My Owl Child has taken flight! Thank you so much Wee Sparrow Poetry Press and @emteepoetry.bsky.social for welcoming her! A huge congratulations to poetry pal @carolynthomas.bsky.social for her beautiful winning piece Blodeuwedd in Flight open.substack.com/pub/theweesp...

Thanks to The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press Judge & Editor Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social for spl mention of my piece “In Shadow’s Vigilance“ in response to Andrew Mellon’s inspiring art. Congrats to winner @carolynthomas.bsky.social #Oulens For the full piece: open.substack.com/pub/theweesp...

Absolutely thrilled Blodeuwedd has been chosen from among so many wonderful poems. Huge thanks to The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press and judge, Emily Tee and congratulations to all the amazing poets whose work features here

…contd from yday’s post Well, I got as confused at the end, as you might… #Oulens #vss365 : #frustrate #2WordPrompt : #wood #challenge #inkmine #enchant #quiet #BlueskyPoetry #BSPP51 : #bloomrise #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

I’m thrilled to have my haiku selected for Zen Space showcase. Extremely thankful to Jerome Berglund, Guest Editor, and EIC, Marie Marshall for the submission opportunity and especially for the awesome feedback. #Oulens #BlueskyPoetry #haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity #zenspace

#completethehaiga 143 #prompt #haiga #haiku art by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social

A subtle bloomrise in the hands of the gardner blossoms tended, warm #BSPP51

The rain #frustrates the pane spreading sheets of silk on glass to blur the day as it goes past Too fast... Too fast... there goes one now another day, lost somehow. #vss365 #poem #poetry #writing #amwriting

I take my repose with slumber to find at the witching hour I've an active mind I rise with ease these thoughts to appease; with paint or pen reality I bend 'til day and night once again blend my own worst enemy my one true friend. ~OProinntighe #BlueskyPoet #poetry #writing

she read poems born from oceans rolling, crashing tongues old mountains finally at rest what we'd become aggregates and masses tiny lashes, infinite strings and glass wings wet clayed, fired and glazed a humane defiance holding us sought cup pouring into each other thirst and hunger #emoetry

If you’re looking for books that play with your perception of reality while leaving you in stitches, then these two books by Rob Gotobed are an absolute must-read. The collections of short stories are as funny as they are intellectually engaging, with humour that’s both surreal and cerebral.

Your entire education has deprived you of the capacity for living in the moment because it was preparing you for the future, instead of showing you how to be alive now. ~ Alan Watts

I listen to her sing for the dead

SEASON’S CASUALTY #poetry #prompt #spokenword #WIPsnips lily #OurPoetryX ⤵️ #moonmystic ⤵️ #vss365 endorse #vssdaily sparkle #firewords280 ⤵️ #2wordprompt ⤵️ #bedroomeyes ⤵️ #emoetry defiance #Solseed bombastic #bravewrite windsock #dailyimageprompt ⤵️ #wildwalkprompt cherry #thingstowriteabout reading

“No! How can you do this?” “Well, I’m only endorsing your idea.” “Honey, when I said ‘follow your instincts’, I didn’t mean the one that comes with a ‘killer’ tag,” H pleaded, honey clinging to his words. But the addendum came late. The die had been quietly cast. #Oulens #vss365 #endorse

I am immensely grateful to the brilliant @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for this fantastic honour @forwardprizes.bsky.social

"Yes, I know but don't rush me" -- Spring. #haiku #Equinox

Good Morning, #PromptCombo #poets This week's #prompt is #Nothing Negative space, privation, the fertile void of possibility. You decide! @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social #poetrycommunity

Here's a relatively recent poem I think might be on topic for #PromptCombo #Nothing for host @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Fatalistic or nihilistic musings...

Delighted to have two poems - Rain Will Fall & Protest Song - in this important book released today Huge thanks to Charlotte and Rough Diamond Poetry So many great writers including @carmellapoetry.bsky.social and @lenaozge.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GSQ27TV... #PoemsForProtest

Here’s ‘The Conversion of Lestat de Lioncourt (Homage to Anne Rice)’ from my new collection This Joyful Interlude, out now ✨ Book links (or pm me for a signed copy) UK amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330 US amazon.com/dp/1068432330 CA amazon.ca/dp/1068432330 DE amazon.de/dp/1068432330 #poem #poems #poetry

BIG NEWS, WNY!! Sat. Apr.25th I'll be signing books at the Write + Inspiration book fair at the McKinley Mall from 1-4pm!! Stop by, say hi, and check out the many #authors there. #writingcommunity #poems #poets #poetry #booksigning

Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium | Europe Dinant, one of my favorite towns in Belgium Fine art photography source : WGM Beautiful World

G. Praça Cel Fernando Prestes, Bom Retiro, São Paulo. The square houses historic buildings, the population includes Greeks, Italians, a Jewish community, Koreans, Arabs and Bolivians . [ Prints : james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/pra... ] #BomRetiro #buyintoart #saopaulocity #ArtShop

Keep warm out there everyone… ❄️ #januarysky

" THE BRIDE " #woman #wedding #art #sculpture #husband #love #world

Street walk with Giuseppe Palumbo impressions... "A bit beyond where the road pavement ends" #streetart #eldoradospringsartcenter #giuseppepalumbo

Semi-abstract on Arches 9x12” rough paper. Minimal palette of two colors. 🙏🏻 #watercolor #watercolorpainting #semiabstract

Dry Otter and Hare, having a cup of Lily’s home made Lemmon and garden grass tea, they think it’s an Absolute treat. #vss365 #waver

The Nothing arrived, Our never-ending story, Redacted ruin. #PromptCombo #nothing #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @janpsolivagant.bsky.social

I went the culinary route for this week's #poemsabout #melt Looking forward to reading all the other contributions #poetry #poetrycommunity Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for the prompt And thanks @robojesi.bsky.social for helping with the title. 💜

Friday brings #PoemsAbout and this week's #Melt. Here's my first one for this round. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

I'm sad it's the last proper day of my holiday, but at least it's #PoemsAbout day!! Here is my offering: #Melt #Poetry

A bit late to the party, I didn't have much time for this this week, here's a thing 😳🤷 #poemsabout #melt

#PoemsAbout #Melt For @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Afternoon #poetry folk for #PoemsAbout #Melt I’ve conjured this brain fart of a poem. My apologies. No time to edit or re-start. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all who keep the faith.

#practice the leap of faith - before that - the #permit - to #waver, to #break #Oulens #vss365 #2WordPrompt #inkmine #BlueskyPoetry #haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity

Now that you’ve chosen to leave me at sea, baby, I might as well set my sail to the #westwind… You think a gangplank can bridge this #divide… but really, #study the waves I leave behind…this #beguiling chaos #delivers more than staying did #Oulens #vss365 #2WordPrompt #inkmine #BlueskyPoetry #BSPP51

for #fragmentsfriday #micropoem @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #Oulens #BlueskyPoetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity

Poetry fans, have you grabbed your copy of SHINE Quarterly, Issue 6 yet? It's available along with all the previous issues, here: www.tinyurl.com/shinepoetrys... (or on any Amazon marketplace worldwide) #shinepoetry #poetrylovers #booklovers #poetrycommunity #internationalcommunity

Honoured to have two poems "Birefringence" and "Of Real Reflections" on SHINE International @shinepoetry.bsky.social spotlight. Huge thanks to EIC, Samantha Terrell @samanthaterrell.bsky.social Pleased that both poems I had written for #PoemsAbout #Oulens samanthaterrell.weebly.com/shine-poetry...

#PoemsAbout #Melt For @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk & #vss365 : #overcast This took longer than I’d expected. Will get back to others’ works later in the evening. Thank you for reading 🙏🙏 #Oulens #BlueskyPoetry #micropoetry #prosepoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity

Sibelius at poolside Mitchell P #art

#allrightsreserved — Fred Forge | #Notulite | My 369 Notebook

Chasing the March wind. Inline skating with my best friend along the #Chicago lakefront -zero winter training on the promenade #skating #winter #storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #eastcoastkin #photography #portrait #street 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 #humansOfBlueSky & 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 so people join!

For #PoemsAbout #Melt with much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Good morning! For #PoemsAbout #Melt Another in my recent series. 😉 Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Melt An early poem first published in Green Ink . Looking forward to reading the contributions later today. Such a great sharing poetry community.

#PoemsAbout #Melt

🙏 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Melt #newpoem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2026 #Reading 👇 #poetrycommunity #GeorgeEliot #Middlemarch #Evolution #Entropy #Determinism