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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

At a hockey playoff game the other night, I was reminded why I like so many American friends despite your abysmal government. During the rendition of the Canadian anthem, the singer’s mic gave out, so the crowd belted out the rest of the anthem in perfect tune! Well played, Buffalo! 🇨🇦

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

“Yeah, some people may suffer, but I like his style!” ⬇️⬇️⬇️ “Hey! This is hurtin’ ME now! He’s gotta be stopped!” Shoulda thought of that sooner, boyo! It’s called empathy!

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Little-known fact--- People who grew up reading Archie comics spell the word this way: Duh-h! People who watched The Simpsons spell it: Doh-h!

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

"It's unAmerican!" now appears to mean "It's unwhatAmericanusedtobe!" Alas!

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Sorry, not sorry, eh! 🇨🇦

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I may be wrong about this (sorry, eh?), but I wonder if the problem in the US isn’t GOP vs Dems, but big oligarch money (domestic and foreign) in your politics. Who pays the piper calls the tune.

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Otter & Osprey Press, a Canadian publisher, has just released a second edition of my thirteenth novel—The Lonely, Silvery Rain. It's available in print and e-book formats, including Kindle. This safe link will direct you to your preferred online retailer---https://geni.us/thelonelysilveryrain

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

across the water, singing; bouncing o’er the waves to our waiting ears #haiku

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

my father, a man I seem to have become now--- I hope he’d be pleased #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

though you’ve grown old and frail, I still see your awesome strength and purity #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

the child is father of the man, as wordsworth wrote--- so nurture the child #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

we’re never so tall as when we bend down to help a child who needs us #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

it’s said no good deed goes unpunished, but I think that most of them do #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

to free your children, hug them close, then let them go--- they’ll e’er be with you #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

more yesterdays now than tomorrows, but it’s the tomorrows that count #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

it’s essential that we stand for something, lest we fall for anything #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

regrets? some, maybe--- but I can’t go back to change the pathways I’ve trod #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

he’s lying awake, remembering all the things he’d like to forget #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

diamond-clad elves dancing quite dementedly--- sunlight on the lake #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

north of forty-nine we speak the King’s English, eh? and it’s zed, not zee #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

asleep together, intertwined, we bind our souls with each breath we take #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

dancing in the rain, neither of us wet or cold--- warmly wrapped in love #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Wildfire-smoke sunrise over Lake Ontario

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

imagination--- like hot air balloons, slipping bonds that tie me down #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

grandchildren, our hope for the future---as we were once upon a time #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

when we first began, I was not worthy of you--- yet, you offered love #haiku

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

most syl-la-bles start with a con-so-nant and have a clear vow-el sound #haiku

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

dancing in the rain, neither of us wet or cold--- warmly wrapped in love #haiku

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

a gray day’s drizzle soaking the old willow tree--- both of them weeping #haiku

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

comes dawn, the new day, rising full of hope unspoiled, banishing the night #haiku #writingcommunity #writingprompts #blueskypoetry

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

nightmares waken me, phantom fears that something lurks--- banished by the dawn #haiku

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talebender @talebender.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

the sails of my youth, once hoist, are mostly furled now, though the winds still blow #haiku

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