The 13 posts in my thread☝️(13 despite negative associations is a Fibonacci number) may interest #poetsonbluesky, the #poetrycommunity and perhaps especially those who discussed rhyme with me during the #PoetryTheme prompt. Hope it's helpful to you.
And now there are 14 posts, which makes a sonnet.
And now there are 14 posts, which makes a sonnet.
October 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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I’ve seen lots of rhyme on here. I was particularly struck by how people used it when I ran my first #PoetryTheme prompt. This moved me to share some thoughts on my own experiences with rhyme & what I’ve observed in many great poets, from Dante to Tony Harrison, in their brilliant utilisation of it
October 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Huge thanks to @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social for advice on a #poetrytheme prompt #amphibian
This #haikuset is definitely better thanks to your help. Thanks for all you do to support poets.
Toad in this pic is also the actual toad that I share my plot with.
#poetrycommunity #haiku #haikusociety
This #haikuset is definitely better thanks to your help. Thanks for all you do to support poets.
Toad in this pic is also the actual toad that I share my plot with.
#poetrycommunity #haiku #haikusociety
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I will announce the next #PoetryTheme in early November
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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A last #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN offering sneaks in nevertheless from @poetessoprunty.bsky.social which dwells on the durability of amphibians and our own amphibian origins 👏👏👏
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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This starter pack features the poets who took part in the first #PoetryTheme prompt. I will of course add anyone who takes part in the next. I'll announce the second theme, which will be a bit different, soon enough to allow lots of drafting time, with a posting deadline probably in early December🙏
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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That's it. #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN croaks its last. Frog/prince(ss) reworkings, toads, reptiles, otherness, metaphoric amphibians, laboratories, as well as human love, pain, wonder & joy. Thanks to all the wonderful friends who took part & were kind about my comments/DMs. We'll do this again soon🙏💙🐸
September 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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As we enter the last hour of the first ever #PoetryTheme prompt #AMPHIBIAN I have just reposted all of the fantastic entries. This prompt has been a real joy. Thank you to everyone who has taken part. Wonderful, wonderful stuff. And one hour to go for anyone else who wants to post something...
The first #PoetryTheme prompt is #AMPHIBIAN
Nature's amphibians move across habitats. Metaphorical ones might shift in class or identity
Take your time. Post a poem by the end of 30 September. Tag @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Use #PoetryTheme & #AMPHIBIAN hashtags & please say if you want DM comment
Nature's amphibians move across habitats. Metaphorical ones might shift in class or identity
Take your time. Post a poem by the end of 30 September. Tag @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Use #PoetryTheme & #AMPHIBIAN hashtags & please say if you want DM comment
September 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Recollected rural walks & a grandmother's hair's suggestion of yellow lily & frog become in @coastalpoet.bsky.social's take on #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIANS a symbiotic fantasia, what lessons could be learnt from birds in trees or in a braid, what new ecological systems might blossom. Elegy & rhapsody👏👏👏
September 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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This haiku set, @deemclachlan.bsky.social's #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN take, is meditative, seasonal & observant (verrucose is a lovely adjective) in keeping with form, but is also an unsettling stand-off, 'amphibious' itself in tone, as we wonder what'll happen if the 'tolerated space' is breached 👏👏👏
A #haikuset for @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social #poetrytheme of #amphibian
Inspired by the magnificent toad that I have shared my allotment with for a number of years.
#haiku #poetry #poetrysociety #poetrycommunity
Inspired by the magnificent toad that I have shared my allotment with for a number of years.
#haiku #poetry #poetrysociety #poetrycommunity
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A #haikuset for @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social #poetrytheme of #amphibian
Inspired by the magnificent toad that I have shared my allotment with for a number of years.
#haiku #poetry #poetrysociety #poetrycommunity
Inspired by the magnificent toad that I have shared my allotment with for a number of years.
