Some #whittling and a bit of #poetry inspired by the Black Woodpecker for September's #BirdWhisperer challenge.
Nature's own whittler
is pecked from wood and revealed;
irony ingrained.
#haiku #BirdArt #Birds #nature #art #BskyArt #BskyPoetry
Nature's own whittler
is pecked from wood and revealed;
irony ingrained.
#haiku #BirdArt #Birds #nature #art #BskyArt #BskyPoetry
September 30, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Some #whittling and a bit of #poetry inspired by the Black Woodpecker for September's #BirdWhisperer challenge.
Nature's own whittler
is pecked from wood and revealed;
irony ingrained.
#haiku #BirdArt #Birds #nature #art #BskyArt #BskyPoetry
Nature's own whittler
is pecked from wood and revealed;
irony ingrained.
#haiku #BirdArt #Birds #nature #art #BskyArt #BskyPoetry
#haiku partly inspired by #Bashō
Snowdrops bloom afresh
On charnel grounds where pilgrims
Met death in their dreams.
Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#vss #bskypoetry #micropoetry #spring #lifeanddeath #nature #death #dreams #snowdrops #flowers #transience
Snowdrops bloom afresh
On charnel grounds where pilgrims
Met death in their dreams.
Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#vss #bskypoetry #micropoetry #spring #lifeanddeath #nature #death #dreams #snowdrops #flowers #transience
March 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#haiku partly inspired by #Bashō
Snowdrops bloom afresh
On charnel grounds where pilgrims
Met death in their dreams.
Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#vss #bskypoetry #micropoetry #spring #lifeanddeath #nature #death #dreams #snowdrops #flowers #transience
Snowdrops bloom afresh
On charnel grounds where pilgrims
Met death in their dreams.
Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#vss #bskypoetry #micropoetry #spring #lifeanddeath #nature #death #dreams #snowdrops #flowers #transience
some words are riots
catching wildfire some words
are fireflies
#vss #haiku #micropoetry #bskypoetry #poetry
catching wildfire some words
are fireflies
#vss #haiku #micropoetry #bskypoetry #poetry
February 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
some words are riots
catching wildfire some words
are fireflies
#vss #haiku #micropoetry #bskypoetry #poetry
catching wildfire some words
are fireflies
#vss #haiku #micropoetry #bskypoetry #poetry
Please tag #PromptCombo #Nothing @janpsolivagant.bsky.social to get involved!
#poetrycommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #bskypoetry #writingcommunity #prompt
#poetrycommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #bskypoetry #writingcommunity #prompt
Good Morning, #PromptCombo #poets
This week's #prompt is
#Nothing
Negative space, privation, the fertile void of possibility. You decide!
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social
#poetrycommunity
This week's #prompt is
#Nothing
Negative space, privation, the fertile void of possibility. You decide!
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social
#poetrycommunity
March 23, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Please tag #PromptCombo #Nothing @janpsolivagant.bsky.social to get involved!
#poetrycommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #bskypoetry #writingcommunity #prompt
#poetrycommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #bskypoetry #writingcommunity #prompt
Apocalypse
a poem
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylover
#bskypoetry
#blueskypoetry
#blueskywriters
#poetrysky
a poem
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylover
#bskypoetry
#blueskypoetry
#blueskywriters
#poetrysky
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Rising above fear
Releasing the chains
Holding to hope.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Releasing the chains
Holding to hope.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
July 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Rising above fear
Releasing the chains
Holding to hope.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Releasing the chains
Holding to hope.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
The sunrise wraps
round and round
the dust of Sahara
storms its soul
across space
feeds the forests
sustains the sea
quells the colors
chokes the humans
knows just what to do
#sunrise #poetry #poem #saharandust #poet #bskypoets #bskypoetry #photography #ocean #art #duststorm #ctpoetry
round and round
the dust of Sahara
storms its soul
across space
feeds the forests
sustains the sea
quells the colors
chokes the humans
knows just what to do
#sunrise #poetry #poem #saharandust #poet #bskypoets #bskypoetry #photography #ocean #art #duststorm #ctpoetry
June 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The sunrise wraps
round and round
the dust of Sahara
storms its soul
across space
feeds the forests
sustains the sea
quells the colors
chokes the humans
knows just what to do
#sunrise #poetry #poem #saharandust #poet #bskypoets #bskypoetry #photography #ocean #art #duststorm #ctpoetry
round and round
the dust of Sahara
storms its soul
across space
feeds the forests
sustains the sea
quells the colors
chokes the humans
knows just what to do
#sunrise #poetry #poem #saharandust #poet #bskypoets #bskypoetry #photography #ocean #art #duststorm #ctpoetry
Art dripping from fingertips
My head overthinking.
#poetry #poem #opencouplet #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
My head overthinking.
#poetry #poem #opencouplet #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
September 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Art dripping from fingertips
My head overthinking.
#poetry #poem #opencouplet #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
My head overthinking.
#poetry #poem #opencouplet #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
April 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
little teacher sits
in ripple oblivion
unwinding lost truths
#haiku #poem #ducks #birds #nature #florida #bskypoetry #poetry #naturepoetry #photography #ripples
in ripple oblivion
unwinding lost truths
#haiku #poem #ducks #birds #nature #florida #bskypoetry #poetry #naturepoetry #photography #ripples
February 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
little teacher sits
in ripple oblivion
unwinding lost truths
#haiku #poem #ducks #birds #nature #florida #bskypoetry #poetry #naturepoetry #photography #ripples
in ripple oblivion
unwinding lost truths
#haiku #poem #ducks #birds #nature #florida #bskypoetry #poetry #naturepoetry #photography #ripples
Creating
Recreating
Exploring to finish
The way of art.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Recreating
Exploring to finish
The way of art.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
July 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Creating
Recreating
Exploring to finish
The way of art.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Recreating
Exploring to finish
The way of art.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Bound together,
earth and cloud and
me to that moon,
our centers stupor,
in sweet gravity.
#poetry #excerpt #amwriting #bskypoets #bskypoetry #poetsofbsky #photography #nature #moon #fullmoon #poetrycommunity #moonlight
earth and cloud and
me to that moon,
our centers stupor,
in sweet gravity.
#poetry #excerpt #amwriting #bskypoets #bskypoetry #poetsofbsky #photography #nature #moon #fullmoon #poetrycommunity #moonlight
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Bound together,
earth and cloud and
me to that moon,
our centers stupor,
in sweet gravity.
#poetry #excerpt #amwriting #bskypoets #bskypoetry #poetsofbsky #photography #nature #moon #fullmoon #poetrycommunity #moonlight
earth and cloud and
me to that moon,
our centers stupor,
in sweet gravity.
#poetry #excerpt #amwriting #bskypoets #bskypoetry #poetsofbsky #photography #nature #moon #fullmoon #poetrycommunity #moonlight
The water that’s coursed for billions of years courses through us.
How ancient we are, how big our family. We recognize every stream from the water within.
#poetry #poet #bskypoet #bskypoetry #poetrycommunity #ctpoetry #quote #dailyquote #photography #river #waterislife #writer
How ancient we are, how big our family. We recognize every stream from the water within.
#poetry #poet #bskypoet #bskypoetry #poetrycommunity #ctpoetry #quote #dailyquote #photography #river #waterislife #writer
June 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The water that’s coursed for billions of years courses through us.
How ancient we are, how big our family. We recognize every stream from the water within.
#poetry #poet #bskypoet #bskypoetry #poetrycommunity #ctpoetry #quote #dailyquote #photography #river #waterislife #writer
How ancient we are, how big our family. We recognize every stream from the water within.
#poetry #poet #bskypoet #bskypoetry #poetrycommunity #ctpoetry #quote #dailyquote #photography #river #waterislife #writer
To be very clear, having billions or trillions of dollars doesn’t make you successful, it makes you a psychopath.
#zen #givingisreceiving #nonattachment #minimalism #quoteoftheday #bskypoetry #greed #naturephotography #photography #mountains
#zen #givingisreceiving #nonattachment #minimalism #quoteoftheday #bskypoetry #greed #naturephotography #photography #mountains
June 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
To be very clear, having billions or trillions of dollars doesn’t make you successful, it makes you a psychopath.
#zen #givingisreceiving #nonattachment #minimalism #quoteoftheday #bskypoetry #greed #naturephotography #photography #mountains
#zen #givingisreceiving #nonattachment #minimalism #quoteoftheday #bskypoetry #greed #naturephotography #photography #mountains
#haiku
Pygmy dragon basks -
Five-pronged icon of stillness,
Stony lightworker.
Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#poetry #nature #herps #dragon #lizard #pogona #stillness #calm #bskypoetry #bskyphoto #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin
Pygmy dragon basks -
Five-pronged icon of stillness,
Stony lightworker.
Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#poetry #nature #herps #dragon #lizard #pogona #stillness #calm #bskypoetry #bskyphoto #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#haiku
Pygmy dragon basks -
Five-pronged icon of stillness,
Stony lightworker.
Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#poetry #nature #herps #dragon #lizard #pogona #stillness #calm #bskypoetry #bskyphoto #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin
Pygmy dragon basks -
Five-pronged icon of stillness,
Stony lightworker.
Haiku & Image: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
#poetry #nature #herps #dragon #lizard #pogona #stillness #calm #bskypoetry #bskyphoto #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin
A lazy day
Swirls downstream
A needed respite.
#12syllablepoem #poetry #poem #dodecasyllableverse #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Swirls downstream
A needed respite.
#12syllablepoem #poetry #poem #dodecasyllableverse #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
July 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A lazy day
Swirls downstream
A needed respite.
#12syllablepoem #poetry #poem #dodecasyllableverse #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Swirls downstream
A needed respite.
#12syllablepoem #poetry #poem #dodecasyllableverse #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Water fills my palms
pours over me
rehydration
mind expands
in 100 directions
#poetry #micropoetry #presence #poet #poem #bskypoetry #nature #photography #art #river #writer #writing #amwriting
pours over me
rehydration
mind expands
in 100 directions
#poetry #micropoetry #presence #poet #poem #bskypoetry #nature #photography #art #river #writer #writing #amwriting
May 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Water fills my palms
pours over me
rehydration
mind expands
in 100 directions
#poetry #micropoetry #presence #poet #poem #bskypoetry #nature #photography #art #river #writer #writing #amwriting
pours over me
rehydration
mind expands
in 100 directions
#poetry #micropoetry #presence #poet #poem #bskypoetry #nature #photography #art #river #writer #writing #amwriting
#serene the basin
where god unzips the rainclouds
not a drop to drink
#DailyHaikuPrompt #poem #poetry #bskypoetry #haiku #vss
where god unzips the rainclouds
not a drop to drink
#DailyHaikuPrompt #poem #poetry #bskypoetry #haiku #vss
February 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#serene the basin
where god unzips the rainclouds
not a drop to drink
#DailyHaikuPrompt #poem #poetry #bskypoetry #haiku #vss
where god unzips the rainclouds
not a drop to drink
#DailyHaikuPrompt #poem #poetry #bskypoetry #haiku #vss
Wrecked on this planet
Loud whispers surround the ship
Closer as night falls
#scifaikusaturday #scifi #poem #haiku #moonmystic #bskypoetry #poetry
Loud whispers surround the ship
Closer as night falls
#scifaikusaturday #scifi #poem #haiku #moonmystic #bskypoetry #poetry
July 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Wrecked on this planet
Loud whispers surround the ship
Closer as night falls
#scifaikusaturday #scifi #poem #haiku #moonmystic #bskypoetry #poetry
Loud whispers surround the ship
Closer as night falls
#scifaikusaturday #scifi #poem #haiku #moonmystic #bskypoetry #poetry
#bskypoetry
#bskyphotography
Conversation
The comforting touch
of a caring listener
with a little fresh air
and a dog
A borzoi
#bskyphotography
Conversation
The comforting touch
of a caring listener
with a little fresh air
and a dog
A borzoi
November 20, 2024 at 7:07 PM
#bskypoetry
#bskyphotography
Conversation
The comforting touch
of a caring listener
with a little fresh air
and a dog
A borzoi
#bskyphotography
Conversation
The comforting touch
of a caring listener
with a little fresh air
and a dog
A borzoi
old moon in the sky
bare trees reach with thin fingers
our ancestors’ bones
#dailyhaikuptompt /crescent moon 🌙 #haiku #poetry #bskypoetry
bare trees reach with thin fingers
our ancestors’ bones
#dailyhaikuptompt /crescent moon 🌙 #haiku #poetry #bskypoetry
#俳句 #haiku #poet:Issa #school:Nirokuan #school:Kobayashi #era:1800s #kigo:autumn #kigo:third-day-moon ❖ Source: 和歌と俳句 (online anthology) ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use the 'crescent moon' (i.e. third-day-moon) as a prompt! 🖤
![それ朝の松にかかりて三日の月 [一茶]
this morning
hanging in the pines,
third moon
(Issa)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreihn7ac6xkvrg52lpa2xutecjkanmwcbmtmilucglobrgwy5eol5a4)
December 7, 2024 at 1:29 PM
old moon in the sky
bare trees reach with thin fingers
our ancestors’ bones
#dailyhaikuptompt /crescent moon 🌙 #haiku #poetry #bskypoetry
bare trees reach with thin fingers
our ancestors’ bones
#dailyhaikuptompt /crescent moon 🌙 #haiku #poetry #bskypoetry
On the Price of Eggs
a poem for my fellow boomers who voted for Trump.
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylover
#bskypoetry
#blueskypoetry
#blueskywriters
#poetrysky
a poem for my fellow boomers who voted for Trump.
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylover
#bskypoetry
#blueskypoetry
#blueskywriters
#poetrysky
April 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
On the Price of Eggs
a poem for my fellow boomers who voted for Trump.
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylover
#bskypoetry
#blueskypoetry
#blueskywriters
#poetrysky
a poem for my fellow boomers who voted for Trump.
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylover
#bskypoetry
#blueskypoetry
#blueskywriters
#poetrysky
It flitters
She stalks
Pounces
I am the one caught.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
She stalks
Pounces
I am the one caught.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
July 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It flitters
She stalks
Pounces
I am the one caught.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
She stalks
Pounces
I am the one caught.
#poetry #poem #openverse #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
The dragons become whales
My mind becomes water
Unclouded by the clouds
Unearthed by the color
Beneath sky, only hope
#poet #bskypoets #bskypoetry #poetry #photography #sunset #sky #nature #clouds #lake #writer #bskyauthors #bskywriters #art
My mind becomes water
Unclouded by the clouds
Unearthed by the color
Beneath sky, only hope
#poet #bskypoets #bskypoetry #poetry #photography #sunset #sky #nature #clouds #lake #writer #bskyauthors #bskywriters #art
August 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The dragons become whales
My mind becomes water
Unclouded by the clouds
Unearthed by the color
Beneath sky, only hope
#poet #bskypoets #bskypoetry #poetry #photography #sunset #sky #nature #clouds #lake #writer #bskyauthors #bskywriters #art
My mind becomes water
Unclouded by the clouds
Unearthed by the color
Beneath sky, only hope
#poet #bskypoets #bskypoetry #poetry #photography #sunset #sky #nature #clouds #lake #writer #bskyauthors #bskywriters #art
Life is heavy
Love lifts the heart.
#8syllablepoem #poetry #poem #octosyllabicverse #opencouplet #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Love lifts the heart.
#8syllablepoem #poetry #poem #octosyllabicverse #opencouplet #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
August 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Life is heavy
Love lifts the heart.
#8syllablepoem #poetry #poem #octosyllabicverse #opencouplet #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet
Love lifts the heart.
#8syllablepoem #poetry #poem #octosyllabicverse #opencouplet #micropoetry #vss365 #freeverse #freestylepoetry #shortpoetry #shortformpoetry #under25words
#bskypoetry #bskypoet