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Norb Aikin

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2x Writing.com Best Poetry Collection Quill Award winner and blogger. 3x published author. Former child. Hemmed up by JGM. #BillsMafia #Sabres #LGM #NDIrish Don't mind me; I hate everything. Norbaikin.com/blog

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for a way to welcome autumn? How about some #poetry? #writingcommunity #poems #authors

Signed copies: www.norbaikin.com/blog/product...

Amazon/Kindle Unlimited: www.amazon.com/World-Design...

A perfect and profound autumn poetry read!!
World By Design by Norb Aikin
Free verse poems
Metaphysical
Life, mental health, grief, and wonder
Profound and provocative
Avg. Rating: 4.9/5 stars

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 13h

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/11 Root Woman - Apostle
The Roots, "The Next Movement"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm7X...

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 5h

An anti-vax Ramones parody called "RFK Took My Baby Away".

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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 8h

🛸 Pioneer Sun… LATEST RELEASE
#Scifi #Wallops #NASA #JPL #Goddard #KU #Amazon
📚💙 Firmly rooted in the present…

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBLJGWW5

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NewJukeboxCafe 🇨🇦 📎 @newjukeboxcafe.bsky.social · 1d

#Music #NewJukeboxCafe

John Lodge was a pioneering force of British rock’s most underrated band
Michael Hann

The late musician helped steer the Moody Blues into an exciting and groundbreaking new era of psychedelia

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

John Lodge was a pioneering force of British rock’s most underrated band

The late musician helped steer the Moody Blues into an exciting and groundbreaking new era of psychedelia

www.theguardian.com

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Chris S. Dixon -Writer @chriswriter.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the kind repost Shanna, glad to reciprocate. In all humility, they're all good 5* reads, across many genres.☺️

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 5h

An anti-vax Ramones parody called "RFK Took My Baby Away".

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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 8h

Power to the People!
💰 #TaxNoir #IRS #Resist
Democratizing the Tax Code…
📚💙
A Subversive Short Story 99¢
“A controversial idea, and a fun read…”
www.amazon.com/dp/B091FGZBN3

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 13h

Logo concept "bee"

Are you in search of a logo design?
[email protected]

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Dominic Piper @dominicpiper.bsky.social · 19h

Acid Yellow. Dominic Piper.

"A complex, thrilling narrative, superb readability, amazing characters, and a leading man you'll want to sleep with! Five sparkling stars from me." - Maggie Buchanan.

mybook.to/AcidYellow

#MustRead #DanielBeckett #PrivateInvestigator #London #Mystery #Thriller

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 15h

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 13h

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/11 Root Woman - Apostle
The Roots, "The Next Movement"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm7X...

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Cami 🦋🌎📚☕️🐶🦜🌳🏞 Mom 👩 Good Troublemaker 💙 Truth Matters 🚫 No DMs 🚫 @cami4change.bsky.social · 18h

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Heads up! It's a FAKE website! 👇👇👇👇

TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 19h

Heads-up. Share this everywhere. ICE has created a fake "Stop Ice" app. They're trying to ensnare people to enter their information, so they can go after them.
Do NOT use stopice./org.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 19h

Well worth a read!

Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 10d

I'm delighted to announce that
my poem Prefab (which can be found in the link below)
has been nominated for BEST OF THE NET
My boundless gratitude goes to @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social & @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social for nominating me 🙏

#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #BOTN

Five Poems by Paul Connolly

Lothlorien Poetry Journal Edited by Strider Marcus Jones Poet - Publishes poetry and fiction online and in print periodically. https://lothlorienp

lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com

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author Freya Anduin @freyaanduin.bsky.social · 1d

this is not fashion - it's misogyny

Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 1d

Arm-trapping "cocoon" bodysuits at Alaïa, and mouth guards that stretched the face into rictus grins at Margiela. From left; Umberto Fratini/Gorunway.com;
Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 1d

I am "too old to listen to harmonicas in music" years old.

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/10 The Pale Man - Pan's Labyrinth
The Velvet Underground, "Pale Blue Eyes"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNSH...

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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 2d

🧞‍♀️Genie with an Attitude
Modern day wishes
Action, Adventure, Romance…
#RomCom #MagicalRealism 📚💙

www.amazon.com/dp/B07VWWRWFZ

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 1d

What’s a better way to celebrate spooky season than diving into some queer vampire books? Oh right, it doesn’t exist 🎃

buff.ly

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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 1d

I think my most recent 2 were stunning

Cover for the book Black Girls and How We Fail Them by Aria Halliday

Cover for the book Buy Black by Aria Halliday

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 2d

#Emoetry prompt for 10/9/2025

is

#fatigued

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 1d

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Clare O'Brien @clareobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Bit late to the party with this, work & family stuff has kept me from my writing lately! So #ImperfectMe is the ideal theme. This is a WIP, trying to get at how it feels when we isolate ourselves from what feels like an unfriendly world.
#poemsabout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

LINES OF DEFENCE
by Clare O'Brien

My hide set hard.
I’m fiercely solid, not a crack
to betray my weakness, defences
holding when the nightmares come.
Nothing can break me, nothing shake
my still resolve. My guards don’t sleep.
Unblinking eyes patrol between
the towers and the searchlights,
looking for incursions. I find nothing.
Nothing finds me.

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Katharine Tyndall @katharinetyndall.bsky.social · 4d

I'll have a spore-laden, devilish fungal story in the next issue of The Dodge! Just in time for mushroom season 🍄🍂🍄

The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 4d

Keep an eye out folks! Our Fall 2025 Issue will be out October 15th! Featuring all kinds of eco-writing and translation from a wonderful set of new and established writers.

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 2d

"Vanessa Fogg is one such bard, using her words to illuminate the emotions, the ambitions, the hopes and desires, and sometimes fears, of humanity."

A lovely review for my upcoming book, The House of Illusionists! @interstellarflight.bsky.social

templetongate.net/house-of-ill...

Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The House of Illusionists, and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg

Reviews of science fiction, fantasy and horror books, films, comics and television shows

templetongate.net

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