Catherine Baker
@catbake.bsky.social
Writer and editor in educational publishing.
frosted feather-frayed
white moths rise in our torchlight
to the outmost cold
white moths rise in our torchlight
to the outmost cold
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
frosted feather-frayed
white moths rise in our torchlight
to the outmost cold
white moths rise in our torchlight
to the outmost cold
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November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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the measurable distance
between poems
one maple leaf falls
then another
one Canada goose calls
then another
one snowflake drifts
then another
one memory arrives
then another
one lifetime
then another
and another
#vss365 #measurable
between poems
one maple leaf falls
then another
one Canada goose calls
then another
one snowflake drifts
then another
one memory arrives
then another
one lifetime
then another
and another
#vss365 #measurable
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
the measurable distance
between poems
one maple leaf falls
then another
one Canada goose calls
then another
one snowflake drifts
then another
one memory arrives
then another
one lifetime
then another
and another
#vss365 #measurable
between poems
one maple leaf falls
then another
one Canada goose calls
then another
one snowflake drifts
then another
one memory arrives
then another
one lifetime
then another
and another
#vss365 #measurable
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I’m honored to be featured in Issue 10 of the First Frost journal amongst so many gorgeous #haiku poems.
www.firstfrostpoetry.com
www.firstfrostpoetry.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I’m honored to be featured in Issue 10 of the First Frost journal amongst so many gorgeous #haiku poems.
www.firstfrostpoetry.com
www.firstfrostpoetry.com
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I love a sonnet.
The octave, general in terms, listing the necessities love fails to provide. Then in the sestet, more personal, and challenging the idea that ‘Love is All’. But even with that, at the end, the poet does not think she would trade or sell it for solace.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
The octave, general in terms, listing the necessities love fails to provide. Then in the sestet, more personal, and challenging the idea that ‘Love is All’. But even with that, at the end, the poet does not think she would trade or sell it for solace.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I love a sonnet.
The octave, general in terms, listing the necessities love fails to provide. Then in the sestet, more personal, and challenging the idea that ‘Love is All’. But even with that, at the end, the poet does not think she would trade or sell it for solace.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
The octave, general in terms, listing the necessities love fails to provide. Then in the sestet, more personal, and challenging the idea that ‘Love is All’. But even with that, at the end, the poet does not think she would trade or sell it for solace.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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here
a long lost sock
through what mad dimensions has it traveled?
what parallel universes of unimaginable beauty?
i peer suspiciously into my dryer
wondering
if i would fit
a long lost sock
through what mad dimensions has it traveled?
what parallel universes of unimaginable beauty?
i peer suspiciously into my dryer
wondering
if i would fit
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
here
a long lost sock
through what mad dimensions has it traveled?
what parallel universes of unimaginable beauty?
i peer suspiciously into my dryer
wondering
if i would fit
a long lost sock
through what mad dimensions has it traveled?
what parallel universes of unimaginable beauty?
i peer suspiciously into my dryer
wondering
if i would fit
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Deeply honored to have both a #Haiku and a #Senryu included in Issue 40 of #FemkuMag. Every poem in this issue is truly stunning. Thanks so much to Editors Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent for including mine.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Deeply honored to have both a #Haiku and a #Senryu included in Issue 40 of #FemkuMag. Every poem in this issue is truly stunning. Thanks so much to Editors Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent for including mine.
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late afternoon light
out of a coppiced willow
gold bones of winter
out of a coppiced willow
gold bones of winter
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
late afternoon light
out of a coppiced willow
gold bones of winter
out of a coppiced willow
gold bones of winter
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▫️ these cold white days ▫️
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
▫️ these cold white days ▫️
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𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗮
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗮
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November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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wind blown off the sea
this desire for a true name
secret form
salt taste of wild ideas
and raggedy flight
🌊🪶
#whistpr (windy)
#inkMine (form)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (imbibe)
this desire for a true name
secret form
salt taste of wild ideas
and raggedy flight
🌊🪶
#whistpr (windy)
#inkMine (form)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (imbibe)
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
wind blown off the sea
this desire for a true name
secret form
salt taste of wild ideas
and raggedy flight
🌊🪶
#whistpr (windy)
#inkMine (form)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (imbibe)
this desire for a true name
secret form
salt taste of wild ideas
and raggedy flight
🌊🪶
#whistpr (windy)
#inkMine (form)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (imbibe)
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November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Afternoon sun blind
my little words try hiding
floating in dust motes.
#haiku #micropoetry #senryu #poetry
my little words try hiding
floating in dust motes.
#haiku #micropoetry #senryu #poetry
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Afternoon sun blind
my little words try hiding
floating in dust motes.
#haiku #micropoetry #senryu #poetry
my little words try hiding
floating in dust motes.
#haiku #micropoetry #senryu #poetry
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November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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out of town
I try on
a different skin
I try on
a different skin
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
out of town
I try on
a different skin
I try on
a different skin
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“I may, I might, I must” by Marianne Moore
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“I may, I might, I must” by Marianne Moore
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the unpainted stars:
rolling fires of genesis,
all colors of creation
from our safe
& certain distance
how they appear
to hold their silences,
each white-gold celebration
hammered & framed
against the velvet wall of night
💫
#poem L.C. Goodwin
#art New Galaxy ~ Hubble Telescope
#resist
rolling fires of genesis,
all colors of creation
from our safe
& certain distance
how they appear
to hold their silences,
each white-gold celebration
hammered & framed
against the velvet wall of night
💫
#poem L.C. Goodwin
#art New Galaxy ~ Hubble Telescope
#resist
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Let my words
be bright with animals
If we pretend
we are the center,
that moles & kingfishers,
eels & coyotes
are at the edge of grace,
then we circle, dead moons
about a cold sun.
This morning I ask only
the blessing
to wear the skin of the bear
in my songs
#poem Joseph Bruchac
#art Ron Sanford
be bright with animals
If we pretend
we are the center,
that moles & kingfishers,
eels & coyotes
are at the edge of grace,
then we circle, dead moons
about a cold sun.
This morning I ask only
the blessing
to wear the skin of the bear
in my songs
#poem Joseph Bruchac
#art Ron Sanford
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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turnips
in the starred restaurant
the grandparents cry
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#kidlit #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#haikusaturday #senryusunday
#scifaikusaturday #stars
#2wordprompt #star #war #food
#bspp47 #hunger #winter #restaurant
#dailyhaikuprompt #turnip #rutabaga
#inkmine #banquet #feast
in the starred restaurant
the grandparents cry
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#kidlit #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#haikusaturday #senryusunday
#scifaikusaturday #stars
#2wordprompt #star #war #food
#bspp47 #hunger #winter #restaurant
#dailyhaikuprompt #turnip #rutabaga
#inkmine #banquet #feast
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
turnips
in the starred restaurant
the grandparents cry
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#kidlit #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#haikusaturday #senryusunday
#scifaikusaturday #stars
#2wordprompt #star #war #food
#bspp47 #hunger #winter #restaurant
#dailyhaikuprompt #turnip #rutabaga
#inkmine #banquet #feast
in the starred restaurant
the grandparents cry
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#kidlit #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff
#haikusaturday #senryusunday
#scifaikusaturday #stars
#2wordprompt #star #war #food
#bspp47 #hunger #winter #restaurant
#dailyhaikuprompt #turnip #rutabaga
#inkmine #banquet #feast
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November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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above the flat snow
stark tussocks of withered grass
all that remains — now
silent winter witnesses
whipped by the ice cold wind
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
stark tussocks of withered grass
all that remains — now
silent winter witnesses
whipped by the ice cold wind
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
above the flat snow
stark tussocks of withered grass
all that remains — now
silent winter witnesses
whipped by the ice cold wind
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
stark tussocks of withered grass
all that remains — now
silent winter witnesses
whipped by the ice cold wind
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
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(still dressed for summer,
lateblooming roses shiver
in relentless cold)
lateblooming roses shiver
in relentless cold)
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
(still dressed for summer,
lateblooming roses shiver
in relentless cold)
lateblooming roses shiver
in relentless cold)
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November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM