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Albert Kirk Jr @albertkirkjr.bsky.social · 6h

A like #Scotstober 😃

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 7h

#Scotstober Day 9 The day's wird is 'gean', an Ah dinnae think Ah ken at plant. - *Ah'm nae native spikker **wird: gean

#Scotstober Day 9

The day's wird is 'gean', an Ah dinnae think Ah ken at plant.

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*Ah'm nae native spikker
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 8h

#Scotstober 2026 Ane thing Ah lik aboot October is a het soupie efter a hairst daunder. Fit's a thing ye lik aboot October? - *Thare hasnae been ony annooncement fir the year's #Scotstober, sae Ah'm skaerin things Ah lik aboot October. **Ah'm nae native spikker.

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 8h

Moin. I'm late. Short night. For a happy reason. Crappy sleep. Don't know why. Found myself gagging this morning. So, cancelled the plans for the day. Taking in slow. But had a happy birthday. #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a pigeon gently cooing. How are you? - #KBFMoin #Photography

A close-up of dried, bell-shaped bellflower seed pods.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 9h

#3GoodThings (2026-10-08) 1) Had a peaceful Birthday. 2) Took a pleasant #KBFWalk. 3) Stayed creative. Yours? - #Photography #Autumn #UrbanNature

View along a path in autumnal woods.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 9h

#KBFWalk (2026-10-08) I took one to and a little into the park. Got rained on. Enjoyed the cooler breeze. Dogs startled their owners by starting to walk next to me. (I did nothing.) - #Photography #Autumn #UrbanNature #KBFWotY

A close-up of a fallen leaf with raindrops on it on top of colourful foliage.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#WritingCommunity #poetry #vss365 (sin) @ourpoetryx.bsky.social @darkxfer.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @madp03t.bsky.social - Falling One yellowing, heart-shaped leaf cannot hold on to the aspen any longer. Green protruding veins still reminisce about Summer. A decorous... 1/6

Falling

One yellowing, heart-shaped leaf cannot hold on to the aspen any longer. Green protruding veins still reminisce about Summer. A decorous deception. Nobody can vanquish death.

I observe the aspen heart dance through the air past a few last sunflowers that are reflecting golden hues. Then, it veers towards rugose hydrangea. Perhaps it admires how beautifully they are ageing.

It does not make a difference, I think, as a sequel to memories unravels feelings I hoped had long gone. Now they are towering over me like monuments of shame and regret.

I know they are not mine. It was just convenient to park them in my nervous system. That one, that feels too much and bothersome to others. It seems people can never make up their minds.

Your rasping breath mixes with the aspen's susurration. The effects of the cough syrup must be wearing off. I shake the empty bottle and set it aside.

The dancing heart of gold sails on as I walk into the kitchen to fetch our steak knife. One clean cut takes care of it.

The aspen heart lands the instant the first drop of blood hits the floor.

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#Scotstober Day 8 Thare ur mony birdies at the near aboots pairk. A dinnae think Ah've iver seen ony brichties, but. - *Ah'm nae native spikker **wird: brichtie @leftpeggers.bsky.social

#Scotstober Day 8

Thare ur mony birdies at the near aboots pairk. A dinnae think Ah've iver seen ony brichties, but.

© Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree

*Ah'm nae native spikker
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#Scotstober 2026 Ane thing Ah lik aboot October is ma birthday. (Aye, it's the day. 😁) Fit's a thing ye lik aboot October? - *Thare hasnae been ony annooncement fir the year's #Scotstober, sae Ah'm skaerin things Ah lik aboot October. **Ah'm nae native spikker.

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Moin. Today has become an ambivalent date since hell. It seems I'm getting better at balaning. #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a blue titmouse tweeping Happy Birthday. How are you? - #KBFMoin #Photography #UrbanNature #ThickTrunkThursday

A close-up of a well rooted tree trunk. Black-and-white picture with pink filter.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Taking Stock Another year has been added to my life cycle, and today is far away from perfect. But I am celebrating. Over the past year, I have seen my experience invalidated, dismissed, reinterpreted, and eradicated. Not by random strangers. By people close to... 1/4

In the middle a close-up of a backlit Dahlia Merkii flower © Stefanie Neumann - #KBFPhotography. To the left and right the text Taking Stock © Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree in light-yellow font on dark-blue background:

Taking Stock

Another year has been added to my life cycle, and today is far away from perfect.

But I am celebrating.

Over the past year, I have seen my experience invalidated, dismissed, reinterpreted, and eradicated. Not by random strangers. By people close to me. Who say they love me.

Often, it made me feel like a POS.

And yet, here I am, still loving myself.
And yet, here I am, still loving them.
And yet, here I am, still loving.

I realise what this means:
It means they didn't win.

They cannot win a battle I'm not fighting.
And I'm not fighting with them anymore.
Their view of the world is theirs.

Me?
I am raising my vibration.
My focus shifts to what supports me.
I deactivate the triggers that keep me entangled.
And I remember how to love from a distance.

Most don't even see the mountains I have moved.
Those who do are amazed I could.
Sometimes I wonder about it, myself.

Must be the resilience that so many "experts" said I don't have.

Anyway,

Happy Birthday
To Me.

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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#AmpersandAfterDark for 10-7-2026: An object must be used correctly for a purpose it was never designed for. Tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post! 🫠 #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#3GoodThings 1) Prepared tasty food for a special day. 2) Took a pleasant #KBFWalk 3) Stayed creative. Yours? - #Photography #BloomScrolling #RosesOnWednesday

A close-up of an opening cream-yellow rose flower.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#KBFWalk Took a late one to the park and even a few steps in - despite a tiresome day. Summer is still reminiscent. - #Photography #RosesOnWednesday #BloomScrolling #Autumn

A close-up of an opening, creme-yellow rose.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

All unique pieces Raw feelings refined Tempered with patience Into this unique form Skill that meets an open heart All unique pieces New owners will appreciate - #AcrosticChallenge #WritingCommunity #poetry #acrostic

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#vss365 @ladydecrescent.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social @darkxfer.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social - Pagan Dreams The empty chair stands like an island amidst the busy fair. Warm lights illuminate the velvety darkness - as if to ward it off. Brown and golden leaves rustle under... 1/5

Pagan Dreams

The empty chair stands like an island amidst the busy fair. Warm lights illuminate the velvety darkness - as if to ward it off. Brown and golden leaves rustle under people's steps. The aroma of coffee percolating next to an open fire with roasted chestnuts is filling the air. A display of roses is bleeding colours onto concrete.

I'm walking in the shadows, watching stertorous corpses ridicule the old rites, pretending to be alive. Somewhere, a man is paying an encomium to the pittance rewarding those who keep this farce running. I'm almost smitten by his stance.

I rid myself of idle thoughts as I see a silhouette dance towards the spare seat. Your reminiscence is still strong. I gasp, then hold my breath in awe.

With my exhale, tension's dam breaks. The tempest is not vindictive. Yet, I'm not grieving the life eradicated from this town.

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𝙻𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝙳𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𓈒𓐍𓈒𓂂✿𓏸𓐍𓈒𓂂𓈒*𓏸︎︎︎︎⁡U @ladydecrescent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Autumn magic has colored the leaves and made this world even more beautiful. Inspire others with your writing. De Crescent prompts 7.10.-14.10. #Roasted_chestnuts #walking_in_the_shadows #warded #Golden_leaves Use #DeCrescent_prompt and @ladydecrescent.bsky.social for RT Let's write ✍🏻

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#Scotstober Day 7 Ilka year, thare ur puddocks veesitin the wee pownd at the pairk tae breed. - *Ah'm nae native spikker **wird: puddock @leftpeggers.bsky.social

#Scotstober Day 7

Ilka year, thare ur puddocks veesitin the wee pownd at the pairk tae breed.

© Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree

*Ah'm nae native spikker
**wird: puddock

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#Scotstober 2026 Ane thing Ah lik aboot October is at it's gittin caulder agin. Fit's a thing ye lik aboot October? - *Thare hasnae been ony annooncement fir the year's #Scotstober, sae Ah'm skaerin things Ah lik aboot October. **Ah'm nae native spikker.

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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

👻🧟‍♀️🦇 #ISmellToast 🦇🧟‍♀️👻 The artwork is all done. @madp03t.bsky.social is beavering away making it all look fabulous. We are on track for the 31st October launch 🎃🎃🎃

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Halloween Pumpkin Head Dance

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Moin. Sleep wasn't well and I got things to do. Feeling overwhelmed, today. Still taking it one breath at a time. #FirstBirdOfMyDay was one of a small group of blue titmice. But the crows are chatty, too. How are you? - #KBFMoin #Photography #RosesOnWednesday #BloomScrolling

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Dan/Danj/Daniel @danj72.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is a stigma attached to the word quit Suggesting decisions taken too easily If only there was more moral fibre Then there would never be a need to stop But Maybe to paraphrase No goal is an #island Each task we set our sights on Sits inside a life And sometimes life takes priority #Vss365

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David Costello Photography @davidcostellodc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Northern Lights over Dún Laoghaire Pier Hard to believe it's almost 2 years since the skies over Ireland lit up like this. Photographed on 10 October 2024, this is a frame I never got around to sharing at the time. #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #DunLaoghaire #Dublin 📍 Dún Laoghaire, Dublin

A vivid display of the Northern Lights fills the night sky above Dún Laoghaire Pier in Dublin, with sweeping green, purple, pink and red aurora colours stretching across a star-filled sky. The illuminated pier runs along the horizon, with its lights reflected in the calm water below.

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#3GoodThings 1) Managed to catch up with some necessary stuff. 2) Took a beautiful #KBFWalk to the park and back. 3) Stayed creative. Yours? - #Photography

A close-up of a tiny white feather on darker sandy ground.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#KBFWalk Another one to the park and back. Beautiful light. The temperature was perfect. It smelled of fungi. A perfect #Autumn walk. - #Photography #UrbanNature #KBFWotY

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Unleashed hearts entwine No space between as they unite Beguiling time in each other's arms Only this, only now, as the world falls away Unleashed hearts entwine No space between as they unite Do not think about tomorrow - #WritingCommunity #poetry #acrostic #vss365 #AcrosticChallenge

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Celestial glow in the evening Harbours the last light of the day Odes unwritten swell feathered chests Ringing out from every tree Unravel what weighed down heart & mind Serenity folds its sails to anchor - #WritingCommunity #poetry #acrostic #vss365 #AcrosticOctober @daveashleypoet.bsky.social

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

... & my bed is a boat with the tide rocking me to sleep. & with my blanket, I set #sail to dreamlands, not yet known ... #vss365

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#WritingCommunity #vss365 @ourpoetryx.bsky.social @darkxfer.bsky.social - Mummification Valour had set sail by the time silver moonlight poured through the window. This spineless sycophant did not even say goodbye. "Poltroon!" - He thought, quailing, weary of desire's... 1/5

Mummification

Valour had set sail by the time silver moonlight poured through the window. This spineless sycophant did not even say goodbye.

"Poltroon!"

- He thought, quailing, weary of desire's dreams. Trying to stay awake, he still hoped this grail would pass, tonight. Until he grew weary of hope. Then he grew weary of being awake, too.

The moment he had fallen asleep, Lily rode into the room on a silver ray. She smiled at the sight of this perfectly imperfect human.

Tonight, she did not come to snack.
Tonight, she would come to feast.

Her lips made the gentlest contact with his. Docile, his tongue answered to hers, longingly. Her kiss deepened softly until she got a hard response. Then she rode him. Long. Passionately. Come again? Of course. Harder, each time.

He earned every wrinkle...

Branches brushed lightly against the window at dawn. Right before the sunrise's gold poured into the room. It is rarely spoken of, but the morning does have a sense for elegant morbidity.

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Scotstober Day 6 Ma heid is hoachin wi things, Ah cannae think o onything tae scrieve, the day. - *Ah'm nae native spikker **wird: hoachin @leftpeggers.bsky.social

#Scotstober Day 6

Ma heid is hoachin wi things, Ah cannae think o onything tae scrieve, the day.

© Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree

*Ah'm nae native spikker
**wird: hoachin

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R.S. Russo @r-s-russo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Scotstober 2026 Ane thing Ah lik aboot October is the gowden efternuin light. Fit's a thing ye lik aboot October? - *Thare hasnae been ony annooncement fir the year's #Scotstober, sae Ah'm skaerin things Ah lik aboot October. **Ah'm nae native spikker.

