Dawn McLachlan

@deemclachlan.bsky.social

Poet, painter, printmaker, planter - for hire or loan. Won some poetry prizes. Account is stuff from a small rural town in NE Scotland. Kitten content warning! Once a librarian….
#FridayPoem
She/Her

https://dawnmclachlan.com/

@deemclachlan.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 9:18 AM

A poem for the @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetryprompt #bites
My slant on it after the wind blew in from the sea.
#poetrycommunity #poets #poems #poetsofbluesky #poemsabout

Westerly
By Dawn Mclachlan
On that day
an insistent breeze
came from the west
and gathered in its bite
the siren's song
of far dark oceans
It sung of moon guided ships
and the endless horizon
In the teeth of the moment
I felt it
the hard urge to follow
the tugging of the tide
a kiss of salt upon my lips
as a run away wind
called my name

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

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

@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:49 PMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

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

@stacebot.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:24 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

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

@suefinch.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:56 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

'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.

@extraspecialbitter.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:07 PMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

storm chasers pursuing wind

storm chasers chasing the wind

#7syllablesentence #7syllablesquad

@madi-faith.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:10 PMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

; children pick dandelions;

blow wishes into the wind.

#7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #wind

@madi-faith.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:37 PMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

seeds

⭒ 𝕒 * ✩ *
* 𝕔 ⭒ ✴ ⋆ ✩
✴ 𝕤 * 𝕥 ⭒ 𝕣
✩ 𝕥 ⭒ ✴ ⋆
⭒ * ⋆ 𝕖 ✩

like fairy dust;

each locked with secrets and dreams;

twirls of magic in the breeze.

[2/2]
#7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence #wind

@msfulofgrace.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:59 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

Sigh, pollen to make me sneeze

#7SyllableSquad
#7SyllableSentence

@debbisorrels.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:22 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

sunset colors sky
autumn wind sways fountain grass
abundant beauty

#7syllablesentence
#7syllablesquad
#wind

@robinjp.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:09 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

Shine light in your own corner.

#7syllablesquad
#7syllablesentence
shine

@ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:45 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

Shine that light on the body.

#7syllablesquad #7syllablesentence
#shine

@apvos.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:43 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

Shine on you crazy droplets

Good morning, môge, Moin! Gotta love autumn morning condensation and water droplets that glisten, reflect and collectively make rainbows 🌈❤️

#7syllablesquad #7shine #7syllablesentence

Water droplets hanging from a garden power line. Blurry building and tree shadows in the background with an yellow-orange glow of the rising sun

@deemclachlan.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:51 AM

My last day with prompts for #7syllablesquad and I’m ending with a #shine

The brightest hour of the day
When I see your smile shine out

Coming up…
Oct 11th - Oct 24th: @lifelovelily22.bsky.social
Oct 25th - Oct 31 @451degrees.bsky.social

#poetrycommunity #poetryprompts #7syllables

Oct 10th poetry prompt for the hashtag #7syllablesquad is #shine

@fleurdu.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:15 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

• In waters’ darkest, shine thrives •

#7syllablesquad prompt is #Shine
#7syllables #7syllablepoems #poetrycommunity
#poets #poetry #poetsofbluesky
@deemclachlan.bsky.social

@stuberk625.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 10:24 PMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

#Wind me up, then let me go.
You took the #wind from my sails! 😢
#7SyllableSentence
#7SyllableSquad

@ignorantfairy.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:54 PMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

Wind that took all my sorrows

#7syllablesentence

@zoomburst.substack.com Oct 9, 2026, 9:09 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.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.

@janedougherty47.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:00 AMReposted by @deemclachlan.bsky.social

One for #PoemsAbout #Bites @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poetsofbluesky

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

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