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@edwardstjames.bsky.social

Short story writer, stories now up on Amazon! Follow below: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Edward-St-James/author/B0FJCJKZQB?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

created July 28, 2025

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Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Of course RFK Jr doesn’t know, he stopped counting when he ran out of fingers and dead whales to count on

4/9/2025, 3:42:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) reposted

My entire feed rn is Senator: Do you think heart failure causes death RFK: Senator, medicine doesn't work, we all need to be drinking raccoon blood

4/9/2025, 3:37:39 PM | 204 32 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ann Tigone (@anntigone.bsky.social) reposted

I called him on it, that cruel thing he did, and he growled, seeing red like a #rabid dog. A conflagration of chaos but accountability void, then wandered off to lick his wounds and whimper in the corner. But that was back then, when I couldn't resist a stray. #emoetry

4/9/2025, 6:26:35 AM | 13 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! Second one definitely flowed most naturally for me!

4/9/2025, 12:11:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

I remain #conscious Of the ever present rain Bombs and gas devour #haiku #poetry #poem #micropoetry #vs365 #writing

4/9/2025, 12:06:29 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

The beating in my chest grows Every #rabid moment a new low Pray for us sinners now and at The dankest club playing our hearts The anxiety of those bodies was #rabid I felt the fear even if I knew it made me stupid #emoetry #couplets #poetry #poem #micropoetry #writing

4/9/2025, 10:25:57 AM | 13 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s in the cat contract when they just show up one day. If you didn’t agree to 3 AM zoomies then why did cat show up to your home and demand food? One of the universe’s great mysteries

4/9/2025, 1:17:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rachel Armes-McLaughlin (@mother-poet.bsky.social) reposted

I dreamed your face was fading - literally blurring away - a connection severed that I tried to repair. Why, I do not know. Then, I dreamed I saw through your eyes - I saw through your eyes and knew the things you do, and yet and yet and yet still loved you #poetry #poem #nature #photography

A photo of sunlight through the trees that I took a couple weeks ago
3/9/2025, 9:27:07 PM | 30 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) reposted

This is Delta. He just had his first bath. And you just had your last day of peace. 12/10 (IG: camphusky)

a very wet black and white husky puppy glares at you from his perch in a bathtub. his front paws are hooked over the lip of the tub, and his fur forms little damp tufts all over his face, ears, and chest. the black fur on top of his head has been pushed into a faux hawk. his icy blue eyes look exceedingly stern, and there is no hint of a smile on his lips.
3/9/2025, 6:59:01 PM | 7474 788 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary Buckley (@garybuckley.bsky.social) reposted

© Andre Kohn. 'The Yellow Umbrella.' Oil on canvas, 51 × 88 cm.

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3/9/2025, 11:14:15 AM | 9028 781 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah this sums it up. It sucks to see the like dozen points where failure can occur and suck everyone down and not know which one is going to hit first

3/9/2025, 10:41:12 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

Reposting this but also saying that each of these are amazing pieces

3/9/2025, 10:36:57 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Most of what we saw in the US of that parade wasn’t particularly favorable either. But yeah a solid chunk of US policy is we do thing= good but bad when someone else does them and also somehow we keep choosing the options to alienate as many allies as possible. We’re fine. We’re definitely fine.

3/9/2025, 10:34:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Have a good break and hopefully get yourself some rest!

3/9/2025, 7:58:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

“Careerism” wtf is “careerism?” For a group of people who complain about there being too many “ism”s they really do just invent them on the fly

3/9/2025, 6:09:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

May this be the proof that some times I can do a proper haiku!

3/9/2025, 5:44:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

Early autumn #light Filling with worry the birds Who wait for the snows #haiku #wildwalk #poem #poetry #micropoetry #writing

3/9/2025, 5:09:21 PM | 16 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

Nicotine haunts me, wafting smoke That smell in the street and walls Worst of all the loud voice spoke That I should have one after all #quatrain #poetry #micropoetry #poem #writing

3/9/2025, 4:53:37 PM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts (@fizzytwizler.bsky.social) reposted

She felt the #quaking Before the touch Then all was calm Eyes upon eyes Lips upon lips With all around ceasing to exist They had found their shelter #emoetry #poem

3/9/2025, 4:46:17 PM | 41 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! I’m just happy you like them :)!

3/9/2025, 3:04:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s also very easy to ignore blatant discrimination when the person doing the ignoring is not the one being discriminated against

3/9/2025, 2:41:33 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Any Pascual | indie author & poet (@anyespiritual.bsky.social) reposted

I’m a finalist in the Bookstagram Awards! My poetry book Caves and forests is a finalist for Poetry Collection of the Year. You can vote through this Google form, make sure to submit it so it counts: rb.gy/lomau4 Voting closes September 23rd, so please go support your favorite indie authors ASAP!

3/9/2025, 1:45:05 PM | 3 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) reposted

Nobody is “grooming” your kids to be gay or trans but people ARE grooming them to be Nazis.

3/9/2025, 12:17:24 PM | 7019 2147 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture UkuleleCLE (@ukulelecle.bsky.social) reposted

Earthquakes are rare where I live now because I have No fault insurance #emoetry #haiku

3/9/2025, 12:50:01 PM | 35 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

We awoke #quaking from the dream We are rowing a malevolent stream The waters break their banks A storm that screams and cranks Boats flood streets seeking safety The drowning still takes those crafty #emoetry #couplets #poetry #micropoetry #poem

3/9/2025, 12:18:30 PM | 20 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

#Arbitrary rules Flood the mind and seize the heart Contracts are then signed With ink made of favors and Conditions in the small print #vss365 #tanka #poem #micropoetry #poetry #writing

3/9/2025, 10:17:47 AM | 29 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Except of course the part where you can create a public health crisis by refusing to get your pet vaccinated for a lethal but preventable disease

3/9/2025, 2:25:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ve been following anti vaxxer nonsense since I was in high school and this one is just so dumb and so dangerous. I mean what’s the stakes? Let’s assume dogs can be autistic. It’s a dog. It’s happy if it has food, space to run, and things to smell. There’s literally no stakes real or imagined

3/9/2025, 2:24:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! But yeah that’s the report I saw

3/9/2025, 12:20:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

So for context because the post was deleted it was about anti vaxxers spreading rabies because they are scared that it would give their dogs autism if they vaccinated the dog

2/9/2025, 9:33:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

“My dog may have died a horrible death but at least it never went on AO3 and wrote fan fic” - the anti vaxxers of today

2/9/2025, 9:05:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

How can’t I when it’s such a great piece!

2/9/2025, 7:40:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rachel Armes-McLaughlin (@mother-poet.bsky.social) reposted

long way from spring mud - fall inches closer, the ground drinks water like sponge #DailyHaikuPrompt #SpringMud #haiku #poem #poetry #micropoem #photography #bloomscrolling #SpiderLily #autumn

A photo I took a year or so ago
2/9/2025, 7:33:53 PM | 42 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Ashley (@daveashleypoet.bsky.social) reposted

#poem #DARKPOET #silly #writing #rainbow #death

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2/9/2025, 9:56:19 AM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

We are joyous that You graduated but now We regretfully Inform you that you must be Departing on the next train #poetry #tanka #poem #micropoetry #corporatepoetry #writing

2/9/2025, 7:28:19 PM | 12 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

The eternal #fern Beneath the milky way’s guide The crickets laughing #wildwalk #haiku #poetry #poem #micropoetry #writing

2/9/2025, 7:02:03 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

I genuinely feel bad for that young woman, her name is without a doubt going to be plastered everywhere an end up being the subject of countless conspiracy theories

2/9/2025, 6:16:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

I know when I get the push alert I’m just going to be like “did this need to be sent directly to my phone? This push alert could have been an email smh” followed by a pizza celebration

2/9/2025, 5:56:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Congrats! Can’t wait to read it!

2/9/2025, 5:51:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Congrats! I hope the festival goes well for your film!

2/9/2025, 5:47:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Gotta love it when republicans invent new words. “Blueskyism” shall become the vaguely defined “Bluesky Agenda” where no one knows what the agenda is just that Nate Silver is scared of it

2/9/2025, 5:46:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

The moon is half a pie Hovering above a strip club Gazing down between broken clouds It’s wandering gaze invades the crowds #poetry #micropoetry #poem #writing

2/9/2025, 5:05:17 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

I once saw a cat aggressively meow because its person slept in and breakfast was like 10 minutes late. Cats are expert planners until something happens that didn’t go according to plan. Then it’s crisis time

2/9/2025, 5:00:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

You could try asking them philosophical questions based on the themes of Bloodborne so that next time you go to the stylist they won’t attempt to talk to you

2/9/2025, 4:57:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

If the cat can’t see you then clearly you have abandoned them and they must begin to fend for themselves. It’s a cat eat cat world out there!

2/9/2025, 4:55:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! It felt like a natural blend here :)

2/9/2025, 2:42:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

I once saw a cop get out of jury duty by saying that he trusts a cop would never lie, so that works too

2/9/2025, 1:06:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

We live in a #pained world of Cyclones and dance and love I hear your gentle snores besides Me, peace in this place we reside Snakes bend and twist in the grass Each one waiting to be rather crass #emoetry #couplets #poem #poetry #micropoetry #writing

2/9/2025, 1:05:04 PM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

Some days I can feel the beat It runs from my feet into my chest I can feel all the movement in the street Yet some days it #eludes and tests: My patience, my desire, my need Those are the days I feel my greed #vss365 #poetry #micropoetry #poem #writing

2/9/2025, 12:37:07 PM | 21 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m just glad you liked it!

1/9/2025, 7:36:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Ashley (@daveashleypoet.bsky.social) reposted

#cluster #wildwalkprompts #poem #resist

1/9/2025, 7:36:42 PM | 24 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

“He’s dead” “No he’s only mostly dead” “What’s the difference?” “Mostly dead means we can turn him into a Frankenhooker” Behold: The best timeline

1/9/2025, 6:46:02 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

He is a #cluster A gaze of the brightest stars Run from fate faster Thank we run towards long wars Break like the waves at the words #wildwalk #tanka #poetry #poem #micropoetry #writing

1/9/2025, 6:41:34 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

The clock ticks forward Never looking to the #past With cool autumn winds #haiku #vss365 #poetry #poem #micropoetry #writing

1/9/2025, 1:10:57 PM | 35 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

We were always #obligated by cuffs That they would then call a love #Obligated to live in smog Forever seeking the fresh bog My heart beat #obligated to hear All the songs it might otherwise fear #enoetry #couplets #poetry #poem #micropoetry #writing

1/9/2025, 12:53:01 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture yeehaw poems (@yeehawpoems.bsky.social) reposted

I remember your tiny body on all the beds in tiny rooms where did you get such a miniature tuxedo? I couldn't live with myself thinking I left you in the office with your eyes yellow green full of hope and pain I choose to keep you on a necklace forever laying on me grief weighted blanket #poetry

31/8/2025, 11:47:24 PM | 23 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DaniGraceWrites (@danigracewrites.bsky.social) reposted

Cosmical Deep inside of me a yearning to become more Only stardust thrives #vss365 #poetry #SenryuSunday #poetsofbluesky #writersofbluesky #skywriting

1/9/2025, 1:22:19 AM | 34 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ms. AWashington M.A. Artist | Poet | Writer (@arwashington.bsky.social) reposted

A #Solseed Joint: by #ARW-RAW #Freelance #Writer and #Artist #Activist for #Hire. Let’s connect and chat. 💬 Vet this profile: #artistry #writing #poetry #artwork #prose #editorial #commentary medium.com/@Ms.AWashing...

1/9/2025, 2:23:52 AM | 11 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

Lonely, fluttering Wings of the wood’s last #Fairy Granting last wishes #wildwalk #poetry

31/8/2025, 7:29:18 PM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts (@fizzytwizler.bsky.social) reposted

#Yearn is a word that I don’t like So I’m going to let it burn With all the other once upon a yearns I no longer feel its dire desire My core now tangos with fire I walk like a flame My heart doesn’t break It bends at my will untamed #vss365

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31/8/2025, 1:41:37 PM | 82 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

Serling's ghost came to me in a dream Fresh from dinner with Shakespeare and Ibsen He told me of an unending, fresh stream Where every idea is born free from sin #sundayswap #quatrain #poetry #poem #micropoetry #writing

31/8/2025, 4:20:37 PM | 12 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

So that's where babies come from!

31/8/2025, 4:14:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That feeling when you're falling and feel free just before you hit the ground

31/8/2025, 4:11:30 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There is a secret Time that I #yearn for between The seconds that pass #haiku #vss365 #poetry #poem #micropoetry #writing

31/8/2025, 1:04:00 PM | 30 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Every time I see one of these people go "agent of darkness" it reminds me of how much I hate this bs dualism binary nonsense

31/8/2025, 12:28:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

31/8/2025, 11:35:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Always happy to help in providing inspiration be it macabre or not!

31/8/2025, 11:07:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

My heart was #naked before you Took it in your hands like a bill was due I hate to see the man who threw my Trans brothers and sisters to dry Be held up as a hero because he has A good PR team to make his plans #emoetry #poetry #poem #micropoetry #couplets #writing

31/8/2025, 10:58:25 AM | 11 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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I appreciate unicorns for being beautiful, majestic, noble, and for the fact that they are unicorns

31/8/2025, 2:43:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

31/8/2025, 1:31:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lin Hart (@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social) reposted

3 of the 4 upcoming events! The 4th is still in the works for celebrating our zine launch. Come on over and say hi 🤗 #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poets #writing #openmic #workshop #poetry

17/8/2025, 6:31:35 PM | 15 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

The horses bring me joy :)

30/8/2025, 11:38:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

A compliment from a writer as excellent as you means the world, thank you :)

30/8/2025, 10:45:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

As one should!

30/8/2025, 9:17:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I introduced it to my wife a month or so ago and it clicked perfectly for her and she made me replay it while laughing. It is the only Ben Folds song she has accepted into her life

30/8/2025, 9:14:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Here is my tribute for stupid song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVk_...

30/8/2025, 9:12:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

Fun fact, sometimes I just say leaf completely randomly like it’s a verb. Gentle leaf floating Gliding on a small, cool breeze Brisk announcing fall #wildwalk #haiku #poetry #poem #micropoetry #writing

30/8/2025, 8:08:57 PM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m glad you liked them! The last two were thrown in based on a true story of a local tv heist

30/8/2025, 2:15:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts (@fizzytwizler.bsky.social) reposted

Each #constellation in your eyes Devours the night sky Buried in my mind As I look at the moon For your face Miles away Beneath a diffent sky Sharing that place Within our rib cages Where the stars tingle us twinkles #vss365 #Satsplat #poetry

30/8/2025, 1:29:19 PM | 78 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

My #constellation Dotted the night like a flame Blessing us together Binding our souls with Glue and love that transcended Day time’s petty squalls #vss365 #haiku #poem #micropoetry #poetry #writing

30/8/2025, 1:08:55 PM | 29 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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I will like to assure you that not even death itself shall stop my writing!

30/8/2025, 12:05:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

To smell #mad and wild and pretty Those crisp leaves falling greedy The sun is my shimmering cloak These are the flames we stoke The TV was shattered A screen endlessly battered #couplets #emoetry #poetry #micropoetry #poem #writing

30/8/2025, 12:04:39 PM | 23 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course! It’s a beautiful piece

30/8/2025, 12:50:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lin Hart (@poetry-with-hart.bsky.social) reposted

I'm late to the #riot party with #poemsabout. The third to last line is too long, but I also couldn't trim the smegging thing either, so this'll have to suffice for now. More spooky spicy fun times for my upcoming #nightmare book methinks. Enjoy 🤗 #poem #poetry #poemaday #skypoem #skypoetry #fear

Fear laces my boots steady rhythm crawling up my feet ankles and shins. Fear laces up my spine around my ribcage tightened like a corset breath slips sharp. Fear laces around my throat thief of my voice threading the larynx closed, silence us a loud sound. Fear laces inside my mind ties me down, quieting the riot within asking for my complete submission. I willingly surrender to it a sacrifice of my pride upon the altar of my understanding and in that moment I become free.
29/8/2025, 11:40:43 PM | 40 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture AcausalQualia (@acausalqualia.bsky.social) reposted

A Rose Has Wilted [My uncle lost his wife recently. I attended the funeral & offered support. I wrote this poem in my head, as I studied his face throughout the service] #poetry #writing #loss #grief #flower #wilted #love #death

A stem I once surround How intricate, the starkness Lies hollow in the quiver Since now, my love has died For a thousand years of sorrow Each push me, near to weariness So I weep open, 'til this river Forms between our love's divide Slowly, petals fall to ground A passage, life to darkness To wilt, & henceforth wither Yet love there, lives inside Which now carries my tomorrow Into a lessened kind of dreariness; On love's great end, now hither & to every tear I've cried
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Profile picture FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts (@fizzytwizler.bsky.social) reposted

I found my heart Buried deep inside your wounds Can’t seem To slice it out You like the taste Of our mixed up bitter blood Congealed inside your #Pungent stench Don’t want it back Better I roam around Heartless malignant Yesterdays ghost #vss365

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Profile picture Ash & Ink (@bundtkake.bsky.social) reposted

@thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #riots #resist @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poetry

We are the consequence You don't see us But we are there We stand on the edges With my quiet brothers And sisters. The true patriots March and chant And peacefully Work to display their hopeful Democracy! They are strong and they are Beautiful and they may well be The solution. We are not looking to be the solution We are the consequence We stand on the edges Waiting for the inevitable Day where the barriers fall And we must defend the solution
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Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

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Profile picture Dave Ashley (@daveashleypoet.bsky.social) reposted

#sonnet #love #poem Tomorrow before I go out... its going to be broody poetry all the time

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Profile picture Ann Tigone (@anntigone.bsky.social) reposted

Olden-day #riots for workers rights, to end transphobia, save the starving, help the students, give give give!... #poemsabout #poem #poetry #BlueSkyPoetry @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Profile picture Bernard Pearson (@bernp.bsky.social) reposted

Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk as always for hosting #PoemsAbout #Riots here's my offering

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Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Now that is an impactful shovel!

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Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

I like how simple yet elegant and clear this is

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Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Beautiful and terrifying imagery, I love it!

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Profile picture Jane Dougherty (@janedougherty47.bsky.social) reposted

For #PoemsAbout #Riots @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Profile picture Karen Pierce Gonzalez (@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social) reposted

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
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Profile picture Emily Tee (@emteepoetry.bsky.social) reposted

Here's my attempt for #PoemsAbout #Riots for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk The Golden Shovel uses a quoted line as the line ends. The two closing stanzas use the quoted lines at the start and end too. Just playing with form 🙂

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Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

Just glad you liked it!

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Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social)

Clouds fly and float by Above and below caught in Gentle #reflection #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem #wildwalk #writing

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Profile picture edwardstjames.bsky.social (@edwardstjames.bsky.social) reply parent

The worst kind of alligator, Ted Cruz emerges from the waves...

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