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Rachel

@vignettes.bsky.social

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Absurdist, writer, explorer, escape artist. Copywriter, writer of poetry and prose. Bookish & writerly banter. British, living in Italy. 🇮🇹🇬🇧

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 25d

I am thrilled to have a piece published in Issue 6 & overcome the hurdle of audio recording. Like many things, the idea was worse than the reality. Support from @thebrokenspine.co.uk poets encouraged me to submit. Thanks to all of you & the gentle guidance of Kristin @epistemiclit.bsky.social 😁

Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · Sep 8

Issue 6: Nostalgia is LIVE!

Read, share, and tell us YOUR pieces of nostalgia!

Congratulations and THANK YOU to all of our contributors — this issue is yours! We’re privileged to shepherd your work into the world!

epistemiclit.com/current-issue/

Current Issue -

digital literary anthology accepting submissions based on theme to open conversations aimed at interpersonal understanding.

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 18h

Powerful, tender filled with remorse and delicate hope. An important piece. It's left me with a lump in my throat.

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 22h

each fern unfurls
a slower version
of my breath
#haiku #poetry

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 21h

Had swerved to avoid
The verve of such fervour, no
Favours in fever.
#vss365 #verve #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

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Merril D. Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social · 21h

Good morning! I wasn't going to do this prompt for #PoemsAbout #imperfectMe but started writing it yesterday @paulwritespoems.bsky.social writing group. It's still rough. Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Poem:

Still Standing

The scar on my right breast
a faint tracing,
the charcoal under the artist’s paint,

tattooed dots,
ellipsis signaling the story continues—

always a before
and an after--

so far, always an after--

the sagging of flesh, the greying of hair,
points for endurance, if not for style,

as vain as anyone, I suppose,
but embracing the imperfect,
me.

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 19h

The delicate metaphors are wonderful, charcoal and dots. A tender human piece.

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Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 21h

Today's #poetry #prompt:

I read a poem today about the items in an apartment speaking to the owner. Write me a poem in conversation with an object you can see

#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts

(#Poem is 'en mann med egen leilighet' by Nil-Øivind Haagensen. It's in Norwegian)

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 22h

That's gracious of you, but I suspect you have created your own luck & it's paying off. 😉

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 1d

In a state of forced
Evolution, growing wings,
Angel or demon?
#vssmagic #evolution #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@vssmagic.bsky.social

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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · 1d

misty garden light
the rabbits are wearing
raincoats of dead leaves

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 1d

You seem to be having a great year! Congratulations....again.

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing this. I've signed up, too. Great topic!

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations. 😊

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

Many things to love here, particularly how the 'un' fractures the piece

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 2d

the colour
of our #ashes I found
was red
when I inked our story
on this un-
clippable page

#vss365 #ash #Oulens
#haiku #senryu #tanka
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry

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Marilyn Ward @haikupoet.bsky.social · 3d

#dailyhaikuprompt #hyacinths

winters end...
awaiting the awakening
of blue hyacinths

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

Wednesday’s child hums through her throes.

#7syllablesentence #throes

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

In autumn’s throes, the earth exhales.

#7syllablesentence #throes

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Steve.

Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

Mine is 'poetic' in the lowest sense, but it is fun & I'm too tired to be serious. I have so many submissions I'd like to do, but I just can't settle.

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

I've just noted & replied to your delightful whimsy 😂

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

Grant grows grand with golden glow,
grants the grin he longs to show.
The cat purrs thanks, the clouds agree,
gravy, grace, and harmony.

#vssdaily

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 3d

early morning
at the bird feeder — a clash
of hungry beaks
#vss365 #haiku

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

Three storeys up, she courts the clash ~
paisley with leopard, sequin socks with sandals,
a crooked tiara for pruning thyme.
Polka dots flirt with embered ash
as she hums to bees,
the wind, her velvet orchestra,
the sky her tilted hat.

#vss365 #clash

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 4d

under the harvest moon the crow remembers names

#haikufeels #OneLineOctober #monoku #crow

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