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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 · 24d

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 · 1d

Congratulations. 😊

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 1d

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

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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

#dailyhaikuprompt #hyacinths

winters end...
awaiting the awakening
of blue hyacinths

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

Wednesday’s child hums through her throes.

#7syllablesentence #throes

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

In autumn’s throes, the earth exhales.

#7syllablesentence #throes

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Steve.

Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

under the harvest moon the crow remembers names

#haikufeels #OneLineOctober #monoku #crow

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

Time is a slippery thing.

Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sorry this isn't fiction & an actual loss. My condolences. It did feel poignant .

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David Middleham @dmiddleham.bsky.social · 3d

i associate you
with a particular colour
i can feel
but can't name

i could live and die
in that hue
sustained by the kaleidoscope
of your need

but drawn
relentlessly
to that one alluring shade
i dare not speak

#vss365
#associate

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

Such a tender piece.

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Bernard Pearson @bernp.bsky.social · 3d

The small lady I knew as a child.

She stands defiantly
in the microscope
Of memory
Outside the bus shelter
Waving farewell as if
on the eve of battle
As the rain pecks
her porcelain bones
back into polaroid times.