Splattered blood and Battle scars, on Closer inspection are Merely freckles and Stretch marks. Perfect blemishes Scattered over The body, guiding Heart and eye, Like stars. #vss365 #scar #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

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It's Day #2 of National Poetry Month! 🥳 Today's prompt is a “Blackout Poetry Challenge." See my blackout poem on Substack and let me know your thoughts! 🥰 katherinewidner.substack.com/p/something-... #NationalPoetryMonth #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

It is April 1st ya’ll— AKA, the first day of National Poetry Month! 🎉 Subscribe to my Substack to stay up to date with all the fun things happening this month! Here’s my poem for Daily Challenge #1: katherinewidner.substack.com/p/my-hands-a... #NationalPoetryMonth #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Contaminated Brain” #vss365 #euphoria #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Joy’s Thief” #vss365 #velveteen #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Ode to Alexithymia” #vss365 #gossamer #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #hainka #haiku #tanka #hybrid #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Richard Parker” Btw folks— read about the real story of the Mignonette! It’s wild! Or listen to the Avett Brothers’ album Mignonette ☺️ (that’s how I learned years ago!) #vss365 #mignonette #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #tanka #katherinewidnerpoetry

Sorry it’s so late today y’all!! I was at work way too long 🤪 “They Say / I Say” #vss365 #canoodle #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Hungry Girl, Edible Woman” Base cravings dictate Sustenance, sex, and knowledge Eclipse all other Needs. I sit, insatiable, Fork poised, and lick my plate clean. #vss365 #insatiable #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #tanka #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Marital Sex” #vss365 #desire #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

My inspiration? The mundane— through bright eyes, not Yet dulled to the world. #vss365 #inspiration #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #haiku #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Starving Artists” #vss365 #passion #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

“The Church of the State” #vss365 #indivisibility #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Uranglass CorningWare” #vss365 #radioactive #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Secondhand Serenade” Ultramarine, strokes Of celadon— hues fail to Capture earth’s grandeur. Sempiternal, we sing praise With fervent, unworthy words. #vss365 #sempiternal #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #tanka #katherinewidnerpoetry

“Workaholic” Guilty Is my conscience— My toiling, ne’er enough To fill the vast emptiness of My soul. #vss365 #guilty #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #cinquain #katherinewidnerpoetry

My Grown-Up Lullaby #vss365 #lullaby #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

Ode to my Sacré-Cœur Rosary #vss365 #cerulean #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

Historia est Magistra Vitae #vss365 #vssdaily #interregnum #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

As Above, So Below Skin and bone alone, A myopic autopsy— How false is the flesh That we think we are just so? The heart, soul, and mind transcend. #vss365 #vssdaily #myopic #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #tanka #katherinewidnerpoetry

Yearning. Lone bird song, Among the haunting wind chimes, A mate never found. #vss365 #Haiku (Literally had to stop doing what I was doing to write this in one of my many, *many* notebooks. 😅)

Künstlerroman Obstreperous heart, Fire dances through her veins— Wildly pumping joy. How soon though may fire die? Not by love’s hand, but life’s pain? #vss365 #vssdaily #obstreperous #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #tanka #katherinewidnerpoetry

In Situ #vss365 #vssdaily #chime #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

Springtime in the South #vss365 #vssdaily #flocculent #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

Liberty Transfigured to Rigmarole #vss365 #vssdaily #rigmarole #rigamarole #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #freeverse #katherinewidnerpoetry

Today is the day my friends! "I Wish I Could Write" by Katherine Widner is now available in print and eBook on Amazon. Follow the link below to purchase and feel free to share the good news and/or give it a review on Amazon or Goodreads! shorturl.at/vkpZs Thank you all so much for your support!! 🥲❤️

Salmon hearted girl In a weir-filled world— I can’t Help but want to fly. #vss365 #vssdaily #weir #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #haiku #katherinewidnerpoetry

Pomeranian In a purse, a teacup full Of tenacity, Whining, yapping at strangers. The things you see at Walmart. #vss365 #vssdaily #pomeranian #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #tanka #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

When death comes for me, Let me rest, love, let me be A corpse in a copse Tithing my flesh to the earth, Settling the debt it paid me. #vss365 #vssdaily #copse #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #tanka #katherinewidnerpoetry

Sorry I’m late today y’all! It has been a very busy day 😅 #vss365 #vssdaily #involution #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

This one’s a bit silly today ya’ll 🙃 Incognito tab— I ask a foolish question. The pleb seeks knowledge. #vss365 #vssdaily #incognito #writingcommunity #poetry #haiku #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

Breathing binaries, Our permanence, penumbral, We prowl and we probe The thick crust of existence To know more than we deserve. #vss365 #vssdaily #penumbra #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #tanka #katherinewidnerpoetry

Hello friends! I’d like to announce that my debut poetry collection, I Wish I Could Write will be going live on Amazon on March 10th, 2025. For more info, please feel free to check out my substack or website, linked in my bio. Thank you for your support ☺️❤️ #poetry #poetrycollection #writingcommunity

#vss365 #vssdaily #balustrade #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

This one may or may not be about someone we all know… 🙈 #vss365 #vssdaily #fathom #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

Clandestine Heart of a bower, With shelves full To bursting. An emporium of words Is a library. #vss365 #vssdaily #emporium #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #shadorma #katherinewidnerpoetry

#vss365 #outlier #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #earlymorningwriting #katherinewidnerpoetry

#vss365 #contour #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

#vss365 #interim #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

The maiden artist Weaves a tapestry of life. Words of silk, adorned With a golden gilt-metal fringe, Warp and weft woven with love. #vss365 #fringe #writingcommunity #poetry #tanka #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

#vss365 #sonic #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

What would it take To be a #thoroughbred poet? I’ve searched For the salubrious sap that fed the stems of Dickinson & Hardy; and Plath But I am still green Half-made thoughts; un-fleshed and faceless Tearing through the viscous strains Of a placenta; Birthed From the tears of a sallow moon #vss365

I refuse to root For the thoroughbred; for it Goes against my heart. Breeding does not a man make, Nor prove strength or depth of heart. #vss365 #thoroughbred #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #tanka #katherinewidnerpoetry

misunderstood minds exploring meaninglessness Tate meditations my skepticism released an inspired modern fart #vss365 #poetry #poem #haikufeels #haiku #tanka #micropoetry #senryu #photography #mono

Percy Shelley: I propose a ghost story contest! What is the SCARIEST story concept??? Mary Shelley: a guy creates another guy Byron: I don’t get it Mary Shelley: (*looks directly into the camera)

This one is based on a true story, ya’ll! 😂 A middle school me, My mother screams in reproach. The “f” word is fart. #vss365 #fart #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #poetrycommunity #sillypoetry #humor #katherinewidnerpoetry

#vss365 #petulant #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #earlymorningwriting #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry

#vss365 #petulant #writingcommunity #poetry #poems #writesky #writing #earlymorningwriting #poetrycommunity #katherinewidnerpoetry