its share of arts,
And every word must earn its rightful space.

At last the fourteen lines consent to sing,
Though you have bled for every little thing.
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Apples tumbling, The orchard lets her hair down, Whispers of cider. #WildWalkPrompt #orchard #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The first publication by my new occasional publishing press "Shut Thee Cake Oyle", next year is likely to be an anthology in support of Powerful South Yorkshire's "Homes For People Not Profit" Campaign. More details to come.
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🦤 @dayofthedodo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#thingstowriteabout #brass Embouchure— rumbling like thunder on green bin day.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When ascendant lust rules the game Passion mounts with each passing second Lips wet, moistened without any shame When ascendant lust rules the game And hunger aroused to savage to tame Suddenly a pinnacle beckons When ascendant lust rules the game Passion mounts with each passing second.
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I decided to write for #HappyGoose #SomethingEveryday today. And in my own #Sonnet form too, trying out different placements of that third refrain. #Quonnet #MeyersoneanSonnet #Goose
The shine of bronze with luscious copper hues
Reflected in the waters of the lake
Would cause even the toughest beast to quake
As comes the armoured fowl, Aspartagoose 

With leafy spear tucked beneath its wing,
(A stalk of iron hard asparagus)
The shine of bronze with luscious copper hues
Will serve as all its victims' last warning

So should that ever fall into your sight,
The shine of bronze with luscious copper hues
You ought to run, or else prepare to loose
At least a dozen fingers in the fight.

The shine of bronze with luscious copper hues
As comes the armoured fowl, Aspartagoose.
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#PoetsOfDoom #ArsPoetica #poetry @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social
Ars Poetica

Oh, that I would hear, with the 
ears of Soul, what is trying to 
be said, (again) instead of with 
these ears of mud. That, with
cooling breath, I curate collaged 
assemblages, and incubate them 
until they become themselves
That I be granted, the grace to 
build with my hands, bespoke 
load bearing armature, capable 
of carrying, that which needs 
saying, in ways that it can be 
heard. If need be, that I toil
and never toil for toils sake 
Let me tread gently. For it to 
be vital, help me to get out of 
its way. Let me remember
that I am not it, it is not me 
Oh Love, let me love it out 
into the world, and then, have
me sleep this night, to dream
that I am there, albeit briefly
 
                                      —Fleur du P
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28th September world #Rabies day.... #Cherita #SomethingEveryday #writing #prompt #writesky #writingprompt #blueskypoetry #5amwritersclub #amwriting @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#AmpersandAfterDark #prompt #triolet two hours before closing @madp03t.bsky.social #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OOPS! 🫠 So sorry, FAM, we forgot to turn on FREE ART subs this month! Our bad! 🫣 They are turned on now! 🖌️ Free art subs will remain open the entire month of October! Please send us your best! 🎨
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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@rfsmith.bsky.social here is my #Apocalypse poem for your #PromptCombo call. #Poetry
Burn

You say it will burn.  
Trumpets will split the sky, 
and I’ll be left in the wreckage.

Well, good.  
Let it burn.

Let the sky split.  
Let the faithful rise  
with their wagging fingers  
and Sunday-best shame.

I’ll take the ash and cracked earth,  
the silence after sermons,  
the streets without judgment.

You call it punishment.  
I call it release.
No more eyes searching for sin.  
No more venomous mouths 
spitting scripture,
preaching division.
 
The outcasts will survive. 
Plant gardens in the rubble.  
Dance without guilt.  
Love without permission.
Stay where the flames  
make light, 
and freedom  
makes room for truth.
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This began life as a #Triolet #TrioletJam now it’s a #Cascade thanks for the new form @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @trioletjam.bsky.social #poetry
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is going to turn into a #Cascade Poem #TrioletJam #Triolet #WindowSeat Thanks to @trioletjam.bsky.social @jamellen.bsky.social
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brilliant, well deserved Paul
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@weirdmicro.bsky.social #Cherita #CharmingRuin #Poetry
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#poetsofdoom #arspoetica #sonnet
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S. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com · 28/09/2026
ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT :D #poetry #promptcombo #competition #submission It needs 20 poets to have entered for the cash prize to be awarded. Could you make that happen??? Entries to moveablepress (at) gmail (dot) com <3
A yellow metal watering can on a black background. Superimposed on it is the following:

Ways of Seeing: A Series of Poetic Experiments.

Underneath in friendly letters it states: #1: Yellow Jug 

Subs are Open!A set of Instructions for the challenge:

1. Write a ten line poem.
2. your title must be ‘yellow jug’.
3. a description of a yellow jug must appear, in some form, as part of the poem, but the words ‘yellow’ and ‘Jug’ cannot be repeated.

- No simultaneous submissions

- Max of 3 poems per poetA reminder this Experiment closes on September 30th and some additional instructions:

- A shortlist of 10 poems will be chosen for an online archive beginning in October 2026

- The poem that, in the opinion of the judge (me) does the best job of fulfilling the brief and simultaneously subverting the concept will be awarded £20 (via Paypal)[*]

Submit your work to
moveablepress[at]gmail.com

with ‘#1: Yellow Jug’
as your title.

Subs close on on September 30th. Start writing now!!!!!

[*] Prize awarded only if at least 20 poets submit their work, and yes, ACTUAL MONEY.
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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PERVERSE 10A is out today! The first section of this issue! This week features five poems by Meredith MacLeod Davidson, Hélène Demetriades, Soledad Santana, Ian D Smith and Sophie Herxheimer. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-10a
perverse.substack.com
PERVERSE 10A
“release the dogs...”
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WeirdMicro @weirdmicro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good afternoon, writers! In the mood to write something enchantingly woeful or perhaps grievously winsome? Today’s #WeirdMicro prompt is: Charming ruin Pucker up. Write a tiny tale or poem. Combos encouraged! #MakeItWeird
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TrioletJam @trioletjam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey all, here is the last prompt for this week! please always tag #TrioletJam so I can share your work! Triolet format is above in the banner ☝️ Have fun 🖊️💜🖊️ #Triolet #TrioletPoetry #PoetryPrompt
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Raymond Bevilacqua-Steinmetz @raymonds-towers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A surly downpour loosens the knots of long-held silence, leaving restraint dripping from every word. #firewords280 #prompt surly downpour #PoetryCommunity #poetry
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anne @annemorrigan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
good day, haiku crew 👋☺️ 
today's #haikufeels #prompt is 

 promise
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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For challenge no. 65 of #ampersandafterdark #prompt "two hours before closing" #writing #microfiction #fiction #ISmellToast
written and (c) 2026 by Eric Montgomery (@madp03t.bsky.social). All Rights Reserved. 

"Last call for alcohol. If you want another beer, now's the time. If you already have three in front of you, this announcement isn't for you.

Just a reminder, trivia night is Wednesday, dogs are welcome on the patio, and whoever keeps feeding quarters into the thermostat, that's not how it works.

Also, we're about two hours before closing, so if you're planning on ordering food, you're too late."

*wait, what is that? do I smell toast?*

_...oh shit._

[click]
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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A poem for #sonsday - for all those waking up to an empty or emptier nest this morning! ❤️ #poetry #sons #parenting @atriumpoetry.bsky.social
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