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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#HaikuSaturday #haiku seasonal visitors... acorns knock on rooftops Please add a version if you feel like it. If you want your version posted with the other versions please include the hashtag #VersionsHaikuSaturday.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Autumn leaves fall while children wait with open palms— Stop the bombs, for them. #HaikuSaturday #haiku #MicroPoetry #poetry

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Many thanks to Maura MacNeil, founder and editor of “Off the Margins” for featuring some of my creative work (writing & mixed media) on her site. #poetry #collage #haiku #ImageAndVerse #MicroCreativeNonfiction offthemargins.com

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off the margins

off the margins…into the wild terrain of women’s writing

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Michael Muller (he/him) @michaelmuller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

pond sings green, blue, brown - chorus of leaves, water, ground, each hue: its own sound #HaikuSaturday

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🟠🎉 #InternationalDotDay IS TOMORROW! Are you ready? 📝 Grab paper & something to make a mark with. 🎬 Then join us at 1 PM ET for a Dot-Tastic Watch Party & the premiere of READY SET DRAW! w/ @peterhreynolds.bsky.social! 👉 www.kidlit.tv/InternationalDotDayRE… @intldotday.bsky.social

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Karen Pleass textile artist from County Kerry, Ireland who uses repurposed fabrics, Irish tweeds, and everyday materials to create her work #Womensart

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a small house in a field with flowers under a starry sky and large moon

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Garden flowers fade. Bring out the scissors and paste— Fresh blooms in a vase. #LindaJeanBlooms #FlowerCollage #HaikuSaturday #ImageAndVerse #MicroPoetry

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#HaikuSaturday #haiku garden magic... now facing west a sunflower Please add a version if you feel like it. If you want it posted with the other versions please include the hashtag #VersionsHaikuSaturday

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

'The Letter' from a series of prints by US artist Mary Cassatt depicting ordinary moments in the life of modern middle class women, created around 1889, inspired by Japanese woodblock prints she had seen in Paris #WomensArt

Print featuring a woman in a blue patterned long dress sitting at a desk licking an envelope

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A day late for #HaikuSaturday —this one was inspired by a few days at the seashore 💙 Five wee cottages waiting for waves from the sea— how high will they be? #MicroPoetry #haiku #ImageAndVerse

Five cottages, some painted blue and yellow, side by side, where the rocky beach meets the sea.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Fiona Watson, visual artist based in Scotland with a diverse body of work including printmaking and digital art... #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print in blue of a manual typewriter facing forwards with a paper inserted with a text which states "every day I love you more. Well not every day- yesterday you were a bit annoying xx' x

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sometimes I wonder how much I miss when I'm not paying attention.

A photo of wildflowers growing in at the side of a road is overlaid with a poem about life sneaking into a crack in the asphalt.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#FullMoon in #August is also known as the Barley Moon or the #SturgeonMoon Artwork by Tamsin Abbott, English stained glass artist #WomensArt

Stained glass artwork featuring a hare faceubg right lying diwn in a golden field at night under a full moon

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

'The View from the Train' by Hester Cox, UK printmaker and artist #WomensArt #August

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Michelle Cusolito loves what she writes. Her contagious energy around writing nonfiction will have you reaching for your pen and ready to write for kids about the things that matter most to you! 12x12challenge.com/p... #picturebook #kidlit #nonfiction #writingtips @mcusolito.bsky.social

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Annette Birdsall @quirkybirds.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

dirigibleballoon.org Wonderful new poems to share just in time for the new school year! Thrilled to be along for the ride with fabulous fellow poets!

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Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children

The DB is run for children, schools and poets. We promote poetry written for children and provide a platform for writers

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Lucienne Day 1917-2010, influential mid 20thc British textile designer #womensart

Textile design with vertical rows of yellow circles and inner individual motifs inside against a white background

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#HaikuSaturday #haiku summer sunrise... the hum of the waking world Please add a version if you feel like it. If you want your version posted with the other versions please include the hashtag #VersionsHaikuSaturday

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

How quickly #HaikuSaturday comes around again! I’m looking forward to enjoying everyone’s poetry. #haiku #ImageAndVerse #MicroPoetry #ButtermilkFallsVermont Buttermilk Falls runs rough over smooth rock, past a wading pool.

Photograph of Buttermilk Falls in Ludlow, Vermont

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Happy #HaikuSaturday! Photograph taken in Weston, Vermont this week 💛 Black-eyed Susan soon winter seed for goldfinches— petals like sun’s rays.

Garden of Black-eyed Susans behind rail fence in Weston, Vermont.

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Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

baby forest measures its height in ripples growth rings #ForestFriday 💚 #HaikuSaturday eve 💚 #solarfountain

small pond across bottom of photo stretching to the middle of the photo; small fountain makes ripples on the water; grass on banks; 25ish-year-old trees surround pond; reflection of trees in water; blue sky with white clouds above and in pond reflection

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Textile artist Caroline Dunn, mixed media with embroidery #womensart

Pictorial textile artwork featuring birds flying abover summer fields

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Rachel Hayes, contemporary artist who creates textile based largescale outdoor, site specific installations #WomensArt

Photo featuring a rectangular striped textile piece held vertically on a frame made from thin, long pieces of wood, in a grassy landscape under a blue sky

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This month’s featured author, @jilanne.bsky.social, reminds us: ✍️ “My writing career is like my investment portfolio. I don’t keep all of my eggs in one basket, because the market will always fluctuate.” Read more: buff.ly/AebOrLj #kidlit #12x12PB

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy #HaikuSaturday A dammed pond escapes into its river of rocks— I embrace the rush. #haiku #ImageAndVerse #ArtInNature #MicroPoetry

Photograph of river flowing over rocks with waterfall from dam in background

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I just read Issue 14, Traditions & Rituals by Little Thoughts Press. It begins with beautiful cover art by Rachael Taylor—a quilt-like collection of different colors and interesting textures.This art speaks to me of the wonderful variety of multicultural stories shared in this issue. #kidlit

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Little Thoughts Press Issue Fourteen: Traditions and Rituals | Little Thoughts Press

Publishing July 22, 2026Little Thoughts Press is a literary magazine for and by kids.From grand cultural traditions that build connection and form our identities, to small, individual rituals that add...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

'Cornflowers' by Susan Entwistle, contemporary UK painter who employs a modern pointillist style #WomensArt

Painting featuring a meadow of yellow and blue flowers

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Wishing everyone some moments of calm this weekend. Arrow arum and lily pads as stepping stones guide my way to Zen #HaikuSaturday #haiku #MicroPoetry #ImageAndVerse #MacDowellLake #ArtInNature

Photograph of arrow arum and lily pads in pond

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 22/07/2026

If your favorite ritual is reading each new issue cover to cover, then today is your lucky day! Issue 14: Traditions & Rituals is here! Now available in print & as a free/PWYW pdf. Special thanks to @steenahernandez.bsky.social for serving as guest editor! www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

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ISSUES | Little Thoughts

A collection of past Little Thoughts Press issues.

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

★ Elizabeth Acevedo’s “stirring” YA verse novel ANGER IS ONLY A SHADOW is “a striking and nuanced portrait of the realities of juvenile detention and mental illness”

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Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo

Acevedo (Clap When You Land) returns with a stirring verse novel about a teenager struggling to reconcile her present-day self a...

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School Library Journal @slj.com · 21/07/2026

Join us July 23rd for our sixth annual SLJ Picture Book Palooza, an all-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists from around the world. For the first time, we've included a new interactive forum. There's still time to register. #PictureBookPalooza www.slj.com/event/slj-pi...

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SLJ Picture Book Palooza

Join us July 23rd for our sixth annual SLJ Picture Book Palooza, an all-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists from around the world, who bring picture books to life with their extraordi...

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

★ Newbery Medalist Renée Watson presents “a touching and intense exploration of the connective power of loss” in her “aching” contemporary YA romance EVERYTHING NEW AGAIN

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Everything New Again by Renée Watson

Newbery Medalist Watson documents swoon-worthy first love in this aching romance set in small-town Larch Heights, Ore. Working a...

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

★ In her “arresting” dystopian middle grade novel BUILDING 903, Lois Lowry “conjures a hyper-surveillance state that mirrors contemporary attitudes surrounding censorship and control”

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Building 903 by Lois Lowry

Lowry (The Giver) pens an arresting dystopian novel that chronicles a tween discovering a cache of books and the startling truth...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Indian-American artist Deedee Cheriel, who was involved in the US #RiotGrrrl scene #womensart #Thursday

Stylised painting featuring three human bird hybrid creatures on a sail boat on an undulating sea

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And, most of all, thank you to the welcoming haiku community on Bluesky for encouraging me with your feedback on my haiku and paired images. #PoemsAloud #HaikuSaturday #Touchstone “Rose Fantasy” Audio: psnh.site/68.1-Thomas-...

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Thank you to poet Brian Evans-Jones, for selecting my poem in the Poetry in the Pines Contest this spring—sponsored by the Monadnock Writers’ Group and Cathedral of the Pines. The chosen poems are displayed on the trails at cathedralofthepines.org #PoetryFriday #MonadnockWritersGroup

Photograph of poem engraved on wood, sitting atop a post on trail in woods.

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Thank you to the editors of Touchstone by @poetrysocietynh.bsky.social for including my paired haiku and images, titled “Rose Fantasy”and “Fuller Trees” in their Spring issue. The beautiful photograph on the cover is by Elsa Voelcker. #Touchstone #PoetrySocietyofNewHampshire

Photograph titled “From Behind the Pulpits” by Elsa Voelcker

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Poetry Society of New Hampshire @poetrysocietynh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Love Music? Love Poetry? Enter the PSNH Musical Ekphrastic Poetry Contest. Publication in Touchstone and on psnh.org. There will be a performance of the piece with the winners in October at Spring Hill Studio. Open NOW til September 1! Submit and more information at psnh.org/music-ekphra...

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Linda J Thomas @lindajeantm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A tree splits head first, turned V straddling shore and pond, reflected ripples glint like flames under a log— sunlight and water ignite #tanka #TankaThursday #MicroPoetry #ImageAndVerse

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

'Summer Evening' by contemporary UK printmaker Louise Stebbing #womensart

Print featuring an orange and blue sunset over a flat rural landscape

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