A Week on My Patio... Creating, Mostly (and Maybe One Day for Green Beer)

A week from the day job, here's what was planned (my future posts will uncover what I achieved) open.substack.com/pub/latebloo...

Finding The Pulse Beneath the Armour How the Intoxicating Connection to Myself and the Reflective Tone of My First Poems Continues to Shape What I Write Today

Sometimes writing poems is like holding a mirror to myself. latebloomerspaletteandpen.substack.com/p/finding-th...

#CreativeJourney #WritingCommunity #ArtAndWriting #FindingYourVoice #PoetsOfBluesky #ContemporaryPoetry #WritingPoetry #Poetry

Soul Poetry & Prose published my ekphrastic poem Joyful Reflection in response to a piece by a remarkable woman artist.
Always great to work with Arvilla Fee.
Check it out - heyzine.com/flip-book/ab....

P.S. Be sure to check out the other work in this issue.

#Poetry #AuthorsandWriters

The Fine Line Between Optimism and Delusion Why I’m Writing My Heart Out This November

November’s chaos is in full swing with a healthy dose of optimism, or delusion, whatever works.
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Pruning poems reveals hidden blooms. ✂️🌸
Read here👉 latebloomerspaletteandpen.substack.com/p/pruning-po...

#poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #creativeprocess #substackpoet #latebloomer #artandwords

Poetry listens. Art looks.
In my latest post, I explore how drawing isn’t about things at all — it’s about the shapes that make them.
🎨 Read → latebloomerspaletteandpen.substack.com/p/finding-th...
#ArtAndPoetry #SeeingShapes #CreativeProcess #LateBloomers

Juggling Deadlines and Daydreams Balancing work, art, and writing with a flexible schedule that actually works—even for an unnatural planner

When a not-so-natural planner (yep, that's me) finally learns to schedule without losing my spark.
#WritingLife #Creativity #LateBloomers
I’d love to hear what helps you stay on-track when creativity pulls you toward the clouds?
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Just had my poem “Dreams of a Fast-Food Worker” published in The Opiate. A glimpse into the fluorescent-lit world behind the counter. #PoetryOfWork #TheOpiate #PublishedPoetry

Find it at theopiatemagazine.com/2025/08/24/d...

faded image of young homeless person in front of Clocks at entrance of Flinders Street Station in Melbourne Australia, The title of the Poem Vacant Corner is overlaid on the image click link in post to read

The Summer 2025 Issue from @scribeworth.bsky.social is here and it's worth the wait. Read their second issue, which has my poem on page 47.
#Poetry #LitZine

www.flipsnack.com/7F5DEF5569B/...

Having something published always makes the end of my week great. The Poetry Lighthouse published my poems "Discovering hope," "The pulse," and "Bittersweet Reunion" at www.thepoetrylighthouse.com/poems?author...

#Poetry #PoetryCommunity

www.swwvic.org.au/announcement...
WOW, so honoured that two of my poems made the long list. (can't disclose what ones belong to me until the final verdict is in but couldn't help but gush)

ever have those days when your job feels utterly exhausting? Can you relate?
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#Poetry #DailyGrind #PoetryCommunity

My second poem in the same issue.
For when poetry brews quietly in the corner. ☕✨
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#Poetry #CafePoetry #FreePoetry #writingcommunity

Craving a moment of poetry? ✨
My latest piece is live — free to read, no sign-up needed.
Flip through and let the know what you think.
heyzine.com/flip-book/64...
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetryLovers

What a fantastic first issue
#poetry #skypoetsread

Let us introduce ourselves.
The Write Launch is an online literary magazine publishing works of poetry, fiction, art, and nonfiction.
Read the work. View the art. Consider submitting your work. Visit thewritelaunch.com
Thank you!

#creativity #imagination #humanity

faded picture of treetop canopy with first two lines of poem "Canopy of Protection". Memories linger of strong arms and songs whispered near my crib goto The River to check out the rest of this and three other poems published

Canopy of protections and another three poems published online recently with The River Review!
sandyriverreview.com/2025/04/28/t...
#poetry #poetsky #litmag #amwriting #australianwriters #poetrycorner

“Broken Wing,” “No donations here,” and “White Walls” | Poetry by CM Pickard in the April 9, 2025 issue of The Write Launch Hopelessness—caked in dirtand tossed aside,like the birdwith a broken wing

Three of my poems are now live at The Write Launch.
These are close to my heart, exploring tenderness, disconnection, and quiet resilience. #poem #Poetry #NewPoem #poetsofbluesky #writer
🕊️ thewritelaunch.com/2025/04/brok...

Man fishing alone at sunset with first line of poem along with instruction to go to The Raven Review to check out the full poem, link is in post. Poem is called Fishing for Teeth, first line reads In silent grief, a daughter takes her place

Thrilled to share my poem Fishing for Teeth, published in The Raven Review. Hope you enjoy the read. 🖤

🔗 Read it here: www.theravenreview.org/fishing-for-...

#poetry #poems #blueskypoets

Here's a brief one, just for fun.

possum in moonlight
crunching cables in my roof
a tail scorched; lights out
#Poetry #NewPoem

It's always great when someone appreciates your work. This one is a nod to those inventors out there #Poetry #NewPoem
thenightwriterreview.com/inventors-do...

Swan on misty lake with excerpt of poem published in Pineberry Review Extract is Blackened earth contrasts against angry skies where the wind bellows death at every turn she glides along toxic ripples, searching the debris of man-made destruction—calling for her goslings left behind; and highlighted text to read the full poem at https://www.calameo.com/read/0077743475897ff04b483?authid=EDlzlNY7bvt6

Was excited to get my poem published in Pineberry Review
Click on link to read full poem and the other great work published in their second issue #NewPoem
www.calameo.com/read/0077743...