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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · Apr 20

Repost as previous link broken.

Proud to have been nominated for a BOTN award this year.

Here's a working link to the poem:
samanthaterrell.weebly.com/shine-poetry...

Do follow @samanthaterrell.bsky.social and look at the talented group of poets she's showcased in SHINE.

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks so much Carolyn

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Alliteration always works for me. "Mannequin memories." Nice.

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Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 6d

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Mannequin with thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating. An odd one to think about. Look forward to seeing what others have written.

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Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social · 6d

Smiles, poorly painted on ghastly echoes of mannequin memories

(I will use bits of this in a rondel I was playing with, so call this a preview)

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

#haikufeels #onelineoctober #ghastly #poemsabout #mannequin #micropoem #micropoetry #monoku #poem #poetry

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Love the first line. It's soft and leads into what is to come well.

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 6d

For #PoemsAbout #Mannequin here is ‘Disjointed’

Big shout to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for creating this space to share with a vast array of prompts.

Will catch up later…

Disjointed

Dreamsoft hands
replaced with fury-fists.

Gentle shoulders splinter
in vicetwist—
you carried the weight
of her malignant trivialities
for too long

my efforts to speak up
reduced to failed
staccato stilted silence
by my

planed plastic tongue.

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Very cool

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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 6d

#PoemsAbout #Mannequin
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#supportlocalbusiness
I will put a reel in the comments.

DAVID

The David is a dickless white guy
salvaged from a JCPenny anchor store
that shuttered at the mall in Ghost Town
during the last pandemic
who greets you at the ringing door
holds your cap or umbrella
and listens to your worst bullshit
better than your latest best friend forever
over latte and biscotti
at Michelangelo’s café and gallery
where the roast is local but not provincial
the art is organic and the word survival
is printed by hand on the bottom
of your to go cup but it’s no guarantee
because when you leave this oasis
you’re on your own in the urban desert.

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Love this Debbie

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 6d

Good morning #poetry community here for @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #mannequin prompt and Hello to maestro @alanparrywriter.co.uk I wasn’t going to contribute but this popped out when I thought about how my sister was lured into dubious modelling when she was just 16.. Thanks for the prompt.

A poem by Debbie Ross

A Promising Career
First she had head shots, posed with a black trilby and bleached blonde hair.
Next he wanted body shots, posed in red suede boots black fish nets and a cashmere jumper.
I don't know what came after that, she never said.
She keeps a photo on her mantle, to remind her she's so much
more than mannequin.

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 6d

Here is Formed - my #PoemsAbout #mannequin
Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Happy Friday!
#poetry

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Ali Jones @aliskjones.bsky.social · 6d

For #poemsabout #mannequin, I write about Elena Milagro de Hoyos and Carl Tanzler. I read about them in a library book when I was quite young, and have never forgotten what I read.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 6d

Break my stiff body
into equal parts.
Give me her arm,
their legs
and his head -

in my hands.

Make me whole again.

I want to look into those eyes.
I want to drink deep
from the plastic lips
until they are soft,
mine.

#poemsabout
#mannequin
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

🥰

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Oh that's praise indeed. I appreciate that!

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

I really appreciate that Debbie!

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

You're welcome. Thank you!

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks so much!

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Much appreciated!

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

More than welcome.

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks John

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Appreciated Debra

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Much appreciated!

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Paul! 🥰

Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 5d

This! 🔥

Just sayin'

John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 6d

#PoemsAbout #Mannequin
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#supportlocalbusiness
I will put a reel in the comments.

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