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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Sorry for my late reply Mary. I’m glad my poem resonated with you. Sorry for your loss.

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thank you for reading Bohumila and for your lovely comments 💫

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Bohumila Author @bohumilao.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I opened a book And the sun flooded my soul Never more alone. #bridahaiku #haiku #poetry #poem #book

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Your lovely poem creates a sense of wonder. Great write 💫

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Merril D. Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Good morning! I suppose I've continued last week's theme into this week's #PoemsAbout #NeverForget Thank you once again @alanparry83.bsky.social and @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for this forum. I will be back in a bit to read--depending on how severe the storms are coming our way!

Poem
At the Borderline of Intangible

You can’t see the specks of stardust,
that scattered light beyond our vision,
infrareds, ultraviolets—
the blackholes that zip around us, drift
like our ghosts--

shadows almost seen.

You nearly forgot
the cold touch that brushed your cheek
with thoughts from the past,
a dream voice that called your name,

this time you woke,
this time you remembered

how the rain fell, a virga of possibility,
a deluge of inevitability
carrying flecks of all of us,
of everything,

the light.

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

It definitely seems like one of those moments that last forever ❤️

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you so much Kate. I appreciate your comments. 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

So beautifully tender. You capture an exquisite moment in time 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you so much Karen. I appreciate your comments. 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This is captivating Karen. I love the image of her “rocking shadow.” Both warm and intimate, a lovely write 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Softly heart-breaking Sue. Beautifully understated and masterfully crafted 💫

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Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

For this week's #PoemsAbout #NeverForget an old poem in memory of my Dad, but new to here, and fitting, I hope. With thanks to @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and all those taking part. Will catch up with others later.

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you so much Paul. I appreciate your comments. 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A poignant and vulnerable poem. Your final lines are vulnerable and emotionally intimate 💫

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

For #PoemsAbout #NeverForget here is a piece called Summer Fade, a rework of an old poem of mine. Looking forward to reading others work throughout the day. Thanks to @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for cultivating this community of writers 🙏

Summer Fade

I see the underskin twine
barely holding your life together,
cherry and plum threads
unraveling in midsummer twilight.

I tell myself it’s just the shade.

A lie I can live with
a lie to make you live - longer -
than the moulding bouquet
existing on the windowsill,
the lead crystal heavy with death
of mulching carnations and tulip stems.
I don’t know why no-one has replaced them—
but I do really.

When your head turns to face me
sometimes there’s a glint of silver
recognition in your moonswell eyes—
and the slightest cup of a smile held
on your saltstubble lips,
lasting no longer than a heartbeat.

When you retreat into the security
of the peppermint blanket,
dry tears scold my throat
while sterile walls, return my stare
unable to offer the answers
I hope for.

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This is heart-warming. The image of him softly smiling as he sips a pint of Dark is a warm and intimate moment 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Poignant and beautifully written 💫

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John Adlam FRSA 🌈🌍 @johnadlam.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

#PoemsAbout #NeverForget Something on the stove, not yet cooked. But I must re-share this, 1st published @asylummagazine.bsky.social, about my Mum's Alzheimer's, when, like Persephone, she was still in and out of the world rather than gone away💔🙏 @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social

Persephone says

Persephone says that she dreams of the snow’s soft falling.
She sits in the shade all alone and she thinks
that there’s nothing worth learning, and no-one worth calling.

Persephone says she no longer remembers her reasons
for returning. Her pomegranate days seem palely out of synch
with the pull and the yearning of the seasons.

Persephone says she no longer believes in the meaning
of those small things that used to sustain her. Most nights, she drinks.
The woodlands are burning. She wearies of her long inbetweening.

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you Laura. I’m glad you liked that part 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you Matt. Glad that resonated with you 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Your use of natural imagery - like “ice so cruel and cold is made of water” adds depth. Your final lines are particularly poignant 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Such a striking image - living with Deja vu. I love how you raise important questions about the nature of time and how we use it 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you so much Alan. I always appreciate your feedback 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Powerful, vivid, immersive. Starts with the sweetness of childhood innocence then veers off into rawness. Thank you for sharing Ray 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Wow. That ending has destroyed me. Your longing is vivid. Your voice is raw and emotional 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Your imagery is vivid and evocative, capturing the feeling of loss. I love your description of the funeral with “dust mote art” and “tissues tears.” 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you so much Glenn. I appreciate your comments. 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The contrast between the warmth of memories and the realities of life is thought-provoking. I love the metaphor of firing clay. You’ve made me think about how we are shaped by our experiences 💫

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Rachel McDonald @softlywild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A beautiful and nostalgic piece. I love “sand-crust afternoon” and “bathed our toes” - so evocative. I also love the touch of humour at the end 💫

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

For @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #poemsabout #neverforget a poem about my grandmother. I wrote this a while back but edited it a bit for today as short on time this week. Hope it works ok. @alanparry83.bsky.social Alt included. #poetsonbluesky #prompt #poetry #poems

Flask

A Tenby, sand-crust afternoon
one souvenir mug,
because I thought Tenby was 'Denby.'
We laughed, bathed our toes.
The ebb of the still water of time lay upon us.

There's only approximately
one fettered mug of her left
one place left to visit,
I can almost taste her scones.
I'll never make it to Ardnamurchan.

One cup of granny by the shore.
she'd have spat out her tea at that,
"one lump or two?" She'd have squealed.

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