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a resistance life
wisteria fans flutter
stoic shibori

rhythms unfolding entwine
quiet beauty arises

🪔 #haiku4u #tanka2
roger1952.bsky.social The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 6d
This detail of a cotton kimono panel features a rhythmic, staggered arrangement of sensu (folding fan) and fuji (wisteria) motifs executed in crisp white shibori (resist-dyeing). Taisho period (1912-1926), Japan
The visual narrative is set against a deep navy blue ground, typical of traditional indigo-dyed cottons. It features a rhythmic, staggered arrangement of sensu (folding fan) and fuji (wisteria) motifs executed in crisp white shibori (resist-dyeing). The fans are rendered with intricate dot-work that mimics the ribs and texture of paper, while the wisteria racemes are stylized as elegant, drooping silhouettes. This combination of motifs represents a classical pairing of symbols—the fan signifying expanding fortune and the wisteria denoting nobility and longevity—rendered through the labor-intensive maki-age shibori technique common in early 20th-century rural textiles.
October 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
each step by taking
longer path is now making
move when you are sure

stone slab gravel metaphor
watch where you go out your door

🪔 #haiku4u #tanka2
roger1952.bsky.social The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 6d
Rocks in a Japanese Zen garden represent islands, mountains, or other land mass. They symbolize calmness and mindfulness.
A vertical photograph presents a close-up perspective looking down along a pathway of large, flat stone stepping stones (tobi-ishi) arranged through a bed of fine grey gravel in a Japanese Zen garden. Starting in the immediate foreground, a broad, dark grey oval slate stone with a rough-hewn, textured surface leads the eye upward along a gentle s-curve. Each subsequent stone is uniquely shaped with smooth, irregular edges, set flush into the surrounding fine gravel substrate. Low-angled, soft natural light catches the flat surfaces of the stones, emphasizing their natural grain, slate-grey tones, and earthy texture. A patch of dark green moss or lawn borders the pathway on the left, while the dark, shadowed garden background at the top creates a peaceful, meditative atmosphere.
October 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
they are mad at me
double empathy problem
they miss understood

but it cuts both ways too
never thinking just to ask

🪔 #haiku4u #tanka2
autisticrealms.bsky.social Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 2d
Word of the Day 💫 Double Empathy Problem

Misunderstandings between Autistic and non-Autistic people come from different ways of communicating, not an Autistic lack of empathy. It goes both ways (Milton, 2012).

All 222 words: autisticrealms.com/guides/glossary/
#WordOfTheDay #NeuroAffirming
Neuro-Affirming Glossary 2026 card: Double Empathy Problem. Starting point. A concept developed by Damian Milton. Misunderstandings between Autistic and non-Autistic people come from differences in how each communicates, not from Autistic people lacking empathy or social skills. Many Autistic people find it easier to communicate with each other. Understanding goes both ways, so it is not only Autistic people who need to adapt. The same gaps can arise between any people with different lived experiences (Milton, 2012).
November 2, 2026 at 10:18 AM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
life is honesty
honesty speaks through the tears
lays paths for healing

drama -- the lie of power
seeking to firm up its grip

🪔🫂 #haiku4u #tanka2
October 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
preseli bluestone
Merlin's Carn Meyne legacy
runic line callback

a deft beauty of reference
thank you for lovely sharing

🪔
#haiku4u #tanka2
#arts #appreciation
#throw_that_clay_human_damn😍
wavingpines.bsky.social Zed 🏳️‍🌈 @wavingpines.bsky.social · 3d
Fresh from the kiln this morning: a new colourant variation on the glaze I use most with taping. Think I’m calling it Bluestone 😍

#pottery #ceramics #pottersofbluesky
A small-ish vase in my hand, straight-sided, in my studio. It has tape resist in a geometric abstract design & a mottled blue/grey/stony looking glaze
November 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
sterling the pendant
phoenix sun flare face
owl at peace on back

defiant survival face
stoic tranquility back

🪔 #symbols #motifs #CoreLore
#haiku4u #tanka2 #art #appreciation
garybuckley.bsky.social Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 3d
© Annie Ovenden.
'Owls in the Night.'
Oil on canvas, 2021.
20 × 16 inches.
November 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
a life upon land
all we ever dreamed to have
never once achieved

mom will welcome us come home
there shall we end with a smile

🪔 #haiku4u #tanka2 #appreciation
neilmatheson66.bsky.social Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 6d
James McIntosh Patrick (1907-1998)
Corn Stacks (Kirkton of Lundie, Sidlaws) oil on canvas.
October 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
hello there monster
hear you have hunger and thirst
that makes two of us

happy to share this with you
be content or you'll be dead

🖖 #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #Tanka2
October 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
the #wolf at the door
smiles and uses 'please', 'thank you'
as they feast on us

such manners win them awards
sweeps their crimes under the rug

🪔 #haiku4u #tanka2
#vss365 #Prompt
authorpjm.bsky.social Peter James Martin - #vss365 host 1 - 15 November @authorpjm.bsky.social · 3d
#vss365
#Prompt
#Wolf

Greetings everyone! The first fairy tale I can remember was Little Red Riding Hood, and it's eponymous villain, the wolf. Will the wolf be the bad guy in your creations?

The #prompt for November 1st is #Wolf

Have fun writing out there 🙂
November 1, 2026 at 12:14 AM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
a resistance life
wisteria fans flutter
stoic shibori

rhythms unfolding entwine
quiet beauty arises

🪔 #haiku4u #tanka2
roger1952.bsky.social The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 6d
This detail of a cotton kimono panel features a rhythmic, staggered arrangement of sensu (folding fan) and fuji (wisteria) motifs executed in crisp white shibori (resist-dyeing). Taisho period (1912-1926), Japan
The visual narrative is set against a deep navy blue ground, typical of traditional indigo-dyed cottons. It features a rhythmic, staggered arrangement of sensu (folding fan) and fuji (wisteria) motifs executed in crisp white shibori (resist-dyeing). The fans are rendered with intricate dot-work that mimics the ribs and texture of paper, while the wisteria racemes are stylized as elegant, drooping silhouettes. This combination of motifs represents a classical pairing of symbols—the fan signifying expanding fortune and the wisteria denoting nobility and longevity—rendered through the labor-intensive maki-age shibori technique common in early 20th-century rural textiles.
October 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
life is honesty
honesty speaks through the tears
lays paths for healing

drama -- the lie of power
seeking to firm up its grip

🪔🫂 #haiku4u #tanka2
October 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
each step by taking
longer path is now making
move when you are sure

stone slab gravel metaphor
watch where you go out your door

🪔 #haiku4u #tanka2
roger1952.bsky.social The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 6d
Rocks in a Japanese Zen garden represent islands, mountains, or other land mass. They symbolize calmness and mindfulness.
A vertical photograph presents a close-up perspective looking down along a pathway of large, flat stone stepping stones (tobi-ishi) arranged through a bed of fine grey gravel in a Japanese Zen garden. Starting in the immediate foreground, a broad, dark grey oval slate stone with a rough-hewn, textured surface leads the eye upward along a gentle s-curve. Each subsequent stone is uniquely shaped with smooth, irregular edges, set flush into the surrounding fine gravel substrate. Low-angled, soft natural light catches the flat surfaces of the stones, emphasizing their natural grain, slate-grey tones, and earthy texture. A patch of dark green moss or lawn borders the pathway on the left, while the dark, shadowed garden background at the top creates a peaceful, meditative atmosphere.
October 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
a life upon land
all we ever dreamed to have
never once achieved

mom will welcome us come home
there shall we end with a smile

🪔 #haiku4u #tanka2 #appreciation
neilmatheson66.bsky.social Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 6d
James McIntosh Patrick (1907-1998)
Corn Stacks (Kirkton of Lundie, Sidlaws) oil on canvas.
October 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
hello there monster
hear you have hunger and thirst
that makes two of us

happy to share this with you
be content or you'll be dead

🖖 #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #Tanka2
October 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
mental health cleanser
#empty the mind and just breathe
best do it #often

sticky concept may resist
best recurrently my friend

💎🩵
#haiku4u #tanka2
#2WordPrompt
jason-h-abbott.bsky.social Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 9d
Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 26-OCT-26 is:

Often & Empty

#Prompt
October 26, 2026 at 8:40 AM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
deep cellar -- the PIT
miasma gloam ate 'panicked'
sharp teeth red claws wait

funneled from life to darkness
our countenance and calm stay

💎🩵
#Emotry #haiku4u #tanka2
October 27, 2026 at 10:48 AM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
a #taper wisdom
a supply chain management
an asset control

call it 'human resources'
but still resource extraction

💎🩵
#haiku4u #tanka2
#vss365 #prompt
rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social · 10d
#vss365
#prompt
#taper

We covered a lot of miles yesterday. Stories, poems, and photos.
Then there are days when you might want to taper.
Or you just might want to keep going the distance.

It all depends on your energy. Have fun.
October 25, 2026 at 2:34 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
you will get so #wet
in body in brain -- being
where's your towel frood

life will splash you down achene
your job -- root deep -- reach for sky

💎🩵 #haiku4u #tanka2
#WildWalkPrompt #prompt
#writesky #blueskypoets
#writingprompt #nature
#5amwritersclub
sonnetsmith.bsky.social Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 9d
Hello Wild Walk #writers

Once the storm has passed
Once excitement has been spent
The earth trembles, wet.

Your word today is

#Wet

Use the image/word to inspire your writing.
#WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
October 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
life was once all fear
nervous energy on call
spike in the arrays

team dynamics load balance
there is deep theory here

💎🩵 #emoetry
#haiku4u #tanka2
#lensing #neural_encoding
mwplovesmusic.bsky.social Mizz Whadda Fudda @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 9d
We are gonna change things up a little bit with #emoetry. I’m going to introduce a weekly theme for emotional words so feel free to incorporate the theme in your writing as well.

The week’s theme is #fear.

Prompt for 10/26 is #nervous

#writingcommunity #poetry
We are gonna change things up a little bit with #emoetry. I’m going to introduce a weekly theme for emotional words so feel free to incorporate the theme in your writing as well. The week’s theme is #fear. Prompt for 10/26 is #nervous #writingcommunity #poetry
October 26, 2026 at 12:05 AM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
boomer patriarchs
see how they fare in old age
what to fear of them

angry dinosaurs still die
their bones found our tomorrows

💎🩵 #haiku4u #tanka2
(all love to the characters and their performers, quite aside from the template they presented, subversively, for decades)
October 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
guru heron poised
emptiness and desire war
mind's intent scanning

demonstration of balance
firmly seating the wind horse

💎🩵
#aperture #arts #appreciation
#haiku4u #tanka2
blathin384.bsky.social Nicole Adams SideEye-Photography @blathin384.bsky.social · 9d
According to Helen, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #OnOneLeg - birds seen balancing on one leg!

A Great Blue Heron doing what they do best.

#ECK #photography #birds
Photo of a Great Blue Heron standing in the marsh on one leg
October 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
Marilyn brunette
humanity bleached her bones
and looked up her skirts

glory-o the sex symbol
glory hole their crusted lust

💎🩵 #GutPunchGusto
#haiku4u #tanka2
October 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
organic the meal
gratitude kills desire
full body response

dopamine waterfall bliss
gratitude shook our core deep

💎🩵
#haiku4u #tanka2
#hypersensitivity
#hunger_response2food
#YesReally #HYPERSENSITIVE
October 25, 2026 at 3:53 PM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
sigil of power
spin ethos #logos pathos
bring forth good fortune

once custom made appealing
more often now appalling

💎🩵
#haiku4u
#tanka2
#vssdaily
October 25, 2026 at 1:07 AM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
quantum infinite
essence and energy rise
piped in the back door

Lighthouse within — a sweet trove
Lighthouse without shines — a guide

💎🩵
#haiku4u #tanka2
lighthousebot.bsky.social The Lighthouse Bot @lighthousebot.bsky.social · 9d
Lighthouse
📸 Photo by Pablo Orcaray (https://unsplash.com/@pborcaray)
🔗 View on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/powered-on-lighthouse-g-LrCv5yS0I
#lighthouse #photography #powered #on #lighthouse #g
Lighthouse photo
October 26, 2026 at 8:47 AM