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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 2h

The #goodbye #kiss was brief. And confused—undecided where to land. But they hugged like the final #yearning of a battered #sail before detaching from its #wreck. Davy Jones claimed their kiss—flinging their sunderance together for miles & miles before they... #vss365 #inkmine #2WordPrompt #Oulens

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 17h

“’Tis true I’ve butterflies inside my roly-poly belly.” BREAKING: THE HURRICANE’S NOW PREDICTABLY SPIRALING <yawn stifled> TOWARD THE HEART OF THE MILKY WAY. IT’S UNEXPECTED TO HIT BEFORE CHAOS IS ORDERED. “Shush, guys! Beat slower, will ya? Y’all remember the equation?” #vss365 #hurricane #Oulens

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julie @prairiebreezes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The PoetSpirit Journey "It is in the heart of autumn that the magical whispers of nature flourish,, #fred-forge #excerpt.from.the.book The Notulian Poets Society Tamarack National Wildlife Refuge 📷 Oct. 3 2026... Minnesota

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MyxlP @myxlp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

‘ mall shopping every which way I turn little bits of busy . #haiku #senryu #senryusunday

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ƒred ƒorge 🦋 @fred-forge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#EpistolaryConfidences Never apologize for feeling things deeply. That warmth and passion are the very essence of who you are, and i love that about you, because i'm the same. Yours in this beautiful intensity, #ƒred-ƒorge © Photographer : Arndt-Christoph Föcks | fernlichtsicht

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Anteroom (formerly The Winged Moon) @anteroompoetry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Continuing to share the beautiful work from #Biophilia, and today not one, but two poems from the very talented @jenwithwords.bsky.social. Read them here: www.anteroompoetry.com/biophilia/je...

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Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks to Ronnie for last week's fantastic prompt! This week tag me @emteepoetry.bsky.social #PromptCombo #Winged Winged or Wingèd? Birds, bugs, planes etc, or dragons/ wingèd cryptids? Icarus? Or winged, as in wounded? Just a few of the possibilities. Looking forward to reading your work!

Micropoem about an airplane in concrete form

Photo of a black and white pigeon, with a black mark on its head like a small hat.

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J.F. Jones @inapoem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

every symbol has a deeper meaning

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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

morning table a spread of sunshine on the bread #haiku

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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Excited to say I am published in Issue 37 of Drifting Sands: Haibun and Tanka Prose. Thank you, guest editor Neena Singh drifting-sands-haibun.org. Thanks also to @thepeternewton.bsky.social, for great revision advice.

The picture is the full text of the haibun below:

Fledging

The hospice nurse came on shift at 6:00 AM, made sure the patient's diaper was dry, checked her pulse, listened to her breathing. Her husband stood and stretched slowly, waiting for the nurse to advise him to get some sleep, or to tell him what he was half expecting to hear.

She said it softly: "It won't be long now."
"I, uh, know it's not your job... but could you get me some coffee? Jar's on the counter?"
The nurse smiled, "Just a little milk, right? I'll make a cup for myself too."

He sat down again, taking his wife's left hand in his right, covering his eyes with his left. It's so stupid, he thought, that I'm still embarrassed to have someone watch me cry.

The woman on the bed could not feel her hand in his.

. . . she is trying to remember something, a dream she had when she was small . . .
ah . . . the woman with blue feathers . . . she sits then stands easily, raises her arms
to take flight, smiling fondly at his bald head far below

leaf-dappled
dawnlight on the wall . . .
the shape of wings

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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

𝐼 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 - 𝑎 𝑆𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑥'𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 #SenryuSunday #senryu In tidying up my laptop, I stumbled across the attached quote. It gave me pause and a bit of inspiration ✨

In dark brown capital letters on a light yellow background, a quote by Emily McDowell: “Finding yourself” is not really how it works. You aren’t a ten-dollar bill in last winter’s coat pocket. You are also not lost. Your true self is right there, buried under cultural conditioning, other people’s opinions, and inaccurate conclusions you drew as a kid that became your beliefs about who you are. “Finding yourself” is actually returning to yourself. An unlearning, an excavation, a remembering who you were before the world got its hands on you.

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In tidying up my laptop, I stumbled across the above quote. It gave me pause and a bit of inspiration ✨

𝐼 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 -
𝑎 𝑆𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑥'𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟

#SenryuSunday
#senryu

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elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs @pleides.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

spruce tree -- claiming all the cones busy squirrel #haiku #poem #fall 🐿️

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Time flew and threw its irony between a railway station and an airport And no one laughed #SenseWrds #Prompt 277: Rewrite Soothing Stars #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #Oulens

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J.F. Jones @inapoem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the nuances we live in

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L. M. Shayle @skittishr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The fields are black here Luring forgotten summers Seeking to belong #vss365 #inkMine #FromOneLine #poetry #haiku (Image: Unsplash/Sebastian Schuster)

Dandelion silhouette (image from Unsplash by Sebastian Schuster)

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you to @janecornwell.bsky.social , outstanding artworker and publisher for this account of her work on my "Hedgerow of Voices" as part of her celebration of "wonder" for National Poetry Day:

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ɐʇǝǝɹʎs @phantomsspleen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

i know cruelty does not equal honesty. delete what they taught you. i checked my junk folder still no word. i’m sorry about your heart.

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Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#HaikuSaturday #haiku #VersionsHaikuSaturday this night owl calls out to Van Gogh's own stars Alan Summers #monostich #haiku #monoku #VanGogh

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#HaikuSaturday #haiku leaves rustle and an owl hoots starry starry night 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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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bruise in blues except - I love blue and a bruise will fade I know this the roses are dying skeletal sunshine saw to that and I - this not so walking yet accepting energy tries to carve a way through rotten pumpkins in blue - in time this bruise will fade #poetry

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Kirpal Singh @kirpalsingh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In 100 years, 10 million people will replace all of us. But for NOW we are here. Movie 🎥 : Tendaberry (2024) Director: Haley Elizabeth Anderson ...a Banyan tree 🌳 roots ...trunk ... 🌿 Photo by Kirpal 💌

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Kirpal Singh @kirpalsingh.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I dip my pen In the pot of this sky I paint you on a paper what name should I give to this poem? ... you? Yes , You ...! ✨ 🧡 🤍 💙 🌇 🎶 🪶 📖 (Poetry & Photography By Kirpal)

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𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 🇪🇺 @pierpaolo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Valfurva (Sondrio) Vista panoramica della Val Zebrù dalla Baita del Pastore

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James Fine Art @jamesfineart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

G. Genie in a bottle, watercolour pencils. [ Prints : james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/gen... ] #genieinabottle #genie #bottle #watercolourpencils #ArtShop #jamesfineart #ArtStore #BuyIntoArt #jamesmccormackartist

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Mitchell Squid @mitchellsquid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mother Nature Mitchell P #art

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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

#Martian geology The documentary power of the Atacama Desert contrasting sharp eroded salt mountain ridges with a massive smooth sand dune An artistic study of extreme textures and arid scale under a clear sky #luiscordobapharchive #atacama #chile #landscape #desert #geology #travel #EastCoastKin

Horizontal orientation landscape photograph capturing the extreme topography of the Atacama Desert in Chile. The foreground and midground feature highly eroded, rugged clay and salt rock formations with deep ridges and shadows in reddish-brown tones. Rising behind these jagged textures is a massive, smooth sand dune sweeping across the upper right. In the far distance, blue mountain ranges sit under a clear blue sky. The sunlight emphasizes the stark contrast between the sharp geological ridges and the soft contours of the desert sand. Optimized for Atacama desert geology, Valle de la Luna landscapes, eroded rock formations, and South American arid geography indexing.

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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

Strength and silhouette The documentary power of a professional #heels dancer at the barre Rim lighting highlights the athletic form against the theater's dark soul Pure artistic discipline Join us Thursdays at #humansofBlueSky #dance #theater #portrait #luiscordobapharchive #performance #fineart

Vertical photograph of a professional heels dancer in a theater or studio setting. She stands at a black barre with one leg extended horizontally. She wears a black leotard and high-heeled boots. Intense rim lighting from behind creates a glowing contour on her orange-toned afro and muscular silhouette against a dark background. Red and blue atmospheric light accents the lower floor area. Two wooden panels and theater equipment are visible to the left and floor. High-contrast studio lighting emphasizes form and texture. Optimized for professional dance photography, heels technique, and theater lighting design indexing.

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ƒred ƒorge 🦋 @fred-forge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#ChroniclesOfASoulInTransit “Faith doesn't move mountains, but if there is no way around them, it can help you climb them„ #ƒred-ƒorge © 📷 Colourful Rocky Shore — Senja, Norway 2026

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Poetry Day - it’s been a busy but wonder-ful day - made even better by seeing the new edition of the Candyman’s Trumpet - so fabulously curated by @carolynthomas.bsky.social Diolch to you and Jack! And huge congratulations! 🤩🍻 @poetrydayuk.bsky.social #poetry #wonder

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For my grandfather Brian, who passed away over 20 years ago and suffered from dementia. 😔 Thanks to Jack from the Candyman’s Trumpet and guest editor @carolynthomas.bsky.social #grief #dementia #dementiaawareness💜

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Carolyn Thomas @carolynthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So privileged to curate the work of such amazing Welsh poets. Thank you all and thanks to Jack Caradoc for this wonderful opportunity drive.google.com/file/d/1JOZ0...

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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh yeah, a big shout out to #PoemsAbout poet, @vientoverde.bsky.social, who made frogpondfriday on FB. I am also in issue 49.2!!! I hope they post my ku someday! I think I sense some #rot in there, too!!!

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Mithra @mithraraven.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Mithra keeper of dawn your hands brim with the bright water of beginnings You pour light over the mountains every seed waiting for the warmth of first light The earth remembers your footsteps before it remembers the sun and every faithful heart opens like a flower awakening to the promise of dawn

Figure of Persian god Mithras, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.

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ɐʇǝǝɹʎs @phantomsspleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

*through a mouthful of tablecloth* What am I bringing to the table?

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C. Signy Maraine 🛹🐢 @csignymaraine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy book birthday!!! Two years ago today, DREAD THE BOARDS was released. Thanks to everyone who has supported it along the way! #booksky #horror #yalit #middlegradelit

Picture of ebook cover DREAD THE BOARDS by C. Signy Maraine: A black background with an angry-faced red house that is reaching towards two small figures.
Synopsis:
Truman Gertie, in his quest to become an astronaut, has prepared--trained--to solve complex problems, overcome unimaginable obstacles, to survive. Now he finds himself trapped in a house filled with dark, stolen magic--a house dangerous beyond comprehension, aided by a cast of heartless captors bent to do its will. To escape, Truman needs more than his wits to succeed. He must forge an unlikely alliance with the other captives: a betrayer, an accomplice, and maybe even a nemesis from school who wishes him dead.
Anything to escape the Most Dangerous House of Them All.

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Have been writing mostly non-themed for a while but something turned up For #PoemsAbout #Rot With thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk Will catch up on others works later. Thank you for reading 🙏 #Oulens #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Sweet Spores!

No Shit!
We just fucked the rot!
Why else would it smell
so sweet
in the goo, beneath
mushrooming fungi?

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Love’s #bequest— Sand grains on the dune above me Some blooms on a few cacti for my balcony …and some runes ah, those ruins of our corporeality #vss365 #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #Oulens

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Uncle Dang, what’d the king do to royal barber who cudnt keep a secret n sang to a tree, “da king has horns, wi ma eyes I’ve seen”, n when da tree fell in a flood, a dhol made from it drummed da song in da court? Da king pardoned him. No! Why? So people’d know dat ppl wid horns can be kind. #Oulens

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SHINE Poetry @shinepoetry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📣Announcing the 13th collection by SHINE poetry series curator/editor Samantha Terrell. Available worldwide at major book retailers, including @barnesandnoble.com & more: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/survival-i... #poetry #booklaunch #poetrylovers #booklovers #poetrycommunity #internationalcommunity

'Survival Instincts' book cover and book launch promotion on orange background

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#HaikuSaturday #haiku welcoming autumn the golden sheen of cottonwood leaves 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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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

half moon casts away my shadow between the pines #HaikuSaturday #haiku #amwriting

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DW Keene @dragonandelf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Round the merry-go-round goes Trying to decide where the lines Get drawn Nature oft needs nurture To add a certain flavour Some sure, some flex and circle Start over To nurture inclines to bend Encompass the other's importance Thus here and there I'll share a toast Tho inclined to be sober #vss365

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