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Robert J. W.

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Poet, writer, artist, mental health warrior/advocate

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · Aug 21

TODAY IS THE DAY! My new #poetry collection, The Line Breaks Between Lives, is out now! I've put so much effort into this one; it's beautiful, it's ugly, it's witty. It bares teeth and blooms flowers!

www.amazon.com/Line-Breaks-...

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you!

Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 23h

To taper from the pain
that was once
a haunted noise
beneath our skulls,
we put down our weapons
and grasp dandelions.
The flesh of God
is the air we breathe
and the kindness we show.
We once chewed our chains
like cartoon piranhas.
Now we weep ecstasy
until they rust away.

#emoetry #vss365 #poetry

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 1d

Love this!

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⛳ 🎭 Edward Rinaldi 🐐 🍉 @blindedbeatpoet.bsky.social · 1d

we became drunk
disillusioned piranha
shirley jackson-ites
sate sorry pirates
lottery chanced tied to menial
we became hunger less
ghosts, what once was
now fuzz beneath beds
wearing werewhoring soul
we pay for skin, for flesh
weigh glow bones we left
compass-less, morally slipped #vss365

a pixel art of a group of people playing instruments

ALT: a pixel art of a group of people playing instruments

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ShereKhancept the Spectre @sherekhancept.writes.fyi · 1d

what is poetry,
but a tangible feeling
put into words

beautiful because it is
stated,
born to being,
expressed,
known

what is poetry,
but a beautiful thought
so vivid from Living?

what is poetry,
but life?

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#originalwriting #poetrycommunity #queerpoet #poem #thestunningneedtocreate

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 1d

I hold it there
like a precious gem
in a secret niche
inside my mind

taking it out
every now & then
when no-one sees
to marvel at it—
slowly entranced
by how it gleams
& sparkles,
just for me

then I gently
place it back again—
this untold,
hidden fantasy
that means
so much
to me.

#sensewrds 130

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent

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PS Conway @psconway.bsky.social · 1d

-
love’s river runs swift
full of anger and need
when your tears drown us

the water is swarming
with piranha again
all teeth, blood, and loss

leaving me torn to pieces
adrift, unable to mend
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#vss365 #poetry #read

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yeehaw poems 👑 @yeehawpoems.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Saturday!

I've finished editing the chapbook for Cassiopeia Act II. Think of it as like a sampler of what is in the full version. Thank you all for joining me along in this journey. Now I can focus more on writing for a couple months!

thoughtbutterfliesblog.wordpress.com/cassiopeia/ #poetry

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia is a collection of poems written primarily on Bluesky over the course of 2025. The collection is split into three sections, Act I (Jan-Apr), Act II (May-August), Act III (Sept-Dec). The …

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Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social · 1d

smooth jazz
a fallen leaf
crosses the street
#NaHaiWriMo

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IanBB ♾️🦋 @infinityloop.bsky.social · 1d

The Caterpillars 🐛
Spin silk
Of transformation
Designed for
Earthly
Reincarnation.

Spider spins to
Trap a meal
Of wayward
Winged
Worlds

Piranha
Pounce
Like
A
Water pride
Rushing in
To kill.

We too
Can
Reincarnate.
Though we far
Prefer resembling
The spiders,
And piranha.

#vss365 #piranha

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · Feb 5

This is a poem of loss, taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023)...

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks!

Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 2d

Autumn winks
at a sky
devoid of meaning.
Leaves breathe death
and beauty
as if there were a difference.
The people are draped
in raincoats.
The witches are giddy.
All expect a shiver
from a nameless tear.
I hope we all
heal
from the screams
that this year
has forced on us.

#vss365 #emoetry #poetry

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 2d

When sadness showers down
Made from artificial
Silly people clouds
There naught be
An umbrella
Or a #raincoat
Big enough
To cover
Ones heart
From welling up
And sinking
Like a boat
With a broken hull

#vss365

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 2d

Yes!

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Sophie Sinistra @witchythirteen.bsky.social · 2d

Life is too short, so live it loud.
Be magical and weird.
Celebrate your joy.
🖤✨🔥
#Witchsky #Pagansky #FreeWitch

A fairy dancing on toadstools with a fox

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

I’ve exchanged
the wretched
for the #sublime,
the grimy
for divine,
the pain
for sunshine;

I’m bartering
what’s left
of my soul
for a chance,
one
last
chance
at a life well led

#blueskyrelay #poetry

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KerreeAM @candkwords.bsky.social · 2d

An atmospheric shift.
Darkening clouds seem closer,
and that rain feeling.

Wrapped in a Raincoat.
Road smells and Petrichor perfume;
slowing down to listen.

Road puddles do form,
the child inside comes back to life;
free from adult cares.

#vss365 #Raincoat

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Catherine Beavis @catherinebeavis.bsky.social · 2d

as the gloaming arrived
we ran laughing
into the autumnal wind
our tawny raincoats spinning
amid apricot swirling leaves
with just the synergy
of our heartbeats
echoing the amber skies
& my only wish
for this weightless freedom
of endless kisses
forever dancing by your side

#vss365 #raincoat

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! Sorry to feel it though

Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 2d

I'm choking
on the bones of this world.
My misanthropic verve
drives me to write
in venom
but I'm getting fatigued.
I want to love,
I want to rise.
Bitterness becomes
a coping skill
and soaks in like a virus.
My vomit speaks;
it curses
then sputters
into binary code.

#vss365 #emoetry #poetry

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 3d

Forgive me, I am by nature an open book,
but was discarded carelessly halfway through
a reading, pages splayed, binding strained.
But regard the spine: creases long and smooth
as the lines of the South Downs viewed from afar.

A chance, my friend, that’s all I ask.

#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe

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