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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · 3d

Lovely! Great minds think alike—I posted a similar shot this morning.

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · 3d

Leaves don’t fall, they let
go when the air finally
earns their rusted trust.
#haiku #fall #autumn #booksky #poem

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Reposted by Elizabeth Boquet

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · May 6

"A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song."

- Maya Angelou

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thank you very much!

Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thanks!

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 26

Maybe I’m the only sad one to ask—but where?

Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 23

Lovely to hear that—I always wonder who reads what and what they think. Thanks for letting me know.

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thanks for reposting my poem, Clare!

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 23

Shock and awww! Just woke up to find my poem-within-a-poem, "How to Choose Haiku," featured today by NaPoWriMo. Full prompt, poem, and backstory are up on my site: www.elizabethboquet.com/napowrimo-20...

#napowrimo #poetry #poem #haiku #motherdaughter

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 15

After a wide-eyed night, my six-line poem for NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 15 #napowrimo #napowrimo2025 #poetryoftheday #poemsofinstagram #sleepless #poem #poetry

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 11

Ugh. I’m sorry about that. Never easy, is it? Thanks for reposting my poem!

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 11

#poetry #typesetting #NaPoWriMo #poem #pets #grief #pancakes #ensemble

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 10

Same here, but I’m doing Maureen Thorson’s National Poetry Writing Mont (NaPowriMo www.napowrimo.net)

NaPoWriMo

www.napowrimo.net

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 10

Are you sharing your work somewhere?

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thanks for taking the time, Emma!

Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 1

Those hummingbirds are full of surprises! Best of luck with NaPoWriMo.

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 1

Best of luck! I'm trying, too. Not easy but a fun challenge, I think.

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Apr 1

Well, I cannot resolve to leaving you "unread"--because I read you and hope you carry on.

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Mar 8

Go, Jan, go!

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Mar 5

“Reverse Musical Chairs” by Elizabeth Boquet, first published by Stoneboat Literary Journal, then read by Billy Collins on The Poetry Broadcast.
www.elizabethboquet.com

#poetry #poem #grief #loss #mother

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Mar 4

Perfect way to start, in my book.

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Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society @uuhystericalsoc.bsky.social · Feb 14

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Feb 7

“The smell of seaweed drying on the rocks” — my mantra today.

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Feb 6

I’m thinking that the best workshops have made me hear and see my poem for what and how it is — its punctuation’s limits and with no backstory. Think tender reality check.

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Elizabeth Boquet @lizboquet.bsky.social · Feb 2

What a stunning shot! Pats to Harley.

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