Dean Norton
zentinl.bsky.social
Dean Norton
@zentinl.bsky.social
somewhere between cold coffee
and used twist ties
is a paper life
in an automatic heart
Appreciate that reading, Helen. πŸ™πŸ»
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Different Dean but I enjoyed that!πŸ˜†
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ju, as someone whose spend my fair share in the mountains, your really take me to a place with this. The approach and contemplation are so well drawn.πŸ‘πŸŒ„
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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πŸ™ @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #PromptCombo
Out of season & they nest under #eaves, rather than #OnRoofs, but fits, I guess. 😁

#poem: Β©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025

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November 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Jan, I continue to marvel at your ability to imbue a sense of timelessness into your work. This has a gorgeous arc. πŸ‘βœ¨
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You capture fragility so that we dare not move or step. We are frozen with you or we will break the moment before it fades.β„οΈβœ¨
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Hello #promptcombo crew Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this week’s #onrooftops theme. I’m just about to go out, but thought I’d post my wee offering first. Photo by me, Jerusalem rooftops looking towards the Dome of the Rock.

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November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What a contrast of how the skyline is shared but the streets not. And the ending is crushing. πŸ‘πŸ”₯
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Appreciate Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this prompt #OnRoofs. It got me thinking about the need to get out from under what hangs over us.

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November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thanks, Mike. Appreciate the kind reading. I wasn't familiar with Southey's piece, so enjoyed that read. Then fell down a rabbit hole around the War of the Spanish SuccessionπŸ˜†
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Grateful for that supportive comment, Paul. Thank you!πŸ™
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Appreciate that, Emily! Thank you for reading.πŸ™
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Appreciate the kind reading, Debra!
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Thank you, Karen!
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Stace, it means a great deal that you didn’t just read this, but felt it. Thank you for telling me so.πŸ™
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Hah. Now that I have my coffee I am getting there!
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Rachel - Late to the comments, I can echo all the great remarks here. I love how you begin almost with a declaration or resistance, then draw us into this cycle. You do a wonderful job turning the piece around improbability.πŸ‘
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ah, very nice of you to say.
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thank you for taking a moment, Gary!πŸ™
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
You make it look easy. You are among the writers I come here for so... believe it. Keep writing.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For #Emoetry #Ferocity I am hoping perhaps this one will fit. It a very early piece of mine from 1995.

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November 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Appreciate the note very much, John.
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Powerful intersection of cosmic and religious elements, and the play on the Bach theme echoes with desperation and futility. But the tragic finality of tourists and our debris field is... wow. This is beautifully done. 🀌Hope you got that sleep!
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM