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My 'short & sweet' poetry news is out.
This month, I recommend 'Sweet Dreams, The Sea' by #lukeallan published by @poetrysociety.org plus opportunities for poets & events

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#Dearbooksky

#booksky #zines because the world is insane & #readingiscool

#read #readbooks #readzines #readnovels #readscreens as long as you're reading something good & interesting

#stopdoomscrolling #readoutloud #readpoetry #readtoyourkids #readtoyourpet #readtotheinternet just #readalot

Happy #WorldBookDay 📚 Celebrate by spending time with a good book.
Or you could order a copy of my latest poetry collection, A Numbers Game. Just saying... 🤭
#tinamariethinkstoomuch #books #readpoetry #readmorebooks
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Unlock with a key
Doorway inside my tired mind
Ease in to wake it

#haikufeels #haiku #poetry #prompt #haikucommunity #poetrycommunity #readpoetry #readpoems #words #write

This poem is an ode to our shared human predicament—both lowly and holy. May we bear it together with relish and reverence.

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#JoyHarjo
#KitchenTable
#NativePoet
#IndigenousPoetry
#LiterarySky
#PoetryCommunity
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#PoemOfTheDay
#MindfulReading
#WomenWhoWrite
#SacredOrdinary

#writinglife #writingcommunity #writercommunity #mypoems✍️💕 #mypoems_myfeelings #mypoem #mypoems #mypoetry #poetrylovers #mypoetrymysoul #mypoetrycollection #readpoetry_ #RomanticVibes

Into the fire
Burning like the phoenix lost
Born out of the ash

#Haiku #haikupoetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #readpoetry #readpoems #words #write #haikucommunity #poem #poetry

I love short poems that speak artfully about universal truths. Writing them demands walking a tightrope between profoundness and cliche. Here’s a favorite.

#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #booksky #poetscafe #micropoetry #readpoetry

All that you wish for
Devil's finger taps waiting
Will you sell your soul

#haikufeels #haiku #poetry #prompt #sell #readpoetry

Delight waits where nothing happened yet.
Time leans, listening.
Delighted speaks from the future.
Already felt, it says.
Meet in the middle, they do.
The moment survives.

#vss365 #delight #prompt #emoetry #delighted #poetry #writing #readpoetry #poem #poet

A poem written and copyright (2025) by Eric Montgomery. All Rights Reserved. One climbs, rooted, hungry for light, then leaves winter a white hush of proof. Another survives by agreement, fungus and green sharing breath, listening hard to air. Same name. Different patience. Below, futures pace. Hands tighten stories until they bruise. Movement answers. Release keeps things living. Hold less. Leave traces. Trust what remains after letting go.

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#prompt #writesky #writing
#wildwalkprompt
#old-mans-beard
#vss365
#dream
#blueskyrelay
#relinquish
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#writingcommunity
#readpoetry

An acrostic poem written and Copyright (c) 2025 by Eric Montgomery (@madp03t.bsky.social). All Rights Reserved. Loosened I am, when cages soften, In hands or minds, cut free I whisper. Bonds question me, break or bless, depending. Escape I promise, yet responsibility I carry. Raised from chains or thoughts, same door I open. As command, as hope, as warning, I arrive. Taken too far, ruin follows, careful be. Endings I undo, beginnings I allow, balance seek I do.

#blueskyrelay #prompt #liberate #poetry #acrostic #poet
#writing #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #readpoetry

With only
you

Life is
everything

#poetry #poem #poet #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #readpoetry #readpoems #words #write #blueskypoet #micropoetry

I am but
cold frost
on the
window pane

You are but
the candle
on the window sill
to warm me

#poetry #poem #poet #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #readpoetry #readpoems #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry

Here are ways a steady poetry diet can improve your perspective and skills as a writer.

#WritingTips #ReadPoetry #BetterWriting #WritingSkills #PoetryForWriters #CreativeInspiration #LiteraryInspiration

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Picture of the cover of my collection of poems, POSTSCRIPTS.

With FEVERDREAM waiting in the wings, if you wanted to get a copy of my previous collection, POSTSCRIPTS, you can get it for just over $6 on Amazon or an ePub version on Bookshop for $3.99.

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When I’m Sick of Doomscrolling, I Turn to This Poem “Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you why he loves it.

Stumbled upon this poem by Robert Hayden in the New York times, the first African-American poet consultant of the United States

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When I’m Sick of Doomscrolling, I Turn to This Poem www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Soft whispers tell beautiful lies
In wind swept waves of illusion
Slowly fading into a dream
Maybe a nightmare
Pulled below
The undertow
kisses
you
goodnight
As you wake to say good morning
Still
whispering
beautiful lies

#poetry #poem #poet #poetrylover #poetrycommunity #readpoetry #readpoems

Rhyming is the first thing one should learn to do if they're going to be considering writing poetry.

#poet #poetry #writingpoetry #readpoetry #poem #rhyme #rhymescheme #rhyming #poetrycommunity

Most modern poetry is admittedly dead to me. Poets today tend to write 'beautiful thoughts' with no structure and almost exclusively from their point-of-view.
I'd hardly call that literature and think the social reputation of poetry must be saved.

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Threads of Horror - Free Horror Poetry eBook - A Public Poetry Project A free horror poetry eBook featuring poetry by the poet community on Threads. Threads of Horror is a collection of poems focusing on the horrors of life, fiction or not. The Public Poetry Projecy is d...

Please check out this great
group of people's works of horror.
You won't be disappointed.

Grateful for being chosen, big thanks to mrtipton.art

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Can't quite seem to hold the weight
For I'm not longer present
Stepped into the mirror
No longer reflecting
I'm may be here
Nor there
Just
Absent
Becoming
Abstract

#poetry #poem #poet #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #readpoetry #readpoems #words #write #dark

Is it just
constant
betrayal

Or is it
the sting
of regret

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It's just that
lost words
no one reads
the few put forth
only wishing
to pull them back
why is that
maybe
it's the open...
...ness
knowing
the door was closed
find them
when you're ready
words
are never truly lost

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August is winding down, but you can still get our poetry chaps for only $10; select 15 poetry titles and pay only $100! #ReadPoetry buff.ly/5F8XcUS

A message bottled
Like my words trapped out at sea
Waiting to be free

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“Poetry is just evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”

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“Poetry is just evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”

#ReadPoetry #SealeyChallenge buff.ly/5F8XcUS

“Poetry is just evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”

#ReadPoetry #SealeyChallenge buff.ly/5F8XcUS

“Poetry is just evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”

#ReadPoetry #SealeyChallenge buff.ly/5F8XcUS