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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#HaikuFeels #Harm #Haiku Weeds strangle flowers. Sexual abuse wrecks lives. Harm stays a lifetime.

A blogspot cartoon shows a tall green weed gritting its teeth as it's strangling an orange flower with her antennas up. Yet the expression on the flower's face looks like one of resignation. Weeds have harmed her before and will again.

Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#BlueSkyMonday #SalvadoreDaliMuseum On Bluesky Monday, the brilliant blue sky appears to have turned the glass dome of the Dali Museum blue, but the glass itself is a blue hue.

A perfect blue sky appears in the upper right corner. The entire left side of the photo shows St Petersburg's Dali Musuem. The huge dome on the side of the building is blue, too. Yet the sky has a more magnificent hue. I think Salvadore Dali himself would be bemused!

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The Sunday Long Read @thesundaylongread.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's top pick this week, @mradamtaylor.bsky.social & @davidnakamura.bsky.social dive into the State Department's Office of Remigration (the name of the group itself is a matter of much debate). www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation

Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#ThreeWordGenre #WhereTheRoadEnded Where the road ended . . . DEATH DECISIVELY DESCENDED

i-stock photo of a straight country road that seems to be heading nowhere. In the center of it is a huge yellowish-gold road sign that says in black lettering, End of the Road.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#FloweringFriday #PoemsAbout #Rot #Haiku Corpse Flower Flowering Friday Meet our world's largest flower Smells like rotten flesh

Picture of a gigantic burnt-orange flower. In fact, it's the largest individual flower on earth. It's called the corpse flower because it gives off a horrific smell, like rotting flesh, to attract flies and bugs.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

bsky.app/profile/patl... How the world is justly viewing us in 2026 wth Trump's immigration policies going unchecked.

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Three Word Genre @threewordgenre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Beauty takes a long walk. Paris apparently refuses to be ordinary. French architecture delights #ThreeWordGenre

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Chilly October's chilly winds await; birds gathering to fly North again.

A flock of birds flying North are the central focus of this picture from Smithsonian Magazine. Below them is a golden sunset. Below that, the dark ocean. Above the birds are dark storm clouds making the scene look chilly indeed.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#ThreeWordGenre #AlongTheRiverbank #Paris #Seine Along the riverbank . . . French archtcture delights

It's a cold January day in Paris. The sky is bluish-gray. The River Seine looks greenish-brown, rough and choppy. The 700 year-old buildings along the riverbank are cream-colored renaissance architectural delights.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#HaikuFeels #Cool Cold Is Not Cool Broken promises matter not to cold liar and his followers

Trump in red USA hat standing at a black podium with gold President of the United States on it. Behind him are expressionless, complicit supporters listening to him coolly weave more lies about his broken promises.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#SmallPoemsSunday O make me a mask and a wall to shut from your spies Of the sharp, enamelled eyes and the spectacled claws Rape and rebellion in the nurseries of my face. Gag of dumbstruck tree to block from bare enemies The bayonet tongue in this undefended prayerpiece . . . by Dylan Thomas

From casolia.com: a photo of a bohemian mask leaning against a wooden fence. The white face mask is decorated with coral flowers, green leaves, and ornate gold trim around the eyes and the entire mask.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#BlueSkyPoetry #FadingFootsteps #BSPP57 #Departures Dad limped because of polio, but it didn't slow his pace. He played sports and even climbed mountains. After his 100th birthday, he began falling frequently. His fading footsteps led to a motorized wheel chair to avoid missing out on anything.

Here's a picture of my 100 year old father in his motorized wheel chair out and about in the world. In this picture he's wearing a light greenish-blue shirt. He's still quite handsome, and no one ever believed he was his age.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #PurpleFriday Sea of lavender Brings sensory overload Simply breathtaking

Cotswold Lavender Farm: rear view of white farmhouse with green fields beyond it and a field of purple lavender in the forefront of the picture. Closest to the camera are large stalks of fresh lavender. The dark clouds in the background also have purplish hues.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#OurPoetryX #StoneWalls #PoetryEnthusiasts My soul longs to commune with yours, but you have withdrawn cocoon-like. Sharing takes two; melacholy is singular. I could climb the stone wall you've erected around yourself, but who knows what other barricades you've built to keep out true intimacy.

Autumn scene: long stone wall, far left, stretches past the center of this Shutterstock photo getting smaller in the distance. Pale blue sky has dark clouds above the setting sun. In the foreground, long golden strawlike grass is sprinkled with orange and yellow wild flowers.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@bsky.app #BlueSkyRemnant #Micropoems #AfterTheAutumnEquinox After the Autumn Equinox Crisp air opens our senses. Nights, like a 60s miniskirt, get cooler and shorter. Autumn hues abound; gold taking the forefront. The scent of burning leaves, no longer legal, fills nostrils with alarm.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#SmallPoemsSunday #StephenSpender #Mask "Mask" by Stephen Spender The face of the landscape is a mask of bone and iron lines where time has plowed its character... As man behind his mask still wears a child.

A 1920's photo of man looking at his own reflection in an old wooden mirror. However, the reflection he sees is one of himself as a child.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

bsky.app/profile/madd... This sick narcissist wants his name on everything except decency.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#HaikuSaturday #Senryu #575Poem #Haiku Friendship memory Dahlias dancing in the wind Made our spirits laugh

Golden dahlias in full bloom dancing in the wind.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#PaintByWords #Chrysanthemum #Haiku #Kigo Dulled by troubled world? Seek nature's optimism. Autumn hues delight!

Large golden-orange chrysanthemums in full bloom bursting with optomistic brightness

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@bsky.app #OurPoetryX #Resplendent #WelshEnglynion Remembering my first kiss which fulfilled a teenaged wish as resplendent harvest moon played a love tune hard to miss. Youngest couple on hayride, we snuggled up side by side. You leaned in as my heart flips; warm lips met, took it in stride.

Photo shows a hayride on a leaf-strewn county road. Tall golden-hued trees line both sides of the dirt road.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#ThreeWordGenre #UnderHarvestMoons Under harvest moons . . . moonlit moments magnified

Huge golden-orange harvest moon dominates this picture. The bottom forefront, in black, are the treetops of a forest. Top left shows barren tree limbs.

The photo was found on Etsy anonymously

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#BlueSkyRemnant #AfterTheFirstWoolSweater After the first wool sweater, on a crisp autumn day, heart races with childhood memories of walks through wooded trails.

Path with fallen autumn leaves leading into a wooded area. Quote says "Every leaf speaks bliss to me."

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#DailyHaikuPrompt #OrchidShoots #Haikus Orchid shoots emerge Like green snakes with mitten tops Life begins anew

Purplish-pink orchids with golden centers. In the bottom foreground shoots are growing upward.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#HaikuFeels #Fan Early Grieving Drying in the sun Anhingas fan their feathers - Tears intensify

Picture by M.H.Sharp/Science Photo Library

An anhinga - a bird with a snake like neck - sits atop a log on the pale blue water. Its wings are outstretched to dry in the brilliant sunshine.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#BlueSkyRemnant #AfterTheSchoolBellRings After the school bell rings on the first day, the seasoned teacher welcomes her students with kindness, respect, and humor. Her love for children and passion for teaching are apparent. The 25 young minds in her care release an inaudible sigh of relief.

An old Norman Rockwell painting of a teacher sitting amongst her students who are engrossed in what she is reading to them.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#ColorADay #BlueTuesday Clear Lake doesn't look so clear. Vegetation appears parched. But the hawk coasting Across the azure blue sky Seems unfazed.

Clear Lake, California, a year after devastating fires. The water looks sea green but the sky above the rolling green hills is a perfect shade of azure blue. There's a lone hawk soaring across the sky near the top of the photo.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#BlueSkyMonday #Photography #Rainbowfarewell For Blue Sky Monday, the day after my dad died, a rainbow farewell.

A blue sky with pink clouds and a beautiful rainbow, the symnol of hope. In the foreground is a palm tree surrounded by a bush with red flowers. To the right is a small pond.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#BlueSkyRemnant #AftertheCricketsBeginSinging After the crickets begin singing, Ravinia Festival-goers witness the electrifying debut of Klaus Makela conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Strings serenade the summer crowd and the crickets with Stravinsky, Sibelius & Strauss.

New conductor in a white tuxedo and young violinist dressed in black draw you into the picture. Chicago Symphany Orchestra members dressed in white are in the foreground. The outdoor crowd at the Ravinia Festival are seen in the background.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#OurPoetryX #UnderTheStars #PoetryCommunity Attempting to imagine Vincent's thoughts while drawing A Starry Night. Later learned he was in an assylum with a windowless room!

Vincent VanGogh's A Starry Night, 1889
Small town and large cyprus tree in forefround. Blue and aqua hills in the center, and large swirling stars across a wave-like sky.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#HaikuFeels #Deploy #Haiku Moonflowers unfold Soldiers deploy near and far Trump's weak whims revealed

2026 New York Times photo of troops in long line, 5 abreast, being deployed

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#FlowersFriday Finding beauty on a hot humid day. Just a periwinkle others might say.

A tall hot pink periwinkle plant with the deck of an apartment complex behind it. Large green leaves in the foreground.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#PaintByWords #Lightning #Haiku Lightning bolts alarm; A solar eclipse strikes awe. Heightened awareness.

There was a total solar eclipse on 8-12-2026. This picture shows people on a hilltop watching as the moon blocks the Sun causing the sky to turn as dark as night. The Sun's corona shines brightly and looks like a halo around the darkened moon.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#BlueskyRemnant #AfterTheCampfireGoesCold #Poetry #Photography Cold Hard Facts For 115 summers, Chicago youth traveled to Camp Saugatuck changing their lives forever. Until the vultures swept in - million-dollar vacation homes were built. No more campers after the campfire went cold.

Sun setting over Lake Michigan. The sky is burnt orange. The sun casts a golden reflection on the calm water.

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#HaikuFeels #Flow #Haiku #Poetry #WritingCommunity Jelly fish swaying Ninety-five percent water - Going with the flow

Two blue flourescent jellyfish swimming in a dark black sea. They are mushroom-shaped .

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Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#BlueSkyPoetry #BSPP56 #SidewalkConversation #Poetry Today's prompt (Sidewalk Conversation) reminded me of the poem ""Settling In" by gifted poet and profound keynote- presenter Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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