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Sheila Burpee Duncan
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Second Rounder @austinfilmfest. Penguin Random House Canada Student Award for Fiction. Stories in @blankspacesmag @AgnesandTrue. Words & photos all my fault.© 🇨🇦
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pithy poster promises:
to achieve the impossible
impose the achievable

#SenryuSunday not #achievable
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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measurable starts
with me

#measurable
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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actions speak louder
they’re verbs

#action #WritingCommunity
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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reality check!
you cannot cash it

#reality
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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to draw a breath’s
an aspiration
to keep on breathing
that’s the goal

#goal
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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clumsy oaf’s
transport company:
the big lug

#transport
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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simple formula
high-kick precision dancing
that’s Rockette science

#science
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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once a perfect ten
now a mum to gen z son,
number’s six seven

#number #67
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Ancient Greek measure
to dodge narcissistic god
just give him a myth

#myth #measure
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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organic process
editing literature;
decomposition

#literature #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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by restructuring
every letter of the law
he created wealth

#law #anagram
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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watch your language!
why, what’s it doing?
having intercourse

#language
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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don’t let the facts
get in the way of a
good history

#history
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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tectonic shifts
render geography
subject to change

#geography
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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famous novelist
shuns pens and keys for whiteboards
they’re remarkable

#famous
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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too busy learning
to get an education
matter of degree

#education
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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domestic bliss
beating my husband
at wordle

#domestic
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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pig-like creature calls
himself “horse of the river”
that hippo critter

#creature #SenryuSunday
November 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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halloween business
supply treats and demand tricks
billions of bones spent

#business #halloween
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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tbr pile grows
higher as you bag some rays;
carver and chandler

#ray
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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thought experiment:
without sounding uppity
say argent out loud

#argent #experiment
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Creep too close to sun
Yielding heliacal splat
Ick “R” Us

#heliacal #creep
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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condemned haunted house
slated for demolition
that’s a terror down

#terror
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Intelligent life?
“Attention K-Mart shoppers!”
K-Martians freeze.

#martian #vss365
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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grave doubt
remains to be
unseen

#unseen
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM