Spriha Kant
@sprihakant.bsky.social
English Poetess, Book Reviewer, Digital Illustrator/ Painter, Interview features on feversofthemind.com & thebrokenspine.co.uk , features on thewombwellrainbow.com, Guest of Honour in Victoria in Verse (Bloomsbury Radio, London)
#sprihakant
#sprihakant
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we need them
need the hope of saplings
the steady growth of youthful trees
the reminder of vitality
and finitude
that we too will offer
what shade we can
return to earth
and be reborn
#vss365
Copse
need the hope of saplings
the steady growth of youthful trees
the reminder of vitality
and finitude
that we too will offer
what shade we can
return to earth
and be reborn
#vss365
Copse
March 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
we need them
need the hope of saplings
the steady growth of youthful trees
the reminder of vitality
and finitude
that we too will offer
what shade we can
return to earth
and be reborn
#vss365
Copse
need the hope of saplings
the steady growth of youthful trees
the reminder of vitality
and finitude
that we too will offer
what shade we can
return to earth
and be reborn
#vss365
Copse
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#Measurable
to satisfy forms
we take agony
and scale it
ask you to pin down
with number
how loss constricts the heart
how despair's tendrils
leech joy
from even gentleness
how fury
burns connection
to cinder
and yet
you answer
I guess...
six?
#vss365
to satisfy forms
we take agony
and scale it
ask you to pin down
with number
how loss constricts the heart
how despair's tendrils
leech joy
from even gentleness
how fury
burns connection
to cinder
and yet
you answer
I guess...
six?
#vss365
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#Measurable
to satisfy forms
we take agony
and scale it
ask you to pin down
with number
how loss constricts the heart
how despair's tendrils
leech joy
from even gentleness
how fury
burns connection
to cinder
and yet
you answer
I guess...
six?
#vss365
to satisfy forms
we take agony
and scale it
ask you to pin down
with number
how loss constricts the heart
how despair's tendrils
leech joy
from even gentleness
how fury
burns connection
to cinder
and yet
you answer
I guess...
six?
#vss365
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my shadow the wick
my body a struck match
I am that brief light
caught between the leap
and graceful fall
#Photography Adrianna Amari
@4aamari.bsky.social
my body a struck match
I am that brief light
caught between the leap
and graceful fall
#Photography Adrianna Amari
@4aamari.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
my shadow the wick
my body a struck match
I am that brief light
caught between the leap
and graceful fall
#Photography Adrianna Amari
@4aamari.bsky.social
my body a struck match
I am that brief light
caught between the leap
and graceful fall
#Photography Adrianna Amari
@4aamari.bsky.social
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#vss365
Sun-spurned
There'll be
no
writing today
I’m burned.
Icarus slyly nods.
the sun flew
tooclosetothepage
heliacal words
melted
my pen
and
I
d
r
o
p
p
e
d
with
only scorch-marks
to say
I was here.
#heliacal
#writerscommunity
#poetrycommunity
Sun-spurned
There'll be
no
writing today
I’m burned.
Icarus slyly nods.
the sun flew
tooclosetothepage
heliacal words
melted
my pen
and
I
d
r
o
p
p
e
d
with
only scorch-marks
to say
I was here.
#heliacal
#writerscommunity
#poetrycommunity
October 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
#vss365
Sun-spurned
There'll be
no
writing today
I’m burned.
Icarus slyly nods.
the sun flew
tooclosetothepage
heliacal words
melted
my pen
and
I
d
r
o
p
p
e
d
with
only scorch-marks
to say
I was here.
#heliacal
#writerscommunity
#poetrycommunity
Sun-spurned
There'll be
no
writing today
I’m burned.
Icarus slyly nods.
the sun flew
tooclosetothepage
heliacal words
melted
my pen
and
I
d
r
o
p
p
e
d
with
only scorch-marks
to say
I was here.
#heliacal
#writerscommunity
#poetrycommunity
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#vss365 #heliacal #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #write #writingcommunity #gorhyme
A Plotted Ellipse
A Plotted Ellipse
October 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#vss365 #heliacal #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #write #writingcommunity #gorhyme
A Plotted Ellipse
A Plotted Ellipse
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We need a different
kind of #education
not just another
brick in the wall.
Not bound by reservation
but free & fair
A syllabus
that unites
not divides
that teaches
peace, not war.
We need books
that breathe love
with lessons that shape
gentle hands & open hearts
~rev
#vss365
kind of #education
not just another
brick in the wall.
Not bound by reservation
but free & fair
A syllabus
that unites
not divides
that teaches
peace, not war.
We need books
that breathe love
with lessons that shape
gentle hands & open hearts
~rev
#vss365
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We need a different
kind of #education
not just another
brick in the wall.
Not bound by reservation
but free & fair
A syllabus
that unites
not divides
that teaches
peace, not war.
We need books
that breathe love
with lessons that shape
gentle hands & open hearts
~rev
#vss365
kind of #education
not just another
brick in the wall.
Not bound by reservation
but free & fair
A syllabus
that unites
not divides
that teaches
peace, not war.
We need books
that breathe love
with lessons that shape
gentle hands & open hearts
~rev
#vss365
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found
My light
Radioactive
In sunlight
Our reservoir
With embers
Intoxicating
And wild
I sit
In slumber
All disaster
Surrounding
I found
My life
Succumbing
To death
My light
Radioactive
In sunlight
Our reservoir
With embers
Intoxicating
And wild
I sit
In slumber
All disaster
Surrounding
I found
My life
Succumbing
To death
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
found
My light
Radioactive
In sunlight
Our reservoir
With embers
Intoxicating
And wild
I sit
In slumber
All disaster
Surrounding
I found
My life
Succumbing
To death
My light
Radioactive
In sunlight
Our reservoir
With embers
Intoxicating
And wild
I sit
In slumber
All disaster
Surrounding
I found
My life
Succumbing
To death
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Pick-up sticks
and jumbo shrimps
stuffed deep in
weak-piss-yellow pants
Trauma pain
and blood red stains
the skeleton of
a nightingale
#Domestic flights
after all-day fights
ancient wisdom stamped
on trading cards
An open meadow’s majesty
ancient pagan pageantry
a host, a graft
in mortal combat
and jumbo shrimps
stuffed deep in
weak-piss-yellow pants
Trauma pain
and blood red stains
the skeleton of
a nightingale
#Domestic flights
after all-day fights
ancient wisdom stamped
on trading cards
An open meadow’s majesty
ancient pagan pageantry
a host, a graft
in mortal combat
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Pick-up sticks
and jumbo shrimps
stuffed deep in
weak-piss-yellow pants
Trauma pain
and blood red stains
the skeleton of
a nightingale
#Domestic flights
after all-day fights
ancient wisdom stamped
on trading cards
An open meadow’s majesty
ancient pagan pageantry
a host, a graft
in mortal combat
and jumbo shrimps
stuffed deep in
weak-piss-yellow pants
Trauma pain
and blood red stains
the skeleton of
a nightingale
#Domestic flights
after all-day fights
ancient wisdom stamped
on trading cards
An open meadow’s majesty
ancient pagan pageantry
a host, a graft
in mortal combat
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your #famous maneuver
a dagger to the heart
cliché but effective
a river of blood
flowing in tributaries
to an ocean of grief
we embark there
on a viking ship
chromosomes on the wind
we set sail to a future
but the ancient horizon
is always looming
the ancient horizon
looms forever
#vss365
a dagger to the heart
cliché but effective
a river of blood
flowing in tributaries
to an ocean of grief
we embark there
on a viking ship
chromosomes on the wind
we set sail to a future
but the ancient horizon
is always looming
the ancient horizon
looms forever
#vss365
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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~Faced With Slings and Arrows~
I have thick skin
From head to foot
Except
Over my heart
So sometimes
I need to curl up
Into a ball
To protect myself
#poetry
I have thick skin
From head to foot
Except
Over my heart
So sometimes
I need to curl up
Into a ball
To protect myself
#poetry
August 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
~Faced With Slings and Arrows~
I have thick skin
From head to foot
Except
Over my heart
So sometimes
I need to curl up
Into a ball
To protect myself
#poetry
I have thick skin
From head to foot
Except
Over my heart
So sometimes
I need to curl up
Into a ball
To protect myself
#poetry
Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this..
The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Eleven features the artwork of Spriha Kant
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The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Seven features the artwork of Spriha Kant
A Feast Of Artwork And Words
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November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this..
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The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Eleven features the artwork of Spriha Kant
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The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Seven features the artwork of Spriha Kant
A Feast Of Artwork And Words
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November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Eleven features the artwork of Spriha Kant
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Hi @rfsmith.bsky.social Ronnie. Thankyou for the timely #promptcombo #Storm. Here's my first response. It's from my collection "Wolf Eye Territory:"
November 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hi @rfsmith.bsky.social Ronnie. Thankyou for the timely #promptcombo #Storm. Here's my first response. It's from my collection "Wolf Eye Territory:"
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November 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I've read some great responses to @rfsmith.bsky.social's brilliant #PromptCombo #Storm. Here's mine: a fragment of memory which might be worth developing a bit more #BlueSkyPoets #PoetryCommunity
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I've read some great responses to @rfsmith.bsky.social's brilliant #PromptCombo #Storm. Here's mine: a fragment of memory which might be worth developing a bit more #BlueSkyPoets #PoetryCommunity
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THINKING ABOUT TURNER
There I was
strapped to a mast
paintbrush in hand
trying to capture
the power of a storm
as the wind rushed
brushing my face
only a madman
would go to such lengths
but I am man
whose passion for art
runs deep
@rfsmith.bsky.social
#promptcombo #Storm
There I was
strapped to a mast
paintbrush in hand
trying to capture
the power of a storm
as the wind rushed
brushing my face
only a madman
would go to such lengths
but I am man
whose passion for art
runs deep
@rfsmith.bsky.social
#promptcombo #Storm
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
THINKING ABOUT TURNER
There I was
strapped to a mast
paintbrush in hand
trying to capture
the power of a storm
as the wind rushed
brushing my face
only a madman
would go to such lengths
but I am man
whose passion for art
runs deep
@rfsmith.bsky.social
#promptcombo #Storm
There I was
strapped to a mast
paintbrush in hand
trying to capture
the power of a storm
as the wind rushed
brushing my face
only a madman
would go to such lengths
but I am man
whose passion for art
runs deep
@rfsmith.bsky.social
#promptcombo #Storm
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called my
self
tornado-
hurricane,
self
deprecation of
my destructive
nature;
I’ll build a house
tear the roof
off,
erect a tower
demolish it,
make bridges
burn them,
this is my story;
sound the siren
changed paths
don’t get caught
in the fray
#promptcombo #storm #poetry @rfsmith.bsky.social
self
tornado-
hurricane,
self
deprecation of
my destructive
nature;
I’ll build a house
tear the roof
off,
erect a tower
demolish it,
make bridges
burn them,
this is my story;
sound the siren
changed paths
don’t get caught
in the fray
#promptcombo #storm #poetry @rfsmith.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
called my
self
tornado-
hurricane,
self
deprecation of
my destructive
nature;
I’ll build a house
tear the roof
off,
erect a tower
demolish it,
make bridges
burn them,
this is my story;
sound the siren
changed paths
don’t get caught
in the fray
#promptcombo #storm #poetry @rfsmith.bsky.social
self
tornado-
hurricane,
self
deprecation of
my destructive
nature;
I’ll build a house
tear the roof
off,
erect a tower
demolish it,
make bridges
burn them,
this is my story;
sound the siren
changed paths
don’t get caught
in the fray
#promptcombo #storm #poetry @rfsmith.bsky.social
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A #poem for Sunday. Stuck in a hotel with Plath thinking.
Taking a knife to the knots of narrative; you to the art form itself is truth...but at least you won’t read it.
Esher
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #narcissist
Taking a knife to the knots of narrative; you to the art form itself is truth...but at least you won’t read it.
Esher
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #narcissist
October 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A #poem for Sunday. Stuck in a hotel with Plath thinking.
Taking a knife to the knots of narrative; you to the art form itself is truth...but at least you won’t read it.
Esher
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #narcissist
Taking a knife to the knots of narrative; you to the art form itself is truth...but at least you won’t read it.
Esher
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #narcissist
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after she manifoldly
collided with walls of flesh
making her truth
derail from the path
she awakened
as if by fate
an #audacious gaze
that bridges the real
& defies singular time
in the throat of days
she raised
the sovereign vision
& became the vessel
of her own dawn
#vss365 #poetry 🖼️StockCake
collided with walls of flesh
making her truth
derail from the path
she awakened
as if by fate
an #audacious gaze
that bridges the real
& defies singular time
in the throat of days
she raised
the sovereign vision
& became the vessel
of her own dawn
#vss365 #poetry 🖼️StockCake
August 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
after she manifoldly
collided with walls of flesh
making her truth
derail from the path
she awakened
as if by fate
an #audacious gaze
that bridges the real
& defies singular time
in the throat of days
she raised
the sovereign vision
& became the vessel
of her own dawn
#vss365 #poetry 🖼️StockCake
collided with walls of flesh
making her truth
derail from the path
she awakened
as if by fate
an #audacious gaze
that bridges the real
& defies singular time
in the throat of days
she raised
the sovereign vision
& became the vessel
of her own dawn
#vss365 #poetry 🖼️StockCake
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tell me
more stories of your life
happy or sad
for I know they will
transport me
and I shall watch you
study your face
and I will know
your heart
at the moments
that made you
who you are
and always will this have
depth
the bass tones
of the beat I hear
with my ear
pressed against your chest
#vss365
more stories of your life
happy or sad
for I know they will
transport me
and I shall watch you
study your face
and I will know
your heart
at the moments
that made you
who you are
and always will this have
depth
the bass tones
of the beat I hear
with my ear
pressed against your chest
#vss365
August 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
tell me
more stories of your life
happy or sad
for I know they will
transport me
and I shall watch you
study your face
and I will know
your heart
at the moments
that made you
who you are
and always will this have
depth
the bass tones
of the beat I hear
with my ear
pressed against your chest
#vss365
more stories of your life
happy or sad
for I know they will
transport me
and I shall watch you
study your face
and I will know
your heart
at the moments
that made you
who you are
and always will this have
depth
the bass tones
of the beat I hear
with my ear
pressed against your chest
#vss365
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Nice to write something fresh for #poemsabout #chandeliers after a week away, hope you enjoy it. Thanks as always @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the great prompt and everyone for the wonderful poems I'm enjoying reading instead of getting work done! #poetry #poemsonbluesky
August 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Nice to write something fresh for #poemsabout #chandeliers after a week away, hope you enjoy it. Thanks as always @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the great prompt and everyone for the wonderful poems I'm enjoying reading instead of getting work done! #poetry #poemsonbluesky
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A #FridayPoem for #poemsabout #chandeliers
The background image this week is my own painting of the same name as the poem.
Phthalo Blue
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poemAltText #chandelier #poetrycommunity #poetrysociety #poems
The background image this week is my own painting of the same name as the poem.
Phthalo Blue
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poemAltText #chandelier #poetrycommunity #poetrysociety #poems
August 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A #FridayPoem for #poemsabout #chandeliers
The background image this week is my own painting of the same name as the poem.
Phthalo Blue
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poemAltText #chandelier #poetrycommunity #poetrysociety #poems
The background image this week is my own painting of the same name as the poem.
Phthalo Blue
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poemAltText #chandelier #poetrycommunity #poetrysociety #poems