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Stories in ink. Salt in my hair. Writer | Author | Surfer | Trail Runner WFPB 🌱 Cooking | Pickleball Equality always. Stories forever.

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · May 21

He sings to the stars,
hoping one will fall for him,
the sky is unmoved.

#DailyHaikuPrompt

The moon glows behind tall, bare trees at twilight. Its light veiled by soft clouds, casting a dreamy halo in a deepening blue sky.

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 4h

Father Elias would calmly light a candle, murmuring, “Absence of light doesn’t mean absence of grace.” But when the flame bends toward him and the air turns thick with whispers that remember his name, he reaches for the old kit he swore he’d never need again.

#WritingPrompt
#WritingCommunity

👻Scarlet🎃Mitchell☠️ @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 4h

Tuesday #WritingPrompt!

The power went out!

What do your characters do?

#WritingCommunity #writingq

a pair of white circles with holes in the middle on a black background .

Alt: a pair of white circles with holes in the middle on a black background . Eyes blink in the dark.

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 2d

This is where you can buy Tre and my books and read the haikuists at Wolf Twin Review. Join the pack.
#haiku #poetry #books #booksky #writing #smallpress

Wolf Twin Books

A boutique book publisher that specializes in Art Books, Poetry, and Epic Fantasy. Founded by the Moonscape Haiku Phase I authors—and Wolf Twins—Thomas L. Vaultonburg and Tré.

www.wolftwin.com

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 6h

Aaaah, mummy lol! I saw Tutankhamen when he toured. As Steve Martin sang, He gave his life for tourism 😀

INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you 🙏

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Kunal 🌅 @poetickunal.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, storytellers and poets! 🎶

The #BlueSkyRelay #prompt for 13 October 2025 is #Ballad 📜

If you'd like to take over and host the relay the week after me, please don't hesitate to reach out!

#micropoetry #writingcommunity #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Ballad of the Hollow Wind

She called my name where shadows creep,
beyond the weeping pine,
her whisper stirred the river’s sleep,
and claimed my soul as thine.

#BlueskyRelay #ballad

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 1d

The reaper returns again, but grief already fills this space, no room for more absence

#OneLineOctober #HaikuFeels
#tatters

INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Whoops, it’s actually the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in Manhattan. Yeah, I need to go alone sometime because I always move through a lot slower than my group lol.

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful, Trè! Love how it mystically bridges earth and sky ✨

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⋆｡˚☆⋆Tré⋆☆˚｡⋆ @tregallery.com · 3d

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Snapdragon

Vivid glow
Drops of sky roll on
Dragon's tongue

#BlueSkyArtShow #Glow
#EastCoastKin
#dailyhaikuprompt Vivid

#Macro #Photography #Haiku #俳句 #Poetry #Micropoetry #Bloomscrolling #Wolftwin

Here is a macro photo I took of our last bi-color snapdragon in the front garden. The day was beautifully grey and rainy. Though there was no chance of seeing a tropical sunset, this flower held the might of dusk's glory in its misty face. This scoop of autumn sherbert glows against green peeps of background bokeh. Bending in for a closer look with my camera, I became enchanted by the perfect spheres scattered across its pink-red-orange-yellow petals. Within each crystal ball raindrop, a small universe of color and light. Their augury? My new 3-5-3 haiku:

Snapdragon

Vivid glow
Drops of sky roll on
Dragon's tongue

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 2d

We’re simpatico on this and it’s always fun and interesting exploring these ideas with you. BTW, Shackleton had an amazing crew.

Photographer on the ice sheets with a very large camera

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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 2d

the ocean turns green
shivering with salt

vaporous foam
at our feet

a gull dives
rises
hesitates in gust
recovers
& taunts as he flies

the flashing memory
of other plunges
& soars

please say
oblivion
is not a #piranha
gnawing
what remains
& the sea
keeps nothing whole

#vss365 #sea #poetry

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate you getting it and always your comments.

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 2d

How did that go? A knowledgeable tour guide when you’re in places like that is such a wonderful gift. Did you get to MOAH? Love the Hayden Planetarium there too. Hall of dinosaurs 🦖 Yeah, learning is the best.

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Trè!! 😀 They’re cool because you can do one or more sentences and if you see one that inspires an idea you can drop it in a comment and get a thread going!

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 3d

Beautifully written. Both raw and shimmering. Love the duality of it. You’d get on well with Jess lol

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 3d

Ernest Shackleton was a polar explorer in the early 20th century. His Endurance expedition is considered to be one of the most extraordinary in maritime history. I read a bunch of his books.

Yeah, that’s the song I was thinking of until my brain flicked to Shackleton 😂

The Endurance ship at night Stuck in pack ice.

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Jen J.C. @jennnne.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, pretty

📷 : Me

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Gabe Valentine ~semi-hiatus~🐬🌊🏝️🧜🐳 @poetguygabe.bsky.social · 3d

the complete oeuvre
from cave art to AI art
of humanity
has inspired many but
didn't stop one single war

#blueskyrelay #oeuvre #tanka

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! It was one of those introvert moments where I wandered away from the group and it serendipitously led to a favorite moment caught in a photo.

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 3d

Great song 😀 When you wrote white flag I thought of Shackleton’s quote “never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavor”

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The Mighty Athena | 🇳🇿 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 3d

𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒
𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟
ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔

#mentalhealth
#worldmentalhealthday
#kindnessisfree
#haiku #senryu
🕊️🦋💜🌏🌈🙌

🎭 m i k e ✨ @po3try.bsky.social · 4d

today is #worldmentalhealthday

let's let ourselves talk about our #mentalhealth

#itsokaytonotbeokay

we are all worthwhile

i love you

<3

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INK_John @intjohn.bsky.social · 4d

Whispered winds bear sorrow.

Shadows hum the lost one’s name.

Twilight weeps in soft tones.

Nightfall drapes the world in grief.

Moonlight sings a mournful hymn.

#7SyllableSentence
#dirge

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Gabe Valentine ~semi-hiatus~🐬🌊🏝️🧜🐳 @poetguygabe.bsky.social · 4d

Humanity plays its dirge.

#7syllablesentence #dirge

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Dripping With Words | Intuitive Writer @drippingwithwords.bsky.social · 4d

..a sublime-tangerine-autumn-sky.. mother nature can be groovy like that..

©️📸 WIP-dww

#thoughts #quotes #photography #zen #sunset #light #spirituality #writesky #nature #landscape #sky #art #autumn #forestfriday #philosophy #life #sunrise #scape #bluesky #clouds #trees

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