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@suefinch.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:56 AM

'I've Nothing to Offer the White Horse in the Dream' for #PoemsAbout #Bites @thebrokenspine.co.uk

I’VE NOTHING TO OFFER THE WHITE HORSE I DREAM OF
Head down shy
a white horse senses me,
whinnies – as if a desire to gallop
is rising inside.

She comes right up to the fence.

Spider-leg eyelashes frame her eyes,
defined jawbone
makes her almost too thin.

I want to touch
the coarse hair of her mane
to know if her blood warms it.

I am wishing now for an apple
or a carrot.

As if reading my mind her mouth opens,
those pupils flash wild.

I have nothing to offer.

A cloud of hayed breath
puffs between us.
Before I can release myself from her gaze,
she clamps my arm.

When I was young
I used to bite my forearms
to feel the resistance of flesh
imprint my incisors.

I bit my brother once.

Now there is a horse,
with blunted yellowed teeth,
latched on hard, biting my skin to burst it

to taste the metal of my blood.

@stacebot.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:24 AM

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Bites I'm thinking about how much we can do with our teeth without ever biting anyone.

@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

#prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poets #creativewriting

the smile problem

my mother always told me
not to show my teeth
in photographs

you see,
a smile and a threat
are simply
the difference between
having teeth and
using them

sometimes
i still catch myself
smiling into the dark
like a feral animal
searching for meat
between the teeth

@blackbijewess.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:47 AM

Sweet Like

Honey
Apple slices
Red ripe and sweet I bite
Your lower lip Drift into bliss
Anew

Your tongue
Exploring my mouth
I never liked kissing
Until I tasted your sweetness
Motek

#PoemsAbout #bite

@blackbijewess.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:42 AM

G-d's Gift

Every little bite
He gave, filled me with delight-
Left a tiny bruise

#haiku
#PoemsAbout #bite

@blackbijewess.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:40 AM

Tremeloe

Keep biting my tongue
Realized when I was young that
Silence is golden

#haiku
#PoemsAbout #bite

@blackbijewess.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:39 AM

Rip me to ribbons
Cut me
Into bite sized pieces
Savor me slowly
As I suffer
Wanting

Fillet the frivolous
From me
Edge the blade
Along my spine
Excise the unnecessary
Expose me to love's bite

Love me raw
Probe me, deeply
Look at me
Reveal what's within
Cut me
So I'll know I bleed

#PoemsAbout #bite

@blackbijewess.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:34 AM

Lusty B

When I was kneeling
I should have been praying. NOT
Waiting for the bite

#haiku
#PoemsAbout #bite

@blackbijewess.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:32 AM

Too Boo Koo

Scratch hiss twist then kiss
Nails down back bite lower lip
Love you little time

#haiku
#PoemsAbout #bite

@blackbijewess.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:29 AM

The Nerve

Dysregulated
Anxious jagged energy
Nails bitten bloody

#haiku
#PoemsAbout #Bite

@talahreed.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:23 PM

Not everything that bites has teeth. Unfortunately.

#poemsabout #bites #skypoet @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:04 PM

Oh this is great @merrildsmith.bsky.social. This #poemsabout #bites slithers the way a snake would. Also was fun to see this rewrite with art. Blessings, Karen
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:49 PM

His Words

I’ll tell you a story,
one you won’t believe,
once
a cookie-
it took up an entire jar,
so full of chocolate chunks,
brimming with joy;

bite by bite
he chewed the cookie,
savoring
his prey,
he left only crumbs,
claimed he ate none

#poemsabout #bites @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry

@ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:38 PM

I was a biter
and would bite
my baby brother
until one day
my mom
bit me back
lesson learned

#PoemsAbout #bites #poetry #writing @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

@metaphorqu.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:43 PM

#PoemsAbout
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

#Bites

As a child, I recall that
We had a book called

The Biter Bit

I experimented - in my childlike way -

With nouns and verbs and

Adjectives - try it - to get my milk teeth round it -

Until - in the end -

My brother never knew what bit him.

@fleurdu.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:21 PM

a piece of #prose about #bite that is what came today #poemsabout @brokenspine.bsky.social

@vientoverde.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:24 PM

@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Bites

I tried. As much as a woman with a stomach ache on a Friday afternoon can. I will be reading the rest later.

October Drizzle

I am the line between the pink silkiness of a sparrow's chirp and the cobalt anvil of an owl's hoot. Once a blanket of clouds covers me, I turn into an October drizzle. Then, I seep into the basement of your dreams. Slowly, like drops of navy blue onto the remaining song notes.

Even though you're pulling them shut, the doors swing on the threshold of my low voice and an underground quiet. They're ajar, sliding between uncharted moonlight and your carpeted imprints.

midnight —
settling into the background
of your sleep

@thebisylarke.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:02 PM

something simple sweet and a bit raw for
#PoemsAbout #Bites @thebrokenspine.co.uk

a list in the spirit of anne carson. been really into the simple pleasures of the everyday lately. and longing! can’t forget the longing

small bites with you

char-grilled oysters (down on the bayou) (someday) (soon)
poetry (notes app) (sent back and forth)
raw oysters (down the shore) (O the stars i’d sacrifice just to see you stand on jersey soil)
warmth (full-bodied) (with fuzzy feeling)
playlists (spotify) (sent back and forth)
bong rips (sputtering) (coughing) (laughing) (falling apart into the phone speaker)
listening (rapt) (leaning in)
talking (too much) (but you tell me it’s fine) (you mean it) (i feel it)
understanding (comes easy) (too easy) (almost feels impossible) (beautiful) (unreal)
love (of you and i and us and us) (and everything else too, babe) (all feels beautiful whenever i’m with you)
long drives (to you) (from you) (anywhere) (with you)
hugs (warm) (so needed)
char-grilled oysters (soon) (please let it be soon)

@brendafromia.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:28 PM

#PoemsAbout #Bites

The Apple and the Tree

He took a bite of stolen apple,
so sweet, he had to share—
he passed it on to another.

Bite by bite it disappeared,
until there was only just the core.

Tossed away without a thought,
that core found fertile ground.
Slowly it took root,
and grew into a tree.

Its fruit was not as sweet—
Rather it was bold.

Beware.
That fruit bears a name.

That name is Jane Doe.

Be bold.
Stand tall.
Use your voice to bite back—
and muzzle the thieves and liars.

Although once cast away,
like an apple core—
Jane Doe became one more
tree amidst the forest.

Be warned —
We’re all Jane Doe.

Brenda Sievers
October 2026

@pvcannon.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:01 PM

For #PoemsAbout #Bites

with much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A free verse poem that explores bite as sensual.

@spankymcboo.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 12:10 PM

#poemsabout #bite @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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