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TANKA Trees bleeding color — I feed on hints of crimson and scarlet, trying to gorge myself on brilliance before winter’s grey and slush #tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #skypoets #poetrycommunity #haiku #trees #nature #autumn #colors #seasons

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 4h

correction: haikus are 5-7-5, katautas 5-7-7

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 4h

KATAUTA My branches stretch far – Too easily I topple. I need to dig deeper roots. #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #nature #trees #inspiration #transformation #Japanese katauta: a 3-line Japanese form of 5-7-7 syllables (half a sedoka)

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 4h

TANKA See the broken moon, its crescent waning, full moon long past, with the last pale glimmers of light fading. Slowly we head into dark. #tanka #tankathursday #tankapoem #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #nature #moon

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

TANKA learning to make space — unexpected happenings unforeseen crises the gift of new connections— in unplanned moments, I wake. #tanka #tankapoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #bskypoets #inspiration #transformation

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

AUTUMN CINQUAIN Autumn: September slipped softly by, tenderly. In a flash – October’s golden brilliance. #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoets #cinquain #Autumn #October #nature A cinquain is 5 lines of 2-4-6-8-2 syllables.

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OCTOBER TANKA Another season - In the autumn of my life coloring my days with golden brilliance before my leaves brown, crumble and fall. #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #skypoets #autumn #trees #nature #colors #aging #ageing

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ursula K Le Guin: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA. Inspiring lyrical fantasy, Jungian allegory. Community ed ONLINE COURSE (zoom) 4 Thurs 6:45pm, starts Oct15 (changed) lexingtoncommunityed.org/class/hugw/ #fantasy #ursulakleguin #earthsea #literature #fiction #books #scifi #speclit #specfic #sff #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

THE INSPIRATION OF RUMI Online mini course starts Wed. Oct 7, 6:45pm EST. Learn about Rumi's life, read and respond to dozens of his inspirational passages/poems. Register by noon Oct 5. newtoncommunityed.asapconnected.com#CourseID=326... #Rumi #poetry #micropoetry #inspiration #quotes #wisdomwell

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

TANKA Some books are sparklers. Reading, I pay attention to each of the sparks at least as much as the book. All of the sparks are in me. #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #haiku #bskkypoets #poetrycommunity #books #literature #litsky #reading #litthings #booksky #fiction #inspiration #edusky

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tanka WARNING: TRUTH DECAY. Let's brush away the falsehoods, floss out all the lies, extract the perpetrators, uncrowning the would-be king. #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #nokings #moveon #wethepeople #saveourdemocracy #indivisible

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SAYS DOROTHY, a tanka Why should I return to Kansas – monochrome days, interminably grey skies? I grab my paintbrush, seeped in color, paint rainbows. #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #poem #blueskypoets #inspiration #wizardofoz #color #beauty

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

WHY I’M HERE I am here to connect beneath words to the silence to the source to the well from which the water from which the words I need to write will come. #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #poem #inspiration #writing #meditation #transformation

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ursula K. Le Guin: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA. Inspiring lyrical fantasy, Jungian allegory. Community ed ONLINE COURSE (zoom) 4 Thursdays 6:45pm, starts Oct 8. lexingtoncommunityed.org/class/hugw/ #fantasy #ursulakleguin #earthsea #literature #fiction #books #scifi #speclit #specfic #sff #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ZOOM TANKA "You're muted," she said. My first click on *unmute* failed to unfreeze my voice - flashbacks: choking back my words, speaking but not being heard. #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #zoom #relationships

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

TURNING POINT, a tanka It's not a breakDOWN rather a breaking OPEN before breaking UP with the past that's held you down that's kept brakes on far too long #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #haiku #transformation #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TANKA caring carnations chrysanthemums of kindness loyal lavender empathic anemones you, dear friend, are a bouquet #tanka #tankapoem #tankathursday #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #nature #flowers #friendship #art Published in the 2025 Tanka Anthology Painting by Rachel Ruysch, 1709

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

HAIKU Eyes blinded by glare I stroll toward a setting sun. Light sparkles on leaves. #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #3lines #nature #light #naturephotography #trees Photo I took late in the day at the Arlington Reservoir (Massachusetts)

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

HAIKU Trees, shedding your leaves, Teach me how to bear each loss With patience, trust, grace. #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TANKA equinox birthday: bittersweet season, falling into fall, I search for first signs of color - look! that tree, golden in the light! #tanka #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #poem #haiku #autumn #color #trees #nature #naturephotography

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LifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Nobody told the cat owls do that #Cats #Caturday #Owls #LifuX

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Dogs 🐶 @dogs.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Humans are always in search of happiness, they always want more and look for more, and more and more... we only want one thing, humans who love us as much as we love them, that is our guaranteed happiness. 🥰❤️

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

KATAUTA Octopuses’ arms, each with a mind of its own: multitasking made easy. katauta: a 3-line poem of 5-7-5 syllables #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #3lines #blueskypoets #bskypoets #porm #skypoets #poem #animals #octopus #wildlifephotography

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

HAIKU A large gaping hole where once there was a fullness – a loving presence. #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #3lines #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #grief #death

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

KATAUTA At last, the heat’s past the sizzle of summer days softens into September. katauta: a 3-line poem of 5-7-5 syllables #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #3lines #blueskypoets #bskypoets #skypoets #poem

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

HAIKU captured by beauty one foot in quicksand, one's eyes alight with nature written after watching the Mary Oliver documentary, Saved by the Beauty of the World, in theaters now, on PBS Aug. 25 #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #poetry #maryoliver #poetrycommunity #inspiration #nature #blueskypoets

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

HAIKU have you ever had suspended on your eyelids tears that do not fall? written after watching the new Mary Oliver documentary in the theater (and on PBS August 25) #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #poetry #maryoliver #poetrycommunity #inspiration #blueskypoets

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

HAIKU “He’s a rescue dog,” they said, “Once we rescued him, he then rescued us.” #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #animals #dogs

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

HAIKU morning light — sparkling leaves sway on the gentle breeze sun rays dance on trees #haiku #haikupoem #3lines #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #nature #summer #sun #trees

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

HAIKU longing for summer then scalded by humid heat longing for autumn #ourpoetryX longing #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry #senryu #3lines #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets| #nature #summer

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

TANKA Sunset at seven: Darkness creeps over the land. Its thick body weighs me down, obscuring my sight. I turn on my inner light. #7syllablesentence over #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #nature #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

HAIKU books in the freezer, ice cream dripping down bookshelves - life without coffee! #dailyhaikuprompt ice #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #humor #aging

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

WARNING TO YOUNG WOMEN TANKA Alligators glide beneath the river’s surface. Be alert to signs. Stay in your boat. Avoid swamps. Swim only in safe waters. #2wordprompt surface #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikusaturday #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetry #blueskypoets #5lines #animals

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

TANKA A shimmering lake. A sparkling trail of light rippling across its placid surface. Two swans glide by. Serenity. #2wordprompt surface #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #meditation #mindfulness #nature #animals #birds #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

FROM A PLANE WINDOW HAIKU cliffs as hieroglyphs — the mountains’ calligraphy beneath fluff of clouds #dailyhaikuprompt mountain #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity #haikusaturday #haikupoem #3lines #mountains #nature #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

TANKA learning to make space — unexpected happenings unforeseen crises the gift of new connections. In unplanned moments, I wake. #WIPSnips happen #micropoetry #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #5lines #inspiration #mindfulness

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

TANKA One-winged butterfly, flying with only one wing, held aloft by air, in hidden currents, you glide. With barely a flap, you thrive. #haikufeels bare #tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #nature #animal #butterfly #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

TANKA On the Titanic people rush for the lifeboats. Others, frantic, leap into the ocean. I play music with the orchestra. #tanka #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #music #wethepeople #nokings #saveourdemocracy #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

MIDNIGHT, a tanka Barred owl pivots head, Rabbits shivering with fear shelter in shadows, skunks burrow. On city streets, dimly lit, coyotes roam. #tankapoem fear #tanka #NaTankaMo #maytanka #haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #animal #animals #nature

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

TANKA For years I allowed someone else to be sunrise spreading golden glow across my sky until I discovered I could be dawn. #2wordprompt else #micropoetry #tanka #NaTankaMo #Maytanka #poetry #poetrycommunity #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

HAIKU tail raised when alarmed white-tailed deer signals danger predator nearby #vss365 signal #haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #animal #animals #nature

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

TANKA She was never cruel, as some of her kind, she was kind. Having known pain, unwilling to close her heart, she hurt, and still hurting, loved. #haikufeels know #tanka #NaTankaMo #Maytanka #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #inspiration

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

DODOITSU If I were a plant I'd be flowering - a peony with ruffled red petticoats, flirting with the sun. #dailyhaikuprompt peony #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #nature #flowers #spring DODOITSU: Japanese form, 4 lines, 7-7-7-5 syllables

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

TANKA Something can happen something bigger than you can burst through you, turn you into a waterfall but first you must welcome the rain. #WIPSnips rain #micropoetry #poetry #tanka #maytanka #NaTankaMo #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #nature #inspiration #transformation

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Tracy Marks @tracymar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

AN ANNIVERSARY HAIKU My grieving mother spinning tall tales of father I must let her lie #vssmagic mother #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #inkmine #grief

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