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@cutiepiepuppy.bsky.social
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Mathematician, engineer, scientist
Amateur at life, nature & Free Speech enthusiast
Relishes her stupidity, eternal student
Dislikes hatred, vitriol and violence
Liberal-minded on just about everything - but not everything
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October 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
morning climbs through brush
light gathers gold and green
gods laugh in color

#Haikufeels #Brush #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #Photography #Nature #Dawn #Sunrise #ImageAndVerse #Haiga
Sunrise, 12 Dec 2025 over a horse pasture. The golden sun is seen in the lower right corner peaking over distant trees. In the foreground are 4 leafless trees in silhouette. The sky a clear blue.
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
Harvest is a state of mind long before it’s a season.

#2WordPrompt #State #Harvest #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #Gardening #Photography #ImageAndVerse #Haiga
Two small melons hang from a garden trellis, one orange and ripe with pale stripes, the other green and unripe, surrounded by broad leaves in soft sunlight.
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
Sunrise Shadows

#Photography #Nature #Sunrise #Dawn #Shadows
Sunrise 12 Dec 2025 - The golden sunrise casts long dark shadows across a fenced garden and open horse pasture, with bare trees silhouetted against a clear blue sky.
December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
Sneazel the Weasel, he wiggles, he zips,
He quiggles through tunnels and flips when he slips.
He zops from the log with a snicker and squeal,
and flampers off laughing, his sights on a meal!

#Whistpr #Weasel #Quatrain #Poetry #Micropoetry #DrSeuss
December 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
six-armed mote of ice
each shape is uniquely born
Forever dissolves

#dailyhaikuprompt #Snowflake #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyPoets #Nature #Winter #Snow
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
I see you're not elated
to find we are related
it cannot be debated
why’d anyone bring out that DNA kit

#emoetry #Elated #Quatrain #Micropoetry #Poetry #Writing #BlueskyPoets #Humor #Family #DNA
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
A song sparrow signals the dawn
a voice above the marigolds
notes tumbling
like water over stone

The garden is its habitat
listening
petals lean forward
even the silence hums along

#2WordPrompt #Habitat #Signal #FreeVerse #Poetry #Photography #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #Birds #Birding #SongSparrow
A photo of a brown and white Song sparrow, perched on a garden fence, beak open as if in song. The background is a blur of green bokeh.
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
oh good, she's smiling

always welcome doctor smiles

one more drop of hope

#haikufeels #Drop #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Micropoetry #Healthcare #Anxiety #Hope #Smiles #Wishing #HopefulFiction
December 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
when the stars confer
and the moon considers us
truth steps out of hiding

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Star #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Haiga #ImageAndVerse #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #Photography #Moon #B&W #Monochrome #Astrophotography #Truth
A full moon against a black sky, its cratered surface clear, with a small blurred branch crossing the lower right edge.
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
Even wings wait for a reason to rise.

#Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #BlueJay
#Resilience #ImageAndVerse #Haiga
A close-up photo of a Blue jay facing the viewer directly, showing its crest, beak, and facial feathers against a smooth gray background.
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
I'm surprised the waiting room is carpeted
"Radiology" overhead
Repeat mammogram
again
Follow-up ultrasound
again
Now they confer
the room holding its breath with me

#Whistpr #Carpet #FreeVerse #Poetry #BlueskyPoets #Medicine #Healthcare #Radiology #Anxiety #Fear #Waiting
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
the frost forgets noon
but every blade of grass knows
warmth always returns

#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Photography #ImageAndVerse #Haiga
#Nature #Winter #Dawn #Sunrise #Hope #Resilience
The rising sun shines through tall, leafless trees. Warm light shines over a frosted pasture and wooden fence beneath a clear blue morning sky.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
The sky has no cage
freedom whispers we can fly
but hearts practice hope

#Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #Photography #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #Nature #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #Freedom #Courage #Hope #Mindfulness
A pair of House sparrows stand on a seed-covered railing, facing each other with lowered heads. Their brown feathers are lit by sunlight against a blurred green background.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
the world's my oyster
while I may be allergic
I keep on shucking

#vss365 #Soliloquy #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Determination #Resilience #Hope
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
the end writes in dust
yet wind refuses silence
beginnings learn to speak

#whistpr #End #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Writing #BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Hope #Resilience
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
inhale and exhale
the moon pushes the oceans
as fate pushes us

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Breath #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #Moon #Photography #Haiga #ImageAndVerse #B&W #Astrophotography #WaningGibbous
Close-up, B&W photo of the waxing gibbous moon showing bright craters and textured surface against a black night sky.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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More of this !!
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
cutiepiepuppy.bsky.social
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Overt bigotry, plain and simple. My country sucks.
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
www.npr.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
The quiet between hunger and sky.

#Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Photography #Macro #Nature #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #BlueJay #ImageAndVerse
A close-up profile of a Blue Jay’s head and upper body, showing fine feather details, dark eye, and black beak against a soft green background.
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
running and howling
through the forest of wild hearts
I’m louder when alone

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Wild #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Writing #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Love #Desire #Loneliness #WildHearts
December 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
wanting what is not
and hiding from what I crave
fear taught me to stay

#Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Writing #Longing #Desire #Fear

(Inspired by yesterday's #2WordPrompt #Tangled #Want)
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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irishlisa.bsky.social
The moon returns, as does the hope we feared was lost.

#Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPoets #Moon #Photography #WaningGibbous #Moonscape #Monochrome #B&W #ImageAndVerse #Nightsky #Astrophotography #Hope
Last night's moon: A detailed waning gibbous Moon with crisp craters and surface textures, bright against a black sky.
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM