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Lori Jones @lorijonespoetry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've added copies of my book to little libraries around the west Village in New York. If you're in the area, stop by to snag one! 💜

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It's tantalising the way you hang around long after you've left the scent of your cologne, like a memory half-formed your ghostly outline haunting my sheets the fading aria of a kiss echoing across my lips tarry a while longer in the spaces time missed. #sensewrds 253

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Kettle @kittenstrudel.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Elena Polishchuk, Monsieur Noir and the Red Teapot, oil on canvas, 2026

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Gen AI is bullshit. No one who is creative needs it. It doesn't replicate or replace skills. It doesn't add value. It is a thievery machine. It's talent from TEMU -- you order a blender, but it robs a pet store and brings you a snake. It's not a tool in a toolbox. It's cowshit. Hope this helps.

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

#Intentional when i said I'd do the dishes what i meant was I can see the strain of day on your shoulders how worry furrows your brow and how I know nothing I might say can ease it so perhaps I can wash a bit away with water and soap #retroartprompt

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Alpenglow Raevyn @landseasky.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Drifting in between My mind remembers Horror stories I have lived Guilt floods in Between the soft & tender Whispers of my love They tell me I am safe But I remember Mind reminds Rewinds To darker days If only kisses Swept it all away I’m held instead Until this dread Is gone #poetry #ptsd

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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My peonies painting Art with flowers

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Lori Jones @lorijonespoetry.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Saved on Sunday #poetry #poetrybook #thesweetening www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sweete...

SAVED ON SUNDAY

You titter and grin,
banter and jest,
radiating normal niceties—
but I see through
Whatever devil’s inside you,
you shut him up on Sundays
We dodge most sermons
except when you’ve fallen from grace,
when you need to be cleansed
Pass the plate
You’re generous
You fake it
irritatingly well
A wolf in a sheep’s suit,
frocked women flock to you
and cluck about how great you are
Like you’re the second coming;
forbidden fruit they’re craving,
but they shouldn’t indulge
You bask in your own glory
It’s horrifying
I hate bearing witness
to this falsity
They don’t know your monster
They don’t know how you release him
once you’re out of His house
and back in yours

It didn’t matter
who you hurt,
the wrecks you raged,
the fire and brimstone you rained
Monday through Saturday
because on Sunday
He absolved you
You’re washed in the whatever,
saved from yourself
But who is going to
s a v e m e
from you?

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Sometimes the poems I write aren’t the ones I intend to write.

This is Not the Poem I Had Hoped to Write

This is not the poem I had hoped to write
when I sat at my desk and the page was white.
You see, there were other words I’d had in mind,
yet this is what I leave behind.

I thought it was a poem to eradicate war;
one of such power, it would heal all the sores
of a world torn apart by conflict and schism.
But it isn’t.

Lovers, I’d imagined, would quote from it daily,
Mothers would sing it to soothe crying babies.
And whole generations would be given new hope.
Nope.

I had grand aspirations. Believe me, I tried.
Humanity examined with lessons applied.
But the right words escaped me; so often they do.
Have these in lieu.

Brian Bilston

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Such a variety of wildlife when you put a watering spot

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Lori Jones @lorijonespoetry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The first review I've received of my book (found on Goodreads). I'm mindblown by these kind words. Thank you for reading. 🥹💜 #poetryreview #bookreview #thesweetening

Review on Goodreads:

This poetry book felt less like reading and more like being understood. Every poem carried emotion in such a raw, honest way that I found myself stopping after certain pages just to sit with what I had read. The writing is beautifully vulnerable without ever feeling forced, and there's depth to these poems that lingers long after you finish the book. What i love most was how relatable it felt- heartbreak, healing, longing, self-discovery, love, loneliness- every emotion was captured with so much humanity and grace. Some lines hit so hard they felt like they had been pulled directly from my own thoughts. You can tell this wasn't written just to sound pretty; it was written to make people feel something, and it absolutely does. This is the kind of poetry collection you underline, revisit, and keep close to you when you need comfort or clarity. An unforgettable read. Easily a 5- star book for me.

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

To love is not to own, love me like a flower in a field all alone— tended carefully but never plucked from where it's grown touch me as if your hands could tell the story your heart wishes to write, inscribe your words over my body yet thread carefully, this flower has her thorns. #mpprompt

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Andrii Frolov @artandriifrolov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"Night City View" - my oil painting

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

My sleep disturbed by torrents of anxiety like tossing through the night on a stormy sea with diligence I take the vitamins, I drink the drinks, those ultimate elixirs promising magical dreams & youth relived yet still I crawl crone-like from my bed, daylight burning my mummified skin.

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Rasta @rastasack.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"Make Art Not War" #Art #War #VivRus

This painting is titled "Make Art Not War" by the London-based artist Viv Rus.

Oil on canvas painting featuring a female figure wearing a military helmet with paintbrushes tucked into the side, blueish waves of hair rising under the helmet.

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