NJPOET · @NJPOET
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It's hard to be the beginning
the one pulled from a cage of ribs
without the sweet smell of milk
or symbiosis of skin...

"When God Listens To Eve" by Sarah Dickenson Snyder gyroscopereview.com/2023/04/or

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Abdul Muhammad · @Blmrep
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Syd · @Sydney
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Heart of a Crone (Milly) · @Millysdream
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Chubby little hands
Merrily making mud pies
Bake them in the sun

haiku

-smile

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Heart of a Crone (Milly) · @Millysdream
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World’s dark and sleepy
Her smile reflects in his
Drifting past the day



-smile

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Heart of a Crone (Milly) · @Millysdream
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Elegant gander
A flotilla of goslings
Ripples in the pond



-geese

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Heart of a Crone (Milly) · @Millysdream
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In his winter dreams
He Soared with the cardinals
Snow on scarlet wings



-snow

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Heart of a Crone (Milly) · @Millysdream
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Shuffling in new skates
scrapping across bumpy ice
with wobbly ankles



-skates

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Heart of a Crone (Milly) · @Millysdream
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My overcoat’s thick,
But wind sneaks up my sleeves.
Goose flesh on my arms



-overcoat

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Heart of a Crone (Milly) · @Millysdream
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Twisted and bent.
The ancient conifer prevails
Against the north wind



north wind

nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/ide (ink to an article about the words oldest tree)

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Syd · @Sydney
195 followers · 84 posts · Server zirk.us

murmurous music
drifting from the fan
while dozing —bang

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Milly's Dream · @Millysdream
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I love this poem written by the great Japanese artist by Katsushika Hokusai

“A Poppy Blooms”

I write, erase, rewrite

Erase again, and then

A poppy blooms.

(link to a Hokusai poppy print.
artic.edu/artworks/25108/poppi (l



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Q. · @imtheq
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damian entwistle · @ukdamo
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Confession

Countee Cullen

If for a day joy masters me,
Think not my wounds are healed;
Far deeper than the scars you see,
I keep the roots concealed.

They shall bear blossoms with the fall;
I have their word for this,
Who tend my roots with rains of gall,
And suns of prejudice.

#poety #counteecullen #oppression #resistance #resilience #pain #renewal

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shanna · @shanna
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What are your favorite mags publishing visual poetry/poetry-inflected art, either in print or online? Not as plugged in as I would like, so I’m making a list.

#art #vispo #visualpoetry #poety

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Mx_EddyNikko · @Mx_EddyNikko
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@shonin

What a lovely vivid piece of really enjoyed reading it. Thank you. :transheart:

#poety

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bonfantimike · @bonfantimike
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grab a handful.
you yank,
i'll tug,
we'll both pull,
reciprocating our efforts.
teamwork is key,
when it comes to a fitted sheet.

@tanweerdar

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Jacqueline Dooley · @Jackie
208 followers · 190 posts · Server writing.exchange

what must it be like to live
until the very moment you die
to simply plummet
from the ancient Yew
a bright note, quelled
by a Cooper's Hawk
or the insolence
of the neighbor's cat?

birds don’t waste a thought
on the inevitability of endings
because they have the sky
and the sky has them

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Prompt: Sorry

I say sorry lots -
Excuse me, my fault, I'll move -
Midwest roots revealed

@aethelshane

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The Well-read Naturalist · @WRNBookReview
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For anyone wishing to read John Milton’s great English language epic poem “Paradise Lost,” or who have perhaps once read it but didn’t quite understand it, this recent New Books Network / Writ Large featuring Zachary Davis interviewing Prof. Erik Gray about , the poem, and its provides an excellent introduction and overview well suited to all interested. newbooksnetwork.com/on-john-mi

#podcast #Milton #history #bookstodon #literature #poety #earlymodern

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