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Debbie Cribb Owens @cribbowens.bsky.social Knock-about writer. Curious person. Becoming still.
Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social Scottish living in France. Poet, lover of art and nature. Retired from the world of smash and grab.
The Word Emporium @thewordemporium.bsky.social A place to explore beautiful, curious words, reflections on language and literary wisdom past and present.
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her ghost @justasilvia2.bsky.social 
Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social Psychoanalyst, teacher, &
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FromOneLine @fromoneline.bsky.social Where can we go with just one connecting #prompt line?
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Andy Williamson @andywilliamson.com Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / Sgrìobhadair, bàrd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | https://urbanbadgercollective.com/links/
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Nicholas Klacsanzky @haikuforlife.bsky.social An editor at the Haiku Commentary blog and Frogpond journal. Author and co-author of "Beyond Emptiness," “Transported," and “Zen and Son.” See my poetry at https://nicholasklacsanzkyspoetry.wordpress.com/poetry/. Concert and studio percussionist at times.
Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social Writer of #haiku, #senryu, and #haibun.
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📚’No Longer’ (2024); ‘Way Longer’ (2026)
Fiona Turner @fifi65.bsky.social Lived experience of mental illness. Schizoaffective disorder.
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Jane @jcm444.bsky.social Red hair, green eyes, big blue heart. Oft called a "fearless badass" by those who know. I fix things - big things. Absolutely incorruptible. Love love, truth, animals, nature, and the good in humanity. Oh, and justice. Did I mention justice? #Democracy
Tanunori @tanunori.bsky.social Writer. Retelling Japanese folktales for readers who've ever felt invisible.
The Invisible Mender — a 12-part story on Medium.
https://medium.com/@marusez
@quietinkling.bsky.social @quietinkling.bsky.social Would-be poet
Jenny @jennyww.bsky.social Welcome to the stories and photography stop interlaced with heart-warming comics like Foxes in Love.
@elliottoberman.bsky.social @elliottoberman.bsky.social luv Everyone. To be decent, is what good life is about! Mel Brooks, though, is not one to give in to sadness, despair, “Just be kind. That’s enough advice for anybody,” he says. “It’s so easy to hurt people. Don’t.”
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megwaf @megwaf.bsky.social Musician, Sound & Visual Artist, Designer and Editor, Voice, Writer of wonky words and smudges. Usually covered in fur, or plant matter, often quite muddy. #FromOneLine Host. 
Maria Carvalho @immcarvalho.bsky.social Multigenre author/reader ☆ Snap-happy nature gal (my 📸) ☆ Space nerd ☆ Author of "Hamster in Space!" kidlit book ☆ Pun lover ☆ Writer in Residence for Literary Revelations Publishing House ☆ Pushcart nom ☆ More info: https://shorturl.at/RYKzk 📚
@georgebklynmercado.bsky.social @georgebklynmercado.bsky.social Is the dream the inspiration or the inspiration the dream? Do your lyrics come from your heart or are they hidden in your soul?
Refugee from Twitter, still running "Moonmystic" there, soon to be running it here
Three Word Genre @threewordgenre.bsky.social Share a photo, poem, reflection, or title—using just three words. Safe content only.
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Always tag #ThreeWordGenre.
Genre ideas to explore:
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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Shop asst. Poet and interviewer. Work broadcast on BBC Radio Three, The Verb. Edits The Wombwell Rainbow. #PromoteIndieLit Recent work: The Drey Skin. Forthcoming: "Miner Wattas", "Mashing" https://ko-fi.compaulthewombwellrainbow
Bethany Samaddar - popping in & out @blsamaddar.bsky.social #Writer #poetry #vss365
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social Epic Fantasy Author & poet on Wurundjeri Country.
Living my best -identities in 📌- & well managed chronic illness life!
Human rights fan. Gen ai should die.
🌐 https://elisecarlson.com/
See my 📌🧵for my ✍️Writers & Authors Discord and to request a link!
shewontsleep @shewontsleep.bsky.social portland based poet and musician. trans woman
debut album "i am god?" coming soon
Kunal 🌅 @poetickunal.bsky.social Poet • Storyteller • Haiku & Micropoetry • MS Mathematics (2027)
tadasana @mintbutton26.bsky.social I am what I write.
🎨 Compose since conception;
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GK,BL,Pounce,Thomas,Wolly keep me grounded.
Paul Wrtr.
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Amy 🌿🦋 @wordsbyamymichelle.com Faith • nature • animals • everyday life 🌿🦋
Finding beauty in the ordinary and hope in the hard places.
Just Amy, living this next chapter.
@merelypoetry.bsky.social @merelypoetry.bsky.social Haiku , Senryu , Tanka . Not necessarily in that order .
@funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social Teacher, wanna-be poet, wisecracker, pacifist
Here for the poetry & the people, not for the politics
He/Him
Longer writing: https://medium.com/me/stories/public
Andy Perrin @andyperrincycling.bsky.social
Cyclist-Photographer-Writer-Teacher
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social Planetary scientist, freelance science writer and space artist, queer, ADHD, mom. Turns out it’s hard to be all those things at once. Shop at elakdawalla.Etsy.com
Psychopomp @psychopomp.com Publisher of otherworldly fiction @ Psychopomp.com
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𝕾𝖍𝖆𝖊 @shaewritespoems.bsky.social ⛓️The mentally illest⛓️
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♥ they/them
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PS Conway @psconway.bsky.social 2x Pushcart Nominee;
Published in Mouthful of Salt, Ekphrastic Review, PHIL Lit Journal, Belfast Review, 🥂
“Life Sucks”
humor: https://a.co/d/0qHin5u 🤣
“Echoes Lost in Stars”
poetry: https://a.co/d/76gM1Rt ☘️
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@sheilaeh.bsky.social @sheilaeh.bsky.social I am not afraid. I was born to do this.
~Joan of Arc
We have only today. Let us begin.
~Mother Teresa
human @bshuman.bsky.social wannabe comedian/poet/human
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Gayle Beveridge-Marien @gaylemarien2024.bsky.social Writing as Gayle Beveridge
I'm a short story and flash fiction writer, wandering across genres, and experimenting with style. I write stories for enjoyment and I hope you'll enjoy reading them.
basscoastbanter.wordpress.com
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Owlsight @owlsight.bsky.social Poet. Taphophile. Bibliophile. Nature lover. Photog. Music lover. Contrarian. Married. 🚫 NO DM’s. Relentless investigator of tiny mysteries.
BlueSky Poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social A "respectful" space for poets to share work and connect with a vibrant community. All styles of poetry are celebrated. Use #BlueSkyPoetry and #SkyPoet to join a conversation, and tag us at @blueskypoetry.bsky.social for a chance to be featured.
Jocelyn @jocelynx44.bsky.social the moon tastes of stolen oranges ~ a blackbird eats the sun
#poetry #art #haiku
Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social If you can describe us, you get magic coffee and jumping cookies.
Editors: @owenwyke.bsky.social , @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Current issue: https://gonelawn.net/
Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne
@gerardbeirne.bsky.social
@brettangell.bsky.social @brettangell.bsky.social New England Painter.
For sales inquiries email angellstudio@gmail.com
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Katherine Traverse @kattra.bsky.social she/they | 37 | 💖💜💙
Failed hermit | Attention whore
Optimistic pessimist | Beautiful hypocrite
writer of microfiction and poetry
Tomás @303tom.bsky.social
Kindness is my religion.
-Dalai Llama
poems are mine, never AI
Andrea @rainydayribbons.bsky.social Part-time word scribbler, full-time teaching assistant, reiki practitioner on the side 🌿🌱
D.C. Swanson @dcswanson.bsky.social Dad, dogfather, arm candy for my wife, and 5th in command in my house. I've written two kids' books: Catch and The Book Cook. Author website at www.dcswanson.com.
Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social An indie, anti-AI social book tracker that’s like if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby
(on the web at pagebound.co + iOS + Android)
linktr.ee/pagebound
Soul Inquiries @soulinquiries.bsky.social Tips for shadow/ parts work, leading to better health and well-being using bio-feedback while acknowledging our spirituality and connectedness to the "all that is." Teaching self-love ❤️
maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social Maimonides, as in the 12th Century Jewish philosopher - and Nutz as in “Deez Nutz.” (I’m not Maimonides but I’m definitely Nutz) she/her
beautyinthemess @beautyinthemess.bsky.social Photographer and writer of cringey things.
The Fact of Other Minds Stan Account @csilverandgold.bsky.social Don’t mind me just tracing the gyres. Talk about politics a lot but mostly want to talk about Stevie Wonder and August Wilson. She stay in the hills, he stay in Atlanta, I pay for them both.
Things to Write About. @thingstowriteabout.bsky.social A writing prompt to inspire poems and stories, thoughts and wanders. Tag #thingstowriteabout. Hosted by @hermiteveryday.bsky.social #writingcommunity
SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social #SciFanSat — The Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and more! New issues published monthly at https://SciFanSat.Com. Submissions within any realm of speculative fiction are accepted and welcome.
Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social Copywriter, silly lyric maker-upper, very amateur photographer, human em-dash user, sometimes macrame maker, slow fashion lover, unincorporated person
Creator of #Stunday
@word-massager.bsky.social @word-massager.bsky.social Simple minded complex orgasm.. I mean organism. Left is right more than right is these days.. If it makes no sense, it's probably a parody or a poetry approximation of comedy cause as a defense mechanism I refuse to take this fleeting life too seriously..
Conduit Books @conduitbooks.bsky.social A new independent press publishing literary fiction and memoir of the highest quality.
conduitbooks.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/ConduitBooks
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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social i write poetry & short stories. all photography mine unless otherwise credited.
no religious or political anything, please.
creator & host of #AmpersandAfterDark writing prompt.
my small press: theampersandsyndicate.com
Cól 🕊️🏳️🌈 @perilpoet.bsky.social As a lonely poet from the PNW, I poke at ideas until the truth pops out. All politicians are corrupt.
#poetry ✣ #protest ✣ #art
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Richard Dean Barnes🏴🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☸️ @naumadd.bsky.social Haiku writer and Air Force veteran retired. I have my own graphic design/art company Naumaddic Arts. I am a Zen Buddhist and live with my wife of 8+ years in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Argent @sedahr.bsky.social I am all things to few and something to many, but always myself to all and any.
#BreakfastCrew Mixologist 💙🌊 #FiresideFriends Instigator 🔥
🚫Crypto or Relationships
Kalmato.Expression @kalmatoexpression.bsky.social An expressionist, who has written much verse. Kalmatoboutique.com for books and audiobooks
💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series 📚 @bethcgreenberg.com Writer of cozy romantasy starring your favorite Greek gods and some humans who got in the way, 'a fun, sexy romp!'💘 Lover of 🧩puzzles, limericks, flash fiction, #vss365 & haiku ✍️ Passionate Reader 🩵📚
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Dash Nightbloom @dashnightbloom.bsky.social Poems for the in-between worlds 🪼
Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social Psychologist (but not yours). Poet. Father of two. Progressive. Author of "By Way of Introduction" (https://a.co/d/dVigNQl)
C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social An author, historian, and gamer. Also likes to ponder the meaning of everything.
Medium: https://medium.com/@csvoll
Superjump: https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/author/csvoll/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CSVollWriting
Hannatu @mamahannatu.bsky.social Still in the works!
Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social World Citizen since forever. Scholar-at-large since 1996, interested in discourses of technology, sensoria, social reproduction, and poetry as cognitive device.
Avatar art: Joe Average (Canadian Coin, 2019)
Ross McDermott @beyondtheonions.bsky.social I write ✍
Author
TUSK: A Beringia Story - https://a.co/d/eJgOYf1 pre-historic/fiction
The Murderous Villain Rosco Pitt - https://a.co/d/fx8xng3 western
Weathervane - a.co/d/3iPzhvE western/horror
Sunsetter - https://a.co/d/05SwSc5j western/horror
AmbientDread @ambientdread.bsky.social Evil is the root of all money
Stefanie Neumann @kokopellibfree.bsky.social Through the art of awareness I am shining a bright light on the path of beingness. ♥ You cannot think an experience. But you can thank for it. ♥ My own content is ©.
Living in Hamburg, Germany.
Wir können auch gerne Deutsch miteinander sprechen.
Mark Bird @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social Children’s poet, picture book author and micropoetry fiend. I write for children, adults and everyone in between.
📕 🦘My picture book, Out Now: The Klangaroo https://t.ly/TdXh-
My Website & Blog: dreambeastpoems.com/blog
Will Watters @willgwatters.bsky.social Poet | Musician | Songwriter | from North East England
Phil @pgpayt.bsky.social Daily horror writing prompts and micro-fiction challenges. Creator & host of #horrorprompt, #haikuhorrorprompt, #HorrorInSix & #vsshorror horrorprompt.com
@fennelsteuert.bsky.social @fennelsteuert.bsky.social Avid. Profile photo from one of my books' covers but I do kinda look like that after a jelly doughnut. amazon.com/dp/B0CMLN7MY9
'It's not your right to be so much my enemy.' - N.O.
elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs @pleides.bsky.social Poetry, Micro-poems, Nature, Walking, Reading. East Coast Canada. No DMs. Banner Photo by me.
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𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.
*𝐌𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬: http://www.amazon.com/author/susanbocinecterry
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🧙🏻♂️ Mark Sebring @msebring.bsky.social I am a retired systems programmer from Omaha NE.
I am married with children and grandchildren.
I'm here to find people who share my interests.
Including: Music, Movies, Books, Poetry, Art.
Please don't add me to Starter Packs.
🌎 Mundus Sine Caesaribus 👑
@lilswordgreymatter.bsky.social @lilswordgreymatter.bsky.social Gamer,artist, poet of haiku, tanka, poems by me. Enjoy movies B&W to anime, Horror to Thrillers. My opinions, my own. Creatively weird and on the unique path bringing a collage of wonder. Free the Congo, Sudan, Palestine and others going thru genocide!
DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social Wanderer, writer, reader
Ambassador for daily writing prompt, #vss365, and inquisitive human.
Rachel Jones @blondie16bear.bsky.social A writer who loves to write beyond imagination and images.