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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations and best wishes for all that lies ahead.

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Róisín Ní Neachtain @roisinnineachtain.com · 3h

“It is never too late to be what you might have been”

baci chocolate wisdom of the day also the motto of my life

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 3h

The Blue Hour – a stunning illustrated celebration of nature's rarest color www.themarginalian.org/2021/01/14/t...

The Blue Hour: A Stunning Illustrated Celebration of Nature’s Rarest Color

“The day ends. The night falls. And in between… there is the blue hour.”

www.themarginalian.org

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 3h

This is a great submission call. And good luck with it @icefloepress.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @rfredekenter.bsky.social

Ice Floe Press (Open for Subs) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 3h

Announcing!
ICE FLOE PRESS reopening for Submissions Oct 25th.
Full sub prompt below at website link
Guest Editor Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social & @rfredekenter.bsky.social
We are looking for new, original hybrid work on:
PROCESS/ MARGINALIA / OTHER (WOR(L)D)(S)
icefloepress.net/open-for-sub...

OPEN FOR SUBMISSION: PROCESS/ MARGINALIA / OTHER (WOR(L)D)(S)

Ice Floe is excited to announce a new on-line project is opening for submissions on the 25th of October. We will accept work until Nov. 18th, 2025. In the spirit of experimentation, hybridity and c…

icefloepress.net

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 14h

when the kiddo already knows the secret to life.

me: "how was picture day?"

7-year-old: "outside me was smiling, while inside me was sweaty and annoyed"

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 4h

Today's gift - Aparajita flower

An Aparajita flower with stem and leaves (also other plants) against a railing with street and buildings and gray evening sky also visible

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Westland Books @westlandbooks.bsky.social · 12h

'What makes the book an unforgettable read is to confront strong resonances between yesterday and today,... so that these women call out to us...from the midst of our own hearts and with our own defiance, helplessness, anger, resignation and sorrow.'
bangalorereview.com/2025/10/foot...

Footnotes to the Mahabharata by K. Srilata - The Bangalore Review

Basudhara Roy reviews K. Srilata's Footnotes to the Mahabharata.

bangalorereview.com

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Barlow Adams @barlowadams.bsky.social · 1d

If you have links to audio of your stories being read (preferably by you) please share them with me. I’d love to listen to some friends to pass the time.

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 10h

Who did you meet?

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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 1d

✨ The first episode has arrived! ✨

Very excited to introduce the first episode in my new flash fiction film series ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’! 🕰️

If you have a minute and a half to spare, I’d love for you to check it out!

youtu.be/scAoxNryyVA

The Time Pirate | Episode 1: The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore

YouTube video by jenwithwords

youtu.be

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

This is incredible. Intrigued. Look forward to seeing how this develops.

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 1d

It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...

What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer

www.thenation.com

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

This is beautiful. I don't know if this is any solace - but sometimes, other people also see themselves, put down their worries and burdens in our words. Maybe that is worth something.

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 3d

Today for #LiftToTheSky we should give a boost to our lovely wee indie presses who are often run by solo enthusiasts wanting to give a voice to lesser known poets. They put in a lot of hard graft to curate anthologies, run social media accounts and workshops and support poets in untold ways. 1/2

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 3d

2/2 so shout out to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social of @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @iambapoet.com & After These guys are the definition of dedicated and supportive and work long hours for little reward. There are others too #poetryheros

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 3d

Submissions are now OPEN for new poems until midnight on Sunday 19th October.

atriumpoetry.com/submission-g...

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations and good luck to her. Lovely voice.

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Michelle Cozens @measureofcalm.bsky.social · 4d

“So, if you are too
tired to speak,
sit next to me
because I,
too,
am fluent in
silence.”
- R. Arnold
#imageandverse #eastcoastkin #birds

Two great egrets stand in a salt marsh, facing right. In the foreground and along the left side of image are marsh grasses, which have turned a golden brown color.

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Nerve to Write @nervetowrite.bsky.social · 4d

Nerve to Write is open for fiction submissions until November 1st! Send us your flash fiction, full-length stories, and more!

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 5d

Does anyone have any good examples of polyphonic flash fiction / short stories (from several voices / perspectives) or flash that uses head-hopping / shifting perspective (like my piece in the link below)? Your own or others. Pieces that are freely available online. Thanks in advance!

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 4d

Francis Ford Coppola remembers Diane Keaton.

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 5d

Cillian Murphy reading Yeats’s “When You Are Old”

❤️ 🇮🇪 📖 #poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #WBYeats #CillianMurphy #PoetrySky

YouTube: youtu.be/qRBgbUhc9TE?...

"When You Are Old" by W. B. Yeats (read by Cillian Murphy)

YouTube video by Zsuzsanna Uhlik

youtu.be

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Sloe @sloe.bsky.social · 4d

Artists! People who draw specifically! I have a question: what websites/sources do you use for reference pictures? After refern sadly shut down I'm getting frustrated with pinterest (since it's still flooded with slop).
#art #drawing #referencepics #artbaby #artadvice

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