Thank you, @mockingowls.bsky.social for publishing my #poem, #Hiroshima on the 80th anniversary of the bombing. www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/bomb-ba...

As I sometimes am prone to do while the dew still glistens on the grass, I was pondering things. I realized that I always wanted a calculator watch and my mom never bought me one. I'm 47, so it shouldn't bother me—but it made me sad for a moment. What's your 'always-wanted-but-never-got' item? LMK!

I have been terrible about posting here lately because I have zero time, but I had a notification so here's a senryu since I'm here. 😁

Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Rhyming Story Challenge on September 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme

Poets need snacks, right? 🤣

If you enjoy listening to people recite their poetry, join us for a zoom reading June 18!

When you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.

Statue outside the library that hosted the poetry reading Tuesday 🥰

@jahangiri.us and I had a collaborative poem published today if you'd like to read it! collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/04/when...

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth to all who celebrate! 🎉 Here's a #haiku about my bestest boy. #poem #poetsofbluesky #poetry #dog

I waited my entire life for this guy and every minute of every day reminds me of how worth it the wait was. 🥰 #poem #poetry #haiku #poetsofbluesky #grandson #love

One of my recent haiku... #poetry #poetsofbluesky #haiku #resist

You don’t need to feel like a writer to write. You just need to sit down and suffer like the rest of us.

At what point are we justified in saying I told you so? 😞

Eating what I want is gonna require loads of climbing and headbutts to burn off. Better get started...

Something short and sweet for my husband for Valentine's Day. ❤️ #poem #valentine #poetry #love #poetsofbluesky

Books are a #vaccine for stupidity.

Need some #help with a #haiku: two-syllable bubble bath #scents— Go!

Not even trying to hide it…

They Look Like Owls #art #painting #surrealism #weird #cosmic #occult #magick #watchers #creepy #horror #acrylics

I like to find #joy in the #littlethings 😁

Yesterday at our Capitol. 💙

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

It's a #Nickleback and chill kind of evening...hopefully that soothes this #disturbedspirit. Also, does #Canada want to adopt a poetess? #notaskingforafriend

I think it's so important that everyone knows that Web Archive web.archive.org backs up and mirrors many US government websites.

So, for me, we've passed "yoU wOUlD tElL ThEm whErE aNNe fRanK wAS hIdiNG." If you're still cheering this on, you would've been the ones grinning as you inhaled fellow human beings' ash on the wind. 🤮

And now to start a needlepoint project for a friend.

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

Played a bit yesterday...need to do it more often! #poem #poetsofbluesky #poetry #doglificate

#poetryonbluesky #blueskypoems #poem #poetryasresistance #abecedarian

This!!!

First they came for the...... Well everyone. Like immediately. Fuck. -That Poem or Whatever

My worst nightmares didn't have things getting this bad this fast. 💔

My words today took a deeply personal turn after avoiding reality this week... #poem #poetry #poetsofbluesky #mom #god #miracle

Poetry, Community, and Coffee substack.com/@hollyjahang... #BlueskyPoets #poetrycommunity #anthology #poetry #booksky

Is this the equivalent of buying a huge truck to make up for certain inadequacies? Investing billions in AI because you lack it yourself? 🤦🏻‍♀️

I spent the #inauguration at the #Vermont state capitol building reading #poetry. This is the link if you'd like to watch. #poem #poetsofbluesky #resist #democracy www.facebook.com/share/v/1BDU...

I know this is extremely last minute, but I am spending the inauguration tomorrow at my state capitol reading #poetry in protest. In -20° windchills. I invite #poets in every state to do the same. #democracy #resist #poem #poetsofbluesky #blue

Pet Sematary, anyone?

I'd have traded my soul to keep mine, for that pain doesn't fade with time—it's a weighted shadow of emptiness.

When I see trees in winter I think how the branches represent the paths we all take and how no matter which one we choose, it eventually comes to an end. Slightly morbid 😂 but true. #photography #NatureLovers #trees

Ironic that it’s going to be so cold in Washington on the first day of Hell.

Today’s Featured Poet: Margaret Ross is the author of two books, A Timeshare (Omnidawn) and Saturday (The Song Cave). She is currently a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.