John Chmura
@johnchmura.bsky.social
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Pine Barrens Poet
Congratulations to the great poets in this issue, notably
@moritherapy.bsky.social
and
#poemsabout
regular
@owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
. My
#haiku
were not picked but Iāll share them anyway just for fun: out breath chuffing fog after the chase snow field the silent narrative
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2 days ago
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@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social
, are you going to put your haiku back up?
3 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Desire
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will post a reading in the comments.
3 days ago
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once there was honor among thieves then there was
#Disney
6 days ago
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Check out this review and new book by
@merrildsmith.bsky.social
#poetry
#new
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7 days ago
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#Poetry
#Acceptance
OMG, I submitted some poetry at around three oāclock yesterday afternoon and got an acceptance email at around six this morning!!! I am so psyched!!! Walking on air today!
8 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#LockedDoors
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Letās get some comments going on this exceptional poem by
@rock-rex.bsky.social
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9 days ago
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#PormsAbout
#LockedDoors
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Iām six or more hours backlogged in the posts, yet must sayā¦I graduated from a major university forty plus years ago, but I find myself studying more poetry and writing a semesterās worth of analysis each Friday with this lovely group of poets.
10 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#LockedDoors
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a reel in the comments, or I wonāt.
10 days ago
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#haiku
#meteor
#ufo
meteor flash little deer startles mama chews tasty grass The meteor or ufo is in the upper right corner just before the little one jumps.
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11 days ago
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This is an awesome interview. Itās a rare talent to be able to write well for both younger and older audiences. I get the idea that a big part of it is treating children with respect.
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16 days ago
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This is what they mean by performing poetry!!! Look, even if you donāt have the whole nine minutes, at least take a dip into this tour de force.
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17 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Blood
Laura is not cheating!!!
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17 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Blood
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a reading in the comments.
17 days ago
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Did you see the Trump FAAās new anti-woke air safety instructions and the guidelines to disable masks for anyone who wonāt sign a loyalty pledge?
20 days ago
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My guess is they misread Wole as Woke.
www.reuters.com/world/us/nig...
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nigerian-nobel-laureate-wole-soyinka-says-us-revokes-his-visa-2025-10-28/
20 days ago
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Childrenās masks then and nowā¦
20 days ago
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www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
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Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/27/nx-s1-5587549/jack-dejohnette-obituary
21 days ago
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no antitrust litigation just deer running
#haiku
#haikusaturday
23 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#BurnForTheCamera
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Due to the numbet of quotes, I might consider this a found poem. I will put a link to the video/commentary in the comments.
24 days ago
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#PoemsAbout
#BreakTheMould
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
After reading Frankās transcription of his late wifeās poem, you MUST follow the link to the audio. Frankās music and reading are šÆ
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about 1 month ago
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#PoemsAbout
#BreakTheMould
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Depending on what the app allows, I will either put a reel or a link in the comments for the š¤ā¦
about 1 month ago
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#PoemsAbout
#ImperfectMe
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Having just encouraged another poet to double dip and being triggered in a good way by a line in another poem, Iād like to double dip with this short piece I wrote in 2021 after seeing a man with a cane walking a dog with three legs.
about 1 month ago
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#PoemsAbout
#ImperfectMe
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a reel in the comments.
about 1 month ago
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RIP, Sister Jean, 1919-2025ā¦
about 1 month ago
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youtube.com/watch?v=TeLB...
Listen once and youāll hear it in your head all day, which is a win-win!!!
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Yellowstone, WY
YouTube video by Talisk - Topic
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TeLB0vYjGwk
about 1 month ago
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youtube.com/watch?v=KkBs...
I have been bingeing Flook for several days straight. My soul feels so much better.
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Flook - 17-05-2025 / Roots aan de Zaan - Where There is Light/The May Waterway/Ninety Years Young
YouTube video by Roots aan de Zaan
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KkBsVemHhZU
about 1 month ago
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calmatters.org/health/2025/...
This county voted for Trump over Harris, 62.5% to 35.4%. Now they are āheartbroken.ā
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āHeartbreakingā rural hospital closure leaves California county without an ER
Congressman Doug LaMalfa says he's trying to help stave off Glenn Medical Center's closure, which will put 150 people out of work.
https://calmatters.org/health/2025/09/glenn-county-hospital-medicaid-lamalfa-oz-closure/
about 1 month ago
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Why do insurance commercials have to be funny when the insurance industry is one of the least funny things in the world?
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
John Chmura
Frank Hudson
about 2 months ago
Reading the
#PoemsAbout
#Mannequin
early this morning I keep hearing in my mindās ear echos of this Rilke poem as I read our fresh ones. A few years back I did an English translation & musical setting for that poem. The music starts with just drums, then piano & bass. Finally a cello arrives.
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Archaic Torso of Apollo
New Yearās is a time to look at where oneās been and to look anew, to make resolutions and changes. So, letās look anew at a 110-year-old work by Rainer Maria Rilke.Thatās appropriate, because Rilkā¦
https://frankhudson.org/2019/01/01/archaic-torso-of-apollo/
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#Mannequin
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#supportlocalbusiness
I will put a reel in the comments.
about 2 months ago
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#PoemsAbout
#NeverAgain
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will post either a reel or a link in the comments, in which I will say I donāt want to disparage or discount anyoneās service but I donāt like being in a society in which only those who wear uniforms and carry guns can be heroic.
about 2 months ago
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I wrote this poem in 2020, before I had ever heard of Charlie Kirk.
#poem
#resist
#freespeech
about 2 months ago
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be the pine survive this fire
about 2 months ago
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#haiku
#haikusaturday
winter oak perched on every branch a singing star or winter oak midnight branches filled with starsong
about 2 months ago
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I eight hours backlogged in reading
#PoemsAbout
#SilentPlanets
for
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
but I am already profoundly struck by how many poets have managed to present absence, silence, and emptiness in ways that make negation palpable. Bravo my friends!!!
about 2 months ago
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#PoemsAbout
#SilentPlanets
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
A Fib for the biggest fibber. I donāt have a video because Fibs arenāt generally about the š¤.
about 2 months ago
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I finally watched the DEVO documentary on Netflix. For a long time I felt like a skunk for following them as long as I did, but now I actually donāt feel so bad about it.
2 months ago
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So psyched to be in Trash Panda, volume 9.
2 months ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Candlelight
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
A persona poem. I will post a video in the comments.
2 months ago
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Why do I feel that Trump, the Republican Congress, and the Supreme Court hate my country more than the people who did this?
2 months ago
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For anyone whoās finding
#PoemsAbout
hard to handle this week, let me light your candle:
youtu.be/6TQIKw19Xjs?...
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2 months ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Facades
I was inspired by the excellent blackout poem
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
to share the only blackout poem I have ever written, which abused a rare positive rejection letter to create the facade of the wounded poet.
2 months ago
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moon walks across the lake wind goes pāh
#haiku
#haikusaturday
2 months ago
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moon walks across the lake wind goes pāh
#haiku
#haikusaturday
2 months ago
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#PoemsAbout
#Facades
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will post a reel in the comments:
2 months ago
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Still having trouble with the
#PoemsAbout
prompt
#Facades
? Does it help to know that this song is 47 years old? Fuck me!!!
youtu.be/ylOCIP54PIQ?...
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PIL - Public Image
YouTube video by tihana2301
https://youtu.be/ylOCIP54PIQ?si=nCbPdnMHjFJaF1mZ
2 months ago
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My wife: Your poems are so morbid. Me: š¤, I donāt think so. My wife: Whatās the last one about? Me: My š friendās šŖ¦ā¦ š¬
youtu.be/Dn4xdHBXth4?...
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John Chmura reads The Stone
YouTube video by John Chmura
https://youtu.be/Dn4xdHBXth4?si=Q9JkcIXUJkko0Ao1
3 months ago
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@emteepoetry.bsky.social
told me earlier this week that she was going to allude to the song for
#PoemsAbout
, and did she ever. A golden shovel poem is not an easy form and to nail it with this long of a passage is fierce!!! š„š„š„ š„š¤š
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3 months ago
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