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Moira Kurtin
@moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
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Reader, writer, dreamer. she/her 🖤🩶🤍💜
Lover of art in all forms (AI is NOT art)
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moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
One fact on which we can depend
Is that all life will one day end
We follow the rabbit to the flower field
That represents a life’s whole yield
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 3d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, words, poetry, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for December 9, 2025: #END

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

Art by @whistberry.bsky.social
Digital drawing of a black rabbit jumping in front of the moon with black blooms with white highlights at the bottom of the image. The black rabbit calls to mind the black rabbit in Watership Down which signals the end of a life. The background is purple at the top transitioning to red at the bottom.
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
Beneath the colorful winter sky
The wolf releases his howling cry
The wolf sings out a different tune
To the aurora instead of the moon
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 4d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, words, poetry, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for December 8, 2025: #AURORA

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

Art by @whistberry.bsky.social
Drawing of the dark silhouette of a wolf standing on a hill howling at the sky. The sky is full of the pinks and greens of an aurora borealis showing.
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
ignorantfairy.bsky.social
craving the silence
promised by a carol
instead I must corral
mischievous songs
terrorising my ears
how to distinguish
curse from blessing
when every feeling
gets drowned and
snuffed by terribly
gleeful lights?

#RetroArtPrompt #poetry #poetrycommunity
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
Silent sits the crow against the darkened sky
Observing those around him with his scarlet eye
#whistpr #poem #poetry #couplet
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 7d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for December 5, 2025: #RED

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of a mostly black bird with hints of green and purple in its feathers. It has a bright red eye and is perched on a branch against a dark starry sky.
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
At the edge of a barren land
The tower of a sorcerer stands
To harness the power of the celestial sphere
He harvests the full moon’s sorrowful tears
Grasped in the hand of his tower so tall
Flowing to Earth in a waterfall
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 8d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for December 4, 2025: #WATERFALL

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of a tower shaped like a skeletal hand and forearm. It is holding the moon between its thumb and pinkie finger. There is a dark starry sky behind it and from two of its highest windows, streams of water are falling in curved waterfalls.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
The polka-dotted snail
Dressed in a knitted shell
Showing of his colors
Knowing he looks swell
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 9d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for December 3, 2025: #SNAIL

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of a colorful snail with red body covered in yellow and blue dots. Its foot has stripes of white, yellow, and blue. Its shell is patterned to look like the interwoven strands of a basket with stripes of red, yellow, and blue.
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
The masquerade is starting
It’s time to don the mask
Never give away your name
Not even if you’re asked
For it’s not enough to wear a mask
Merely to hide your face
You must protect your very self
From the owl’s piercing gaze
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 11d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for December 1, 2025: #MASK

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Digital drawing of the face of a spotted owlet showing off the intense yellow eyes and golden beak. The rest of the bird is not drawn, so the overall effect is not dissimilar to the shape of a mask one might wear as a disguise to a costume party.
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
dannyve.bsky.social
Good morning angelic early birds! Wishing you the best of all possible days! Let’s stay cosy, hopeful and dream of brighter days!
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
Dashes form a pattern, bright against the dark
Makes a twisting labyrinth of many tiny marks
Some try to solve the puzzle, time and time again
Convinced there is a secret hidden deep within
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 18d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 24, 2025: #DASH

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Digital drawing in white ink against a black background of an abstract pattern made up of lots of small dashed lines. The overall effect is something like a maze or possibly a kind of 3D, raised embroidery.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
A single autumn leaf still clings
Fighting hard against the wind
#whistpr #poem #poetry #couplet
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 19d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 23, 2025: #WINDY

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Simple digital drawing of an orangish-brown maple leaf at the moment it is detaching from a gray branch due to the wind. There is a blue-gray sky in the background with white clouds.
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
Dip one end of a bone in ink
Dip the other end in blood
Bury the bone in barren earth
Then your enemies will be bound
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 20d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 22, 2025: #BONE

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Somewhat abstract drawing of a dog-bone-shaped classic bone shape against a black background. The left half of the bone is filled in with abstract black squiggles with the occasional red one and the right side of the bone is filled in with red squiggly shapes with the occasional black one. The entire bone is outlined in white.
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
midwestusa.bsky.social
Bright moon on a dark morning shining bright in Minnesota 🌖
A bright moon in a dark sky glowing so brightly in Minnesota.
May 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
midwestusa.bsky.social
Spooky walk in the Forest for an escape of the crazy world in Minnesota 🌳
#Photography
#Photographers
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#ForestFriday
#Nature
#Minnesota
Spooky walk in the woods on a wonderful trail in Minnesota.
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
The little bird regards his cage
The only home he’s known
And wonders, now that he is free
Which way he ought to go
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 21d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 21, 2025: #FREE

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing in white ink against a black background of a wren standing free outside the confines of a bird cage.
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
queermedieval.bsky.social
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
The chicken bends to peck for grains
Yet gets nothing for its pains
There’s little left for it to eat
On the ground around its feet
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 22d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 20, 2025: #BEND

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing in white ink against a black background of a chicken bent over with its head toward the ground like it is getting ready to peck at the artist's name in the bottom right hand corner.
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
Yesterday it rained all day, but it cleared up just as the sun was setting. The colors were beautiful, and there was even a rainbow.
#photography #sunset #rainbow #autumn #fall
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
The ocean teems with many lives
Plants and creatures of all kinds
All joined by the web of life
Which all living things binds
#whisptr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 23d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

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Word for November 19, 2025: #JOIN

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of two interlocking rings that are made up of circling stylized and simply drawn fish, sharks, jellyfish, octopus, eels, and rays to form an almost abstract pattern. The rings are two different shades of light blue against a very dark blue background with lighter blue sparkles.
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
raymonds-towers.bsky.social
Glimmering frost
teaches that
even in cold
hope can kindle,
fragile yet persistent.

#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt glimmering frost #BSPP47 #amwriting #writingCommunity #poetry #poem
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
moirakurtinwrites.bsky.social
The spiny urchin stands out stark
Glowing crimson against the dark
The contrast made is brilliant
Like a red star shining radiant
#whistpr #poem #poetry
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 24d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

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Word for November 18, 2025: #RADIANT

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Digital painting of a red sea urchin with many spiky arms that look radiant and glowing against a stark black background.
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
scottbath.bsky.social
Out of the mist
#BlueMonday
#EastCoastKin
#LandscapePhotography
#Fog
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social
Infection
Illustration of five mouse stacked on top of each other. The top mouse is cyan blue, the second mouse is yellow, the third mouse is royal blue, the fourth mouse is orange, and the fifth mouse is black. A white rectangle shape overlaps all five mice.
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
petewriting.bsky.social
Ode to Bad Poets

Sir, your pie has no filling.
Oh, it has a crust –
a little indigestible, to be sure,
not enough butter, too much flour
with saccharine enough to choke,
ah, you did not rub
and there’s the joke.
September 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
debishereatlast.bsky.social
More autumn colours from my walks around London. 🍂🍁🌱
Colourful leaves on trees during autumn in London. These are in shades of yellow, orange and red.
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Reposted by Moira Kurtin
midwestusa.bsky.social
Early morning moon magic with bright light reflecting on the clouds in Minnesota 🌖✨
#Photography
#Photograohers
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Moon
#Nature
#Minnesota
Early morning moon magic with bright light reflecting on the clouds in Minnesota.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM