#poets

https://www.stilljournal.net/silas-house-cnf2021.php

"Never knew her daddy, never gave a damn either, she’d say, drawing hard on her cigarette, the ember sizzling, brightening.

Did, though. Did. When she was big with her first child, word came to her that he was nigh death. She knew where he lived. Always had.”

— Only Thing He Ever Gave Her by Silas House

#Kentucky #Poets #Poetry #SilasHouse

OhSnap!Dragon

#ThirtySecondHaiku
Pizza is the best.
It's delicious, and you don't
Have to wash dishes.
🍕
OK, now you folks go!
#poetry #poems #poets
#literature

Cindy Weinstein

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite #poets, Allen #Ginsberg, the man with the tallis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxjIBEZvx0

Bob on Books

Allen Ginsberg was a poet of the Beat Generation. #poets #birthdays #quotes

https://ajayadler.substack.com/p/the-words

3 days ago

the locust tree is dying. my love noticed it first. i could see no difference between the pair, their ruffle of green feathers against the june light...

"where the knowing is" by Jill Kitchen #poetry #poem #poems #poets #prosepoem https://www.whaleroadreview.com/kitchen/?fbclid=IwAR3NsdJmkMTpEn4otrv_lOBjkc78upUZArH3TA2s1aahfIQnGARVbVE7hQU

Wet was the light as we saw it
through a threadbare lens
of what we call time or that period
of waiting between what will happen
next and what we regret having happened,
the hard-bad opposite of a world hunch or an omen...

"Wet was the Light" by Millicent Borges Accardi https://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2023/06/wet-was-light-line-by-pablo-neruda-by.html?spref=tw #poetry #poem #poems #poets

A. Jay Adler

4 days ago

The Words:
Performance and Literariness in Poetry

"There isn’t anything especially notable about this. Writing poetry may look easy: it’s short and – apparently, in contemporary times – without disciplined form. But writing good poetry, as always, is hard.

"Writing good poetry that is both literary and performative is its own kind of hard."

#Poetry #poet #poets

The Taoist Online on Medium

4 days ago

"Henrietta and the great flood" by Tina Barry https://aminormagazine.com/2023/05/31/henrietta-and-the-great-flood/ #poetry #poem #poems #Poets

4 days ago

#GoodMorning #poets! Do you practice #fasting? Are you curious why someone would #fast? Here is a great #poem written by Nujood Kalmulla called:

I fast…

https://www.thetaoistonline.org/post/i-fast

#poetry #writing @poetry

Tony Zee

5 days ago

Some AI art that I've been working on, inspired by some of my haiku poetry.

Cold eyes watching me
Their gaze intent and piercing
Pointed blades of steel.

#haiku #haikupoetry #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetryisnotdead #poems #poemsdaily #poetsofmastodon #amwriting #writing #writingcommunity #ai #aiartwork #AiArtCommunity

Wmson

5 days ago

#Quotes #Poets #Nature #WaltWhitman

Good old Walt. Breaking things down to their simplest form. I can't imagine having a life without some kind of nature in it.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on -- have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear -- what remains? Nature remains. -Walt Whitman, poet (31 May 1819-1892)

Michele

5 days ago

#books #blackauthorsmatter #poets #blackfediverse
https://youtu.be/yFJtPR-l2SI

He is at first baffled that the after-affects
aren't more severe. “It's normal
to experience...” begins Counselor Troi...

"Captain Picard Returns to Duty After Being Kidnapped by the Borg" by Mary Ann Honaker #poetry #poem #poems #Poets #startrek https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2018/3/31/poetry-captain-picard-returns-to-duty-after-being-kidnapped-by-the-borg-mary-ann-honaker?fbclid=IwAR29vM4Mlib21GY5uO4CFRmBNYFhduirdEbhWjUs3e8iU3g--uVsrh_Hbas

stoicmike

http://www.madkane.com/madness/2023/05/30/trump-base-humor/

#poetry #poets #romance #love

Speaker is a long-haired, bearded hippie type in a sunset landscape with a cartoon balloon saying, "You will hear a lot about love at a poetry reading, but it’s probably not the best place to look for it. "

After reading this headline, I just HAD to write a limerick:

“Trump Supporters Scammed By Novelty Items—‘Trump Bucks’—Advertised As Legal Tender”

#Politics #USPolitics #News #Trump #GOP #Republicans

#Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

#Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humour #Humor

Trump’s supporters are easily scammed.
Flimflams flourish when Trumpers are spammed:
Use his name or his pic
On a product? They’re thick,
So they’ll buy it... and Reason Be Damned!

©Madeleine Begun Kane MadKane.com

Dylan Bragg

#poetry #smallpoems #riddlepoems #poet #poets #history #books #lebanon #philosophy #religion #counterculture #poetrycommunity

Farewell, good people of Orphalese:
Although I sail across the seas,
I leave with both a Tear and a Smile.
Among you as a lone exile
I lived twelve years with Broken Wings.
I’ve spoken of these many things,
But now the roar of Sand and Foam
Calls me to my ancestral home.

https://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2018/04/regime-change.html

#revolution #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

https://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-sequence-of-unoccupied-spaces.html

#protest #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

https://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2018/05/astral-projection.html

#astralprojection #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

https://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2018/05/further-away-than-geography.html

#poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

https://changesevenmag.com/am-i-normal-by-joan-mazza/ #poetry #Poem #Poems #poets

“AM I NORMAL?” BY JOAN MAZZA
"Am I normal?"
after Tom Wayman

Yes. Everyone has secrets. Your memories
of blunders and blurts, of telling off coworkers
and ridiculing your children will wake you
chronically at 3 AM, have you dragging by 3 PM.
Eat a cookie. Or eat a dozen. You’ll feel better...

Yahia Lababidi

#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #WritingCommunity #spirituality #prayer #SilentSunday #Monday #inspiration

Pleased to have 4 #poems featured in Live Encounters #Magazine : showcasing leading academics, #writers, #poets, #activists of all hues etc. from around the #world.

All my life I’ve known that inside me is a tiger. All my life I’ve sown what’s inside of me on fire. Outside my crate is a town...

American Discourse by Nicole W. Lee https://agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/american-discourse/ via @AGNIMagazine #poetry #poem #poems #Poets

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2022/11/delighting-dolphins.html

#love #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

a #poem about the impermanence of things

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2022/12/tumbling-in-slipstream.html

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2022/12/our-memory-keeper.html

#rememberance #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2022/12/all-will-become-clear.html

#poem about #floating

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

There have been times—
not so many—but a
time,
when I told my therapist
I have not words
left to pray.
Christ, have mercy, he said.
That’s left...

"I Don't Speak Flower" by Shelly Cato #poetry #poem #poems #Poets http://www.triquarterly.org/issues/issue-163/i-dont-speak-flower

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-fox-garden.html

new #blogpost #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-turn-up-for-books.html

#reincarnation #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2023/03/death-teabags.html

#supersition #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

#heatdeathoftheuniverse
http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-big-wind-down-to-come.html

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

AI6YR

Interesting, I didn't realize that #bees were associated both with #poets and telling the #future (Delphi of Oracle). https://www.jstor.org/stable/4256092

Beehive shaped antiquity associated with the Delphi of Oracle

Tradition holds the famous Delphic Oracle was revealed by a swarm of bees, and the Pythia or divinatory priestesses in Delphi's Temple of Apollo were affectionately called *Delphic Bees', while virgin priestesses of Greek God- desses like Rhea and Demeter were called mel- issai, “bees’; the hierophanis. essenes, ‘king bees'. Great musicians and poets like Pindar were inspired by the Muses, who bestowed the sacred enthusiasm of the logos. sending bees to anoint the poets’ lips with honey (Ransome 1937). Some hold the vatic revelations of the Pythia were stimulated by inhaling visionary va- pors of henbane, Hyoscyamus niger L., issuing from a fumarole over which the Delphic Bees were suspended, and into which the plant had been cast (Ritsch 1987). The primordial Eur-

Sharon Cummings Art

We rescue
We got two
They said
Semi-feral
They are
Affection gluttons
Trained
Barn cats
They are not
Instead
Furry flowers
Garden ornaments
Constant
Entertainment
And
So much
Love

ART IS HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-cat-art-meow-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#caturday #cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #kitty #kittyCat #meow #catlady #catmom #catdad #catart #pets #poetry #poem #poet #poets #poems #writing #writinglife #writingcommunity #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #Fediart #mastoart #mastodonart #pet #purr #colorful #colorfulart

Colorful cat art in a rainbow of colors by artist Sharon Cummings. Cats poetry in the post.

DreambeastPoems

A simple poem of positivity for #Friday . Too many children I teach are far better at telling me what they don't like about themselves, rather than what they do.... never mind love #poetry #poetrycommuntity #poemsforkids #poems4kids #poet #poets #loveyourself

I Like

I like my teeth, I like my grin,
I like my cheeks, I like my chin
I like my laugh, I like my nose
I like my fingers and my toes

I like my bounce, my skip, my hop
I like my bottom and my top
I like my bones, my skin, my heart
I like my body’s every part

I like my front, I like my face
I like my smile, I like its grace
I like my back, I like my spine
I like my dreams for they’re all mine

Mark Bird

#MastoPrompt #Knock
@tanweerdar

Evidence in one spot on the right ankle. Ancient souvenir of trip, fall, gash, then heal
but leaving three scars that linger decades after the ragged wounds healed...

"A GHAZAL IS ALWAYS WITHIN REACH OF PAIN" by
Annie Stenzel #poetry #poem #Poems #poets https://saranacreview.org/issue-18/anniestenzel?fbclid=IwAR23Hutb7atdX1g_oRDg7SV7OLoVJp8HA8c-4vKKp0lcWXxdHNxuhxbwqKI

As I took the stage,
well-wishers said "Knock 'em dead!"
Seems like overkill.

#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Humour #Humor #Performance

It’s not like it happens
suddenly
you step off a curb
agree to take a little time away

maybe take a trip to another city

you look out the window of the bus
as the streets pass by...

"Estrangement" by Connie Post https://voxpopulisphere.com/2023/05/22/connie-post-estrangement/ #poetry #poem #poems #poets

I pass a flock of red winged blackbirds.
They startle, rise and fall like breath,
arrow away across an open field,
disappear into fine river mist...

"After a Long Absence, I Return" by Constance Brewer https://oneartpoetry.com/2023/05/24/after-a-long-absence-i-return-by-constance-brewer/ #poetry #poem #poems #poets

infoDOCKET

"Amanda Gorman ‘Gutted’ by Ban of Inauguration Poetry Book From Florida School" & More News Headlines https://www.infodocket.com/2023/05/24/florida-broward-commissioner-voices-support-for-librarys-banned-book-sanctuary-the-greatest-childrens-books-of-the-21st-century-more-news-headlines/ #poets #bookbans

#Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

Here's my Random Word Generator-inspired limerick for my latest Limerick-Off. And here is the contest submission link:
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2023/04/29/limerick-off-bear/

#Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humour #Humor

A quarrelsome broad known as Maude
Would always refuse to applaud.
And no matter how great
A show was, she’d rate
It a “C,” then berate it as flawed.

©Madeleine Begun Kane MadKane.com

Dear Jules,

Your left arm cast free, skin peeling, and oddly white,
we’re walking home when a green car pulls to the curb,
the front passenger door swinging open. A stout man...

"Letter From My Older Brother" by JULES JACOB #poetry #poem #poems #Poets https://rustandmoth.com/work/letter-from-my-older-brother/?fbclid=IwAR1Sfh9eNCgLp_Y5Cp_WaHXY1vqI_K_9t0wzc_-rkZQqgo9J3aPqhLT32Ew

http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2023/05/22/keith-olbermann-limerick/

I’ve been a fan of Keith Olbermann for as long as I can remember. And I love his podcast version of Countdown. I just wish he's stop singing Beethoven's Ode To Joy.

#KeithOlbermann #Olbermann #Beethoven #OdeToJoy #Countdown #Music #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #Poem #Singing #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

Dear Keith, you’re a podcasting king.
I relish your wit and your zing.
And when you deploy
Your rants, | feel joy.
But PLEASE stop attempting to sing!

©Madeleine Begun Kane MadKane.com

DreambeastPoems

A little ode to the #bees . I've been teaching Nursery about how important they are. #poet #poetry #poets @beesanctuaryireland

Just A Bee

I’m just a bee
I buzz around
I nest in hives
or underground

I’m just a bee
I rarely sting
I do not buzz
with boastful wings

I’m just a bee
I pollinate
I buzz on crops
with worldwide mates

I’m just a bee
I fertilise
a blooming world
beneath our skies

I’m just a bee
who doesn’t know
if people love
or need me so

You’re just a man
I’m just a bee
Do I need you?
Do you need me?

Mark Bird

Michele

#SoulfulSaturday #poerty #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poets
The phenomenal Lucille Clifton
https://youtu.be/eAsbOaa-_tg
Live poetry reading
Lucille Clifton a prolific and widely respected poet.her work emphasizes endurance and strength through adversity, focusing on particularly African Americans experience and
family life

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2016/08/an-infinite-parade.html

#waiting #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2016/02/observation.html

#hospital #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

Sharon Cummings Art

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-my-shadow-yellow-daisy-art-painting-sharon-cummings.html

shady characters
in the shadows of the past
Always a bright side!

#575prompt No. 147- shady

#art #artwork #artist #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #writer #writing #writingcommunity #AYearForArt #flower #flowers #sun #sunshine #nature #landscape #landscapes #poems #poets #garden #gardening #wildflowers

Yellow wildflower with a shadow on blue and earth tone by artist and poet Sharon Cummings. Haiku in post.

Marjolein Rotsteeg

bzzz bzzz bzzz
bees at work pollinating
my future food
🐝 🐝 🐝

#MastoPrompt - #pollinate
#haiku
#poetry
#poets
#writing
#writingcommunity

@tanweerdar

Sharon Cummings Art

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/white-mountains-two-black-and-white-art-sharon-cummings.html

towering over
all on the horizontal
Mountains of beauty!

#575Prompt - towering

#art #artwork #artist #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #writer #writing #writingcommunity #AYearForArt #mountain #mountains #nature #blackandwhite #landscape #modernart #landscapes #poems #poets

black and white mountain range by artist and poet Sharon Cummings. Haiku in post.

Yahia Lababidi

https://m.youtube.com/@Yahia.Lababidi

Aphorisms, from my forthcoming #book, appeared in Tiferet #Journal — at the nexus of #literature & #spirituality — alongside #poets that I admire, such as Paul Muldoon.

@bookstodon #books #poetry #wisdom #SilentSunday #publishing #WritingCommunity #reading #meditation #art #peace #reading

Yahia Lababidi

‘#Poets don't drive. Never trust a #poet at the wheel.

If a poet can drive, distrust the #poems ...’

— #MartinAmis

#RIP 🕊️

#Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humour #Humor

Here's my PREPARATION-THEMED limerick for my latest Limerick-Off. And here's my contest entry link:
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2023/04/29/limerick-off-bear/.

By now, we all know it’s essential
To prepare for a rainstorm torrential.
But at times, though we’re careful,
We end up despairful.
Never lowball a downpour’s potential!

© Madeleine Begun Kane MadKane.com

#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Ginsburg #RuthBaderGinsburg

At five foot zero
she towered over no one,
if you go by height.

#575prompt #towering
@aethelshane

#Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

My Moody Limerick:
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2023/05/19/mood-humor/

#MicroPrompt #Serene

I can’t recall feeling serene
As an adult or child or a teen.
I’ve been bored, anxious, stressed,
Happy, pleased, and depressed,
But serenity isn’t my scene.

©Madeleine Begun Kane MadKane.com

Dylan Bragg

#riddlepoems #poetry #poets #writingcommunity #books #fathersday #graduation #dads #grads #booklovers #poetrycommunity

As we approach that time of year
When barbeques and ice cold beer
Are welcome breaks from work and school,
Have fun, be safe, chill out, stay cool,
But stay sharp too—and use some thrift
When searching for the perfect gift,
To test how smart they’ve made your grad,
Or finally stump your know-it-all dad.

Get yours today!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKRQ5K53/

A stack of about five copies of my book, "Riddle-Poems: 140 Octaves of Myth and Mystery"

A spread-out stack of about four copies of my book, "Riddle-Poems: 140 Octaves of Myth and Mystery"

#Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Media #Fox #FoxNews #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

The Con Man (Limerick)
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2023/05/17/con-man-humor/

A con man would speak off the cuff,
Spouting all sorts of nonsense and guff.
Loyal crowds stretched for blocks.
“You should come host for Fox,”
Said a staffer. “You’ve got the right stuff!”

©Madeleine Begun Kane MadKane.com

John Linton Roberson

And remember everyone, #poets are NORMALLY both clean and warm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bseEgs-Ysk&pp=ygUecG9ldHMgYXJlIGJvdGggY2xlYW4gYW5kcyB3YXJt #montypython

http://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-different-magic.html

#sunset #poem

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet

new #poem #post

https://magpiebridge.blogspot.com/2023/05/drive-bus-by-proxy.html

#poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #poetry #poetry #poet #poets

#poem #poetrylovers #poetry #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poets #poet