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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 4d

Powerful truth! Well done!

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Rebekah 💙🏳️‍🌈 @rteller.bsky.social · 6d

I'm a little late. Here's my piece for #PoemsAbout #Mannequin
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Surveying

I may as well be a mannequin
All I can do is stand here and watch
Even though I voted
And I called my representatives
And I filled out the surveys
And I went to the town hall
But still children are being tied up
In the middle of the night
While the President is building
A golden ballroom
And all that's left to do is
Stand here with a sign that says
Please do not touch

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 4d

Love these!

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 5d

Inspired by @bleuowl.bsky.social
a #senryu for
#haikuchallenge #aesthetics
also for #poemsabout #mannequin

soulless prosthetics
of pre-approved aesthetics
trapped in plastic mire

#Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry

Bleu @bleuowl.bsky.social · 5d

Minds Eye :

Soulless posed statues ,
Being trapped within … themselves-
Fashioned #Mannequins ~

Adorned adoration … for-
The only thing they look at~

#tanka #senryu #poetry
#haikuchallenge #poets @bleuowl.bsky.social

C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 8d

For #PoemsAbout #Mannequin
a little rushed up piece… but didn’t want to skip another week.
For hosts @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Looking forward to reading all the fabulous pieces.
#Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 4d

That is beautiful Glenn! Thank you for sharing!

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Glenn Barker @rotherwrites.bsky.social · 4d

This week I want to #LiftToTheSky poet Brian Patten, who died September 29th; not so much for his poetry but this quote from him in a newspaper obituary, which goes to the heart of why we come together every week for #PoemsAbout #PromptCombo and others.

@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoetsInBluesky

Brain Patten, Poet, 1946-2025

Writing poetry was a kind of therapy
for him. “You think about things which
are in you and sensations that are going
through you and if you understand them
you can grow in that knowledge. That
is what poems are for”.

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you C for the re-read and the thoughtful comments! I appreciate your time and review! Very helpful!❤️

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5d

Big thanks for last week’s fierce drops on #PoemsAbout. Next up: #ImperfectMe — bruised reflections, warped mirrors, un-Photoshopped truths. The new theme starts this Friday. Sign up for prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout or get lost in the feed.

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Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 5d

Getting ready to post my #poemsabout #imperfectme on FRIDAY. Lots of promise in this theme!!! bsky.app/profile/theb...

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5d

Big thanks for last week’s fierce drops on #PoemsAbout. Next up: #ImperfectMe — bruised reflections, warped mirrors, un-Photoshopped truths. The new theme starts this Friday. Sign up for prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout or get lost in the feed.

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 5d

Oh thank you Paul! It is wonderful to hear that my intention of the poem was indeed seen and effective! I appreciate it very much!❤️

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, thank you so much Carolyn! So appreciate the feedback and response! ❤️

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed I do! 👏👏

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for the privilege of reading great work!

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for the privilege to read beautiful work! 🩷

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Favorite line “look that says distance!” Beautiful imagery and poem! Welcome back!

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Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social · 7d

#PoemsAbout #Mannequin

I put the wrong prompt on here 🙄

Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social · 7d

I've missed a couple of recent prompts as I've been away. Here's a relatively quick write based on a real artifact that I've seen scare the living daylights out of numerous people. For @alanparrywriter.co.uk and #PromptCombo #mannequin

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Wow! This is eery with a feeling of Edgar Allen Poe! I love the line “shadow scars floor!” Well done!

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Gabriel Bauman @gabrielbauman.com · 7d

“Inarticulate”

Just couldn’t get it out

For #PoemsAbout #Mannequin

@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

INARTICULATE

Coat sealed in resin,
ribs click shut.
Mouth splits,
no sound follows.

Footsteps brush past.
Door flares white.
Beloved outline
fixes frame,
pins body
between reach,
retreat.

One arm loosens.
Shadow scars floor,
half wing, half knife.

Silence hardens.
Her laughter picks
at stitches.

Behind lacquered ribs
scream flares,
blisters upward,
dies chewing on
roof of mouth.

Gabriel Bauman

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed!

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

No apologies ever needed! Hoping for smooth sunshine for you!❤️

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you! I did!

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Lots and lots of great phrases and imagery in this poem! You've got great scaffolding for a great poem!

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 7d

My contribution to #PoemsAbout #Mannequin. It's a bit of a mess.

I actually wrote two poems for the prompt. One is more me centered. This other one is... not. I definitely want to work on it more. Give it more bite

Thank you, @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk for another great prompt!

He is the figurehead,

Some one that maybe isn'tdead,

Though I don't think

His heart had actually ever beat

They do what they can

To make his walking corpse

Look alive

As they prop him up

Above the gods

They act as his hammer

To beat down

Anyone and anything

that doesn't conform

To his vision of the world

To keep the rotted one

As the figurehead

Of their insanity,

they'll coat him in plastic,

Replace his veins with wires,

Generate his thoughts with AI

They'll still prop him among gods,

And follow his commands,

They'd do anything

To make sure the lunacy never ends

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Debra Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Hello Joseph! Welcome to a wonderful platform of fabulous poets!

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Joseph Nutman @joseph-nutman.bsky.social · 10d

Hello, Bluesky! I am here for poetry, mainly - the sharing of it, reading of it (when I should be working), and connecting over it. I am fully aware that with no followers, I am currently talking to an empty room - well, there is no authenticity without absurdity, after all. Why am I still talking?

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