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karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
I went as far north in this rewrite as I could go with the #prompt THANK YOU FOR #Reading #Reposting #Commenting on all of the #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor 🐺 #KeepCreative #KeepWriting #WeAllWin #Poetry #PoetsOfBluesky @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social
While I sleep A white arctic sea wolf on an island of midnight snow follows the scent of a newly-hatched snakelet I stole from the pit of her frozen, fabled polar world. Paw-paddling icy waters to find him she claws open the pale-yellow pine door of my dream. Lets herself in, crawls under the covers, searches for the small serpent. Puny fire-breath barely warm, he hides beneath my bed, seafoam green scales shaking- he knows she wants him back. Karen Pierce Gonzalez
April 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
alanparrywriter.co.uk
‘Maybe he’s as hunted and harassed as I am too?’ flips everything. The threat becomes mirror, not monster. Gorgeous ambiguity! #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor
April 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
alanparrywriter.co.uk
I have gotten through 28 poems already today. I might slow down a tad soon, celebrate my birthday. I'll stick around for a while longer yet though. Still stuck on the bus x #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor
April 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
wordingway.bsky.social
∴ birch-ichor on sill
old gods singe with sap-runes
return what you stole
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moss rebels crack
shirk the pact, forestfang gnaws
through warded website ∴

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@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
a close-up of tree bark, marked with holes left by Downy and Pileated woodpeckers. fine green lichen (Lepraria spp.?) grows between the bark segments and inside many of the woodpecker holes.
April 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
rotherwrites.bsky.social
A reworking of my #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor weighted towards menace rather than redemption. More bite? This is a final verse change. Not sure about it...
Another Gut Reaction You imagine they will only want you for a meal or more, their damp breath inching across your skin before they cut you down. But they don’t all hunt in packs. Neither are they big or bad and starring in a fairy tale, looking for a comfy bed on a cold night. Their teeth have purpose, so too does that haunting call. But your peril is not who is at the door to rip you open tooth and claw. It’s not what they are or whether you see them or dream them. It’s what you trap under your own claws and bury deep in your own cold wastes. What they want is inside your head, to manipulate your buckled plates of faith, and twist your invective into being the wolf at someone else’s door. © Glenn Barker April 2025, edited May 2025
May 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
I have three #lifttothesky poets this week. First @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social who is both a an extremely thoughtful poet (witness the responses to the #wolvesatthedoor prompt) and a very supportive member of the #poetrycommunity
April 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk
Good morning #blueskypoetrycommunity and @alanparry83.bsky.social Thanks for this week’s @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #poemsabout #WolvesAtTheDoor Mine’s a bit of a jumble of ideas I think, still I hope it hits the mark.

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A poem by Debbie Ross Wolves at the Door I would like to have wolves at my door, or in my country anyway; apex predators keeping deer in check, allowing trees to flourish. It's a crime how animals are demonised - wolves, sharks, snakes. There is no evil in nature only in men, those who seek power and money. Greedy white men breaking down the doors of decency and justice, mauling for table scraps while the rest of starve White text on a black and white photo of wolves in a wood. hashtag poems about hashtag wolves at the door. Broken spine arts logo - a ink pen nib
April 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
‘not killing myself / in the style of my mother’ cuts like flint—sardonic & unsentimental. Defiance wrapped in smoke, a bleak little hymn for inherited vices. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor
April 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
wowitsladyakumu.bsky.social
I rented this thing. (It's a part of the "Conjuring" universe, so. 🤷‍♀️) I'll be sure to post my thoughts on it. #TheConjuring #WolvesAtTheDoor
"Wolves At The Door" (2017).
September 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
aethelshane.bsky.social
through kyoto strees,
imperialists surge forward,
bakumatsu days.

swords dancing with blood,
protecting tokugawa,
feared shinsengumi.

a night cold like steel,
ikedaya gathering,
kyoto to burn.

shouts and screams ring out!
look! mibu #wolvesatthedoor
dissenters slaughtered.

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April 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
lozzawriting.bsky.social
Ah no. I thought this morning's poem was the poem for #poemsabout #wolvesatthedoor but it turns out, it's this one. The wolf being the constant fear of lung disease. Do enjoy.

All good. I just have a really bad mood/chest with additional costochondritis. All fixable.
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
wowitsladyakumu.bsky.social
There were some cool shots and cuts and tense moments, and a couple of the performances were stand-out.

That being said...It's hard for me to recommend this movie because I feel its approach to this story was unethical. #WolvesAtTheDoor #TheConjuring
September 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
cat1957.bsky.social
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April 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Ah, but even the slightest of turns can change a course, right? I have come to truly appreciate letting a poem take me to the ledge AND then choosing to jump off to see where it'll take me. #poemsabout #wolvesatthedoor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
alanparrywriter.co.uk
‘Someone keeps hanging haunches from the door’ raw, unnerving & visceral. That image guts the reader. This poem doesn’t blink! #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor
April 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
Thank you! I didn’t ask her either; safer to steer clear of her wrath 😂

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April 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
…but frankly I developed this understanding based on Karen’s @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social comments… that’s why I try to read as many poems submitted here as time permits… so much to learn from. But please, do let me know if I’m anywhere close

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April 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
alanparrywriter.co.uk
‘Today’s pancakes for wolves’ is wild & weirdly soft, what a way to open the door. You’ve taken the threat & turned it into communion. Strange comfort. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor
April 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
alanparrywriter.co.uk
‘Wolves had come to take him down’ feels like poetic justice in motion. It’s nursery rhyme meets revolution—dark, pointed, almost gleeful. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor
April 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
It was actually fun to see if I could balance the poem with that close. Some don't require a resolution, do they? Thank you so much for your support #poemsabout #wolvesatthedoor
April 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
alanparrywriter.co.uk
‘What is it to be wolf but to lose the war of propaganda?’ flips the whole fairytale on its back. Fierce, but painfully fair. This howls for justice, not blood. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor
April 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
Thank you so much!

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April 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Wonderful humor turns the #wolf motif inside out. This is a celebration of #wolfingenuity. Congrats! #poemsabout #wolvesatthedoor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
wowitsladyakumu.bsky.social
Regarding the 0% on RT -- I can't help but wonder if that rating would be higher if the case weren't so well-known. Maybe that makes me cynical. IDK. Social media has given me the impression that most people care more about performative rage than real victims. 🤷‍♀️ #WolvesAtTheDoor #TheConjuring
September 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
poetsheikha.bsky.social
My offering for #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor
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Mine is an old poem, but I couldn't resist sharing after reading C. Oulen's superb poem about Red @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social

#شيخه
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April 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM