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Quill of Mnemosyne

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Welsh writer and Poet posting verse, and other writing. #WritingCommunity Writer of #Dailyhaikews Host of #WildWalkPrompt

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Hello Wild walk writers

I got a nice close up of a duck today, and couldn't help but choose that as the prompt. Have fun writing !

#Beak

Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post using #WildWalkPrompt

#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2h

This is adorable!

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 6h

Small, focused, sharp beak
Simple plan for daily use
New morning is sung

#Beak #WildWalkPrompt #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #Birds #Birding #Sparrows #SongSparrow #Nature #Wildlife #Garden #GardenLife

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2h

Why does the world try to force the joy from us like we're sat on a lemon juicer?
Great piece!
Get every bit of youthful glee that you can!

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 11h

I miss the
#giddinness of youth,
#knee slapping laughter
at the smallest thing

now, I peck desperately
for joy like a magpie
picking up scraps
with my #beak

but sometimes
I get a #visitor,
my fun, crazy sister
& we laugh 'til we cry,
like we're fifteen
all over again.

#WildWalkPrompt
#Emoetry

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2h

I love it Eric!

I do enjoy people playing with forms to come up with their own.

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Eric @madp03t.bsky.social · 12h

Today's #WildWalkPrompt prompt was #Beak.

I present another #writing experiment:

an acrostic with some #Waltmarie flair, and of course some tongue-twisting fun.

What do you think?

#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #tonguetwister #poetry #acrostic #skypoetry

Another #writing experiment by Eric Montgomery (@madp03t,bsky.social) (c) 2025. All Rights Reserved.

Brazen blackbird breaks the dawn,
*bold in flight, it bluffs the lawn.*

Echoes stir the sleepy leaves,
*each note snaps, the morning heaves.*

Air spins wild beneath its wing,
*aims to startle, dives to sing.*

Keeps the sky from growing tame,
*clever bird, it plays the game*.

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2h

That is an incredible photograph!

Great piece too, swans are stunning creatures aren't they

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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 13h

No teeth to mash up food
a beak bright and orange
black swans so elegant
beaks are black
gliding through
foraging for plants to eat
in their sacred domains

#Beak

#WildWalkPrompt
#swans #photo Francis H Powell

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2h

Hello Wild walk writers

Thought this was holly at first, but it's very early fruiting, and has no spikes so I'm not sure...
#Berry

Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post using #WildWalkPrompt

#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2h

😅 I just googled piemnis to see what it was (not a good idea... don't try it...)

Then realized it was probably a typo of poem is...?

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2h

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
I took up the challenge and wrote a #Madrigal (one of Chaucer's english ones...)
How'd I do?

This is

Painting the Grey Away

Upon the walls, let art adorn the Earth,
Rebuke the taint of miserable grey
And smile from where it sits to bless your day.

No man alive could dispute colour's worth
They're all unqualified to have a say.
Upon the walls, let art adorn the Earth,
Rebuke the taint of miserable grey

Where evil seeks to harm creative birth
By stifling its joy with cold dismay
Our brushes shall paint rainbows anyway;
Upon the walls, let art adorn the Earth,
Rebuke the taint of miserable grey
And smile from where it sits to bless your day.

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 3h

THE DAILY HAIKEWS!

Today's story

Russian Assets

Europe set to use
All frozen Russian assets
To fund Ukraine.

Join in with your own short news poetry in the comments, or post with #Dailyhaikews

#Haiku #news #poetry #blueskypoet #ukraine #russia

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 3h

Coffee and cake work miracles!
I definitely encourage more coffee and cake in people's lives
🥔🥔🥔

Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9h

Fantastic!

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 12h

The heron's beak was
A blur when it finally
Struck, art of hunting.
#WildWalkPrompt #beak #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9h

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9h

What's this?
Dave's done a serious Wild Walk piece?
I am Honoured!
(Great piece Mate, it hits a lot in this modern age...)

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Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 13h

#wildwalkprompt #beak #poem #madrigal #crime

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9h

🤣🤣🤣

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you also to
@blueskypoetry.bsky.social
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@fhpowellwriter.bsky.social
@drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk
@jennnne.bsky.social
@carolynthomas.bsky.social
For reposting

Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you!

Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9h

It's a rough reality.
Definitely a disjointing experience, seeing someone in the mirror that you don't really recognise

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9h

I may try to turn it into a Haibun at some point...

Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 19h

#WildWalkPrompt

Green headed mallard
Opens up his yellow beak;
"Quack!" Rings 'cross the pond.

#Haiku #nature #poetry #blueskypoet #duck #mallard #beak

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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you Alan!