Abhra Pal
@storiesandstanza.substack.com
Poet | Storyteller | Podcaster
My Words 👉🏼 https://bsky.app/profile/storiesandstanza.substack.com/feed/aaaf265ghqs3u
🎙️ Host of 'Stories and Stanza'
Watch on #youtube : 👉🏼 https://yt.openinapp.co/storiesandstanza
or listen on any podcast platform
My Words 👉🏼 https://bsky.app/profile/storiesandstanza.substack.com/feed/aaaf265ghqs3u
🎙️ Host of 'Stories and Stanza'
Watch on #youtube : 👉🏼 https://yt.openinapp.co/storiesandstanza
or listen on any podcast platform
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Abhra Pal
@storiesandstanza.substack.com
· Dec 27
'Stories and Stanza' is a #podcast exploring creativity and resilience, through two series Between The Lines with creators, & Fail With Me focusing on wellness and life's challenges. We bring you authentic conversations with inspiring voices from around the world.
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The artificial intelligence of humans. For #smallpoemsunday and its curator @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Thank you. 🧠
Thank you. 🧠
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 AM
The artificial intelligence of humans. For #smallpoemsunday and its curator @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Thank you. 🧠
Thank you. 🧠
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#BraveWrite #vss365
#PoetryCommunity
dismissed shamed ignored
put away for what?
a day month year
as sand trickled
what was left unsaid
memories scrapped
a hope my writing
wasn’t what?
#balderdash
you tried to wipe
off your floor?
maybe if you’d
read even one word
you could’ve seen our world
#PoetryCommunity
dismissed shamed ignored
put away for what?
a day month year
as sand trickled
what was left unsaid
memories scrapped
a hope my writing
wasn’t what?
#balderdash
you tried to wipe
off your floor?
maybe if you’d
read even one word
you could’ve seen our world
January 4, 2026 at 6:26 AM
#BraveWrite #vss365
#PoetryCommunity
dismissed shamed ignored
put away for what?
a day month year
as sand trickled
what was left unsaid
memories scrapped
a hope my writing
wasn’t what?
#balderdash
you tried to wipe
off your floor?
maybe if you’d
read even one word
you could’ve seen our world
#PoetryCommunity
dismissed shamed ignored
put away for what?
a day month year
as sand trickled
what was left unsaid
memories scrapped
a hope my writing
wasn’t what?
#balderdash
you tried to wipe
off your floor?
maybe if you’d
read even one word
you could’ve seen our world
A photo of the milky way that I took a while back and a very personal note that went with it.
substack.com/@abhrapal/no...
#substack #grief #poetry #blueskypoetry
substack.com/@abhrapal/no...
#substack #grief #poetry #blueskypoetry
Abhra Pal (@abhrapal)
To my dad and all my ancestors who became stars.
Love leaks through shadows,
dancing to illusions.
Hum an ocean song,
entice dew drops
on autumn mornings—
I keep my windows open,
let them all in.
Pa...
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January 4, 2026 at 5:30 AM
A photo of the milky way that I took a while back and a very personal note that went with it.
substack.com/@abhrapal/no...
#substack #grief #poetry #blueskypoetry
substack.com/@abhrapal/no...
#substack #grief #poetry #blueskypoetry
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Painted in #balderdash specks
The pattern of my breath
Beneath curving lips
Of a crimson sunset
My senses deep dived
Sight became divine
All obscenities
The only language I could speak
Stung hard
The 1st time my brain learnt
My heart was lovestoned
#vss365 #SatSplat
The pattern of my breath
Beneath curving lips
Of a crimson sunset
My senses deep dived
Sight became divine
All obscenities
The only language I could speak
Stung hard
The 1st time my brain learnt
My heart was lovestoned
#vss365 #SatSplat
January 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Painted in #balderdash specks
The pattern of my breath
Beneath curving lips
Of a crimson sunset
My senses deep dived
Sight became divine
All obscenities
The only language I could speak
Stung hard
The 1st time my brain learnt
My heart was lovestoned
#vss365 #SatSplat
The pattern of my breath
Beneath curving lips
Of a crimson sunset
My senses deep dived
Sight became divine
All obscenities
The only language I could speak
Stung hard
The 1st time my brain learnt
My heart was lovestoned
#vss365 #SatSplat
This New Year, I'm happy to share a short story about finding direction when you're completely lost—inspired by the Victorian Highlands and a dash of true Aussie wisdom. Sometimes you need a fair dinkum stranger and a muddy back road to remind you what really matters.
Listen 🎧 / Read 📚
Listen 🎧 / Read 📚
Off You Go
A story of getting lost to find what matters
storiesandstanza.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:04 AM
This New Year, I'm happy to share a short story about finding direction when you're completely lost—inspired by the Victorian Highlands and a dash of true Aussie wisdom. Sometimes you need a fair dinkum stranger and a muddy back road to remind you what really matters.
Listen 🎧 / Read 📚
Listen 🎧 / Read 📚
📚 SHORT STORY: When GPS fails and rain pours, two travelers find themselves on a gravel road to nowhere. But sometimes the wrong turn leads to the right wisdom.
'Off You Go' - a tale of detours and discoveries
open.substack.com/pub/storiesa...
#shortstory #flashfiction #writingcommunity
'Off You Go' - a tale of detours and discoveries
open.substack.com/pub/storiesa...
#shortstory #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Off You Go
A story of getting lost to find what matters
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📚 SHORT STORY: When GPS fails and rain pours, two travelers find themselves on a gravel road to nowhere. But sometimes the wrong turn leads to the right wisdom.
'Off You Go' - a tale of detours and discoveries
open.substack.com/pub/storiesa...
#shortstory #flashfiction #writingcommunity
'Off You Go' - a tale of detours and discoveries
open.substack.com/pub/storiesa...
#shortstory #flashfiction #writingcommunity
#vss365 #FoxProse #BraveWrite #firewords280 #WeirdMicro #oxjDailyWords #Amatory #dailyprompt #creativewriting #shortstory #flashfiction #microfiction #WritingCommunity
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🎙️ New Audio Story: Have you ever carried words you couldn't say?
storiesandstanza.substack.com/p/three-of-us
#shortstorywriting #FlashFiction #lovestory #relationship #lifechoices #audiostory #listenfree
storiesandstanza.substack.com/p/three-of-us
#shortstorywriting #FlashFiction #lovestory #relationship #lifechoices #audiostory #listenfree
Three Of Us
A vignette of release and return
storiesandstanza.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
🎙️ New Audio Story: Have you ever carried words you couldn't say?
storiesandstanza.substack.com/p/three-of-us
#shortstorywriting #FlashFiction #lovestory #relationship #lifechoices #audiostory #listenfree
storiesandstanza.substack.com/p/three-of-us
#shortstorywriting #FlashFiction #lovestory #relationship #lifechoices #audiostory #listenfree
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December 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#vss365 #FoxProse #firewords280 #oxjDailyWords
#UnchainedSymphonies #MondayFic #shortstory #flashfiction #storiesandstanza
#UnchainedSymphonies #MondayFic #shortstory #flashfiction #storiesandstanza
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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travel far and wide
it’s the Everest within
that is the real climb
©️Aspen
Thank you for all of your love & friendship🎉Here’s to our new
chapter in 2026! 💗
Happy New Year!🥳
I love you,
A🕊️
(BBS)
#BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku
#travel #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
& All…
👇
youtu.be/GfCUQtTttoQ?si…
it’s the Everest within
that is the real climb
©️Aspen
Thank you for all of your love & friendship🎉Here’s to our new
chapter in 2026! 💗
Happy New Year!🥳
I love you,
A🕊️
(BBS)
#BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku
#travel #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
& All…
👇
youtu.be/GfCUQtTttoQ?si…
December 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
travel far and wide
it’s the Everest within
that is the real climb
©️Aspen
Thank you for all of your love & friendship🎉Here’s to our new
chapter in 2026! 💗
Happy New Year!🥳
I love you,
A🕊️
(BBS)
#BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku
#travel #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
& All…
👇
youtu.be/GfCUQtTttoQ?si…
it’s the Everest within
that is the real climb
©️Aspen
Thank you for all of your love & friendship🎉Here’s to our new
chapter in 2026! 💗
Happy New Year!🥳
I love you,
A🕊️
(BBS)
#BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku
#travel #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
& All…
👇
youtu.be/GfCUQtTttoQ?si…
Reposted by Abhra Pal
LAST CALL for participants for this workshop at 5pm, UK time, on Zoom THIS afternoon 30.12.25.
We may close registration if we have too many sign up. Keep the size of the group sensible!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crafting-y...
We may close registration if we have too many sign up. Keep the size of the group sensible!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crafting-y...
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
LAST CALL for participants for this workshop at 5pm, UK time, on Zoom THIS afternoon 30.12.25.
We may close registration if we have too many sign up. Keep the size of the group sensible!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crafting-y...
We may close registration if we have too many sign up. Keep the size of the group sensible!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crafting-y...
December 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Indie Authors, I know imposter syndrome is real. But the more you depend on prompts/ invitations to talk about or promote your books, and the less practice you have freely telling us about your wip/ book by organic post; surely the less chance you give yourself to get good at marketing?
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Indie Authors, I know imposter syndrome is real. But the more you depend on prompts/ invitations to talk about or promote your books, and the less practice you have freely telling us about your wip/ book by organic post; surely the less chance you give yourself to get good at marketing?
Reposted by Abhra Pal
Artwork and winter landscape poem written for #toptweettuesday this week #poetry #winterpoetry #illustration
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Artwork and winter landscape poem written for #toptweettuesday this week #poetry #winterpoetry #illustration
Join us for an insightful discussion with Tina Djuretic on "Stories in Stanza," where we explore the transformative power of healing and self-love. In this episode, Tina shares her journey of overcoming childhood trauma, breaking generational patterns, and finding peace.
December 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Join us for an insightful discussion with Tina Djuretic on "Stories in Stanza," where we explore the transformative power of healing and self-love. In this episode, Tina shares her journey of overcoming childhood trauma, breaking generational patterns, and finding peace.
'Stories and Stanza' is a #podcast exploring creativity and resilience, through two series Between The Lines with creators, & Fail With Me focusing on wellness and life's challenges. We bring you authentic conversations with inspiring voices from around the world.
One Pager 👉🏼 : bit.ly/snsonepager
One Pager 👉🏼 : bit.ly/snsonepager
December 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
'Stories and Stanza' is a #podcast exploring creativity and resilience, through two series Between The Lines with creators, & Fail With Me focusing on wellness and life's challenges. We bring you authentic conversations with inspiring voices from around the world.
One Pager 👉🏼 : bit.ly/snsonepager
One Pager 👉🏼 : bit.ly/snsonepager
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December 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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December 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Rory never had any reason to worry about ensuring his characters would #survive, because no character truly died on the game.
Unlimited resurrections.
But, at Christmas, he always remembered his parents. Real life wasn’t a game and he still very much missed them more than he could ever say.
#vss365
Unlimited resurrections.
But, at Christmas, he always remembered his parents. Real life wasn’t a game and he still very much missed them more than he could ever say.
#vss365
December 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM