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BattleBorn Poetry

@thepoetryarena.bsky.social
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Where writers become warriors whose passion births #poetry! Weekly prompt announced on Wednesday and the battle to be crowned our “Voice of Valo(U)r” commences on Friday. Were you #BornBattleReady?

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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 9h
There is a hunger that cannot be satisfied by the superficial. It calls us deeper into the ravenous parts of ourselves we dare to explore only through words. Our finalists answered that call, giving voice to what stirs beneath the surface. Read and vote ⬇️⚔️⬇️
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hold your fire! We are officially closed for submissions. Our finalists for Voice of Valo(U)r will be announced on Monday. Thank you to everyone who had the courage to pierce our souls with poetic passion this week. Your words do not go unnoticed!
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poetricide @poetricide.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady Choppy Waters was the most ravenous hungry hungry cabalist in the entire rabble list as an accomplished babblist & scrabblist there wasn't a word left that o'er his lips hadn't travelous by blacktop or gravelous except the plural for hippopotamus marbles youtu.be/m6royQb7DcA?...
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Beyond Words (Instrumental)
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poetricide @poetricide.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady Git Gitchie Gitchie's belly was cavernous till he would itch itchy itchy ravenous no gluten made him bitter 'less he played some Tex Ritter while drinkin' wine at the local tavernous youtu.be/1q3EmqLX7GE?...
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Animal Fair - Tex Ritter
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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady You burn hotter a beautiful car crash in slow motion We scream just to feel our lungs break gasping through ruined denim and eyeliner in the back of some stolen ride I am #ravenous for your chaos So steal me away with your love before we both burn to ash
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poetricide @poetricide.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#vss365 #BornBattleReady #sirens sound off like wailin' kin another ship goes down now it's a memory o what it used to been before lack o gill in the swill made 'em drown as water did fill lungs, ravenous for life or breath with death marinated in hiraeth bathed in light youtu.be/SgPENpu21Ro?...
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The Kanneh-Masons - Ar Lan Y Môr
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BornBattleReady @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social - What's Left Behind Your diary On your desk With my name on it An evocative solicitation Congregate demons Energise me With morbid curiosity On the final page A fatuous... 1/3
What's Left Behind

Your diary
On your desk
With my name on it
An evocative solicitation
Congregate demons
Energise me
With morbid curiosity
On the final page
A fatuous request
It quakes
Through mark and bone
How we always polarise
Even now
Tears fill my eyes
I will comply
This time
Love is
All I would have taken
With me
But not you
Ravenous for yours
I climb
Into
Your final bed
Blue sky
Yawning
Six feet above
No tear is shed
For me 
Marooned
In your grave

© Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBfree
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J.G. Moore @writinglife2010.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady #ravenous #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #sonnet That Daring Leap
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady
The ravenous night devours the light 
feasting on the last fading colours 
the shadows are slowly deepening 
but the eternal moonlight 
will always still spill its silver 
patiently painting shimmering trails 
across the canvas of darkness 
its soft whispers leaving ageless beauty 
that lingers for hours in its wake 
© Ann Bagnall
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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The knife in the crust, cutting through with ease A voice in my head dictates escape to the wilderness and follow those ravenous wild dogs who live amongst rags in makeshift towns those chains never go away @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · #BornBattleReady : RAVENOUS
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Reds @blackonreds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ravenous brain Working overtime Driving me insane Memories of then Thinking about now Not remember when's Why do you taunt me My ravenous brain Reset to see Nothing can be done Past is the past I survived Therefore I won #BornBattleReady
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady
Clouds are drifting, slowly unfolding 
spilling moonlight and stars 
upon the sleeping ocean 
where shimmering gentle waves 
are quietly shifting and sighing 
ravenously feasting upon the beauty 
and basking in the gentle glow 
as the light and darkness quietly embrace 
in the soft kiss of the night 
© Ann Bagnall
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Reds @blackonreds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Somehow I love The taste of copper Knowing some would call it sin My ravenous hunger You cannot, will not win Let me get closer I want to taste your blood A daydream nightmare Controlled by darkness I guess I confess That this life Is a neverending Torture to others #BornBattleReady
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David Middleham @dmiddleham.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady
bound by the crux
beneath ravenous skies
watercolour elysiums
seep beyond nascent verse

and i want you
all interlaced fingers
and silent poetry
in sighing contours

fate demands
and irreverence complies

so stain your tenets
when my soul aches most
for the memory of a song
not yet composed

let those clouds
devour our art my love

til no horizon
could ever dare deny us
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J.G. Moore @writinglife2010.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady #ravenous #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #sonnet Leviathan
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#BornBattleReady Link to poem on my website, text in first comment for anyone who prefers not to use the link: annieb222.com/2026/10/10/t...
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The Darkness Creates
…its’ endless portraits of beauty Image courtesy of Adobe Stock The darkness of the night, is a ravenous predator it feasts upon every single sliver of the light and every shadow, that …
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: RAVENOUS Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congratulations @honestpassion13.bsky.social! You were selected to serve as this week’s Voice Of Valo(U)r 👑 Our next #BornBattleReady prompt is: RAVENOUS Do not post your #poetry here. Battle will commence Friday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
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❤️‍🔥 Adeline (Addie) Myles ❤️‍🔥 @honestpassion13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please go vote for the best one, whoever you think that is. I would love it if you found mine to be that best one, but I want you to decide on your own!
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some flowers bloom because they are cultivated. Others bloom because they refuse to be tamed. This week’s Voice of Valo(U) finalists brought that rebellious spirit to the arena. Their words do not ask permission to bloom. They bloom wild. Read and vote ⬇️⚔️⬇️
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dear #BornBattleReady Community, if you have contributed this week and I haven't got to you, yet, this means your poem hasn't shown up for me because of technical reasons. In this case, please be so kind and tag me. I cannot take into account what I haven't seen. @thepoetryarena.bsky.social
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#BornBattleReady
Last night, you left wild dahlias in my dreams 
you brought them to me 
with soil still clinging to their roots, unruly plants 
the colour of sunset and blood 
their petals trembling beneath the weight of moonlight 
you quietly whispered ‘these grew where we ended’ 
words that I understood, that brought me to tears 
I looked at one wild dahlia, climbing though the wreckage 
thin dark threads reaching for something 
then suddenly the dream shifted 
we were standing in an endless field 
beneath the moon, wild dahlias surrounded us 
their colours glowing against the darkness 
like small forgotten galaxies, only you, only me 
and the flowers leaning toward us 
but dreams are cruel, they give us back 
the people we have lost 
only long enough to lose them again 
already your face was fading 
and the wild dahlias began closing, one by one 
and somewhere, far beyond the dream 
a morning bird started singing 
©Ann Bagnall
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AuthorStew @authorstew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
WILD DAHLIA Wild Dahlia, the name of the bar, The owner was Deborah, Below her left breast there was a scar, She’d let you see if you whispered sweet, Thought that could only get you so far. The drinks were cheap, The company cost... Read it here: theauthorstew.ca/2026/10/03/w... #BornBattleReady
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Reds @blackonreds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It was decided No longer to be satisfied With the life lived in shadows Only the bright spotlight All eyes on her Like a wild dahlia, Only full sunlight Would suffice So strap in my dear In could be a bumpy ride #BornBattleReady
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#BornBattleReady Link to poem on my website, text in first comment for anyone who prefers not to use the link: annieb222.com/2026/10/03/f...
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Fields Of Wild Dahlias
…stretching towards the horizon There is a field that does not exist on any map you cannot search for it, you cannot ask directions no road signs point toward it, the field finds you usually,…
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In spring the granite split yields up 
a greening spear, a tentative return 
to salt and spray, though bitter winds 
still whip the coastline clear
new leaves unfurl to meet the lengthening day
and summer’s crimson fire, ignites the rocky ledge 
defying the tides that thunder down below 
it opens wide upon the cliff’s stark edge 
to drink the sun and feel the south wind blow 
as autumn arrives the petals wrinkle 
touched by the rust of the brine 
heavy waves roll in 
bruising the darkening shore 
the fading colours of the blooms 
align with the grey horizons, slowly changing 
when winter starts it art 
all that remains against the gale 
the skeletal trees shifting in the sleet 
while deep below, where the freezing mists prevail 
the wild dahlias await the coming heat 
©Ann Bagnall
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#vss365 #BornBattleReady #WritingCommunity @darkxfer.bsky.social @ladydecrescent.bsky.social - Wild Dahlia As the world falls She rises Letting the golden And rusty Debris Be The fertilizing ember For she is not stopped By the mountain That lies ahead It is Where she originates But... 1/2
Wild Dahlia

As the world falls
She rises
Letting the golden
And rusty
Debris
Be
The fertilizing ember

For she is not stopped
By the mountain
That lies ahead

It is
Where she originates

But unlike the phoenix
She does not spread wings
To take flight

She just stays
Grounded 
In rock bottom
And blossoms

© Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree

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The words are combined with the photo of a backlit Dahlia Merkii in profile - turned towards the poem.
© Stefanie Neumann - #KBFPhotography
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: WILD DAHLIA Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congrats @kokopellibfree.bsky.social! You were selected to serve as this week’s Voice Of Valo(U)r 👑 Our next #BornBattleReady prompt is: WILD DAHLIA Do not post your #poetry here. Battle will commence Friday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Halcyon speaks of calm, stillness, and tranquility after a storm. But peace can feel different when you’ve had to fight to find it. These Voice of Valo(U)r finalists explored the beauty that emerges when we finally reach the other side of hardship. Read and vote ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hold your fire! We are officially closed for submissions. Our finalists for Voice of Valo(U)r will be announced on Monday. Thank you to everyone who had the courage to pierce our souls with poetic passion this week. Your words do not go unnoticed!
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Wisewizardwords @wisewizard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#BornBattleReady
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BornBattleReady
After a winter storm, the world does not 
immediately become beautiful 
this is something poets sometimes forget 
nests lie empty, beneath branches 
rivers carry the wreckage of yesterday 
slowly towards the distant sea 
the petals bruised and translucent 
mist circling between the trees 
their branches dripping with raindrops 
but when the sun finally appears 
the forest becomes filled with tiny stars 
and the calmness of halcyon 
settles quietly upon me 
©Ann Bagnall
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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#BornBattleReady - #halcyon bsky.app/profile/koko...
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J.G. Moore @writinglife2010.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BornBattleReady #halcyon #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #sonnet I've Always Been Free
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BornBattleReady Link to poem on my website, text in first comment for anyone who prefers not to use the link: annieb222.com/2026/09/25/i...
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It Is Here That I Find My Peace
…my halcyon Image courtesy of Adobe Stock There is a place beyond the restless hills where the wind is quiet and gentle and where the trees stand together in silence as though sharing an anci…
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Reds @blackonreds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A dream pristine What does it mean Very peaceful Exorbitantly calm Powdery sky Has me questioning why Halcyon needs In this world of greed Perhaps only in dreams While my heart is beating As it is floating In peaceful sleep #BornBattleReady
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J.G. Moore @writinglife2010.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BornBattleReady #halcyon #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Love The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BornBattleReady
I always remember the halcyon days 
before winter scatters its’ white bones 
the morning sun, rising slowly in the mist 
as I watch the last leaves falling 
and the last blossoms drifting away 
what strange magic the earth performs 
before surrendering to the seasons 
but I have always lived joyfully 
amongst nature’s miracles 
where I always find my peace 
©Ann Bagnall
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: HALCYON Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The FOS site we use to vote for Voice of Valo(U)r is not providing accurate data. For this reason, no one will be crowned this week. Our next #BornBattleReady prompt is: HALCYON Battle begins Friday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Some absences will always ache. But what if longing didn’t have to become another wound? What if we allow love to shape what pain began? These finalists entered territory where loss speaks and the heart decides what it carries forward. Read ⬇️ Vote ➡️: freeonlinesurveys.com/s/qokXwI2k
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BattleBorn Poetry @thepoetryarena.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hold your fire! We are officially closed for submissions. Our finalists for Voice of Valo(U)r will be announced on Monday. Thank you to everyone who had the courage to pierce our souls with poetic passion this week. Your words do not go unnoticed!
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J.G. Moore @writinglife2010.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#BornBattleReady #SAUDADE #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #sorry I'm Sorry
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#BornBattleReady
Fragile butterflies are trembling
under the darkening skies 
I watch their quiet intimacy 
as saudade slowly circles me 
for it was so long ago 
when I was yours and you were mine 
but my yearning for you still lingers 
deep in my broken heart 
our secrets now hidden in the dark 
© Ann Bagnall
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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#BornBattleReady
In the soft dappled light 
of the incoming night 
I see fragile butterflies 
resting in the unbroken silence 
waves of saudade wash over me 
and in the moment I think of you 
my longing suddenly resurrected 
from the dark depths of my soul
©Ann Bagnall
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J.G. Moore @writinglife2010.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#BornBattleReady #SAUDADE #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity Saudade
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