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@cendrinemedia.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 12:59 PM

Always honored to see my haiku selected to appear in Asahi Haikuist Network. Thank you to editor David McMurray!

www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

#poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writing #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets

@mrwamble.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 11:39 AM

Penpal Poets: send your poem to a stranger. They read it properly. They write back.

No social media. No noise. Just the poem.

@rock-rex.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 7:59 AM

"First Orange of the Year".

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #orange

If I can peel the orange
in a single spiral, stem to blossom,
then the year will follow suit —
will flow unhindered, sweet
and juicy, full of zest.

But if the peel comes off in patches,
leaving pith for me to pick at,
then the year will match the fruit —
will stop and start, meet
boring setbacks best left unexpressed.

@janpsolivagant.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 6:05 AM

Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #Strays

#poetry: ©Jan Peters, 2025

#poetrycommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #grandparents #70s #familylegend #Norfolk #Sectarianism #Dogsky #CairnTerrier

Wandering Cairns

Cobalt-black, grey-granite
Cairn: waymarking erratic in a
Norfolk market town.

With coal-scuttling-snouted
Visage, rump soot-sullied - a
Dogged, itinerant Diogenes:

Mendicant wanderer whose
Waystation is a police cell.
Bored, grinning constable
Ferries him home in a squad car
To my grandparents.

My grandmother fears him.
He snarls at her doggy-choc,
Bone-meal, salmon-pâté,
Titbit-miscellany ministrations –
With good reason.

Her other charges barely make it
Beyond whelphood:
Adipose early departures.

Dougal -
Cantankerous Cairn -
Much like my grandfather:
Compact, doughty,
Formidable, flinty.

Moulded by Midlands mining-village
Methodism, my grandfather
Rarely attends church, takes
Umbrage at candles, incense -
Papist frippery – when he does.

In town,
Wandering Cairn on his
Daily procession up to the
Bexwell Road presbytery:
Black-cassocked with
Granite-grizzled pate.

Northumbrian saint-king
Eschewing modernity – as
Sedevacantist, he celebrates
Tridentine Latin Mass in
Bloody-minded defiance of
Bishop and Pope, whom he
Gleefully condemns as Heretics.

This stance earns him:
Devoted followers among
Parishioners, global
Notoriety, and my
Grandfather’s
Unstinting, but
Grudging admiration.

©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025

@mrwamble.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 3:39 AM

No algorithm. No likes. No follower count.

Just your poem, a stranger, and an honest response.

@temporal3.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 11:20 PM

mauve / nerine / deserve / Sep 17

lucky ones deserve
mauve nerine gibsonii
brings prosperity

#haikuchallenge (mauve)
#BraveWrite (nerine)
#haikufeels (deserve)

#WritersOfBluesky #PoetsOfBluesky
#micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

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@rock-rex.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 8:34 PM

"Apocrypha".

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@wordwitchlife.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 8:27 PM

Here's another #poem I wrote awhile back!

#amwriting #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #skypoets #chronicillness #mentalhealth #writersofbluesky #bskypoets #blueskypoetry #writersky

@wordwitchlife.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 7:03 PM

#DailyHaikuprompt #amwriting #writingcommunity #poetry #bskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #chronicillness #prompt

The future is here
A #blossom points to the stars
To know it is life

@wordwitchlife.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 7:01 PM

#Haikufeels #poetry #amwriting #chronicillness #authors #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #mentalhealth #writersofbluesky #blueskypoetry #prompt

I #deserve the pain
I know that it will not stop
I must choose again

What will happen next?
The only response is trust
A #circle holds truth

@tomuseandamuse.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 6:50 PM

Are you in for a chuckle?
Read my poem on moths and their prevalence in pop culture.

#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky #humour #meme #writersofbluesky

@wordwitchlife.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 6:17 PM

Have a look at this #poem I wrote earlier this month. Enjoy!

#amwriting #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #skypoets #chronicillness #mentalhealth #writersofbluesky #bskypoets #blueskypoetry #writersky

@rock-rex.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 5:53 PM

"The Dead Are Not Suspicious".

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
www.refugee-action.org.uk/dariush/

“I slept in a graveyard. I didn’t like to be in the city where people could see me. It’s incredible, how big your problems are when you are homeless in a strange city or strange country, you don’t understand the language. It’s so much worse than you can imagine.”
Kurdish asylum-seeker Dariush

Here in the city of the dead
there are no eyes to follow me,
uncertain of my honesty
or fearing my intent.

Beneath these gravestones, wrapped in lead,
our petty inhumanities
are wiped clean by eternity;
death knows no discontent.

Even the birds are calmer here;
there are no feet or speeding wheels
to dodge while looking for a meal
of stale discarded crumbs.

The ancient yew trees soothe my fears
a while, allow me to conceal
myself so I can start to heal,
prepare for what’s to come.

@cendrinemedia.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 5:05 PM

“V for Vendetta”

creativeramblings.com/poetry/v-for...

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@rock-rex.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 1:43 PM

hanging dark and rich
the last fig of the season
oozed autumn sweetness

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@mrwamble.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 11:39 AM

What if your poem reached exactly one person — but that person actually read it?

That's Penpal Poets.

@mrwamble.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 3:39 AM

The best feedback I ever got on a poem came from someone who had no reason to be kind.

That's the idea behind Penpal Poets.

@wordwitchlife.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 12:48 AM

There's a #new #poem I posted yesterday. Have a look and enjoy!

#amwriting #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #skypoets #chronicillness #mentalhealth #writersofbluesky #bskypoets #blueskypoetry #writersky