Caro Henry
@www.caroehenry.com
Caribbean-American writer of poetry, flash fiction, and essays. Mother. Human. Nothing extraordinary. Never started a trend, fashion, or otherwise (certainly not anything for which I have been credited). Remember: C'è un po' di magia in ognuno di noi.
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Caro Henry
@www.caroehenry.com
· Sep 13
Today’s poem speaks of gratitude for our connection with trees and nature. Also, a little experiment with a video reading.
We move through time
the way strangers pass on a train
briefly parallel,
carrying what we don't show. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/travelers-...
the way strangers pass on a train
briefly parallel,
carrying what we don't show. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/travelers-...
TRAVELERS
A poetry card about life and time.
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September 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
We move through time
the way strangers pass on a train
briefly parallel,
carrying what we don't show. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/travelers-...
the way strangers pass on a train
briefly parallel,
carrying what we don't show. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/travelers-...
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Reposted by Caro Henry
Reposted by Caro Henry
WOW! The fact that Republicans think Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Todd Blanche will help win over voters on the campaign trail is a sign they are truly scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Great for Democrats though.
Great for Democrats though.
September 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
WOW! The fact that Republicans think Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Todd Blanche will help win over voters on the campaign trail is a sign they are truly scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Great for Democrats though.
Great for Democrats though.
Reposted by Caro Henry
POLITICO: “.. . A second person close to the White House said there’s already been discussions about adding more outlets to the ban. Trump himself on Friday cited The New York Times and The Washington Post as possible additions.”
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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September 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
POLITICO: “.. . A second person close to the White House said there’s already been discussions about adding more outlets to the ban. Trump himself on Friday cited The New York Times and The Washington Post as possible additions.”
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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He learned his role and wore it
like a cast on a healthy bone, …
It was the life that his parents
had chosen for him, …
🎓
Today I offer a prose poem about what got buried under other people's expectations. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/uncovering
like a cast on a healthy bone, …
It was the life that his parents
had chosen for him, …
🎓
Today I offer a prose poem about what got buried under other people's expectations. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/uncovering
UNCOVERING
A prose poem about discovering what got buried under other people’s expectations.
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September 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
He learned his role and wore it
like a cast on a healthy bone, …
It was the life that his parents
had chosen for him, …
🎓
Today I offer a prose poem about what got buried under other people's expectations. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/uncovering
like a cast on a healthy bone, …
It was the life that his parents
had chosen for him, …
🎓
Today I offer a prose poem about what got buried under other people's expectations. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/uncovering
Writing prompts this year are from movie titles. Today’s 100-word prompt is AVATAR. Write a story, poem, or creative non-fiction piece using exactly 100 words. Post your piece in the comment section of the original post; link below. #fiction #poetry #cnf
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
ONE HUNDRED-WORD WONDERS
A writing prompt: AVATAR
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September 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Writing prompts this year are from movie titles. Today’s 100-word prompt is AVATAR. Write a story, poem, or creative non-fiction piece using exactly 100 words. Post your piece in the comment section of the original post; link below. #fiction #poetry #cnf
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
Grief keeps a ledger,
dubs the match still burning, …
Miracles ask nothing,
come regardless, …
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Today's poem reflects on facing the fear of loss while still choosing to love. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/against-th...
dubs the match still burning, …
Miracles ask nothing,
come regardless, …
✨
Today's poem reflects on facing the fear of loss while still choosing to love. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/against-th...
AGAINST THE ODDS
A poem reflecting on facing the fear of loss while still choosing to love.
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September 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Grief keeps a ledger,
dubs the match still burning, …
Miracles ask nothing,
come regardless, …
✨
Today's poem reflects on facing the fear of loss while still choosing to love. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/against-th...
dubs the match still burning, …
Miracles ask nothing,
come regardless, …
✨
Today's poem reflects on facing the fear of loss while still choosing to love. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/against-th...
His hand slaps the counter, hard.
She burns the list. Buries the phone.
🥛
Today, I offer a short story. #fiction
www.caroehenry.com/p/what-the-m...
She burns the list. Buries the phone.
🥛
Today, I offer a short story. #fiction
www.caroehenry.com/p/what-the-m...
WHAT THE MILK SPILLED
A short story.
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September 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
His hand slaps the counter, hard.
She burns the list. Buries the phone.
🥛
Today, I offer a short story. #fiction
www.caroehenry.com/p/what-the-m...
She burns the list. Buries the phone.
🥛
Today, I offer a short story. #fiction
www.caroehenry.com/p/what-the-m...
Reposted by Caro Henry
MUST-WATCH: “Nobody hated Dolly. Here’s why.” ❤️
Beautiful stuff From @loswhit
Beautiful stuff From @loswhit
August 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM
MUST-WATCH: “Nobody hated Dolly. Here’s why.” ❤️
Beautiful stuff From @loswhit
Beautiful stuff From @loswhit
“…no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.”—Rachel Carson
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Today, I offer five haiku about the sea. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/look-seaward
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Today, I offer five haiku about the sea. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/look-seaward
LOOK SEAWARD
Five haiku about the sea.
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August 29, 2026 at 3:12 PM
“…no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.”—Rachel Carson
🪸
Today, I offer five haiku about the sea. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/look-seaward
🪸
Today, I offer five haiku about the sea. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/look-seaward
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Be Careful What You Wish For Dept.
You ARE on the ballot. You are the ONLY thing on the ballot.
The investigations of your criminal regime begin November 4th.
You are going DOWN because... Justice Matters. ⚖️
#AccountabilityIsComing...Soon
You ARE on the ballot. You are the ONLY thing on the ballot.
The investigations of your criminal regime begin November 4th.
You are going DOWN because... Justice Matters. ⚖️
#AccountabilityIsComing...Soon
August 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Be Careful What You Wish For Dept.
You ARE on the ballot. You are the ONLY thing on the ballot.
The investigations of your criminal regime begin November 4th.
You are going DOWN because... Justice Matters. ⚖️
#AccountabilityIsComing...Soon
You ARE on the ballot. You are the ONLY thing on the ballot.
The investigations of your criminal regime begin November 4th.
You are going DOWN because... Justice Matters. ⚖️
#AccountabilityIsComing...Soon
The heat here has weight.
You carry it
from the car to the door like something
you meant to put down a long time ago. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/august
You carry it
from the car to the door like something
you meant to put down a long time ago. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/august
AUGUST
A poetry card about the heat of August.
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August 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The heat here has weight.
You carry it
from the car to the door like something
you meant to put down a long time ago. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/august
You carry it
from the car to the door like something
you meant to put down a long time ago. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/august
Reposted by Caro Henry
I have been rehearsing what you’d say for months now,
in your voice,
which I am already starting to get wrong in small ways.
💔
Today's prose poem is one about grief. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/no-magic-b...
in your voice,
which I am already starting to get wrong in small ways.
💔
Today's prose poem is one about grief. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/no-magic-b...
NO MAGIC BULLET
A prose poem about grief and the choices we make.
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August 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I have been rehearsing what you’d say for months now,
in your voice,
which I am already starting to get wrong in small ways.
💔
Today's prose poem is one about grief. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/no-magic-b...
in your voice,
which I am already starting to get wrong in small ways.
💔
Today's prose poem is one about grief. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/no-magic-b...
Today’s 100-word prompt is 8 MILE. Write a story, poem, or creative non-fiction piece using exactly 100 words. The title doesn’t count toward the word limit. Post your piece in the comment section of the original post; link below. #fiction #poetry #cnf
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
ONE HUNDRED-WORD WONDERS
A writing prompt: 8 MILE
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August 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Today’s 100-word prompt is 8 MILE. Write a story, poem, or creative non-fiction piece using exactly 100 words. The title doesn’t count toward the word limit. Post your piece in the comment section of the original post; link below. #fiction #poetry #cnf
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
Her mother has a proverb for everything.
Yuh cyaan hide from yuh shadow.
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Today's story is about a woman rediscovering herself after heartbreak.
www.caroehenry.com/p/the-blue-s...
Yuh cyaan hide from yuh shadow.
🩵
Today's story is about a woman rediscovering herself after heartbreak.
www.caroehenry.com/p/the-blue-s...
THE BLUE SHE CHOSE
A story about a woman rediscovering herself after heartbreak.
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August 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Her mother has a proverb for everything.
Yuh cyaan hide from yuh shadow.
🩵
Today's story is about a woman rediscovering herself after heartbreak.
www.caroehenry.com/p/the-blue-s...
Yuh cyaan hide from yuh shadow.
🩵
Today's story is about a woman rediscovering herself after heartbreak.
www.caroehenry.com/p/the-blue-s...
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: URGENT! Tell the DNC: Don't Ban Ranked Choice Voting. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
URGENT! Tell the DNC: Don't Ban Ranked Choice Voting
This Saturday, August 15, the DNC's Rules & Bylaws Committee is set to vote on a rule that would ban ranked choice voting in the 2028 presidential primary — even in Maine and Washington, D.C., where v...
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August 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: URGENT! Tell the DNC: Don't Ban Ranked Choice Voting. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
I don’t tell her it gets better.
I tell her I’m glad she’s still here…
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Today's poem explores how to offer love and support in the face of heartbreak. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/non-linear...
I tell her I’m glad she’s still here…
💔
Today's poem explores how to offer love and support in the face of heartbreak. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/non-linear...
NONLINEAR LIFE
A poem exploring how to offer love and support in the face of heartbreak.
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August 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I don’t tell her it gets better.
I tell her I’m glad she’s still here…
💔
Today's poem explores how to offer love and support in the face of heartbreak. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/non-linear...
I tell her I’m glad she’s still here…
💔
Today's poem explores how to offer love and support in the face of heartbreak. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/non-linear...
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Call your Senators and let them know to BLOCK BLANCHE.
He's coming for your reproductive rights.
He's coming for your reproductive rights.
@katiephang.bsky.social lays out how nominee for AG Todd Blanche is saying the quiet part out loud: The Trump admin will use every lever they can to restrict abortion, in every state. Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO on Blanche. 📞 888-380-2711
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vXNF98NXAjg
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vXNF98NXAjg
Katie Phang discusses how Todd Blanche will push Trump's anti-abortion agenda.
YouTube video by Reproductive Freedom for All
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August 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Call your Senators and let them know to BLOCK BLANCHE.
He's coming for your reproductive rights.
He's coming for your reproductive rights.
All we did was hang a swing.
Then it was up to the tree.
Trees have always created homes and community for all kinds of creatures.That includes us, too.
🌳
Today's prose poem explores the feelings of leaving home and the memories of what we leave behind. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/lignum-vitae
Then it was up to the tree.
Trees have always created homes and community for all kinds of creatures.That includes us, too.
🌳
Today's prose poem explores the feelings of leaving home and the memories of what we leave behind. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/lignum-vitae
LIGNUM VITAE
A prose poem that explores the feelings of leaving home and the memories of what we leave behind.
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August 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
All we did was hang a swing.
Then it was up to the tree.
Trees have always created homes and community for all kinds of creatures.That includes us, too.
🌳
Today's prose poem explores the feelings of leaving home and the memories of what we leave behind. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/lignum-vitae
Then it was up to the tree.
Trees have always created homes and community for all kinds of creatures.That includes us, too.
🌳
Today's prose poem explores the feelings of leaving home and the memories of what we leave behind. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/lignum-vitae
Through the claggy clay
under her feet right now,
roots reach:
past the neighbor’s cracked driveway, …
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Today's poem is about what grows beneath the surface. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/root-systems
under her feet right now,
roots reach:
past the neighbor’s cracked driveway, …
🌳
Today's poem is about what grows beneath the surface. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/root-systems
ROOT SYSTEMS
A poem about what grows beneath the surface.
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July 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Through the claggy clay
under her feet right now,
roots reach:
past the neighbor’s cracked driveway, …
🌳
Today's poem is about what grows beneath the surface. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/root-systems
under her feet right now,
roots reach:
past the neighbor’s cracked driveway, …
🌳
Today's poem is about what grows beneath the surface. #poetry
www.caroehenry.com/p/root-systems
Some secrets aren’t kept out of shame. They’re kept out of a complicated love that doesn’t know how to explain itself; not yet, not now, maybe never.
❤️🩹
Today's micro-fiction follows a daughter who pursues her mother’s dying wish. #fiction
www.caroehenry.com/p/lost-and-f...
❤️🩹
Today's micro-fiction follows a daughter who pursues her mother’s dying wish. #fiction
www.caroehenry.com/p/lost-and-f...
LOST AND FOUND
Micro-fiction about a daughter who pursues her mother’s dying wish.
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July 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Some secrets aren’t kept out of shame. They’re kept out of a complicated love that doesn’t know how to explain itself; not yet, not now, maybe never.
❤️🩹
Today's micro-fiction follows a daughter who pursues her mother’s dying wish. #fiction
www.caroehenry.com/p/lost-and-f...
❤️🩹
Today's micro-fiction follows a daughter who pursues her mother’s dying wish. #fiction
www.caroehenry.com/p/lost-and-f...
Writing prompts are from movie titles. Today’s 100-word prompt: SAY ANYTHING. Write a story, poem, or CNF in exactly 100 words. The title doesn’t count toward the word limit. Post your piece in the comment section of the original post. #fiction #poetry #cnf
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
ONE HUNDRED-WORD WONDERS
A writing prompt: SAY ANYTHING
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July 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Writing prompts are from movie titles. Today’s 100-word prompt: SAY ANYTHING. Write a story, poem, or CNF in exactly 100 words. The title doesn’t count toward the word limit. Post your piece in the comment section of the original post. #fiction #poetry #cnf
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...
www.caroehenry.com/p/one-hundre...