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@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

An idea whose time must come: #Ceasefire A wonderful #PoemsAbout prompt. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsSupportPoets #Read #Repost #Reply #StayCreative #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetryCommunity

August 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM

Carolyn Thomas

@carolynthomas.bsky.social

A #LifttotheSky and festive greetings to all my friends in tha amazingly brilliant and supportive #poetrycommunity #BlueSkypoets #PoetsSupportPoets who come together in #PoemsAbout #promptscombo. Have a fine time and may ‘26 be kind to us all
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk

December 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM

Carolyn Thomas

@carolynthomas.bsky.social

A #LifttotheSky for the excellent Saraswati Nagpal @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social for the stunning ‘Drench Me in Silver’, published by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
#poetrycommunity #PoetsSupportPoets
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

September 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

I look forward to reading these #PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #StayCreative bsky.app/profile/theb...

October 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Carolyn Thomas

@carolynthomas.bsky.social

Good morning, Fidel, and Blwyddyn Newydd dda i ti and all friends in the #PoetryCommunity #Blueskypoets #PoetsSupportPoets Here’s my #Nightfall - written in better weather than we’re currently enjoying!
#PromptCombo
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social

January 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM

Carolyn Thomas

@carolynthomas.bsky.social

A #LifttotheSky for the splendid @pdevonald.bsky.social for great poetry and huge, generous support for the #poetrycommumity #PoetsSupportPoets #Blueskypoets
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

September 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

I have found that sometimes saying too much about a #Poem can weaken its power. So I let this #DoubleCherita speak for itself. #PoemsAbout #Chandeliers @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #StayCreative

ornamental children

hang
from private club ceilings

oil wick lamps
in small, hungry hands
light rooms of plenty

chained

they coronet
manmade thrones

and choke
on cigar circles
of smoke

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

August 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

I offer this for #poemsabout #dogtags @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #StayCreative #PoetsSupportPoets

Ukrainian Dog Tags

No one wore them
We all knew who they were
Boys at play in vineyards
And wheatfields
Almost grown
Into fine men
Ploughed under
On battlefields
Watered with tears -
Bloodied homeland
Invasion
Reaps only what it sows

karen pierce gonzalez

November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Carolyn Thomas

@carolynthomas.bsky.social

This beauty has arrived 😊 One word - brilliant 🤩 Buy it!!! #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #poetssupportpoets
@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk

September 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

Love it when #PoetsofBlueSky take on #PoemsAbout #prompts for themselves AND ALSO celebrate what other #Poets share. #PoetsSupportPoets #StayCreative #PoetryCommunity @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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July 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM

Carolyn Thomas

@carolynthomas.bsky.social

Today, my #LifttotheSky goes to @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk a great poet, writer and a wonderful photographer who is unfailingly supportive to the #poetrycommunity #poetssupportpoets
Catch her Substack, too 😊
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

July 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

Some acts of resistance require us to take a stand in every way we can because our lives depend upon that. #PoemsAbout #Riots @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #DoubleCherita #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky

school shootings

by the dozens
children bullet-bleed

into puddles politicians,
fingers on the trigger,
step around

crowbars

of gun control
can pry loose the grip of greed

selfish
and rotting
among us

August 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM

Carolyn Thomas

@carolynthomas.bsky.social

August’s issue of The Candyman’s Trumpet includes brilliantly powerful work by Afghan women and it’s free to subscribe - just email jackcaradoctct@gmail.com
Thrilled my pieces celebrating #champagne are also included
#poetrycommunity #poetssupportpoets

August 2, 2026 at 7:51 AM

Carolyn Thomas

@carolynthomas.bsky.social

Brilliant new online poetry mag from the wonderful Jack Caradoc. Free to subscribe and submit. Go on - you’ll enjoy it, especially if you have fond memories of the late lamented Dreich
#poetrycommunity #poetsofBluesky #PoemsAbout #poetryvoices #poetssupportpoets
@dreich.bsky.social

August 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM