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Quill of Mnemosyne

@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Welsh writer and Poet posting verse, and other writing. #WritingCommunity Host of #WildWalkPrompt, #SomethingEveryday and part of the #PoetsOfDoom crew! linktr.ee/quillofmnemosyne

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sifaswriting.bsky.social @sifaswriting.bsky.social · 5h
I remember watching that puppet show overseas with dubbed dialogue but it sparked the imagination... #Thunderbirds GO! #SomethingEveryday #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
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sifaswriting.bsky.social @sifaswriting.bsky.social · 5h
huge tree trunks are #snapped see the power of nature man's not in control #WildWalkPrompt #poetry #haiku #writing #writingcommunity
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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 9h
#SomethingEveryday #Thunderbirds @sonnetsmith.bsky.social a lifetime before super mario nation there was supermarionation i never saw the thunderbirds but i really wanted to live in the futuristic black world of fireball xl5 so jealous of steve zodiak when he flew hover bikes with doctor venus
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Mainly Weesneak @mulvennyprospectus.bsky.social · 9h
A boy in a school cries long ago and now. "Wet" says the teacher, the knotted surface of their face showing them unable to fathom these unmanned depths. It was either this or a juvenile response. I've surprised myself. #Wet @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 11h
Today - September 30th - Is international #Thunderbirds day. So all you #F.A.B writers out there get going with #rescue #rockets and #puppetry themed #prose #poetry and artwork... And make it #Fab! 5..4..3..2..1... Poetbirds are Go!!! #SomethingEveryday #prompt #writingprompt #writesky #amwriting
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 11h
Hello Wild Walk #writers Sea of snapped branches, Monster wanders through the woods; Scatters clues behind. Your word today is #Snapped Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 16h
Happily flapping, Goose getting wet, splashing her Goslings to inspire. #WildWalkPrompt #wet #SomethingEveryday #goose #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 14h
#SillySeptember the last day of made up words!!!! Ever!! Perhaps. Your word to include #Xyrastic
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 14h
Thanks to @sonnetsmith.bsky.social word today is #Wet #Cherita #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
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Talk2BLB @talk2blb.eurosky.social · 19h
bare entendre friction requires lubricant consent makes it wet 💎🩵 #haiku4u #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
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𓂀 𓆗Jay𓆗𓂀 @kitchenraptorj.bsky.social · 19h
Ten years ago The little pitter patter Of tiny webbed feet Hit my chest The moment She imprinted Her heart on mine Cats are independent Dogs are loyal to a fault Geese love With a ferocity That can't be matched I'm tickled that In this life A dinosaur loved me With her dying breath #poem
A picture of my late pet goose, Charlie. I raised her after finding an abandoned nest.A picture of my late pet goose, Charlie. I raised her after finding an abandoned nest.A picture of my late pet goose, Charlie. I raised her after finding an abandoned nest.A picture of my late pet goose, Charlie. I raised her after finding an abandoned nest.
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The Owl (traveling) @451degrees.bsky.social · 20h
A goose took a gummy And did as she pleased She pilfered your Ray-Bans And ate all your cheese She then penned a poem But how could that be? A goose took a gummy (Er, wait… that was me) #HappyGoose #SomethingEveryday #poetry #micropoetry #silly
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Greta the Psychic Goose wearing sunglasses and driving a car. Honk honk. HONK
Alt: Greta the Psychic Goose wearing sunglasses and driving a car. Honk honk. HONK
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 22h
#emoetry prompt for 9/30 is #offended #writingcommunity #poetry
emoetry prompt for 9/30 is #offended

#writingcommunity #poetry
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Fliddais @fliddais.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#wildwalkprompt #wet #poetry #prompt #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I decided to write for #HappyGoose #SomethingEveryday today. And in my own #Sonnet form too, trying out different placements of that third refrain. #Quonnet #MeyersoneanSonnet #Goose
The shine of bronze with luscious copper hues
Reflected in the waters of the lake
Would cause even the toughest beast to quake
As comes the armoured fowl, Aspartagoose 

With leafy spear tucked beneath its wing,
(A stalk of iron hard asparagus)
The shine of bronze with luscious copper hues
Will serve as all its victims' last warning

So should that ever fall into your sight,
The shine of bronze with luscious copper hues
You ought to run, or else prepare to loose
At least a dozen fingers in the fight.

The shine of bronze with luscious copper hues
As comes the armoured fowl, Aspartagoose.
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#PoetsOfDoom #ArsPoetica #poetry @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social
Ars Poetica

Oh, that I would hear, with the 
ears of Soul, what is trying to 
be said, (again) instead of with 
these ears of mud. That, with
cooling breath, I curate collaged 
assemblages, and incubate them 
until they become themselves
That I be granted, the grace to 
build with my hands, bespoke 
load bearing armature, capable 
of carrying, that which needs 
saying, in ways that it can be 
heard. If need be, that I toil
and never toil for toils sake 
Let me tread gently. For it to 
be vital, help me to get out of 
its way. Let me remember
that I am not it, it is not me 
Oh Love, let me love it out 
into the world, and then, have
me sleep this night, to dream
that I am there, albeit briefly
 
                                      —Fleur du P
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Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#WildWslkPrompt #wet Shaking head to tail My dog is dry, floor is wet Need more towels please.
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When ascendant lust rules the game Passion mounts with each passing second Lips wet, moistened without any shame When ascendant lust rules the game And hunger aroused to savage to tame Suddenly a pinnacle beckons When ascendant lust rules the game Passion mounts with each passing second.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#SomethingEveryday #HappyGoose The happy goose found her perfect nesting site. The camper top was high, dry and warm in the sun. That she had to defend the spot from attacks with numerous snowballs and a few brooms only confirmed it's desirability. Given all this, she was shocked when every egg 1/2
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sifaswriting.bsky.social @sifaswriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This flock of #geese protects their patch of grass between the building and their lake don't just walk to the parking lot run the gauntlet and hope this army doesn't see you there #SomethingEveryday #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
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sifaswriting.bsky.social @sifaswriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
yes, water is #wet and look there, the sky is blue it's sometimes required to point out the obvious to the most oblivious #WildWalkPrompt #tanka #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#SomethingEveryday #Geese @sonnetsmith.bsky.social what a fucking wreck I worked through college at a drug store the owner incessantly burped and farted one pharmacist thought it was fun to goose the teenage workers was it ok since he grabbed boys and girls I got my friend a job he stole 500 valium
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Mainly Weesneak @mulvennyprospectus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Geese #SomethingEveryday
And the god, whose name has been forgotten,
as all gods deserve (and we pray this come to pass,)
said to the bird 
"I place you under a geas. You must remain good of nature, pure of heart, a vertibable boon to my other creatures."
And the bird replied "Hmm. what happens if I'm a bastard?"
"Well, everyone will think you're very silly."
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#SomethingEveryday #geese #poem #silly
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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wild geese may look free Yet, subject to nature's laws, Are slaves to seasons #Geese please! #SomethingEveryday #prompt #writingprompt #writing #writesky #blueskypoetry #5amwritersclub #amwriting
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My first contribution to #PoetsOfDoom #Arsapoetica contains instructions, and an origin story for my own form of Sonnet which I have been working on. Feel free to give it a go yourself #MeyersoneanSonnet #Sonnet #poetry
I thought, why should not sonnets have refrains?
And so, dissected this once perfect form
Restructured it, with brand new shape reborn
A potent image brought around again.

My pen a scalpel, slicing through the ink
I thought, why should not sonnets have refrains?
That rhyme scheme too, it might as well be changed
Is nothing sacred? What would Shakespeare think?

And so, I take this form and make it mine
All sparked by one small niggle in my brain
I thought, why should not sonnets have refrains
That shift; each stanza, downward by one line?

I thought, why should not sonnets have refrains?
A potent image brought around again.
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Apples tumbling, The orchard lets her hair down, Whispers of cider. #WildWalkPrompt #orchard #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#SillySeptember No more Mr Nice Words! - Alice Cooper ish The word to include #palceous
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let me roam your orchard Feast upon the fruited flesh Stretch out under the branches A stillness of uncontest Let me walk the furrowed field Running my hands along the groove Feeling new sensations A mix of rough and the smoothe #Wildwalkprompt #poem
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today - September 29th - is international #HappyGoose day (do with that what you will...) So #Poetry #Prose and #art about happy #Geese please! #SomethingEveryday #prompt #writingprompt #writing #writesky #blueskypoetry #5amwritersclub #amwriting
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hello Wild Walk #writers Rain casts its blessing Overnight, the floor painted A canvas of wet Your word today is #Wet Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Right, my next #PoetsOfDoom #ArsPoetica is a #sonnet For @suzydobie.bsky.social and the masters of the form @sonnetsmith.bsky.social and @daveashleypoet.bsky.social (Be gentle with me people - I am not a sonnet kinda girl!)
Bloody Sonnets

Upon the page, write one measured line,
To frame your thoughts within a stately song.
Each foot must march in rhythm's strict design,
While words persuade the verse to move along.

A rhyme appears and calls out to its mate,
Though it can hide beyond the poet's sight.
Chase the right sound like a rabbit always late,
Then squeeze its echo till the fit is right.

The quatrains build a house of ordered parts,
Where sense and rhythm settle into place.
Yet every line demands its share of arts,
And every word must earn its rightful space.

At last the fourteen lines consent to sing,
Though you have bled for every little thing.
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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
another for #PoetsOfDoom #ArsPoetica A Chaucerian #madrigal. Thanks, Jen and the Doomies! 😘 @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
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Fleur Du Pseudonym @fleurdu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28th September world #Rabies day.... #Cherita #SomethingEveryday #writing #prompt #writesky #writingprompt #blueskypoetry #5amwritersclub #amwriting @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#SomethingEveryday #Rivers #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #prompt @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Mainly Weesneak @mulvennyprospectus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is is cheating to use something I wrote last week? #SomethingEveryday
"More words" he cried, rabid
as the page blotched red
and he dug deep 
into himself, 
pen plunging 
down, 
schlicking through hindering skin
and as he hacked and cut he wrote 
and as he wrote he hacked and cut
and his blood fed the pen and the words,
and he stabbed his heart to bring forth pain,
popped a seeping jellied eyeball to summon insight,
and his entrails were heaped entreaties to a love, 
sloppily piled votives to a hunger that consumed, 
obsession cutting and sawing and snapping and slicing,
and all with one pen he dissected himself bloody for the page, 
roaring at his gods to see this, his becoming, 
dismembered, exultant, strutting, rutting, 
and begging, begging forgiveness for all that he was.
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A.C.Juniper @acjuniper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#SomethingEveryday #Rivers #LateToTheParty Today I feel grief Not even this alpine creek Can stream it away
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sifaswriting.bsky.social @sifaswriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am not a vampire but why do I have the urge to bite and why can't I wade through this rushing river? A little foam at the mouth never harmed anyone can it? I suppose I'm #rabid and going insane #SomethingEveryday #poetry #writing #wriitngcommunity
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sifaswriting.bsky.social @sifaswriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pick apples at an #orchard at the top of a mountain I miss the crisp cool air the sun at the perfect angle fill all the buckets weigh them on the scale soon to be tarts and pies made into gifts #WildWalkPrompt #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#SomethingEveryday #Rabies #FuckTrump @sonnetsmith.bsky.social rabies would be cuter if it meant baby bunnies if you see a raccoon in the daytime they say it could be rabid if you see an orange raccoon it is definitely rabid even with the press pool 🎤 turned off his very existence is a turn off
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Talk2BLB @talk2blb.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
planet earth orchard graceful arms reaching outward exemplify life stretch and reach so you grow tall lift and carry futures small #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub 💎🩵
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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The orchard grew around her. #wildwalkprompt #orchard #7syllablesentence #writing
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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
thrushes swarming visiting apple orchard early autumn feast #WildWalkPrompt orchard #haiku #poetry
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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm not frothing at the mouth I'm just a little intense After being bitten by a doggie I don't see no recompense I'm a bit scared of water I'm feeling angry just right now I honestly haven't got rabies But I want to bite a cow #SomethingEveryday
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Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just a morning dose of "dawwwww that's presh" for your morning. Written from the perspective of my oldest son. Enjoy 🤗 #wildwalkprompt #daddy #poetry #haikusonnet #haiku #sonnet #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #5amwritersclub
Daddy doesn't mind
if I curl up next to him 
while he's fast asleep 

if I only want 
graham crackers for my breakfast,
just leave me the box,

if I want him home
as my human recliner 
for all day cartoons,

If I claw at him
during a meltdown, when air
becomes too heavy.

He's always there, always love,
ask him, his name is Daddy.
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today - 28th September - is world #Rabies day.... I want #poetry, #prose, #artwork inspired by the rabid and insane #SomethingEveryday #writing #prompt #writesky #writingprompt #blueskypoetry #5amwritersclub #amwriting
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hello Wild Walk #writers Bench in an orchard Tree silhouettes against sky Tranquil afternoon Your word today is #Orchard Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today - 27th September - is World #Rivers Day #Poetry, #Prose, and #Artwork about rivers, #streams or other flowing #waters please!!! #SomethingEveryday #prompt #writingprompt #writesky #blueskypoetry #5amwritersclub #amwriting
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hello Wild Walk #writers Long-Legged Daddy Clumsily drifting to light, Cranefly invasion Your word today is #Daddy Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sunday morning came dressed in a fading moonlight and late blooming grace #poetry #WildWalkPrompt #haiku #poetry #photography #bloomscrolling #Stunday
New England asters and honey bee
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