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Moin. I realised that part of why I'm feeling weird is the annual trauma from hell. My mind forgets. But my body remembers. Taking it one step at a time. #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a blue titmouse. Thei are very chatty this morning. How are you? - #KBFMoin #Photography #Autumn

The backlit, red-and-orange canopy of an unidentified tree against a bright-blue sky.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#3GoodThings 1) Received the sweetest early birthday gift. 2) Was gifted 100 potential sunflowers when passing by a frontyard on my #KBFWalk. (see pics) 3) Stayed creative. Yours? - #Photography #BloomScrolling #UrbanNature

A close-up of a wilted sunflower head without petals.
© Stefanie Neumann - #KBFPhotography

A close-up of a wilted sunflower head without petals where part of the seeds is visible underneath the stamen.
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some flowers bloom because they are cultivated. Others bloom because they refuse to be tamed. This week’s Voice of Valo(U) finalists brought that rebellious spirit to the arena. Their words do not ask permission to bloom. They bloom wild. Read and vote ⬇️⚔️⬇️

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#KBFWalk Managed to get to the park and back. Caught some sun. Found remnants of Summer. Encountered kindness. - #Autumn #BloomScrolling #UrbanNature #Photography

A close-up of an orange marigold flower.
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#vss365 #BornBattleReady #WritingCommunity @darkxfer.bsky.social @ladydecrescent.bsky.social - Wild Dahlia As the world falls She rises Letting the golden And rusty Debris Be The fertilizing ember For she is not stopped By the mountain That lies ahead It is Where she originates But... 1/2

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #FromOneLine 431 @darkxfer.bsky.social @madp03t.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social - She counted the bells. ONE... Holding her left index finger over the glass, her gaze wandered towards the window. TWO... Watching the clouds in the twilight skies turned... 1/5

She counted the bells.

ONE...
Holding her left index finger over the glass, her gaze wandered towards the window.

TWO...
Watching the clouds in the twilight skies turned uneasy into a littoral breeze seasoned with salt and sand, as she remembered the ocean's waves washing over her bare feet, earlier on this last warm day.

THREE...
A reminiscence of her severed sanity lingered as every shadow whispered the murmur of the sea.

FOUR...
This memory would be weaponized against her, too, for sure.

FIVE...
But for this moment, the slick rubber tangled around her feet was not important.

SIX...
Her only focus was the sparkling sunlight dancing on the rippling water in her mind.

SEVEN...
The glass started to move her finger over the letters on the spirit board.

EIGHT...
A message from the graveyard cabaret:

NINE...
Why

TEN...
Do

ELEVEN...
We

TWELVE...
Wait?

Thirteen feet of garden hose pulled her away as the hurricane broke loose.

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Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 05/10/2026

October challenge. Find an old photo (preferably in a biscuit tin or an older relative's biscuit tin or wherever they keep old photos) and write a poem about it. Post both the photo and the poem on here with the #oddchallenge tag. I'll pick a selection for a #60Odd #poetry page later in the month.

This is my Dad (left) and My Uncle John (Right) on the beach in Blackpool in the late 1950s. Uncle John had driven there. He had been trying to teach my dad to drive, but gave up - no patience My dad never learned to drive.

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sweet face & furry tail Quick, elegant moves along the rail Up & further up the tree In yellowing forest as if 2 flee Roaring hurricanes the woods await Roaming - acorns & nuts R the bait Every treasure will not be found Leftovers may grow from this ground - #vss365 #WritingCommunity #poetry

Sweet face and furry tail
Quick, elegant moves along the rail
Up and further up the tree
In yellowing forest as if to flee
Roaring hurricanes the woods await
Roaming - acorns and nuts are the bait
Every treasure will not be found
Leftovers may grow from this ground

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Standing straight against hurricanes Tall as a tree but not bending Immovable like a mountain Fierce as a fortress against all Flexibility? - It got lost - #vss365 #AcrosticChallenge #WritingCommunity #poetry #acrostic

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dear #BornBattleReady Community, if you have contributed this week and I haven't got to you, yet, this means your poem hasn't shown up for me because of technical reasons. In this case, please be so kind and tag me. I cannot take into account what I haven't seen. @thepoetryarena.bsky.social

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