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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · 21h

#poetry #autumn #october #fall #poetrysky

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 8d

crane in the marsh-
one leg
longer than silence
#haiku #poetry #birds

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · 8d

#alicecooper #vincentprice #halloween #classichorror #october

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 10d

This is my favourite Langston Hughes poem. He says so much in 4 lines, and the weight of the word 'perhaps' in the last line does not go unnoticed.

Posting on the 1955th day since George Floyd was murdered. Little has changed, things are probably worse

#poetry
#poemoftheday
#BlackHistoryMonth

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · 11d

I'm proud to have a poem in IHRAM Press's anthology "America's Slide Towards Authoritarianism," in which 12 artists and 30 writers offer their take on the fragility of the values that once made America great. Preorder at a 30% discount before the Oct. 1 release date: shorturl.at/oFTcL.

New Release: America's Slide Towards Authoritarianism — International Human Rights Art Movement

America’s democracy is eroding—bold voices from the United States and Italy, to the UK and Iran, connect through their literary craft and artistry. Each story represents a segment of American society ...

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · 18d

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

-Robert Frost, "Fire and Ice"

#poetry #poetrysky

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · 23d

"I am a descendent of stillness
and sailors still in motion,
a brew of saltpeter and blackbird song."

-Rolando Kattan, from "Two-Blooded" (trans. Hedeen & Rodríguez Núñez)

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#poetry #Honduras #LatinAmericanpoetry

Two-Blooded

I am a descendent of stillness

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Ms.Tastey 🕷️ @littlebitespoetry.bsky.social · 25d

if only
we could live
like the wildflowers,
blooms of all sizes and colors
sharing the soil
of one field

#micropoetry #poetry #wildflowers

Another one of my poems in the Alchemy and Miracles #poetryanthology 🌸🪻🌻🏵️

A photo of a page in the Alchemy and Miracles poetry anthology in front of a bookshelf with 2 small canvas paintings of a field in day and night. The poem is titled Full Bloom by Rita Taste and reads:

if only
we could live
like the wildflowers,
blooms of all sizes and colors
sharing the soil
of one field

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Mark Hendrickson @markhpoetry.bsky.social · 25d

Many thanks to Teri “Sakyu” Santitoro for publishing five of my Scifaiku in the August print edition of Scifaikuest! This is the last of the five. Visit markhendricksonpoetry.com #scifi #micropoetry #haiku #haikuoftheday #haikulover #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poems #poetrylovers #scifaiku

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · 28d

"My mother dries figs
with her blue-veined hands.
My mother smiles at walnuts
as though time in the heart never started."
--Bejan Matur, "As Though" (trans. Nell Wright)

#poetry #poetrylovers

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · Sep 5

a darkness
in which all articles
are indefinite
will we know ourselves
by our shadows our own words

#TankaThursday (dark)
#vss365 (article)

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · Sep 4

"When the prison door
bangs shut behind your back--
that's when you think about #freedom."
--Tomica Bajsić

#poetry #activism

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · Sep 3

“September approaching…I feel I owe myself a brief respite of leisure and no rushing around. I can’t face the dead reality. I want rainy days, lanterns and a hundred moons twining in dark leaves, music spilling out and echoing yet inside my head.”
—Sylvia Plath

#poetry #September #autumn

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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · Sep 3

the leaves’ sleepy veins
wilt golden with rust
autumn’s copper blood

#haiku #whistpr

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · Sep 2

Mary Oliver talks about paying attention...

Take time to pay some attention to the care she has taken here with line breaks and enjambment...

#poetry
#poemoftheday

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The Winged Moon Literary Magazine SUBS OPEN @thewingedmoon.bsky.social · Aug 29

BIOPHILIA is almost there! Wednesday September 3! We’ll be sharing our cover on that day as well along with so much other incredible poetry, essay and visual art. #poetrycommunity

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · Aug 29

Amazing, moving set of four #poems by Teri Vela in @villaineralit.bsky.social:

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#poetry #formalpoetry #writing #litmags #literature

Four Poems by Teri Vela

One Month Later Last night I was with D from high school and we were at a cabin / some place in the woods with lots of little living quarters / connected by pathways / D wanted sex / infatuation / …

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ShantyMinister @shantyminister.bsky.social · Aug 28

Well isn’t this lovely.

Opera star sings Habanera (from Carmen) in the airport (?)

What a terrific voice.
#opera

I don’t care if they’re staged, we need more profl free public #music and #art.

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Should be a great reading - tune in virtually if you're not in northeastern MA (link at bottom of flyer).

#poetry #poetryreading #openmic #writing

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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · Aug 27

A reminder for future generations….please don’t let this kind of music die out.

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · Aug 27

Check out "After Winter," a stunning poem by Katherine Gaffney in the Summer 2025 issue of @bluestemmag.bsky.social:

#poetry #writing

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After winter, — Bluestem Magazine

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DADA Poem @dadapoem.bsky.social · Aug 27

On the road
In a toad
Route will not load

#dada #dailypoem #poemoftheday #poem #poetry #writing

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The Passionfruit Review @passionfruitlit.bsky.social · Aug 26

'Plums' by Caroline Smith

Cover art: 'Frozen Oranges' by Denisa Popa

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great piece of liminal flash by @victorianations.bsky.social out today in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social:

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#horror #flashfiction #horrorlit

Wild Waters

by Victoria Nations Painted river waves flash between bleached stairs and molded tubes. Three friends enter the abandoned water slide, their heads sloshing with high school memories as they dry slide...

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · Aug 22

Poetry's strength lies in its imaginative language, which empowers readers to step into different shoes, fostering both creative thought and a more expansive understanding of the world.

#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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