Thanks @hool415.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #tracks.

As true and necessary now as when Thomas Merton wrote it nearly 50 years ago. #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #resist #thomasmerton

Just listened. Made me tear up. This is so needed right now. Thanks for posting, Jacob.

Good morning! Here is my #promptcombo #moment. This is from my recent chapbook. @rfsmith.bsky.social

In honor of Robert Burns on his birthday, I'm sharing a poem of his that served as a nice dig toward those who practiced injustice against their fellow Scots. (I expect he'd be singing a similar song if he were in the US today!) Happy Burns Night! #poetry #scotland #robertburns #burnsnight

When my daughter read this, she said "You and Mom are a good combo. The recovering cynic and the recovering always-looking-at-the-bright-side." #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

So cool to be featured in my town's newspaper. #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

#PromptCombo #Subtext @victoriaspires.bsky.social Literally If they actually, suddenly took their god as written, it would be impossible to find a spot to fish among the pharisaic barkers crowding the pier with millstones around their necks.

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

Stopped by @woodlandpattern.bsky.social book center in Milwaukee and was happy to see my new chapbook on display. Such an awesome store and promoter of poetry!

Thrilled to be one of the readers for this event! #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Very kind words from my publisher at Rockwood Press and a nice reminder about my book signing on Saturday at WordHaven BookHouse in Sheboygan, Wis. www.wordhaven-bookhouse.com/new-events/s...

So many wonderful and true images!

Wishing all of my Bluesky writing friends much joy and plenty of quiet this holiday season! #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Thank you @hool415.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #dilemmas/decisions. This is very much a work in progress. Wrote it over the past hour or so while all the "normal" people keep sleeping.

Contributor copy just arrived. Such a cool journal! And I'm not just saying that because two of my poems are in it 🙂 @doorisajarmag.bsky.social #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social for this week's #Memorial #PromptCombo. Here's my little contribution.

The fulfilment of a dream that began more than 30 years ago. My first collection of poetry has been published! www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/... #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Today's the day!

Been tinkering with this one for a while. Need to get it off the WIP pile and move on. #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/hoppingo...

Honored to have two of my poems in the Winter '25 issue of Door is A Jar Literary Magazine. Issue drops Dec. 1, pre-orders open now at www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winte... #poetry #poetsofbluesky #poem @doorisajarmag.bsky.social

Excited to share that 24 of my poems have been picked up by Rockwood Press and will soon be published as a chapbook. Just made my first pass through the proof pages. rockwoodpress.com #poetsofbluesky #poetry

Honored to have a handful of my poems appear on the Lothlorien Poetry Journal blog. Thanks, Strider! @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social #poetry #poems #poetsofbluesky #skypoets

Thrilled to have my poem, Birdhouse, appear in the latest issue of The Avocet. hoppingoffhere.substack.com/p/birdhouse #poetry #poetsofbluesky #poem #skypoets

Hello Fidel. Love this prompt. Thank you! @dragonslayerma.bsky.social #promptcombo #simplepleasures

A bit of a #WIP I've been working on just as #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe hit. Thanks! @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” — Albert Camus

Writers and artists take note.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #history. This one's a bit cheeky, in a sympathetic sort of way.

Please don't forget, and don't let anyone else forget, they did this openly.

Finally arrived! Thank you REM for lending your creation to this vital effort! #REM #RadioFreeEurope @rferl.org.web.brid.gy @remhq.bsky.social

Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this week's #PoemsAbout #Candlelight. Here’s my contribution:

So worth reading!

They dragged out more than 300 S Korean engineers & specialists. People flown in to help stand the place up so it could eventually employ thousands of Americans. It wasn’t scheduled open until 2026. These workers weren’t taking jobs; they were building the factory that would create them. 2.

Corporate executives who defraud nursing homes? Pardoned. Reality TV stars who evade millions in taxes? Pardoned. Thousands of January 6th rioters? Pardoned. Anyone who opposes Trump? Prosecuted.

Hey Julian. @hool415.bsky.social This is a great prompt. Thanks! #promptcombo #winged

Chicago: “We don’t need the National Guard.” Also Chicago: “But if they'll shovel our sidewalks in February, we can talk.”

Amen!

Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #banality. #poetry

Only the comedians (and other artists) can save us from this mess. Thanks for this @charlieberens.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ez7YV...

The fucker ruins everything wtop.com/dc/2025/08/i...

Thank you @victoriaspires.bsky.social for this week's #woods #promptcombo!

Live so that if your Life was a Book Florida would Ban it 🤷🏽‍♀️

Our 10-year anniversary issue officially releases in just 2 more weeks! You can pre-order a copy of Issue 36 Fall 2025 using this link: www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/fall-... #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews #indiepress #litmag #doorisajar

Excited to share that two of my poems have been accepted for publication in the Winter '25 issue of @doorisajarmag.bsky.social.

My piece for this week's #poemsabout #ceasefire. Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

substack.com/@philosophor... #resist #democracy #freedom