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Mary Beth Defer

@shewordcrafts.bsky.social
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Writer, mother, friend, and passionate learner. I wish you peace, health, and joy. Passionate about haiku, my family, kindness, the water, and the natural world.

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IrishLisa 🌈 @irishlisa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🎵Judging me softly with his stare🎶 #BirdOfTheDay #Headshots #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirding #WildlifePhotography #BirdsOfBluesky #BlueJay #EastCoastKin #RobertaFlack
Close-up photo of a Blue Jay with pale blue feathers, black facial markings, and one dark eye against a gray background.
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EastCoastKin @eastcoastkin-ac.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Hi everyone! ✨ From 1 June, there’ll be a weekly #prompt Who’s joining in? ✍️📷 #ArtChallenges #ArtPrompts #BlueskyPoetry #Poetry #WritingCommunity #EastCoastKin #ECK
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Ultimately, They want to Deport Americans who Can Legally Vote Against Them….
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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
rain barrel— a wasp drinking the whole sky #haiku #poetry
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
moonlit path~ her basket full of strange flowers #haiku
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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
steep climb the rising cost of diligence #vss365 #senryu
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MuederKrieger @muederkrieger.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
tamed birds in their golden nest ascension day the first love seems a lifetime ago #WriteMap #tame #DailyHaikuPrompt #nest #NaTankaMo #TankaThursday #firstlove #micropoetry #micropoem
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⋆。˚☆⋆Tré⋆☆˚。⋆ @tregallery.com · 15/05/2026
Here's my #haiku: morning drops out of the blue sunshower I #poempass the water-themed poetry to @mightyathena.bsky.social 💧🌊🌧
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Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
what if we didn't throw anything away trailed our debris behind us like the train of a bride #NaTankaMonth #tanka #poetrysky
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Lafcadio @lafcadiobsky.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
afterwards amid the debris she found bits of whimsy and some lost souls #tanka #NaTankaMo #MayTanka #debris
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K. S. Shepherd @kshepherdwrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
under a cloud I become the thunder #dailyhaikuprompt thunder
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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
No one can beg for #Forgivenness when Voices hide from an Eye that sees a pen Dry words crackle on A neglected page #vss365
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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Hello, lovelies Here is a tiny blog about what birds say in springtime - according to science, folklore, and me. Hope you enjoy 2 mins read #blog #amwriting #birdsong #writingcommunity www.jennygaitskell.com/single-post/...
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Songbird stories
As it’s springtime here, I’m wondering what the little birds are saying.Science reckons they chat to each other. Here I am, I am me! Boasting about their beautiful trees and other assets, before propo...
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Mary Beth Defer @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
we touch noses curling around my fuzzy best friend #haiku #senryu #poetry #poet #dog
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Tanja @joypops.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
before sunrise from the garden a small bird song #haiku
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Mary Beth Defer @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
we touch noses curling around my fuzzy best friend #haiku #senryu #poetry #poet #dog
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Alysse Aallyn @alysseaallyn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#Haiku; Prickly Poppy Bitter shock is Rude: Tastes preclude; Occlude - Collude - Aversion eschewed alysseaallyn.blog/2026/05/13/h...
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elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs @pleides.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Dandelion flowers Save their yellow for sunshine Close up if it’s dark #haiku #poem #choices
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ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#haiku blue with rain the pines
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Mary Beth Defer @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
crescent moon lingers in the daylight burst of robin song #haiku #moon
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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
in spring the earth remembers to sing wildflowers #haiku
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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
#inkMine #Lumin luminosity your cocoon of consciousness unfolding in flame #haiku
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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
cave paintings— our flashlight beams add another animal #haiku #poetry
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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
copper mine— the mountain becomes circuitry #haiku #poetry
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jriegs @jriegs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
in sultry circles without ever touching, the clouds and moon dance… shy wallflowers wait their turn against odds of fleeting chance #vss365 #fleeting #poetry #haiku #tanka #photography #ECK #art #nature #clouds #moon #scape #night #ImageAndVerse #NaturePhotography
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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
chairs and chattering apron laden bowls porch side snapping fresh green beans #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt
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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
complex emotions raw shape shifting expressions patterned grief teachings #DailyHaikuPrompt #micropoetry #3lines #haiku
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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
apartment: a word for loneliness while neighbours talk above #DailyHaikuPrompt (porch)
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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
the day makes room for new buds and an old silence #FlowerReport #ECK #BloomScrolling #ImageAndVerse #DailyHaikuPrompt (grief)
A black ant walks across the tightly closed, pale pink petals of a peony bud surrounded by green sepals. The background is a soft blur of grass, trees, and light.
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Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene @teagangeneviene.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 64, Let's tell a story 05/12/2026 tankatuesday.com/2026/05/12/t...
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#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 64, Let’s tell a story 05/12/2026
Hi, this is Robbie, your host for this week’s #TankaTuesday challenge. This week, we’re writing poetry that includes a story. This week I am asking you to write a story poem that includ…
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⋆。˚☆⋆Tré⋆☆˚。⋆ @tregallery.com · 10/05/2026
Thank you so much to the guest editor Carole MacRury for including me in the latest #Haiku Dialogue – Sanctuary of the Senses – Sound and/or Sight – long list. Congratulations to everyone, I enjoyed reading your work! #SenryuSunday #PoetryCommunity
The image is of my new senryu published in Haiku Dialogue's – Sanctuary of the Senses – Sound and/or Sight – long list, selected by guest editor Carole MacRury:

her climbing rose
pats my window
mom's lat lullaby
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Ilis Trudie 🏝 @ilistrudiepalmer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The days When ecstasy Had to be channeled Lest it devoured A kindling spirit, Now morphed Into quiet wisdom. Contained, Yet fanned gently By the synchronicities, Messages thru numbers And deja vu; Blooms preserved between pages, As scorched fingers, quietly press play. Happy #Chooseday, friends 🌱
Sun rays breaking through dark clouds over green mountains at sunset, casting golden light across the landscape beneath a dramatic Caribbean sky.
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Mary Beth Defer @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
crescent moon lingers in the daylight burst of robin song #haiku #moon
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Today’s #haiku A swirling cloudscape in all of its dark splendor, awesome to behold. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #sciku #NASA
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AmbientDread @ambientdread.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I found my center Where the two became as one In a rippling wave #haikufeels #haiku #prompt
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Miss Kimberlyn 🍁🇨🇦🔮 @misskimberlyn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
That scared little boy, Centre of your lonely life. The centre of mine - is you. #center #haikufeels #haiku #poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky
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haveahaiku.bsky.social @haveahaiku.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
my fingers stroke the bones of the old cat’s back #haiku
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Ellissa @ellissa.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
#haikufeels #faint #haiku #poem #poetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #writingcommunity #grief #hpm #flower #bloomscrolling Thirty five years ago My heart still fills with sadness Faint memories of you
Single pink flower with tattered edges
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Ellissa @ellissa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt #breeze #haiku #poem #poetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #writingcommunity #scape #landscapephotography There is a soft breeze High up in the mountaintops That tickles my soul
Snow capped mountain peaks with a grove of Aspens in the foreground
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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
bright sun awakening the blossoms on her dress #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku
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Ellissa @ellissa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt #moth #flowers #bloomscrolling #haiku #poem #poetry #poetsofbluesky #writingcommunity #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #pollinator Frenetic flapping Sipping sweet syrup Magical moth
Hummingbird moth drinking from a purple butterfly bush
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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
the moth and the crow divide the dusk between them waiting for moonrise #DailyHaikuPrompt #Crow #Moth 📸 #freepik.com
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L. M. Shayle @skittishr.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My silent fury Delicate as a moth's wing No gaudy display #vss365 #inkMine #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku
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a black and white photo of a moth with the name black knit groom on the bottom right
Alt: a black and white gif of a fluttering moth with a dark background.
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CathySchott @atlantacathy2.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Media reposted Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins · 35m BREAKING: New polling shows Sherrod Brown leading his Republican opponent by 2 points in Ohio. This race could determine the Senate majority. Retweet to make sure every Ohioan knows to vote for Brown in November.
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My Haiku Pond @myhaikupond.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Today's Feature: still pond a black crane’s bill pierces its reflection Mikō, May 1st 2026 Image: "Black Stork" by Barbara Kowalczyk from Sumi-e Facebook group
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Very Short Poem @veryshortpoem.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
new prompt, drops every month, varying topics, short poem format. attached find some examples. It can rhyme, or not. It can be serious or not. Combos Welcome at #vsp #may
green square
MAY
the month
the name
the verb
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Mary Beth Defer @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#dailyhaikuprompt #wave #haiku #poet #poetry breaking waves at last my toddler sleeps
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#dailyhaikuprompt #wave #haiku #poet #poetry breaking waves at last my toddler sleeps
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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku summer moon on the fire escape our last dance
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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
slinking by - yet another black cat a glitch in the matrix #haiku #poetry #cats #photography Just had 4 in my immediate vicinity, 5 if you count my neighbor's indoor one 😆
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