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Peter and the Lessen Plan
by Cliff Lake
In which we peer inside an empty shell...
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Now comes good sailing: sheets filled, water curling from the bow, heeling to the wind, sun glinting on white foam, and no need to return to land. But maybe I shall miss the land: the shadowed forests and the endless plains, moose, bison, caribou, bear, wolf, and mountain lion, and the ghosts of cultures fading from ancestral grounds, nobility displaced by politics, Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq, and Penobscot — now just Indian. No, no, I’ll take to water, steer a course by sun and stars to where there is no you or I, but just the sea reflecting sky in rolling waves.
"Henry David Thoreau".
from "Last Words" - a sequence of poems each starting with the last words (sometimes apocryphal) of a well-known person. (Note in Comments.)
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With thanks to Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo theme #Allowed
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And what we can’t help thinking as we watch the politicians fail to comprehend the sympathy of people here for people there — yes, what we try but fail to push away, to hide within the webbed recesses of our minds, is that we’re governed by a race of creatures from a lower plane, who squeeze their pale unsightly forms into the skins of human beings and pass for real people, till we look into the frigid blankness of their eyes...
"And what we can't help thinking..."
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I’ve been thinking about how difficult it is to feel steady when life keeps shifting underneath you. It's not always dramatic, it can be subtle.
Part of finding my footing isn’t waiting for the ground to smooth out, it’s learning how to stand even when it doesn’t.
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Charon conducts souls
across Styx and Acheron
no coin, no crossing
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Today would have been mum’s birthday
When she was here
it had to be perfection
Or else
But now
the sea, my bed, the pub,
denial
All have been employed
over the years she’s been gone
Still trying to know
where the birthdays of the absent go
I’ll start with a cuppa
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In spring’s soft breath, your laughter blooms again,
Petals of memory drift through sunlit air,
Each breeze whispers a forgotten refrain,
Of love once held, still gently resting there.
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Bald eagle in flight.
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Wing of the Eagle
by Cliff Lake
In which promise does not go unanswered...
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Vladimir Mayakovsky, in Listen! transl. Maria Enzensberger(1991) Listen. Listen to the sound of stars speeding away from us. Their dust swirls in the space between, moiré patterns mirroring their dopplered screams. Listen. Listen to the scratching at the centre of the Milky Way, cold, dark, and always hungry. Listen to the sputtering of supernovæ remnants, to the hiss and crackle of the interstellar depths, the birdsong of the Pillars of Creation, the tinnitus left by the blast that was our own beginning.
"Listen".
From a sequence, "Pocket Lights", each starting with the first line of a poem from a City Lights "Pocket Poets" volumes.
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Warming up the juices..
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#vss365 - sprite
#ThingsToWriteAbout - teapot
#2wordprompt - examine/which
#vssdaily - ripple
#emoetry - livid
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The more I write, the more I realise poetry isn’t just expression.
Sometimes it’s how I make sense of things that felt too heavy to carry quietly.
Welcome to the reflection series, where I learn from my own words.
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And, finally, delighted that my poem ‘I Am Storm’ found a home at The Poetry Lighthouse! ✨
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‘Rhythm’ is the second poem to have appeared at The Poetry Lighthouse last week. ✨
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Here’s the first of three poems published recently at The Poetry Lighthouse. ✨
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A sunflower rises from the cracks of pain,
Turning to light through storms and silent rain,
In wounded soil, its golden petals prove
Even broken hearts can learn to grow in love. 🌻
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A sunflower rises from the cracks of pain,
Turning to light through storms and silent rain,
In wounded soil, its golden petals prove
Even broken hearts can learn to grow in love. 🌻
#BlueSkyPoetry
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#Fantaiku banner. An image of a young man standing face to face with a giant lizard. Their chance meeting in a magical land is just the beginning of an amazing adventure. AI-tagged image credit: creativeralph on Pixabay.
From @ayisi_yaw on X, the weekly #Fantaiku #prompt starting 29 March 2026 is:
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#Haiku
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Trying to work with the #vss365 word which is illusive...
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#2wordprompt - Encounter/Stadium
#OurPoetryX - First Steps
I use the written word for multiple purposes, often linking emotion to imagery. I write them in my notebook to learn something new about myself.
Welcome to the notebook series. Snippets from my notebook; perhaps some will resonate with you.
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Toss your words below
Season your steps each one
Fill the #compost slow
Lost along the gentle shore
