Eve Castle
@evecastle.bsky.social
I write poems & short stories. Published. Retired to Colorado ‘24. TX escapee. #Resist
I’m writing/submitting. Also on Medium now. Be kind, especially to yourself #SafeSpace
Host #TankaThursday #TankaPoem prompt since Jun‘19 #poetry #haiku #tankapoem
I’m writing/submitting. Also on Medium now. Be kind, especially to yourself #SafeSpace
Host #TankaThursday #TankaPoem prompt since Jun‘19 #poetry #haiku #tankapoem
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Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 4, 2025
this week’s prompt:
apple (or fruit of choice)
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 4, 2025
this week’s prompt:
apple (or fruit of choice)
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
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Sharing a pic weekly from my iPhone photo roll each Monday to send best wishes for your upcoming week. 🐿️💕
Everyone is welcome to join in by sharing one of their own photos with same hashtag:
#PhotoShareMonday
See alt for more. My 📷 #Squirrel #SlowDown #Peace
Everyone is welcome to join in by sharing one of their own photos with same hashtag:
#PhotoShareMonday
See alt for more. My 📷 #Squirrel #SlowDown #Peace
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sharing a pic weekly from my iPhone photo roll each Monday to send best wishes for your upcoming week. 🐿️💕
Everyone is welcome to join in by sharing one of their own photos with same hashtag:
#PhotoShareMonday
See alt for more. My 📷 #Squirrel #SlowDown #Peace
Everyone is welcome to join in by sharing one of their own photos with same hashtag:
#PhotoShareMonday
See alt for more. My 📷 #Squirrel #SlowDown #Peace
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This (pretty cranky) poem shares the pages of the incredible Madrid Review with some up-and-comers like Salman Rushdie & Jay McInerney. Remember the names! :)
Also, there are some signed copies of the last book in Dubray Books on Mary Street in Dublin.
Thanks for reading. :)
Also, there are some signed copies of the last book in Dubray Books on Mary Street in Dublin.
Thanks for reading. :)
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This (pretty cranky) poem shares the pages of the incredible Madrid Review with some up-and-comers like Salman Rushdie & Jay McInerney. Remember the names! :)
Also, there are some signed copies of the last book in Dubray Books on Mary Street in Dublin.
Thanks for reading. :)
Also, there are some signed copies of the last book in Dubray Books on Mary Street in Dublin.
Thanks for reading. :)
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"Like Mom" is up on my instagram btw! 2nd time ever reading, and boy have i Improved already :,)
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"Like Mom" is up on my instagram btw! 2nd time ever reading, and boy have i Improved already :,)
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still my favorite poem
"Black Sea" by Mark Strand
"Black Sea" by Mark Strand
Black Sea
Placing poetry at the crossroads of American life since 1910.
poetrysociety.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
still my favorite poem
"Black Sea" by Mark Strand
"Black Sea" by Mark Strand
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Cathedral bells chime
In insidious shadows
Church mice freeze to pray.
#WeirdMicro #InsidiousShadows #haiku #senryu
In insidious shadows
Church mice freeze to pray.
#WeirdMicro #InsidiousShadows #haiku #senryu
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Cathedral bells chime
In insidious shadows
Church mice freeze to pray.
#WeirdMicro #InsidiousShadows #haiku #senryu
In insidious shadows
Church mice freeze to pray.
#WeirdMicro #InsidiousShadows #haiku #senryu
John, thank you for sharing this! I hate to think I would have missed it. It is seriously lovely and inspiring.
Thank you Merril - follow this extraordinary poet and human here:
@merrildsmith.bsky.social
Thank you Merril - follow this extraordinary poet and human here:
@merrildsmith.bsky.social
This is an incredibly rich gift of poetry, narrative, and commentary!!!
It's Monday, and I'm musing! This is my weekly post with a #Poem, #Photos, and commentary on the past week.
merrildsmith.org/2025/12/08/o...
merrildsmith.org/2025/12/08/o...
December 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
John, thank you for sharing this! I hate to think I would have missed it. It is seriously lovely and inspiring.
Thank you Merril - follow this extraordinary poet and human here:
@merrildsmith.bsky.social
Thank you Merril - follow this extraordinary poet and human here:
@merrildsmith.bsky.social
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cold winds from the north
chill to the bone
kindness matters
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
chill to the bone
kindness matters
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
cold winds from the north
chill to the bone
kindness matters
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
chill to the bone
kindness matters
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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#Critical #junctures are tightening clouds
before a storm decides whether to break or drift,
suspended in a disciplined and tempered stillness,
poised at the boundary where consequence gathers,
where one calibrated shift of wind determines
which distant horizon will inherit the rain.
#firewords280
before a storm decides whether to break or drift,
suspended in a disciplined and tempered stillness,
poised at the boundary where consequence gathers,
where one calibrated shift of wind determines
which distant horizon will inherit the rain.
#firewords280
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#Critical #junctures are tightening clouds
before a storm decides whether to break or drift,
suspended in a disciplined and tempered stillness,
poised at the boundary where consequence gathers,
where one calibrated shift of wind determines
which distant horizon will inherit the rain.
#firewords280
before a storm decides whether to break or drift,
suspended in a disciplined and tempered stillness,
poised at the boundary where consequence gathers,
where one calibrated shift of wind determines
which distant horizon will inherit the rain.
#firewords280
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December 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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small finds
on my evening walk
a magenta scarf
caught
in the rose bush
#vss365 magenta
#TankaThursday #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366
on my evening walk
a magenta scarf
caught
in the rose bush
#vss365 magenta
#TankaThursday #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
small finds
on my evening walk
a magenta scarf
caught
in the rose bush
#vss365 magenta
#TankaThursday #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366
on my evening walk
a magenta scarf
caught
in the rose bush
#vss365 magenta
#TankaThursday #NaTankaMo #poetry #TankaPoem #tanka #5lines #kyoka #haikuchallenge #POEMS #poetrytwitter #haikutwitter #micropoetry #lovingpoetry #haiku #senryu #haikufeels #wss366
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#TankaThursday
where she used to sit
under the cherry tree's falling blossoms
time has taken away from me
when the fruit ripens next summer
maybe I will hope again
where she used to sit
under the cherry tree's falling blossoms
time has taken away from me
when the fruit ripens next summer
maybe I will hope again
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
#TankaThursday
where she used to sit
under the cherry tree's falling blossoms
time has taken away from me
when the fruit ripens next summer
maybe I will hope again
where she used to sit
under the cherry tree's falling blossoms
time has taken away from me
when the fruit ripens next summer
maybe I will hope again
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"There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert...
✒ #RobertGraves, English classicist, author, and poet, #DOTD 7 December 1985 #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert...
✒ #RobertGraves, English classicist, author, and poet, #DOTD 7 December 1985 #Poetry #Literature
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert...
✒ #RobertGraves, English classicist, author, and poet, #DOTD 7 December 1985 #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert...
✒ #RobertGraves, English classicist, author, and poet, #DOTD 7 December 1985 #Poetry #Literature
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Your morning reminder- if your feed is stressing you out, remember that you can mute words for 24 hours.
I promise that if something genuinely huge happens, it will break containment and you’ll know.
Brought to you by muting SCOTUS and court for the day…
I promise that if something genuinely huge happens, it will break containment and you’ll know.
Brought to you by muting SCOTUS and court for the day…
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Your morning reminder- if your feed is stressing you out, remember that you can mute words for 24 hours.
I promise that if something genuinely huge happens, it will break containment and you’ll know.
Brought to you by muting SCOTUS and court for the day…
I promise that if something genuinely huge happens, it will break containment and you’ll know.
Brought to you by muting SCOTUS and court for the day…
I recall reading about this a long time ago (the 90s?): Mothers (with $) from Russia coming over to have their babies in the U.S.
If SCOTUS ends birthright citizenship I have to assume this ends & these Russian/U.S. citizens will be detained/deported.
apnews.com/general-news...
If SCOTUS ends birthright citizenship I have to assume this ends & these Russian/U.S. citizens will be detained/deported.
apnews.com/general-news...
Mother Russia: South Florida sees a boom in 'birth tourism'
Every year, hundreds of pregnant Russian women travel to the United States to give birth so that their child can acquire the privileges of American citizenship.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I recall reading about this a long time ago (the 90s?): Mothers (with $) from Russia coming over to have their babies in the U.S.
If SCOTUS ends birthright citizenship I have to assume this ends & these Russian/U.S. citizens will be detained/deported.
apnews.com/general-news...
If SCOTUS ends birthright citizenship I have to assume this ends & these Russian/U.S. citizens will be detained/deported.
apnews.com/general-news...
If SCOTUS ends birthright citizenship:
& both your parents were undocumented when you were born in the U.S.
or your mom came to the U.S. on a VISA & gave birth to you here to assure your citizenship
You can be detained & deported.
All others: It’s time to find your parents’ birth certificates.
& both your parents were undocumented when you were born in the U.S.
or your mom came to the U.S. on a VISA & gave birth to you here to assure your citizenship
You can be detained & deported.
All others: It’s time to find your parents’ birth certificates.
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If SCOTUS ends birthright citizenship:
& both your parents were undocumented when you were born in the U.S.
or your mom came to the U.S. on a VISA & gave birth to you here to assure your citizenship
You can be detained & deported.
All others: It’s time to find your parents’ birth certificates.
& both your parents were undocumented when you were born in the U.S.
or your mom came to the U.S. on a VISA & gave birth to you here to assure your citizenship
You can be detained & deported.
All others: It’s time to find your parents’ birth certificates.
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
that one rock in the field:
someone's always lying
on it in the summer
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
#haiku #micropoetry
someone's always lying
on it in the summer
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
#haiku #micropoetry
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
that one rock in the field:
someone's always lying
on it in the summer
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
#haiku #micropoetry
someone's always lying
on it in the summer
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
#haiku #micropoetry
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Sharing a (2-min) story titled ‘Heaven-Heaven’ I wrote on Medium for this prompt:
‘The twist is to base your story on the above image and include the daily word. Your magic word is: ‘ACID’
Read about dog Angus & Lorita - a 300 max word vignette prompt on Fiction Shorts.
medium.com/fiction-shor...
‘The twist is to base your story on the above image and include the daily word. Your magic word is: ‘ACID’
Read about dog Angus & Lorita - a 300 max word vignette prompt on Fiction Shorts.
medium.com/fiction-shor...
Heaven-Heaven
The Vignette Edition #48 — Acid
medium.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sharing a (2-min) story titled ‘Heaven-Heaven’ I wrote on Medium for this prompt:
‘The twist is to base your story on the above image and include the daily word. Your magic word is: ‘ACID’
Read about dog Angus & Lorita - a 300 max word vignette prompt on Fiction Shorts.
medium.com/fiction-shor...
‘The twist is to base your story on the above image and include the daily word. Your magic word is: ‘ACID’
Read about dog Angus & Lorita - a 300 max word vignette prompt on Fiction Shorts.
medium.com/fiction-shor...
Sharing a pic weekly from my iPhone photo roll each Monday to send best wishes for your upcoming week. 🐿️💕
Everyone is welcome to join in by sharing one of their own photos with same hashtag:
#PhotoShareMonday
See alt for more. My 📷 #Squirrel #SlowDown #Peace
Everyone is welcome to join in by sharing one of their own photos with same hashtag:
#PhotoShareMonday
See alt for more. My 📷 #Squirrel #SlowDown #Peace
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sharing a pic weekly from my iPhone photo roll each Monday to send best wishes for your upcoming week. 🐿️💕
Everyone is welcome to join in by sharing one of their own photos with same hashtag:
#PhotoShareMonday
See alt for more. My 📷 #Squirrel #SlowDown #Peace
Everyone is welcome to join in by sharing one of their own photos with same hashtag:
#PhotoShareMonday
See alt for more. My 📷 #Squirrel #SlowDown #Peace
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tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 4, 2025
this week’s prompt:
apple (or fruit of choice)
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 4, 2025
this week’s prompt:
apple (or fruit of choice)
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank...
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
December 4, 2025
this week’s prompt:
apple (or fruit of choice)
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
December 4, 2025
this week’s prompt:
apple (or fruit of choice)
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday
#TankaPoem #micropoetry
#tanka resources to develop your practice:
Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
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lay my body
by the cherry tree
it’s high time
we fed
the vultures too
Susan Burch, USA
Tanka Society of America
BHS Awards 2023
Honorable Mention
#TankaThursday apple/fruit
#tankapoem #5lines #micropoetry #tanka
by the cherry tree
it’s high time
we fed
the vultures too
Susan Burch, USA
Tanka Society of America
BHS Awards 2023
Honorable Mention
#TankaThursday apple/fruit
#tankapoem #5lines #micropoetry #tanka
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
lay my body
by the cherry tree
it’s high time
we fed
the vultures too
Susan Burch, USA
Tanka Society of America
BHS Awards 2023
Honorable Mention
#TankaThursday apple/fruit
#tankapoem #5lines #micropoetry #tanka
by the cherry tree
it’s high time
we fed
the vultures too
Susan Burch, USA
Tanka Society of America
BHS Awards 2023
Honorable Mention
#TankaThursday apple/fruit
#tankapoem #5lines #micropoetry #tanka
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That #banana split
let's give #pineapple a ring
#lemon stayed for tea
#nectarine went home at three
#display bowl now #plum #empty
#TankaThursday (fruit)
#inkmine
#WIPSnips
#Tanka
let's give #pineapple a ring
#lemon stayed for tea
#nectarine went home at three
#display bowl now #plum #empty
#TankaThursday (fruit)
#inkmine
#WIPSnips
#Tanka
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
That #banana split
let's give #pineapple a ring
#lemon stayed for tea
#nectarine went home at three
#display bowl now #plum #empty
#TankaThursday (fruit)
#inkmine
#WIPSnips
#Tanka
let's give #pineapple a ring
#lemon stayed for tea
#nectarine went home at three
#display bowl now #plum #empty
#TankaThursday (fruit)
#inkmine
#WIPSnips
#Tanka
Anousheh Ansari, #Iran
Immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 at the age of 18. She is currently 59 years old. BSc from George Mason University and MSc from George Washington University
#FamousImmigrants from countries where travel & citizenship is now banned as of 2025
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushe...
Immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 at the age of 18. She is currently 59 years old. BSc from George Mason University and MSc from George Washington University
#FamousImmigrants from countries where travel & citizenship is now banned as of 2025
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushe...
Anousheh Ansari - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Anousheh Ansari, #Iran
Immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 at the age of 18. She is currently 59 years old. BSc from George Mason University and MSc from George Washington University
#FamousImmigrants from countries where travel & citizenship is now banned as of 2025
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushe...
Immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 at the age of 18. She is currently 59 years old. BSc from George Mason University and MSc from George Washington University
#FamousImmigrants from countries where travel & citizenship is now banned as of 2025
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushe...