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Rachel

@vignettes.bsky.social

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Absurdist, writer, explorer, escape artist. Copywriter, writer of poetry and prose. Bookish & writerly banter. British, living in Italy. 🇮🇹🇬🇧

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 28d

I am thrilled to have a piece published in Issue 6 & overcome the hurdle of audio recording. Like many things, the idea was worse than the reality. Support from @thebrokenspine.co.uk poets encouraged me to submit. Thanks to all of you & the gentle guidance of Kristin @epistemiclit.bsky.social 😁

Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · Sep 8

Issue 6: Nostalgia is LIVE!

Read, share, and tell us YOUR pieces of nostalgia!

Congratulations and THANK YOU to all of our contributors — this issue is yours! We’re privileged to shepherd your work into the world!

epistemiclit.com/current-issue/

Current Issue -

digital literary anthology accepting submissions based on theme to open conversations aimed at interpersonal understanding.

epistemiclit.com

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Eric @madp03t.bsky.social · 2h

“I hear birds on the roof,” she said as the machines buried her. Rain on steel, quiet work. When they finished, her voice echoed through the soil, soft and steady.

#fromoneline No. 394 #prompt #writing #5amwritersclub #blueskywriters #writingcommunity

FromOneLine - submissions OPEN @fromoneline.bsky.social · 9h

#FromOneLine 394

Where can we go with just one connecting #prompt line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point! Start your poem/vss with the opening line :

I hear birds on the roof

#FromOneLine 394 #prompt

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2h

This curry chat is wonderful. I've had lunch, but now i'm hungry again.

Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2h

Live a bit of whimsy. This one made me salivate. I do miss an Indian curry, not easy to come by in Italy.

Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks, Paul.

Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you. 😁

Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 6h

I used to pretend the kite was for the benefit of my children, but they've outgrown it, whereas I've not.

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social
What a delightful prompt to start Monday morning. My secret simple pleasure that returns me to childhood joy is flying a kite. I keep it in the boot of my car.
#promptcombo #simplepleasures

Simple Pleasures

The wind frets at the pebbles,
salt spray burns my face.
The kite jerks like a stubborn gull,
its red plastic heart flapping,
tail tangled, untamed.
Thin bamboo bones creak
as it strains for sky—
a sailboat chasing invisible tides.
I laugh, barefoot, skirt & hair whipping,
each tug of string a pulse returning—
old hands, yes,
but the girl is still flying.

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 6h

You are on a roll. Congratulations 😁

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 19h

blossoms underfoot / the crunch of vanished colour / thrums through weak sunlight

#DailyHaikuPrompt
#haiku

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PatchieSteve @patchiesteve.bsky.social · 1d

Leaf
Still, in motion
Held, in mid-air.
Frozen, afloat
Neither here
Nor there
This fall, not falling
Held, by the unseen
Still, spinning there
Golden, syrupy maple
Sunlit, spider spun
Once begun,
Some things are never done

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much, Merril 😊🤗

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

Powerful, tender filled with remorse and delicate hope. An important piece. It's left me with a lump in my throat.

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 3d

each fern unfurls
a slower version
of my breath
#haiku #poetry

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 3d

Had swerved to avoid
The verve of such fervour, no
Favours in fever.
#vss365 #verve #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

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Merril D. Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning! I wasn't going to do this prompt for #PoemsAbout #imperfectMe but started writing it yesterday @paulwritespoems.bsky.social writing group. It's still rough. Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Poem:

Still Standing

The scar on my right breast
a faint tracing,
the charcoal under the artist’s paint,

tattooed dots,
ellipsis signaling the story continues—

always a before
and an after--

so far, always an after--

the sagging of flesh, the greying of hair,
points for endurance, if not for style,

as vain as anyone, I suppose,
but embracing the imperfect,
me.

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 2d

The delicate metaphors are wonderful, charcoal and dots. A tender human piece.

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Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 3d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

I read a poem today about the items in an apartment speaking to the owner. Write me a poem in conversation with an object you can see

#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts

(#Poem is 'en mann med egen leilighet' by Nil-Øivind Haagensen. It's in Norwegian)

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

That's gracious of you, but I suspect you have created your own luck & it's paying off. 😉

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 3d

In a state of forced
Evolution, growing wings,
Angel or demon?
#vssmagic #evolution #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@vssmagic.bsky.social

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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · 3d

misty garden light
the rabbits are wearing
raincoats of dead leaves

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

You seem to be having a great year! Congratulations....again.

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for sharing this. I've signed up, too. Great topic!

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations. 😊

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Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social · 5d

Many things to love here, particularly how the 'un' fractures the piece

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