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Ali
@alibutterfly.bsky.social
Mother, sister, daughter, teacher, caregiver, knitter, crafter, fair weather gardener. Seeking some joy after a super difficult year. Thankful for the poetry community on Bluesky and the distraction of the arts challenges 💕.

👩‍🏫 📚 📘 🧶 🧵🪡 🩺 🪴🌼 💔 ✍️
#EastCoastKin #Stunday
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry

Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.

August 2019
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#SenseWrds Prompt 147:
Blanket Sorrowful Storms

#poetry #writing
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#vss365 #poetry #photo #sunset #iphonephotography #nature

Golden orb,
heavy, shimmering
at the rim of the world,
bleeding amber and honey
into awestruck silence.
Shadow’s crowning glory,
unbearably light,
charcoal, bare,
reaching for
the holy flare:
#goal or transformation—
ending… or beginning?
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Today’s #MPPrompt #poetryprompt:
Ekphrastic poetry!

Inspired by the post below from:
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social

#poetry #bravewrite
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But sometimes you really should pay attention to your gut feeling.
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