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and from the rupture that was breaking our hearts we came forth clean again, naked, loving each other without dream, without sand, complete and radiant, sealed by fire. -Pablo Neruda, The Dream

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Minstrelsy @minstrelsy.bsky.social · 3d

stolen innocents
condemned by your transgressions
exiled, imprisoned
runaway hatred and greed
ravaging humanity

#inkmine #tanka

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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 6h

What is love
other than to hold
forever the sun
humbly close
to a fragile
inner light

#Poetry

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Bernard Doucette @bdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

A wise old tree..
proudly gnarled and knotted,
bent but not broken.
#ThickTrunkThursday
#Forests

A tree displays its character with elegant angles and numerous knots.

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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 6h

Sometimes the tiniest visitors
bring the biggest smiles

#Nature #Chipmunk #BackyardMoments #Wildlife #Writing

A brown and white chipmunk surveys the back deck.

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Enigmatic Scribe @enigmaticscribe.bsky.social · 23h

Come sunrise, I journey,
to the sacred lake,
where twilight dreams,
retire to fade,
for glimpse at Hers,
before dissipating,
like a morning mist,
whence dawn is breaking.

#poetrycommunity
#poem
#poetry

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Darian Sinclair @dariansinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Crow and crow under autumn poplar kiss

#onelineoctober
#monoku

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inkMine @inkmine.bsky.social · 2d

mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Mon Oct 13, 2025

Weekly #Prompt - PARTY AROUSE GRANDEUR TOMORROW APHRODISIAC PLEASURE

post with hashtag: #inkMine

over an image of spilling ink, this design states:

Weekly Prompt: PARTY, AROUSE, GRANDEUR, TOMORROW, APHRODISIAC, PLEASURE

use the prompt words, or their evocation in an original write

please credit art & photos

combo prompts welcome

post with the hashtag
#inkMine

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Minstrelsy @minstrelsy.bsky.social · 2d

how many more
just make it through todays
must we endure?

#mondaythoughts #poem

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Daniela G. @luvd1.bsky.social · 2d

♡ Silence ♡

broke down Silences
loud voices Shout
is there a way Out?

her stare cold,
a gaze almost lost,
a trance pulling you
unto the quiet~

you wonder...
did you have a chance?

a kiss of silence
placed on her forehead~

her heart, laughter & pain you want all of them
to be yours~

#poetry

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Mitchell Squid @mitchellsquid.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow’s party
Mitchell P
#art

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C/022 Ruby @songbir.de · 3d

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Hello you, scrolling through the network. 🖤💜🤍 I love you.

I'm taking time to remind you that you are adorable, and wanted, and cute. For your softest self: do something today that makes the outer you feel good inside.

Also, read some poetry (written by someone other than me).

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Minstrelsy @minstrelsy.bsky.social · 2d

On the Hermit train
to Boo-Radleyville,
enjoying the passing
scenery

#poem

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Minstrelsy @minstrelsy.bsky.social · 3d

stolen innocents
condemned by your transgressions
exiled, imprisoned
runaway hatred and greed
ravaging humanity

#inkmine #tanka

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Minstrelsy @minstrelsy.bsky.social · 4d

Unsolicited clique pick

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inkMine @inkmine.bsky.social · 5d

mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Oct 10, 2025

Weekend #Prompt - TRANSGRESS
(any form of the word)
sixword~tenword~tanka~haiku

post with the hashtag: #inkMine

over an image of spilling ink, this design states:

Weekend Prompt: TRANSGRESS

use any form of the prompt word in a sixword, tenword, tanka or haiku

please credit art & photos

combo prompts welcome

post with the hashtag
#inkMine

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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 5d

It's clouding again
more rain to come
I have no sorrow
I long ago
gave up
sun

#Poetry #Photography
📷:mine

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OddlyMe @oddly-me.bsky.social · 5d

howling in the cold
flies buzz, floors groan
clamoring with fatigue and mold
no candle lit, no truth to trust
just drifting, wanting something more

#oddlyme #poetry #micropoetry #brevity version
#pennedreveries #something-more
#RetroArtPrompt #clamor #cold
#vssmystery #howling
#Emoetry #fatique

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’dáːvɪ́d ’wɪ́ɡɡə́nz @wordingway.bsky.social · 6d

∴ libertines haze
fools flock for hollow thrones
the self-anointed
·
mad mouths mutter
mustered mandates ~ felle masses
lotus lanterns bloom ∴

#vss365 #haikufeels #bethelotus #haiku #senryu #poemspell #naturephotography #flowers #avidya #bodhicitta

lotus @ Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens

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David @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 5d

aerial slipstream
alive with geese sounding off—
digital detox

#haiku #poem #nature #birds

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Minstrelsy @minstrelsy.bsky.social · 7d

What you've become,
and what has
become of you

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · May 6

"What did the earth teach the trees?
How to speak to the sky."

-Pablo Neruda

two bare trees on the side of a road in a wildlife refuge. there are mountains in the distance and a cloud in the sky.

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inkMine @inkmine.bsky.social · 8d

mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Mon Oct 06, 2025

Weekly #Prompt - PLEDGE TEASE LEDGER TEMPT JASMINE INSOMNIA

post with hashtag: #inkMine

over an image of spilling ink, this design states:

Weekly Prompt: PLEDGE, TEASE, LEDGER, TEMPT, JASMINE, INSOMNIA

use the prompt words, or their evocation in an original write

please credit art & photos

combo prompts welcome

post with the hashtag
#inkMine

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Faded Romantic @afadedromantic.bsky.social · 9d

October
has a promise
in every turning leaf

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paulst001.bsky.social @paulst001.bsky.social · 9d

Close up of a pink scented rose from our garden

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Amanda @amandawrites.bsky.social · 9d

I finally pulled my actual camera (Lumix FZ1000) out of the closet and started relearning how to use it (and an SD card reader...sheesh!)

Here are some practice pics I snapped of my potted patio hibiscus.

#bloomscrolling #macro

A close-up shot of 2 red-orange hibiscus blooms. This one is my favorite.

2 red-orange hibiscus blooms at a more comfortable distance.

A close-up shot of 2 red-orange hibiscus blooms.

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Kimberly Vanderhorst @kymburlee.bsky.social · 9d

stay with me, love
oh stay, in this momentary now

every breath
a brief bookmark
in a story we can’t
bear to close

#poetry

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