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IrishLisa
@irishlisa.bsky.social
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Neurodivergent Survivor. Retired veteran. I persevere w/PTSD & TBI. Backyard Birder/Gardener/Butterfly-er. Puppy momma. 🌈Returning to the creative pen. No "friend" requests - don't make it weird. OK? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Breathe, ah...
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IrishLisa @irishlisa.bsky.social · 10d
The famous Blue Jay
Looking very confident
Musing, "This seed's mine."

#vss365 #Famous #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Haiga
#ImageAndVerse #Photography #Birds #Birding #BlueJay #Nature #Wildlife
A colorful blue, black, and white Blue jay stands on a wooden deck rail scattered with birdseed, holding a single seed in its beak. The background is a blur of gray and green.
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Local woman wakes up, sends her love and respect to the chronic illness and disabled communities who are mourning the loss of amazing advocates both this week and the last few years and who keep fighting an unjust and inaccessible world, makes oatmeal.
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
I’ve always worn big shoes, with room to spare.

#2wordprompt #With #Room #Whistpr #Micropoetry #Poetry #OneLinePoem #Life #Identity #SelfReflection #HumorPoetry #LightVerse #SelfAware #BeYourself
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Nature takes us where we need to go.

#vss365 #Transport #Poetry #Haiku #Senryu #Micropoetry #ModernHaiku #Photography #Moon #Nature #Life #Destiny #Journeys #Travellers #MindfulMoments #NatureKnows
A pale daytime moon floats in a clear blue sky, partially framed by the soft, out-of-focus branches of a bare tree in the foreground.
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
I see no problems.
Unseen, unheard gnaws at me.
Just another day.

#haikufeels #Prompt #Gnaw #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Trauma #PTSD #Recovery #Resilience
#Survivor #Endurance #Healing
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
We're on the One Road
Sure, it may be the wrong road
But we're together

#Dailyhaikuprompt #Road #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Micropoetry #TheWolfetones #Wolfetones #Together #Journey #Companionship #Togethernes #SenryuSaturday
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
"Self Aware"

In the grand design,
This life has been pretty good:
Lousy poetry!

#whistpr #Prompt #Design #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #HumorPoetry #MetaPoetry #LightVerse
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Victimized? Maybe
But never a victim
I choose my own life

#Emoetry #Prompt #Victimized #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Trauma #Courage #Healing #Resilience
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Respect is a two-way street.

#7syllablesentence #Prompt #Respect #Writing #Senryu #OneLineSenryu #Micropoetry #FreeVerse
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
The heart knows no rest
Love, an unbearable weight
Is borne nonetheless

#Emoetry #Prompt #Unbearable #Senryu #Haiku #Poem
#Micropoetry #Poetry #Love
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Nature sends her love
Grace alights upon my soul
Avian angels

#whistpr #Alight #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Micropoety #BlueskyPhotography #Birds #Birding #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #BlueJay #RedBelliedWoodpecker
A photo of a Red-bellied woodpecker perched on a wooden railing, its bright red crown catching daylight. Behind it, a Blue jay blurs through the frame in mid-flight, wings spread wide in a blur of motion.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Winter moon, first snow
Lush light delivers lush white
Nature's cold embrace

#dailyhaikuprompt #FirstSnow #WinterMoon #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Nature #Snow #Winter #Moon
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Floating autumn clouds
Nature is as Nature does
It needs no edits

#haikufeels #Prompt #Edit #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPhotography #Nature #Skyscape #Clouds #Haiga #ImageAndVerse
Golden-brown ornamental grasses rise against a bright blue sky dotted with white clouds. Bare winter trees are at the edge of the frame.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
The science of love
Is not one plus one equals
It's you loving you

#vss365 #Science #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Love #Happiness
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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createtheripple.bsky.social
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” Jack Kornfield

You’re allowed to pause.
You’re allowed to choose differently.
You’re allowed to care for yourself, too. 🧡

#kindness #positivity #SelfCare

Picture by @Anxiety.Positive
A bright, uplifting digital illustration on a white background. The heading reads “You are allowed to:” in bold black text beside a yellow smiling face. Beneath it, colourful shapes each hold handwritten phrases: red for “sleep in late,” blue for “change plans,” orange for “make a new decision,” purple for “treat yourself,” yellow for “take breaks,” green for “stop feeling guilty,” turquoise for “say no,” pink for “say yes” and “talk about your struggles,” and lilac for “not have answers.” The style feels warm, friendly, and encouraging, reinforcing permission, care, and self-compassion. Artwork by @Anxiety.Positive, shown in the bottom left corner
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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losbirder.bsky.social
Dungeness early this afternoon, and the second Pallas’s Warbler in the hand in two days, taken from the Heligoland in the Moat at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social

Thanks to George, Jacob & Charlotte for the photo opportunity.

#birds
#birding
#kentbirding
#ukbirding
Pallas’s Warbler
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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shlead.bsky.social
“Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower?
But I could never sell.
If you would like to borrow...
Why, I will lend until just then,
But not an hour more!” - Emily Dickinson.

#macro
#ImageAndVerse

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
This close-up image captures the intricate center of a pink peony. The flower features numerous soft, delicate petals in a coral hue, which gradually fade to a creamy white toward the center. The petals appear layered and ruffled, creating a full appearance. The heart of the bloom has a cluster of bright yellow stamens and large pistils of light, pinkish-tan color. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. At a florist.
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Musical number
"Baby Shark" about to start
White throated sparrow

#vss365 #Number #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Micropoetry #BlueskyPhotography #Haiga #ImageAndVerse #Birds #Birding #WhiteThroatedSparrow #Sparrows #BabyShark 🎵
A photo of a White-throated sparrow with a bright yellow marking above its eye stands on a rainy surface scattered with seeds. The background is a blurred gray-green with streaking raindrops. The White-throated sparrow song has been classically described as, "Oh-sweet-Canada-Canada" or "Old-Sam-Peabody-Peabody." But to my ear, it sounds like the "Baby Shark" song.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Gray skies, colder temps
Pressure drops, blustery day
First snow soon visits

#dailyhaikuprompt #FirstSnow #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Fall #Autumn #Winter #Weather #Snow #Wind #Windy
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Eat, drink, and love well

#haikufeels #Prompt #Well #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #OneLineSenryu #PhiloApho #Love
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Army v. Navy
There's one thing for you to know
All crabs walk sideways

Go Army - Beat Navy! 😉

#whistpr #Crab #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Army #Navy #USMA #USNA #CommradesInArms #FriendlyStrife
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
A touch remembered
Long after the one has gone
Tender never fades

#Emoetry #Tender #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Love #Tenderness
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Favorite single cinematic punch
#BlazingSaddles #Mongo
Movie still from Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles. Mongo (Alex Karras) punching a horse.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
The driveway Mantis
Directing traffic again
Eternal bachelor

#Whistpr #Mantis #Haiku #Senryu #Haiga #ImageAndVerse
#BlueskyPhotography #Insects #Nature #PrayingMantis
Photo of a praying mantis on a sunlit asphalt driveway, its green and brown body sharply in focus against the rough gray surface. Its forelegs are raised as if directing traffic.
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Sappiness, not just for trees

#Emoetry #Prompt #Sappiness #Poetry #Micropoetry #Humor #Humanity #Love #Heart #Emotion #WordPlay
Photo of a Maple syrup farm. There are multiple trees with metallic buckets attached to the trunks. (Photo courtesy MassAudobon.org)
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
irishlisa.bsky.social
Never surrender
The one life grace has given
Live and love madly

(Inspired by @tamisar.bsky.social )

#HaikuFeels #Never #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Micropoetry #Hope #Resilience #Life #Love #RadicalJoy
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM