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A short three-line piece, in English, French, and German. #senryu #haiku #micropoetry
i dream of you—
will my longing fit
in your pocket?
je rêve de toi —
mon désir tient-il
dans ta poche ?
ich träume von dir –
passt meine sehnsucht
in deine tasche?
#poem #poème #gedicht
#poetry #poésie #poesie
#PoetryOnMastodon
@alexbarthelemie
A short poem in English, French, and German.
#PoetryOnMastodon #SecondLife
a warm breath
finds my face
outside
a bird
carries the silence away
i tie
the morning
to your sleep
un souffle chaud
trouve mon visage
dehors
un oiseau
emporte le silence
je noue
le matin
à ton sommeil
ein warmer atemzug
findet mein gesicht
draußen
ein vogel
nimmt die stille mit
ich knote
den morgen
an deinen schlaf
Mixmax coming mo',
Slip that in between c"mon,
Trick-track tic-tac-toe
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Money minimum,
Limited buy-in in this,
Sick capitalism
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It's a pleasure to introduce Donna Langevin, an amazing poet from Toronto, Canada!
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Introducing an honest, thought-provoking poet, Omoregie Lawrence!
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#Thought #Personaldevelopment
https://www.diamantelavendar.com/blog/2026/7/11/thoughtful-poetry-by-omoregie-lawrence
I gave this bedtime poem the title "i write you into my sleep":
i go to rest and sleep draws near
i shape my dream before it's here
set the scene behind closed eyes
weave you softly through night skies
i write you into sleep’s slow stream
as if you’ve always been my dream
and all turns real when you're here
the night obeys what love makes clear
I really wonder if this three-liner is understandable?
the sun has just
woken me up – how good those
sunglasses suited her
#poetry
#todayspoem
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a star
fixed—
within my night
upon an unseen thread
i follow
and the darkness
becomes prayer
#poetry
#micropoem
#PoetryOnMastodon
If nothing comes to write,
write this:
“Today is a blank page.
I sit beside it.”
And that is already writing.
#poetry
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#oniric
#OniricPoetry
in the moonlight
before a dandelion
a fairy
almost not there
in the wind
the wish turns into silver dust
ah
if only i could ask her
a question
that does not choose its ending
RE: https://cmrosens.com/2026/04/15/author-spotlight-meet-a-poet-pixiewithpens/
New Spotlight up for Pixie, a poet based in Sweden but writing in English. Their new collection, Poetry F☆cks, is out now.
You can either read the post on Mastodon, or head to cmrosens.com to read the original.
Follow the quoted account & subscribe to notifications to get posts and spotlights weekly, although pixie is the only poetry spotlight for this year.
Check out cmrosens.com/author-spotlight-series for more poets!
back then:
number, no remainder
proof, no question
years on
straight lines only
no deviation
no feeling
no need for anything
then—
something tilts
in what is straight
a listening
that does not ask back
breath
out of order
uncertainty
remains
between then
and now
no concept left—
only a space
that stays
when i stop explaining
https://allpoetry.com/poem/19051781-straight-lines-by-Uma-Hanaeda
The Last Book Lover
I think he’s being kind of a
Pain in the ass, to be honest,
Like one of those assholes you meet
In college with the finest stereo system
Imaginable along with a slight stack
Of the absolute shittiest, dullest
Records. Weather Report, Mike Oldfield,
This kind of thing. I’m down w/books
And everything but I’m fine w/the
Electric ones, too. I mean, grow up!
some little moments softly stay
they cling they stick
won't drift away
like honey warm
like drops of glue
they stick to hear
they seep right through
they grip the mind and will not fade
pressed in the cracks the past has made
no time can shake them
none erase
— they hold on tight
in silent space
Several sessions from Ottawa's annual festival of poetry, VERSeFest, are now available for everyone to watch. The Factory Lecture Series features established poets talking about their craft. This year's lectures are especially entertaining.
#VERSeFest #NadaGordon #lydiaunsworth #FactoryLectureSeries #poetry #poetrycommunity #PoetryOnMastodon #poetryisnotdead
Versefest 2026 - 3:00 PM SUNDAY: THE FACTORY LECTURE SERIES
https://youtube.com/live/C8ilpKPrDU0?si=juzGYHXwi8QN7-wi
I hate who I am as a person sometimes
The way I fiercely love and can't get along
Won't get along. Couldn't.
The way the teacher was never a teacher at all
The way the bond was always so fragile
The way I hang on to it wrapped around my arm like a leash on a prey driven dog. One sudden movement and I'm face-first on the cement. The way I thought I had things in the bag and how very mistaken I was. And how afraid I am.
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The Thing Is
Haiku must at least
Imply a leaf is falling
Somewhere in the world.
If you're in Ottawa you still have 15 minutes to get down to Arts Court for tonight's #versefest events, or follow the link to livestream. Please make a donation if you're able.
https://www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
Darkwave with Greek lyrics from a long lost poem. #DarkPoets #bwvideo #greekdarkwave #gothicrock #DarkStories #PoetryOnMastodon
Lawrence at Versailles
“ABC Sunday/Monday Night at the Movies”
fed me into Lawrence of Arabia dreams, right
before I crashed. Same w/”High Plains Drifter”
and “Ice Station Zebra:” Peter O’Tindall, Clint
Tindall, Rock Tindall, this kind of thing. Now I
dream of going back in time for real, sitting
Lawrence down at Versailles and explaining
to him just exactly how all this shit was gonna go
For the next century or so,
how we do things in the real goddam world, see,
as if he didn’t already know.
Sphinx of Procopius
An electric dragonfly with blue glass wings
circles the head of this blue glass sphinx
machined by the brothers of Procopius Abbey.
Its eyes light their private cemetery at night.
Its paws are poised upon a blue glass harmonium
and if you throw a diamond over your shoulder,
the harmonium begins to play: fugues, hymns,
laments, odes. One per diamond. Then it goes silent
but for the faintly discernible hum of electric dragonfly
wings, dragonfly dive bombing for diamonds,
blue wings throwing blue shadows across the graves.
Writing at night –
the ink follows its own rules.
In the morning,
the sentences gaze at you
like forest creatures roaming the village:
a blue deer,
a red fox,
a green stag,
leaping silently over rooftops.
Who spoke in the night?
You or them?
The words
fly like wings of light,
while the creatures disappear
into the houses' dreams.
#oniric
#poetry
#oniricpoetry
#poesieonirique
#PoetryOnMastodon
Train Wreck Tindall
Can you IMAGINE
What my therapist
Really thinks?!
I mean
Really really.
Bomb TV
I’m only just now really getting into
Bill Evans. It’s a little embarrassing!
My mind guerrilla found this
Rabbit hole down to a fallout shelter.
One the birds forgot, left behind.
Lotta good records down there,
Cold War stuff, Mind beat down
By the constant threat of nuclear
annihilation. I can
dig it.
Auden Would Be Like
Yesterday I was like
“March 1, 2026” like
Auden going “September 1,
1939.” You feel me?
Btw Auden ended up
Hating that poem b/c
He felt he pussed out, should’ve
Said “we must love one another
AND die.”
I’m so there.
Khan at Tehran
After the murder
Of his envoys by
The Shah, Genghis
let his subordinates
Jebe & Subutai
Do the dirty work.
They were
Good at it!
paint me
red, pink, violet —
whatever sky remains
dress me —
your hands
quieting the fabric
still carrying the weather
read me —
blank page —
come closer
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RATTLER
My belly is my ear
And I feel every boot.
My tongue is my nose
And I breathe every rat.
No heavy boot treads
Will speckle my back--
I got diamonds there!
Silently slide, patiently slither
Through every creaking night.
You mightn’t
hear me rattle
Before I bite.
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Black Ice
A killer to the
wrongfooted, disguised by snow,
black ice is blood ice.
"The difficult I'll do right now, The impossible will take a little while” -Billie Holiday. #PoetryOnMastodon
If at times we are somewhat stunned by the tempest, never fear, let us take breath, and go on afresh. -Francis De Sales. #PoetryOnMastodon
I don't want to be painted like one of your French girls.
Paint ME like a wall in a rented apartment:
Haphazardly, drunk, with abandon, with friends!
Choose a colour you love without thinking about it, and
Cover my odious whiteness, my flaws, all the
Signs of the ways that I've been used before. Love me!
Make me your own! Nail your pictures up! Sacrifice
Damage deposits and others' opinions on style.
In the moment, and while we're together, I'm yours:
Let's be ugly together a while.
#haiku #nature #poetry #foozma73 #PureMichigan #weather #PoetryOnMastodon
Winter storm in March:
Ice is falling from the sky...
This is for the birds!
Spring nights are here now:
one tiny moth whirs over
the new-sprouted weeds.
#haiku #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetryOnMastodon #PoetryBlog #WritingCommunity