Jen Thorne (@jenthorne.bsky.social)

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:56 PM

😸😸😸

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:56 PM

Thank you 🙏

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:33 PM

Everyone will see what they could've won

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:27 PM

When the whole world is a river of death, we must all learn to swim together 🖤

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:25 PM

I love this. I love the form and the honest unrefined nature of it. It takes a lot of craft to do something like this well, and you have shown that with the little flourishes that make it yours. I hope you get your oysters soon ♥️

@thebisylarke.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:02 PMReposted by @jenthorne.bsky.social

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)

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

Yes! 👏👏👏 Powerful but still beautifully done. Thank you 🙏 ♥️

@brendafromia.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:28 PMReposted by @jenthorne.bsky.social

#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

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:19 PM

Food and love what more could you want in a poem? Nice writing Paul. Really love it ❤️

@pvcannon.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:01 PMReposted by @jenthorne.bsky.social

For #PoemsAbout #Bites

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

A free verse poem that explores bite as sensual.

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:18 PM

Oh I feel this one! I'm still picking bits out my teeth from the last time 😂 Great poem 👏

@spankymcboo.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 12:10 PMReposted by @jenthorne.bsky.social

#poemsabout #bite @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:16 PM

Excellent poems which paints as vibrant a picture as the picture itself! 👏👏👏

@merrildsmith.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 12:05 PMReposted by @jenthorne.bsky.social

Good morning! My poem for #PoemsAbout #Bites is a revision of a poem I wrote for Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social ekphrastic challenge with art by @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'll be back later!

Poem:
Choices: Divergence, Convergence

In the woods, you choose a road,
this one, or the other,

perhaps they are the same—or not—

perhaps you meet a snake with jeweled
lapis scales,

perhaps he offers
you this or that,
his tongue flicking words
you catch poison-sweet
on your tongue--

perhaps instead
you see a wave of wildflowers,
nodding their heads,
scenting the path

just before the strike, the bite.

Art work by Karen Pierce Gonzalez, a snake in spring green, aqua, yellow, and orange, studded with round blue jewels or buttons. Black background.

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:14 PM

I am hearing this in the shipping forecast voice and it works so well. I love the language and pace, and well just everything really! 👏👏👏

@patriciajvs.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:22 AMReposted by @jenthorne.bsky.social

Friday again so it's thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for another #PoemsAbout #Bites
This one was inspired by my Dad's love of sailing and stories of the coast from Texel up to the Wadden Zee.

The Bite of the Bight
Whispering winds transformed
Northerly storms
Giants of the Arctic
Whistling down, around,
Engulfing de Duitse Bocht
Ship sheltering between isles and land
Evading the short grey Northern Sea For something worse to come
Silent swells forecasting
Omens of volatile seas
Of something worse brewing,
Frozen fingers gathering bights,
Shortening the sheets, Reefing sails ready For rolling waves,
Unexpected mud and sand Shifting creeks, twisting channels The triumvirate of Wadden rivers
Leviathans alone
Carving treacherous shoals
Surging tides, billowing waves,
Rolling with the wind
Calling the Waarschip to the depths Entrenched, consumed, chilled By a bitterly biting sea

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:12 PM

Aw brilliant Mike. Absolutely love it! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

@zoomburst.substack.com Oct 9, 2026, 9:09 AMReposted by @jenthorne.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #Bites

A poem about nibbles. Which I think is a terrible word. I don't know why. But I have tried to think about it in writing this.

@fhpowellwriter.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:10 AMReposted by @jenthorne.bsky.social

Nothing bites more
than the pain of rejection
that feeling of being bitterly ignored
A voice to be heard
but heads turn away
people rush past
ignoring the calls
that are louder than bombs
while the storm clouds
hang low above our heads

#PoemsAbout #Bites

#Poetry
#Writing

@jenthorne.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:10 PM

I love the feel of this. Nice writing Jane (as always!) ♥️♥️♥️