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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 6d

night sky
a bonfire
of burning poems
in the heart
of stars

#Photography Paramount Observatory
@paramountobs.bsky.social

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

I’m thrilled and honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, theme "pink".
thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

wishing on stars
she folds pink booties
Into a drawer
— Mary Beth Defer

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OddlyMe @oddly-me.bsky.social · 7d

I got locked out of my account, so I had to start this new one.
I hope to connect with all the create poets and artists I've met on Bluesky.

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

Thank yo!

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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True Blue Alice the Savior of Wonderland and Assorted Places @parismilly72.bsky.social · 7d

Great Job
#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt.

Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

I’m thrilled and honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, theme "pink".
thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

wishing on stars
she folds pink booties
Into a drawer
— Mary Beth Defer

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7d

ME: "Jesus, why does your close friend Speaker Mike Johnson relentlessly bear false witness?"

JESUS: "WHO???"

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

It. was! I am so excited!

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

I’m thrilled and honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, theme "pink".
thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

wishing on stars
she folds pink booties
Into a drawer
— Mary Beth Defer

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats. Your Haiku made me smile.

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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 7d

I’m beyond honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, with the theme of “Pink”. Thanks so much to Beverly Acuff Momoi for her thoughtful commentary. To read the winning poems, click on the link.

thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

A text based image of the poem. The poem reads

bubblegum pink
steadying the bicycle
my father’s hands

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Madeleine Begun Kane @madkane.bsky.social · 9d

I’m a rhymer, a limerick drafter,
And a chronic light-poetry crafter.
I’ve been labeled a “card,”
And called “daft,” but not “bard.”
What’s my target? Grins, giggles, and #laughter.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Laughter #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Poems #PoetryCommunity

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

Beautiful

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

high tide
my longing waxes with the
hunter moon

#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt #hightide #huntermoon
#poetry
#micropoetry

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Mamdani: "Every day, Trump wakes up and makes another threat, a lot of the times about the city that he actually comes from. What is angering to me is not what Donald Trump does, because we've come to expect that from it. But it's the idea that we have to accept that as the law, as normal."

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ⴽⴰⵔⵉⵎⴰ (Karima) @koelh.bsky.social · Dec 21

There’s a quiet strength in vulnerability. I might feel exposed, but I’m not drowning. I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve spent much of my life running away from myself. But it’s never too late to embrace vulnerability. Bear with me as I learn to accept mine—because the artist in me is still here. #art

Black and white of the artist facing away from the camera with bare back visible in a mirror. Text edit on top of the picture is: There’s a quiet strength in vulnerability. You feel exposed, yet overlooked. Self-reflection requires vulnerability to peel away the layers of expectation and pretense, leaving ourselves bare. It’s only in that space, where transformation begins. To turn inward is to embrace ourselves fully—unguarded.

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

"siloed realities" is a fowerful truth.

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Silby @silby.bsky.social · 9d

as if spacewalking–
sea-blue microgravity,
weight off weary bones

Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · Jul 20

her limp dissolves
as she glides through the water
still free

#SenryuSunday
#dailyhaikuprompt #swim
#haiku
#poetry
#writingcommunity

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

So hopeful. I love this one.

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 9d

fallen pinecone-
a new forest
already inside
#haiku #poetry

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Mary Beth D. @shewordcrafts.bsky.social · 7d

Lovely

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⋆｡˚☆⋆Tré⋆☆˚｡⋆ @tregallery.com · 9d

Gran would be thrilled! 🥹 Thank you kindly, DJ Tyrer, 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, and Atlantean Publishing. 🙏

Gran was a mountain healer. There wasn't a fence she wouldn't jump, or animal she couldn't charm. My love of nature and words is genetic.

✨️🍂⛰️👵⛰️🍂✨️

#writingcommunity #haiku #poetry #publishing

5-7-5 Haiku by Tré

sheets on gran's clothesline
a watercolor sunset
painting autumn wind

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 7d

blurs of time
deepening
in my wrinkles

#vss365 #blur #Oulens
#haiku #senryu
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry

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