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I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands we live on & pay respect to all Elders past & present of all First Nations Australians, poet, https://annieb222.com/

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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 1d

#BornBattleReady

In the middle of the river
where arches, once golden
are now twisted in silence
the ancient bridges
slowly erased by time
the ruinous, rampant rust
devouring their iron bones
I still walk here some days
imagining ghostly pilgrims
travelling slowly across
the frail, porked, portal
broken beyond repair
tracing the fading graffiti
that tell the sad tales
of long-lost lovers
of promises broken
whose hands, once joined
slowly slipped apart
all their hopes and dreams
lost in the current below
© Ann Bagnall

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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 1d

#BornBattleReady

Last night I dreamt of angels
their wings broken
their feathers snapped like brittle reeds
their halos dimmed
they were falling slowly
not gracefully or intentionally
but like glass, hurled against stone
shattering into pieces
forever broken beyond repair
porked along with the sky
that was filled with cracks of thunder
a dark empty vault
where the stars were bleeding
and the moon hung crooked
I awoke trembling
listening to my own heart
long splintered by a loss
that I can never mend
and yet it was still beating
like defiance
still standing
in the wreckage of a dream
© Ann Bagnall

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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 1d

#BornBattleReady

Everything whispers in its demise
for all things are destined
to be broken
cathedrals collapse
into prayerless dust
the statues of the saints
emit sad, hollow echoes
their halos fading
but beneath the debris
wildflowers still grow
their roots winding
through porked pavements
reclaiming the ruins
I kneel here alone
the scent of flowers
softly circling me
and I finally understand
that being lost and broken
is not always an ending
but an opportunity
for a new life to begin
© Ann Bagnall

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🔆Fiery Sun Song🔆 @fluxofmind.ca · 8d

SOMETHING SACRED SURVIVED:

Life plans collapsed when health abruptly lapsed...

(Click to see full graphic).

#BornBattleReady #Poetry #Rhyme #Sacred #Coffee #Disability #ChronicIllness #Loss

I designed the background in Canva (no AI) to be dark brown with coffee beans and a white steaming mug of coffee at the bottom of the image (stock photo). The graphic is much longer than it is wide.

The text in the foreground is plain and white, other than the title, the word 'coffee', and the line 'but one ritual remains entwined', which are in a scrawled font that resembles chalk. The title has what looks at first glance like a brown shadow, but it has different text.

The text reads:

Something Sacred Survived
(Shadow text reads: Coffee helps me survive)

Life plans collapsed when health abruptly lapsed
Had pined for vacation not full hibernation
Appointments, injections, and painful subjections -
Devoting days to healing is completely unappealing
Dejected dependence unseats independence
Beloved ambition seems mere apparition
Though new pleasures discovered until I'm properly recovered
My existence is redefined but one ritual remains entwined
Sacred in solitude with memories imbued
Each sip takes me back to the life I now lack
Advancing my education Concealing inebriation
And for every occupation arming me with motivation
Sunrise sparks anticipation for routine caffeine fixation
My tenebrous searing saviour teeming with warm blanket flavour
My morning mug reminds me life may not be all behind me
Silently, each sip I savour...
is much more than flavour

By Fiery Sun Song Fluxofmind.ca

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 8d

My contribution to this week's #BornBattleReady ( #sacred ) & #BlueSkyArtShow ( #relax )

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#WritingCommunity #poetry
#KBFPhotography #MobilePhonePhotography #Photography #monochrome

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A black-and-white picture of flat rock in the shade next to other rocks, seen from an almost level position.

© Stefanie Neumann - #KBFPhotography

SANCTUARY

There was a time
when I could relax
into my sacred space

A sanctuary
all my own
to be in ease and grace

I shared it once
it was beautiful
like coming home times two

That was before
the grave
shift

before
the desecration

before sacred
was turned
to scared

How to heal
from such a rift
I do not have a clue

But I do
one step
one breath
one iota
at a time

© Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree

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DaniGraceWrites @danigracewrites.bsky.social · 6d

Cosmic Gem

Each star beyond man's eye
Survives in blessěd obscurity
Still safe from discovery
Unlabeled, unclaimed,
unconquered, unshamed
#Sacred in its own image
And free to exist without
A wonder sullied by humanity.

#BornBattleReady
#poetry

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David Middleham @dmiddleham.bsky.social · 8d

#BornBattleReady

from font to blessing
from muse to scribe

you do not simply inspire me

a sacred act flows through me
as i bind you in verse

and oh
how i yearn
to do your grace justice

and oh
how i yearn
to make your resplendent soul glow

and oh
how i yearn
to make you feel thirsted for

and oh
how i yearn
to make those lips and those eyes smile

and even in the profanity
of conjuring thoughts of you
pale skin
midnight lace

sighs of contentment
sighs of ecstasy

i am still driven
by a higher need

i can't make anymore beautiful
than you already are
to any eyes
but your own

but oh
how i yearn
to make you art

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Reds @blackonreds.bsky.social · 8d

Sacred memories
Silver bits
In an unsavory past
Clung onto like
A favorite guitar riff
Standing out like
Flickers of gold
That which made me bold
And as I grow old
Those silver linings
Are always what
Stands out
What gets me through
Silver, gold
Never old

#BornBattleReady

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Matt @inpoetsshoes.bsky.social · 7d

Sacred sugar rush mountain
In haze I eagerly climb
Feed my lust with your fountain
In my rush I feel so high

Morning cravings my delight
Thirst in a hunger raises doubt
Walls are built in fight
Need this drug to ease my flight

Sacred feelings they float home
When all is forgiven laid on my crown

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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 8d

#BornBattleReady

Some sacred things
live between the pauses
in the hush before dawn
or in the tremble of a voice
when everything is broken
no scripture taught me this
but that brief moment
when I looked in the mirror
and for once, I didn’t flinch
the acceptance
of my own breaking
the choice to love again
call it divine, call it grace
call it the soul
remembering itself
for not all sacred things rise
some simply endure
without any explanation
and that too, is holy
© Ann Bagnall

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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 8d

#BornBattleReady

I build shrines from wild violets
and from sea glass
because for me sacred is sometimes
just the way the light dances with leaves
or gently caresses the dark corners
long abandoned
illuminating for mere seconds
a fleeting beauty
not all sacred things are clad in gold
not all holy things
are held in temples built of stone
some are quiet
just a name whispered between breaths
when sorrow strikes like lightning
© Ann Bagnall

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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 8d

My scars are sacred
and my wounds are holy
carved deep
within my skin
I still carry them
everywhere
the proof of my survival
we all have shadows
that we cannot see
easily broken
but not easily healed
each break I endured
has become a rune

my hope renewed
by ancient spells
spoken without sound
I had asked for nothing
but to be seen
to be adored by eyes
unafraid of the night
but in time I learned
your real intent
I learned to name it
in my silence
and to never look away

some part of you
still lives in me
where your memory
still dares to hide
but I now I hope
and now I dream
that your nightmares
know my name
I still feel you
I know that you
are out there
still lingering in the dark

and when the clouds
obscure the moon
it is not the darkness
that reminds me
but the understanding
that light arrives
gently, slowly
in broken fragments
yet whole in meaning
each sorrowful memory
a scripture of resilience

I am no martyr
I didn’t ask for pain
but I turned it
into something
that now glows
beneath my skin
there is a temple
inside me now
built from everything
that tried to break me
but ultimately failed

and although
I am a quiet soul
make no mistake
my silence is sacred
a choice, a vow
for not everything
that ever bleeds
must be buried
in the dark
some wounds
are meant to shine
becoming cathedrals
in our souls
© Ann Bagnall

Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 8d

#BornBattleReady Link to poem on my website; text in first comment for those who prefer not to use the link:
annieb222.com/2025/10/04/m...

My Scars Are Sacred

…and my wounds are holy Image courtesy of Adobe Stock My scars are sacred and my wounds are holy carved deep within my skin I still carry them everywhere the proof of my survival we all have …

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Roy Biakpara (Emir of Clan of Diasporans) @rbiakpara.bsky.social · 13d

#BornBattleReady

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Annieb222 @annieb222.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for your kind words!💕

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Raymond B. Steinmetz @raymonds-towers.bsky.social · 14d

Guardian grants gentle guidance,
gathering grief, guarding glow,
giving ground for growing grace.

Comfort carries careful counsel,
calming cries, cradling courage,
creating circles of cherished care.

Solace sings soft serenity,
smoothing sorrows, shaping survival,
sowing seeds of sacred stillness.

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🔆Fiery Sun Song🔆 @fluxofmind.ca · 15d

Stand On Guard:

Sovereignty is fragile
Freedom is dependent...

#BornBattleReady #Guardian #Poetry #HumanRights #FreedomFriday #Community #StrongerTogether #BetterWorld

I designed the background in Canva (no AI) to look dark, wrinkled, and with the faint impression of the earth.

The text is plain, capitalized, hollow, and white.

The text reads:

Stand On Guard

Sovereignty is fragile
Freedom is dependent
But leaders ticking senile
And people all expectant

Greed is the pandemic
Eroding all our pillars
Complacency endemic
As we revere our jailers

Global propoganda spreads
Infects minds openly
Evil siren's castanets
Erode diplomacy

We don't need just one hero
We need the plebeians
We don't belong to Nero
We're our own #guardians

By Fiery Sun Song Fluxofmind.ca

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 15d

GUARDIAN

The road is shrouded, the view obscured
The world no longer seems the same
Do I let myself get lost
Will I give way to paths
Unseen, yet present
Transitory
Yet profound
I walk
On

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Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social · 15d

Guardian

My contribution to this week's #BornBattleReady ( #guardian ) & #BlueSkyArtShow ( #TheRoad ).

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#WritingCommunity #poetry #nonet
#KBFPhotography #DSLR #Nikon #Photography

A black-and-white picture of a bare, twisted oak tree at the end of a misty path with a person walking by next to it.

© Stefanie Neumann - #KBFPhotography

GUARDIAN

The road is shrouded, the view obscured
The world no longer seems the same
Do I let myself get lost
Will I give way to paths
Unseen, yet present
Transitory
Yet profound
I walk
On

© Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree

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DaniGraceWrites @danigracewrites.bsky.social · 14d

#BornBattleReady
#guardian
#poetry
#Integrity

Integrity

A guardian stands in armor
Of promised indestructible ideals,
but the being inside eventually decays through bloody grooves infected by injustice and corruption

As tempers and tensions rise,
the steely figure heats like an oven roasting inner souls with overdone control or squalid abstention
for evil's sake;

Soon, there is nothing left
to keep harm at bay
As ashes of original intent
become a defense blown away.

Poem by Danielle Grace

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J.G. Moore @writinglife2010.bsky.social · 15d

#BornBattleReady #guardian #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Sonnet
If Fools Wrote Love Songs

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Reds @blackonreds.bsky.social · 15d

Guide my spirit
Under wicked skies
Above my will to be
Readying to flee
Disgraced by memories
Insanity rumbles like thunder
Anger does it's lightning strike
Never giving in again

#BornBattleReady

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 15d

I turn to my right
I turn to my left
I see no beacon
No lighthouse

My shoulders empty hang
Darkness became my horizon
Tho’ there be a speck o’light
My #guardian
Out of the shadows

Into my chest I look
I see my heart glow
In my ribcage be their home

#BornBattleReady

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J.G. Moore @writinglife2010.bsky.social · 15d

#BornBattleReady #guardian #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Sonnet
The Steadfast Tin Soldier

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Matt @inpoetsshoes.bsky.social · 15d

Waves they rise high
A storm errupts my tide
A whirlpool of emotions
Lost here in confusion

Thunder hits deep my bones
A spark finds life in my soul
My guardian touches me close
Alive I rise above all

Clouds part as my sun hits the sky
My #guardian carries me safely to shore

#qrt

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