Hi @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Fidel. Hope you have a great week. Challenged myself to write a sonnet a day for your marvellous #promptcombo #NorthStar.

@dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #northstar, I present you with a (slightly cheating) beau présent poem about Kochab, one of the two 'guardians of the pole' that were once believed to be the true north star. It's also the second brightest star in Ursa Minor ✴️

@dragonslayerma.bsky.social‬ #PromptCombo #NorthStar #sonnet #toxic

Here's something for #PromptCombo . #NorthStar really inspired me and I wrote this super quick (although the ideas/connections have been waiting around for a long time). Thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social #poem #Gateshead #Newcastle #Tyneside write.as/robgalpin/no...

Many thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #NorthStar. Here's a quick #Haiku in response but I may think longer and harder... #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Lovely prompt Fidel 🌠💫 @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Here's my #PromptCombo for #NorthStar Another idea is brewing.

#PromptCombo #NorthStar @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Today's #poetry Warmup.

Morning Fidel @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Love the #promptcombo #NorthStar I have a scribbled note that I'll share but I'll try to give the prompt more thought. Have a good week. 🙂

Morning Fidel @dragonslayerma.bsky.social and the crew thanks for this week’s delightful #PromptCombo #NorthStar. I’ve dashed off something quick and ill-considered but will have another bash if I have time later in the week. Enjoy all the #poetry 😘

And also perhaps touching on your #promptcombo #NorthStar theme is Come from my set on @zoomburst.substack.com’s brilliant Sixty Odd Poets series

For this week's #PromptCombo #NorthStar and wonderful host @dragonslayerma.bsky.social and all those participating.

🙏 @dragonslayerma.bsky.social as #PromptCombo host #Ychromosome #Aaron as #NorthStar #newpoem / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025 #poetry #CassElliot #Kleos #Nostos #BorisPasternak #Spock #StarTrek #Shekhinah #LeonardCohen

#stunday #orangesun #eastcoastkin #intothewoods #autumnwalk #theworldinmyhead #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative

Enormously pleased to host #PromptCombo this week. Theme is #NorthStar Here's my poem 'Navigating a Wilderness' to kick us off. Tag me & use the hastags to get involved, open till Friday! @victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

I’m delighted to have six #poems featured on the brilliant @zoomburst.substack.com’s Sixty Odd Poets site. And I’m deeply flattered by his wonderful line drawing. The link to the feature is in the post below👇(Do check out the other poets in Mike’s excellent series) #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky

As my beloved Constantinople is often called the city of the worlds desire, here’s another for #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk

inviting you to read my mystical poem "Amulet" in Lothlorien Poetry Journal. with thanks to editor @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/one-...

I have done some archaeology in my poetry archive and before there was Cherry Chapstick there was honey lip balm for the cold you meet when snowboarding. it really is a #PoemsAbout #Desire but what do I know I just wrote it (1997, a world away). All the best to @alanparrywriter.co.uk #KeepPosting

🙏 @artbyseranya.bsky.social #RetroArtPrompt #Light #ImageAndVerse #poetry / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2008 & 2015 #Minotaur #AncientGreece #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #poetrycommunity #Architecture #monochrome

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright #Scape #autumn #November #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025 #mountain #hike #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Harz #Wildemann

Four today’s #PoemsAbout , #Desire that pulses through the subconscious—looking for cracks to gush out… @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry

A second one for #PoemsAbout #desire. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

#Scape #FridayFeeling #Autumn to #Winter #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025 #nature #landscape #waterscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Harz #mountains #Goslar

Here's to beautiful reading on an ugly grey wet day where I am!!😀🖐 All the best to Alan and everyone!! 😄 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #desire #poemsabout #poetry

For #PoemsAbout #Desire ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk I know I need to learn how to edit but this is another one of those that just burst out of me in a fountain of blood and snot. It kind of had to get out, I guess.

Good morning my fellow #PoemsAbout #Desire poets! @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Another exciting prompt! I am excited to read and experience everyone's artistic prowess!

This is my #PoemsAbout poem about #Desire. I had a really bad day on Tuesday. I desired alcohol to get me through the hurt. I know it works. If we met, then I wouldn't be 18 weeks alcohol free today. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity #hardweek #nottoday

A quick #haiku in response to today's #PoemsAbout response #Desire from @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Very best wishes to @alanparrywriter.co.uk. Looking forward to reading and responding to other responses #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

I can honestly say this is the only poem I've written of this nature, not quite sure what I was on at the time. It was early in the Covid pandemic, if that had a bearing? Back to read more posts later. For #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poetry #poetsonBlueSky

Hullo #poemsabout #desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social An old one, from far away student days. Hope you are on the mend Alan. Thanks all.

I have two pieces for today's #PoemsAbout #Desire .. this is the first, Flame.. #poem #writing #writingcommunity @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Good morning #poemsabout crew, here’s a poem about someone wanting something for the #desire prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk

My offerings to @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Desire

For #poemsabout #desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Three faces of desire:

#PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will post a reading in the comments.

Here's a dream or memory or both for #PoemsAbout #Desire - thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @rotherwrites.bsky.social write.as/robgalpin/i-... #poem #poetry

Hello everyone for this week's @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout. Two Remembrance ceremonies and a Remembrance Day poetry group have knocked the harshness out of me. #Desire has taken me back to writing the intangible. We're on autopilot; keep posting, liking, commenting and reposting. 🔥

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Desire with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating.

For #PoemsAbout #Desire this is a piece called ‘A Snake Sheds Its Skin In Eden’. Will catch up later with others work. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

We took what was not ours from another's table— devouring it whole, so that no one could reclaim it... #poemsabout #desire @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

More snails I’m afraid! #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Happy Friday! #parasite #poetry

Roman Emperor Hadrian loved a young man named Antinous. History turned their passion into rumour #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #Desire @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #newpoem / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2007 #poetrycommunity #Symbolism #ImageAndVerse #ClassicMono #Abstract #shadow

Hi @hool415.bsky.social Ju, here's my fourth response to your marvellous #promptcombo #workinglove. Another from my collection "Please Take Change":

Abandoned industrial spaces. Years ago this was a brick factory. #photography

Thanks @hool415.bsky.social for this weeks #promptcombo #workinglove This is about the overworking that occurs both in writing and in this case baking. My emotions, the frustration sometimes spills over into my creative efforts. I need to learn when to pause.

‘They call her Winter’ My chilling interpretation of the coldest season of them all… ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ #poetry #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #skypoets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #winter

Many thanks @hool415.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #WorkingLove. Hope this one fits, albeit obliquely! Looking forward to catching up with others later today.

Hi @hool415.bsky.social Ju, here is my second response to your inviting #promptcombo #workinglove. It is from my collection "Please Take Change":