John Chmura
@johnchmura.bsky.social
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Pine Barrens Poet
There’s no perspective here, but as we had Audrey out for her bedtime constitutional my son told me to look up and overhead I saw the biggest moon halo in all of my years.
about 4 hours ago
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It looks like a
#river
of
#light
on my
#ceiling
but it’s just the
#reflection
of
#water
pooled on a storage bin on my patio.
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about 15 hours ago
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Is it true that Trump is making the FAA change the airport abbreviations to 6 letters so he can make JFK flights look like DJTJFK on the arrival/departure boards?
about 24 hours ago
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Another great folk ku journal from King River Press is available on line. The theme of Issue 6 is trees.
kingriverpress.com/wp-content/u...
#haiku
#FolkKu
1 day ago
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My very last
#poem
of 2025. I will put a reading in the comments. Hey
#PoemsAbout
crew, Happy New Year!
1 day ago
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Hey
#PoemsAbout
friends,
@melruthwrites.bsky.social
is still gathering
#Poetryforpets
for a good cause!
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5 days ago
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All poets working today need to read this article.
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7 days ago
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Klee-ka-boo, I see you!!!
8 days ago
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My family knows me so well!!!
8 days ago
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8 days ago
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There is no forgiving Columbia University for caving in to Trump. But at least they still have Bachfest, 24/7 for rest of the year:
www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/
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WKCR 89.9FM NY
https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/
8 days ago
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This is a beautiful poem masterfully read…
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9 days ago
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Wishing everyone the best possible 2026, especially my
#PoemsAbout
family. I will put a reading in the comments.
#Poem
#NewYear
10 days ago
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I am declaring this my top song of 2025:
youtu.be/KxgywxidhAU?...
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Lucky
YouTube video by MĂŞn An Tol - Topic
https://youtu.be/KxgywxidhAU?si=NAhzPBAtu7_FDCAU
10 days ago
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#senryu
#kleeku
#puppyku
everybody asks how big will she get I say the perfect size
11 days ago
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The Chiefs are out of the playoff picture, but Audrey is still a fan (of their blanket, at least).
#kleekai
#puppy
#blanket
11 days ago
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These weekly posts by
@merrildsmith.bsky.social
are a real treat!
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11 days ago
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#senryu
#kleeku
#kleekai
#puppy
I say stupid shit but I never lie to puppies
11 days ago
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#haiku
#kleeku
#newyear
#teething
#paper
#calendar
puppy’s first new year prising December from baby tooth vise
11 days ago
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There was so much love in the room and so many great, profound, evocative, humorous, emotional, and any other fitting superlative readings. Thank you,
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
for uniting us once again!!!
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12 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Money
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a reading in the comments.
14 days ago
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#senryu
#kleeku
if you only had a heart for puppies I would say arf
16 days ago
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#senryu
#kleeku
#naughty
#puppy
am I just the guy who tells you no
18 days ago
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Since Audrey joined our family, she has inspired three short form poems and I expect many more. I’m thinking of starting a file called Klee Kaiku or just Kaiku. What do you think?
#haiku
#kleekai
#kleekaiku
#kaiku
19 days ago
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Luv to repost
@thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social
even when rejected. Congrats to all in #85, esp.
@owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
whose moondrops poem is 💯. Below is my effort that DIDN’T make it: denouement under the key light of hunter’s moon gooseneck gourds in autumn moonlight dream of flying vees
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19 days ago
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#haiku
#haikusaturday
#snow
#puppy
puppy paw touching first snow now I chase the tail
20 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#YouShouldntHave
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will place a reading in the comments. I forgot to get a good single image in this crazy week, so two screenshots.
21 days ago
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Caption this…
24 days ago
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Sometimes the counterintuitiveness of reality fills me with such dread as to paralyze, like those goats that freeze up when they get stressed. I look at myself and the things in the room around me and say by rights none of this should ever have come to be. I can’t wrap my head around matter.
24 days ago
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#poems
#pets
I call that a win-win!!!
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24 days ago
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If she had a round bed, this could be the puppy version in yin yang symbol.
24 days ago
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This is an incredibly rich gift of poetry, narrative, and commentary!!!
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25 days ago
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reposted by
John Chmura
Merril D. Smith
25 days ago
It's Monday, and I'm musing! This is my weekly post with a
#Poem
,
#Photos
, and commentary on the past week.
merrildsmith.org/2025/12/08/o...
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Of Monsters or Men
Monday Morning Musings Of Monsters or Men “I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other.”― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein What is your dream,so enormou…
https://merrildsmith.org/2025/12/08/of-monsters-or-men/
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#haiku
#haikusaturday
#senryu
#senryusaturday
dirt eating children and puppies not so different
27 days ago
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So my son and I made playlists of our favorite
#songs
of 2025. The first few of mine are on the left and my son’s are on the right:
27 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Imps
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
You must click the hyperlink. Frank’s musical arrangement is beautiful and fresh and his reading breathes more life into the poem than you will just get from reading the Norton Anthology of Romantic Literature.
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27 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Imps
#Resist
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a reel in the comments
28 days ago
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My son and I switched from Spotify to Apple Music in August, so my 2025
#music
wrap up is only for the last four months:
29 days ago
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One of my writers groups had a monthly prompt to write a
#poem
about a
#songs
or group of
#songs
. I will put a reel in the comments.
29 days ago
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On Saturday, I posted this
#puppy
#haiku
about translucent ears. Then my son caught it on camera.
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30 days ago
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#haiku
#tanrenga
@dailyhaikai.bsky.social
first fire siren puppy sleeps no longer
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about 1 month ago
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“December boys got it bad”
about 1 month ago
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Repost with you in nature
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about 1 month ago
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#haiku
#haikusaturday
#puppy
#ears
#translucence
twin lanterns the orange sunset through a puppy’s ears
about 1 month ago
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By the way, if anyone on
#PoemsAbout
#NoFuture
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
was wondering how my puppy, Audrey, got her name, my son is a huge Twin Peaks fan. A boy dog would have been Bishop.
about 1 month ago
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#PoemsAbout
#NoFuture
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#puppies
#resist
I will post a special reading in the comments. I am on new puppy time this week, so it may take me a while to get to all of the poetry. Cheers!
about 1 month ago
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen: (All at Rutgers College back in the day) Billy Joel (before The Stranger album) Horslips R.E.M. Public Image Limited Psychodelic Furs
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about 1 month ago
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in the soggy hoofprint innocence writhing earthworms
about 1 month ago
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Received issue #82 of Presence haiku journal. So psyched to have a # haiku in this fantastic journal.
about 1 month ago
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I don’t usually post
#PoemsAbout
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
this early, but I’m taking some antihistamines and may sleep through a good portion of the night, or not. Will post a reel for
#DogTags
in the comments.
about 1 month ago
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