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C. Oulens
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Poet, thinker, dreamer, scribbler… in ascending order
differently logical . . . I sense, I feel, I write . . .
Winner, 3rd Annual Poe-it Like Poe Poetry Contest 2025 by sixdegreesofpoe
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C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social · 8d
For #PoemsAbout #DogTags
Will come back later to read others and comment. A slightly long poem today, will understand if you give it a miss. Thank you! 🙏 💫

@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poetry
Of Certificates and Of Those Missing - C. Oulens I was born happy and blue! A little confused coz there seemed a lot of hullabaloos over this fact and that I did not wail and kept my eyes shut—they even discriminate against babies that are introvert! Oh c’mon, what’s the deal with this—I thought—should I gawk wide at the beauty of sunshine? Can I not let it seep in with time? Have they not learnt from dawn, of light’s slow release? Should I let the sun jump on me and damage my eyes? Let’s say I concede to that, but why, oh why—should they want me to shriek? Then I heard my mom’s wail—Yeah, well, emotional blackmail commences as early as that—even before they’ve prepared your destiny’s sketch (and the many certificates of mismatch). Besides, they were shaking me (and what not—uncomfortably)—so, with an eye roll, I kindly complied and delivered a heart-rending scream—an encore to my mom’s premature mournful cries (it seemed she thought I got born with an intent to die)—and to my bafflement—followed by a roomful of applause and cheer—it now appeared I had claimed my first entitlement of existence—certified in a registry. … and that, in short, is my introduction to a kind world that said—undocumented—you’ve had your heartful—henceforth the world would appreciate if you kept your screams inside and your tears dry—there’s too much, anyway, to pass by. And sunshine I found is not infinite—how can it be when some are looking to steal from you with a sleight of hand—but some, at the edge of abyss, will find a bagful of a warm wish—unclassified, uncertified. I am not happy but I’m happily blue. I stole too—some stars—of a blue moon—committing poetry—without standard devices—without requisite licences—without certificates to earn.
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
Thrilled to have my poem “the output…err…the outcome (well…whatever…if ever) of a therapy
session” in this #Rites&Trials anthology. Huge thanks to EIC Alan Parry @alanparrywriter.co.uk , @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Many wonderful pieces including by Alan Parry, @pdevonald.bsky.social and more…

#Oulens
thebrokenspine.co.uk The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 19h
Also out today, dual launch of festive short fiction and this coming of age poetry #Slimline #Rites&Trials

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November 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
white memory flakes
softening cobbled stones
a warmth for gone cold

#SenseWrds
Prompt 151 : Snowfall Dimming Sidewalks

#Oulens #haiku #senryu #monoku
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
For #PoemsAbout #NoFuture , , , and maybe breaking the hourglass?
Will return later to read others’. Thank you for reading! 🙏💫

@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
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There’s NoFuture in This Bound Hourglass - C. Oulens That which wecamearoundto prepondering— the future— thatwhichpresseddownpoundingona couple of poor grains at the narrow neck piling up piteously at the bottom of this time-plagued hourglass Is nothing but the past flipped and posing as Future everforevernever to be a to be,,, ,,,oh! I forget! I’m trying to break free of shards that came t o b e.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
Beneath the
frolic of words
Above the
mush of verse
was a hymn
without a
language’s syntax
you’d have heard
had you let it in
through your breath

#SenseWrds
Prompt 150: Blessings Misty Hold
#Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #micropoetry #poetry
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
#autumnal #designs
#learning in dusk’s soft pulse
rhythms of fall

#vss365
#2WordPrompt
#BSPP47 : #softglow
#Oulens
#haiku #senryu
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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madp03t.bsky.social
What bounces back
was never gone.

A lake,
a mirror,
a thought too long rehearsed.

Each truth reappears,
distorted or clear,
in the quiet that answers.

#vss365 #reflection #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #skypoets #writing #5amwritersclub
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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I’ve Been Meaning To – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 40, Double Ennead Photo: found at thegardenfixes.com Melissa Is our host and she invites us to - write Double Enneads. The Double Ennead is a form created by Colleen Chesebro for 99-word stories at Carrot…
I’ve Been Meaning To – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 40, Double Ennead Photo: found at thegardenfixes.com Melissa Is our host and she invites us to - write Double Enneads. The Double Ennead is a form created by Colleen Chesebro for 99-word stories at Carrot Ranch. The Double Ennead is composed of three stanzas of 33 syllables each, for a total of 99.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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jason-h-abbott.bsky.social
“It’s good!” Thoth said.

“It is?”

“Trim a few words, and it’ll be great!”

“It’s a spell?”

“It’s poetry.”

“But I want to be a wizard, not a writer!”

The ibis-headed god laughs. “You are already what you seek: All words are magic. All writers, magicians.”

#vss #sff
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
blurred…
all those sparkly #reflections
on glimmering frost

#vss365 : #reflection
#BSPP47 : #glimmeringfrost
#Oulens
#haiku #senryu
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Final thread of all my starter packs for the year by way of thank you to all the people who have helped and supported me this year. First: Great Writers in Search of an Agent starter pack. @shinewoman.bsky.social @clareobrien.bsky.social @tooriekep.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
This starter pack for the #poetrycommunity of #PoetsonBlueSky associated with #Prompts includes @victoriaspires.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @derickijohnson.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost if you can
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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inapoem.bsky.social
God is a Word
Poetry
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
a bold tune
caught in the wind at the throat
of a lonesome flute
floatin’
in
a vale of tears

#SenseWrds
Prompt 149: Hollow Surrounding Fearless

#Oulens #haiku #senryu #monoku
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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pdevonald.bsky.social
So delighted to be in this wonderful anthology which is out now

Great review here: Thanks to Greg Freeman for posting it and also Tim Fellows for making this wonderful anthology

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Coalface scars: poetry anthology marking strike anniversary looks at mining's past and its aftermath | Write Out Loud
Coalface scars: poetry anthology marking strike anniversary looks at mining's past and its aftermath
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November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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marcialynnpaul.bsky.social
IN CUSTODY OF... 🗣️🎙️

#poetry
#prompt
#spokenword
#whistpr dash
#emoetry hard
#vss365 relevant
#poetrycommunity
#blueskyrelay gaslight
#OurPoetryX foundation
#RetroArtPrompt shadow
#moonmystic heart_song
#2wordprompt type, strong
#firewords280 flouncy, faҫade
#foxprose trapped_under_roots
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social
A thought as I thought of “I think, therefore I am” hit me this a.m.—perhaps on account of the #strong tea I brewed—that if I already think & if I already am, is it #relevant to know ‘where’ I am and out of the various #types of wheres, which where would think that I am…
#vss365 #2WordPrompt #Oulens
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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fizzytwizler.bsky.social
No longer #relevent
Are the seasons all four

If it rains it rains
If it shines sun it shines sun

Colourless are the snowflakes
Dead brown the leaves

I don’t care
My pockets are flooded
With rainbows

#vss365
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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fred-forge.bsky.social
#Journal #A.Soul.in.Transit #Notulite

“Behind certain appearances lies the sensitivity of those who know how to surpass themselves„

#ƒred-ƒorge ©

Photography source : U.A.G.
#Journal #A.Soul.in.Transit #Notulite “Behind certain appearances lies the sensitivity of those who know how to surpass themselves„ #ƒred-ƒorge ©
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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blindedbeatpoet.bsky.social
do not forsake when rhythm and melody find
a score rich tapestry of happenchance and incidentalisms
not rent a breath schisms we might imagine sold futures with
but rather how ants dreams of being aardvarks one day
i suppose we all know of specificity in the gleams
night sky tombstone alchemies
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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throwawayreg.bsky.social
Evening Sunday
a bit late for #PoemsAbout #dogtag
And thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poems #poetry
have a great week everyone everywhere 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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wordingway.bsky.social
∴ skitterd sideways fate
achievable mischief drips
crow-crowned micklewit ∴

#vss365 #haikufeels #senryusunday #leakyfaucet #dukkha
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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fhpowellwriter.bsky.social
#promptcombo #OnRoofs @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
Thank you @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for last week's stormer. All are welcome to contribute to this week's. I am the host. Please use hashtags ##promptcombo #OnRoofs and tag me @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social:
The Roof He needs a hit, so on the roof of the ex bank, ex post office needs to break in sees somebody spot him so he changes his mind shouts I will kill myself. Ambulances and police talk him down.
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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jennnne.bsky.social
#poetry #cptsd
Daddy liked to dumpster dive With his head full of crack Piled his rusty pickup full of worthless things 'Cept this one time He brought something back just for me For me! I sprayed down my treasure with disinfectant And love became a second-hand teddy bear Daddy fished from someone's trash J. C. 11.18.25
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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rburrows.bsky.social
Another tiny tale from my grandmother’s childhood for #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM