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Charlotte the Procrastinator

@catsbearsandme.bsky.social

#Poetry
#Poem
#BlueskyPoetry
#WilliamErnestHenley

Invictus by William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

May 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

"It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul."
(Invictus)

#Poetry: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/willia...

✒ #WilliamErnestHenley, English poet, was #BOTD 23 August 1849. #Literature

August 22, 2026 at 11:01 PM

LaRoeBoat

@johnlaroe.bsky.social

Two-Dog Invictus
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
They are the masters of their fates.
They are the captains of their souls.
They are … the doggies in their windows.
Annie (left) & Lucy (right).
… with #apologies to #WilliamErnestHenley
#DogsOfBluesky #UglyDogs
Octobers 2017 & 2023
#KansasCity

Photo: Annie, at about three years, stands on her couch in her living room with her front paws on the sill of a window trimmed in white. Behind her, a large television has people on it.
October 2017
Kansas City
Cellphone photo

Photo: Lucy, at about three years, stands on the concrete floor of a screened-in porch of a red brick house with her front paws on the sill of the front screen. Behind her a window trimmed in white looks out onto the porch.
October 2023
Kansas City
TG-6: ƒ/2, 1/320, 4.5mm, ISO6400

December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

"It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul."

#Poetry: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/willia...

✒ #WilliamErnestHenley, English poet, was #BOTD 23 August 1849. #Literature

August 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Scribes & Vibes ™

@scribesandvibes.bsky.social

I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul.

-William Ernest Henley • #inviticus

・・・
#scribesandvibes • #therebirthofcool • #WilliamErnestHenley • #Poetry • #NationalPoetryMonth

April 26, 2024 at 10:39 AM

V2Melody

@v2melody.bsky.social

Born on this day: William Ernest Henley.
Born 23 August 1849 — would be 177 today

Musicalized poems on V2Melody:
https://v2melody.com/public_poet_poem_list.php?id=52

#Poetry #OnThisDay #WilliamErnestHenley #Classics

Happy birthday, William Ernest Henley — musicalized poems on V2Melody

August 23, 2026 at 7:56 AM

Mapi_María Pilar Menoyo Díaz

@mapimd.bsky.social

Me has hecho recordar a #WilliamErnestHenley en su poema #Invictus…
"Ya no importa cuan estrecho haya sido el camino,
ni cuantos castigos lleve mi espalda,
Soy el amo de mi destino,
Soy el capitán de mi alma"
Buenas tardes, Senda 🍀

November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM

Loren Mayshark

@lorenmayshark.bsky.social

Born on this day in 1849, William Ernest Henley was an English poet, critic, and editor best known for “Invictus,” a lasting poem about courage and resilience.

📖 “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” — “Invictus” #WilliamErnestHenley #OTD

August 23, 2026 at 2:25 PM

Original Poems

@originalpoems.bsky.social

In this vivid lyric, William Ernest Henley captures the mind in joyful motion — music, memory, love, and weather spinning together until thought itself becomes a tune you can’t turn off.

#Poetry #WilliamErnestHenley #OriginalPoems