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gemma77.bsky.social
Retired HS teacher,(urban areas), now loving my daily rural whirl in the creative life of writing - mainly haiku and tanka. I'm also developing a love of sketching and painting plus being involved in community creative projects. Life's great for the soul.
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dawn's #liminal glow the sky embraces darkness a wee breath longer when morning unfolds mist clings to veils of silence and sleepy bird calls the world may ignore alarms may sleep on or rise again #vss365 #tanka #haiku #blueskypoets #poetry

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social media scrambles for public numbers audience applause but #parallel AI foes race to secure prime space #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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a smooth stone's power born from some earthly deep #realm deigns to soothe my palm till its mystery becomes the pulse of my mystery #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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wind rattled grasses may murmur sweet past stories of long gone lovers but the #susurrus I hear is a name I must forget #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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I feel old song lines in the droning of wise trees recalling first lives their #primordial senses awoken by rustling leaves I feel the lost hush of #primordial silence in wordless spaces #vss365 #tanka #haiku #poetry #blueskypoets

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I am rock for now tomorrow may be feather #self is not concrete but a restless, wand'ring cloud who knows the feel of rain #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets #poetry

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a wall's #slash or two for measuring height through time now struggling to be still they mark a memory I touch in my quiet hours #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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his old tin #shed sways drunk on endless winds and rains yet my note's still there faded, stamped with muddy boots and my one anxious word - wait #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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there are sleep breaks when my world needs cushioned silence nothing equals peace luxurious peace nothing but cushioned silence in my la la land #haiku #poetsonbluesky #poetry

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bursting dawn colours #shape positive vibes over horizon tree lines but cloud-strewn dawns still shuffle the maybe's and maybe not's #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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their buckled spoons #scrape the scratched, colourless tin bowls just fit for beggars those still alive remember hunger always tastes the same #tanka #vss365 #poetry

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this old #skin of mine is bruised and mended by time crepe sleeps on my bones yet within, some younger self awaits some engaging spark #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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a protest still brewed tucked inside the steady eyes of a wayward child her #small hand found mine but I knew her mind was on fire #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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a shy lantern glow flickers on a rusty door a #single shadow I fear doors open both ways to souls half-lost or half-found #vss365 #tanka #poetry #poetryonbluesky #blueskypoets

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at the pre-loved shop an old photo sighed my name brown eyes seared my eyes #someone I once knew somewhere sometime in another life #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets #poetry

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a narrow, calm #strait erupts in wild, dark theatre when crosswinds collide #vss365 #haiku #blueskypoets

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a pale, fragile dawn a #splinter of colours wedged in storm-burdened clouds #vss365 #haiku #poetry #blueskypoets

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A woman makes a dress out of the alphabet. Every time she twirls, poetry happens. #TinyStories

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‪ dawn stirs chilled forests the first #sunbeam slips through leaves the first words of light #vss365 #haiku #blueskypoets #poetry

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It has truly been an honor to be your prompt host! I hope you have enjoyed my words. Welcome and hello to @septimusbrown.com, your new VSS365 host. #vss365 #prompt Saturday, May 31st is #Final For my Final host poem. I wanted to let the words speak for themselves.

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surf's silver white curl sea's last hurrah, #final breath succumbs to the sands a last salute to the world before the hush of retreat #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

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the wind's gentle breath snagged me in a friendly bough under cobalt skies but in cool mists my #vision's of a child who let me go #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets *Image created by AI ChatGPT

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mariner's compass locks in #brine's preserved byways unmapped yesterdays magnetic north is each tear lurking behind weathered doors #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets

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passing #glitch in time sometimes cats breach sunbeam veils their tails spread stardust #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

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cryptic #nudibranch their mystic toxic colours meander sea worlds surreal flamenco dancers surreal winging butterflies #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

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If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social #WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit

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#vss365 The mighty #predator stalks his prey, tracking the glowing red dot through the forest of furniture legs. He crouches down preparing to pounce, when a hand reaches down from above, scooping him up to be nuzzled against the smooth, chubby cheeks of his young human. "Hello kitty," she croons.

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Beautiful comment just made on SBS 'Mastermind'... 'I hope all the points I could have got go to my friend...'

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survival theatre in human or animal life is an ugly dance rabid hunger or power drives a #predator to win #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky

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#toxic evening air scents of fermenting old lifetimes decaying old dreams I breathe in the dregs of pain my bitter-sweet memories #vss365 #tanka ##blueskypoets

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deep beneath ice worlds #narwhal friends patrol churning whimpering currents some say they hope for a love with warm songs in a heartbeat #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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stone circle secrets link to the cosmic #marrow the wheel of fortune #vss365 #haiku #blueskypoets

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beneath northern lights a #silkie sings her midnight while stars weave her hair her song tells of broken love of dreams stolen by cold winds #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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the power of rain validates my side-step from incomplete duties each drop a gentle #defence to watch the world turn without me #vss365 #tanka #poetry #poetsonbluesky

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the mind's midnight yens stalk even the smallest sun but desire's blind the deceptive #anglerfish turns predator me to prey #vss365 #tanka #poetry #blueskypoets

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laced in brittle golds a #wraith drifts round autumn trees a wraith of my love #vss365 #haiku #blueskypoets #poetry

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one hushed sphinx-like door leading to an unnamed sky beyond earth-bound walls this #matrix of hope and chance inside dreams, inside my dreams #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets #poetry

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soulmates in the clouds daily bonding dawn and dusk on internet lines #haiku #blueskypoets #poetry

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fixed #clarity lacks a firm, guaranteed lifespan at any odd time it may be superseded by a new, better model #vss365 #poetry #tanka #blueskypoets

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#vss365 #prompt #immunity (Origin, Latin – "exemption, protection") On #WorldFamilyDay, a shield—built by love, or from it. What no longer reaches you? What do you choose to keep out? Last prompt for this fortnight. Over to @katrevier.bsky.social from tomorrow Stay well, Adios.

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insensitive growth #immunity to karma is not an option #vss365 #haiku #poetry #poetsonbluesky

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longings, fears and hopes the ephemeral tides of inner #hiraeth #vss365 #haiku #poetry #poetsonbluesky

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#soporific scents perfumes of dusk and showers cloud every secret #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky #poetry

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Image of library book display labeled: “It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.” Books on display: • On Tyranny • Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century • 1984 • A Handmaids Tale • Diary of Anne Frank • Parable of The Sower • Fahrenheit 451 • Animal Farm • Brave New World ~TAiLS of a Bookworm

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weathered yesterdays #dissolve into helpless tears welcome droughts follow #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

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your shadow slipped by my day became a cloak of night unleashed from its post an #eclipse remodelling all the worlds I thought I knew #vss365 #tanka #poetsonbluesky #poetry

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Shell Jae's beautiful post on Facebook... www.facebook.com/groups/34526...

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tree bark bruised with scrawl of young lovers long passed by one #scar holds our names #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky

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locked in a storm's eye my #pallor shifts to iced white farewell's in my air #vss365 #haiku #poetsonbluesky #poetry

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