#haiku #poetry #poetrysociety #poetrycommunity
September 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I expect things to slacken off this evening. So I've just reposted all the wonderful contributions to date to the first #PoetryTheme prompt
#AMPHIBIAN
These pieces deserve your attention, real gems all
Thank you to the brilliant writers
And thank you also for the kind comments about feedback
🙏💙🐸🦎👏✍️⭐
#AMPHIBIAN
These pieces deserve your attention, real gems all
Thank you to the brilliant writers
And thank you also for the kind comments about feedback
🙏💙🐸🦎👏✍️⭐
The first #PoetryTheme prompt is #AMPHIBIAN
Nature's amphibians move across habitats. Metaphorical ones might shift in class or identity
Take your time. Post a poem by the end of 30 September. Tag @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Use #PoetryTheme & #AMPHIBIAN hashtags & please say if you want DM comment
Nature's amphibians move across habitats. Metaphorical ones might shift in class or identity
Take your time. Post a poem by the end of 30 September. Tag @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Use #PoetryTheme & #AMPHIBIAN hashtags & please say if you want DM comment
September 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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#PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN c.30 pieces to date. Closing at 23.59 UK time today…
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #booksky #writingcommunity #poetry #prompts #PoetryIsLIFE
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #booksky #writingcommunity #poetry #prompts #PoetryIsLIFE
September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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But to be honest, the most important things is happening now with the #PoetryTheme prompt #AMPHIBIAN which is that the writers themselves are engaging with each other’s pieces, mulling them over, sharing their impacts, praising them. Which is exactly what I had in mind. I couldn’t be happier 🙏💫🐸
September 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Cunning perceptual shifts - funky paint-splats to hooks to plastic toys & ultimately party evocation - in @helenlaycock.bsky.social's magical piece for #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN How the title & the voice's self-dare bring a sense too little explored in poetry - taste - to the fore. A sensory feast👏👏👏
For this first #PoetryTheme initiated by @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social,
here's my #AMPHIBIAN poem. 🐸
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity
here's my #AMPHIBIAN poem. 🐸
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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For this first #PoetryTheme initiated by @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social,
here's my #AMPHIBIAN poem. 🐸
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity
here's my #AMPHIBIAN poem. 🐸
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity
September 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Amphibiousness of feeling, destructive even, in @carmellapoetry.bsky.social's fine take on #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN The omnivorous heart eats others - & self. In yielding to its omnipotent predation, the voice permits (even seeks) lacerations that won't ever heal. Love as pain, unavoidable, sought👏👏👏
Hi @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social thank you for creating this wonderful and imaginative #PoetryTheme of #Amphibian .🙏🏻
Here is my offering to you... Looking forward to reading the other pieces as they arise. 🔆
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youtu.be/J71EXg2hdX4?...
Here is my offering to you... Looking forward to reading the other pieces as they arise. 🔆
🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎
youtu.be/J71EXg2hdX4?...
September 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Hi @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social thank you for creating this wonderful and imaginative #PoetryTheme of #Amphibian .🙏🏻
Here is my offering to you... Looking forward to reading the other pieces as they arise. 🔆
🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎
youtu.be/J71EXg2hdX4?...
Here is my offering to you... Looking forward to reading the other pieces as they arise. 🔆
🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎🐸🦎
youtu.be/J71EXg2hdX4?...
September 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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@badvibrations62.bsky.social's #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN piece amphibiously straddles domestic comedy (cat, box, broom) & the natural horror pets can unleash (screaming, phobia). When the toad disappears domestic order & feline indifference merge almost cynically. Normality restored, save in memory👏👏👏
Here's my contribution to @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social's inaugural #PoetryTheme: #AMPHIBIAN - great prompt!
September 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Here's my contribution to @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social's inaugural #PoetryTheme: #AMPHIBIAN - great prompt!
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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This post alone from the brilliant @francesca-laura.bsky.social makes the #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN prompt worthwhile...
And although not poetry I thought I'd share my grumpy toad print to celebrate the first #PoetryTheme day hosted by the fabulous @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social (my actual poetry contribution above) #Amphibian
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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And although not poetry I thought I'd share my grumpy toad print to celebrate the first #PoetryTheme day hosted by the fabulous @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social (my actual poetry contribution above) #Amphibian
September 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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A small boon for those who have contributed to the #PoetryTheme prompt is that they can now be found in this new starter pack. Please follow, share, repost
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #poetry #prompts #booksky #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #poetry #prompts #booksky #writingcommunity
September 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Toads to mythic amphibians in @palimpsest22.bsky.social’s stunning take on #PoetryTheme #AMPHIBIAN The seeming smugness of the natterjacks gives way to sleekness of legendary water dwellers but with the twist that in their unbeholden state they are, as the title suggests, liberated modern women 👏👏👏
@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social #AMPHIBIAN #Poetrytheme
Had some fun with this tale. DM welcome as obs still rickety. Thanks for the prompt & event.
Had some fun with this tale. DM welcome as obs still rickety. Thanks for the prompt & event.
September 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social #AMPHIBIAN #Poetrytheme
Had some fun with this tale. DM welcome as obs still rickety. Thanks for the prompt & event.
Had some fun with this tale. DM welcome as obs still rickety. Thanks for the prompt & event.
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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