We're mighty proud to nominate these wee, powerful pieces by Nathan DeBar, James Norcliffe, @shivpreet.bsky.social & Joely Williams to #BestSmallFictions from @altcurrent.bsky.social. They can all be found in our current issue ICYMI thewoolfx.com #flashfiction #prosepoetry

Thank you to all the writers who made the #Bully and #Trouble issues so sparkly, including @jen-bryant.bsky.social, @shivpreet.bsky.social, @moomoocamus.bsky.social, @marjorietesser.bsky.social, @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, @yallaalia.bsky.social, @tomljanovic.bsky.social...

"Toward first light, the scale for the day gathers. The microwave hums for chai." Drink it in: lovely new #prosepoetry from @shivpreet.bsky.social in #thewoolfx thewoolfx.com/turning-by-s...

ICYMI Just right for the weekend, a fabulous mix of short #prosepoetry from @shivpreet.bsky.social, @moomoocamus.bsky.social, Nathan DeBar, Dolo Diaz, Erin Jamieson, Blanche Kabengele, James Norcliffe & Joely Williams - in the #Trouble issue, out now. thewoolfx.com/poetry/

Here comes #Trouble - and not a moment too soon. Issue 9 will be out this month, featuring the fab work of 15 writers. Do stay tuned... #flashfiction #microfiction #prosepoetry #creativenonfiction #SometimesWeHowl

Time for #trouble - because Issue 9 is now live! Dig into new #microfiction, #flashfiction, #creativenonfiction and #poetry from 15 fabulous writers, including @shivpreet.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social & @moomoocamus.bsky.social Enjoy the read: thewoolfx.com

Happy Gurpurab!

Healing …

exposed roots box of old photos dug from the attic #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (roots)

firefly skys all of our human folly illuminated #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #senryu #tanka

firefly dusk— how brief the life of a shooting star #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (fireflies)

do you feel it the tension building the prickle of electricity of sweat on skin in sighs, we wait aching for the release for the iron grey clouds to #shed their weight of rain #vss365

I just want someone to look at me the way audience members at poetry readings look at their phones.

And I, a forest of dark need.

#writingCommunity #poem #poetry #art

The North wind at the fork in the road changed my mind #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poetry #NorthWind #Road 🎨 Billie Staib

Sunday morning thought: “You must never stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life." ― Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays. Image: © Rachel Giese Brown from www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-o...

Haiku4 by LCG Imagine the joy That you inflict, when others Dance to your music #haiku #17syllables #575poem

Crisp air, sprouting leaves, Glistening dewdrops shimmer – Warm awakening. #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry

"Instructions for living a life: pay attention be astonished tell about it" ~ Mary Oliver #Writing #Poetry

Literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. But there are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom. But reading is still the path. - Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

We could have had joy.

Time for an updated introduction! My name is Mal, over HALFWAY DONE (!!!) with my project of writing a poem and making a video for it every day for a year I want to meet: Poets Readers Writers Artists Interesting people! I hope to build a community with you! #poetry #WriterCommunity #writing

Where I live is the very definition of the word "bucolic."

'Alarm’ was originally a call to arms. The Italian phrase ‘all’arme!’ means literally “to arms” or “to your weapons.” We'd still probably hit 'snooze.'

Let the mist play it's role Size 17 by 13 inch on paper Medium oil Original available

… that toxic concoction of being scared of everything, and nothing, then being taught to hide it, hide it as long and as well as you can. —Evan P. Schneider

Douglas Dunn - Cosmologist, from Terry Street. First published 56 years ago. And still blossoming. #Poetry

Blue and pink sunrise sky. The perfect backdrop for barren branches. A fitting canvas for new dreams and new chances. s.b. #writingcommunity #poetry

When did little me stop marveling at #infinity? To what end? What could I comprehend that would make me believe it's senseless? Why forgo growth? Why let go pursuit of intellect? Why turn to neglect? When did fighting vastness stop being relentless? #vss365

Today’s poem is Poem of Respite Written with Ultraviolet Light by Adam Gianforcaro. Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/poem-of...

"Shine & Blur" is from my new #chapbook from #BackbonePress, YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR, probing the parallels between #GeorgeOrwell 's totalitarian #dystopia and America’s #political landscape. Order: backbonepress.org/titles/you-a... All proceeds go to #WeHealthClinic in MN.

“The Silence" was written after the #January6 Insurrection, first published in #OntheSeawall by Editor @ronslate.bsky.social. The poem is from my new #chapbook from #BackbonePress, YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR. backbonepress.org/titles/you-a... All proceeds go to #WeHealthClinic in MN.

#travel #photography #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono It's #MountainMonday in Rocky Mountain National Park

A poem from my chapbook, Hiraeth. You can get your own copy at www.longshippress.com/online-store...

Storm light from Grand Canyon… #bluesky #photography #landscape #art #nature #sunset #travel

#BlueskyArtShow #Light #photography #art #EastCoastKin #Februarty Stepping Stones #lakedistrict #monochrome

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #travel #photography The rocky hills above Watson Lake in Prescott, Arizona

“An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes” Sun Tzu

Getting pretty tired of living through historical events…

"We need beauty because it makes us ache to be worthy of it." - Mary Oliver Artist: Alberta Tiburzi

“Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.” ~Mary Oliver 💙📚📷

“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” John Keats #photography #nature

Big eyed and bold #love #poem #poetry #writers #booksky #author #writerscommunity

“This poem is about moving to a new place and learning the names for what she finds there. But it’s also about wonder and possibility. Like all living creatures, we adapt to our surroundings. We find new ways to thrive,” shares guest host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.

3 weeks left to submit… 2 weeks 6 days left to create…

Reading James Tate tonight. The house of unwritten poems. #poetry #writingcommunity #jamestate

Do you know the plum you will eat in the summer? An old Indian proverb says, “The name of the person who will consume its flour is written on every grain of wheat.“ #poetry #writingcommunity

Lord, I confess I want the clarity of catastrophe but not the catastrophe. Like everyone else, I want a storm I can dance in. I want an excuse to change my life. - Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

#poem #poet #poetry #writingcommunity