Merril D. Smith

Merril D. Smith

@merrildsmith.bsky.social

Poet, Historian, Lover of river walks and the sea. Cat Lady. Poetry Collection: River Ghosts (Nightingale & Sparrow Press) New Poetry Collection: Held Inside the Folds of Time (Jane's Studio Press).

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Andy Craig
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I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

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Jane's Studio
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I will be venturing outside today, to the Post Office, to send some cards and a wee painting... 🍃

Jane's Studio@janes-studio.bsky.social

Just added a couple of paintings to my shop. Commissions open! 🎁 🎄🎅 www.janecornwell.co.uk/janecornwell...

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Freya Pickard
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Good morning! Happy Friday! This was another tough one for me for #PoemsAbout #Hollow Thank you as always @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I guess I should have found a blue-sky photo, but I liked this one. 😊

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #Haunted starts Friday. Not every ghost is dead. Write the person still living in your head. The house that remembers. The mistake that learnt your address. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

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Paul Brookes
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

#promptcombo #geopoem Choose an intimate human theme (e.g., grief, a childhood memory). Write 16 technical geological terms. E.g: subduction, calcification, standard strata, erratic boulder, Write the human theme, Don't use standard emotional prose. Use yr geological word list to act as metaphors.

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

Halloween week. Obviously we weren't going to behave. Next up: #Haunted. Ghosts, if you like. But also old rooms. Dead friendships. Living people. Mistakes with excellent memories. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

Merril D. Smith
@merrildsmith.bsky.social

So honored to have this beautiful #review of my book from Marie A Bailey! #PoetryCommunity

1writeway.bsky.social@1writeway.bsky.social

These poems by Merril D. Smith made me feel as if I was drifting in and out of time, across time, in and out of the universe. Smith takes us to other countries, helps us to see the world through the eyes of a child, looks to the past and to the future, and reflects on grief and loss.

1writeway.comA Different Kind of Book Review: Held Inside the Folds of Time by Merril D. SmithIt was 4 o'clock. A pot of tea, nestled in a blue and white tea cozy that Maggie had knitted, sat off-center on the small kitchen table. Usually it would be in the center, within reach and with matching teacups and plates of vanilla biscotti forming a semi-circle. This afternoon, however, in the center was a book of poetry: Held Inside the Folds of Time…

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Freya Pickard
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33 out of 45 haiku posts now filled! So far this month I've received a total of 49 submissions of haiku on the theme of ANGEL FISH. 33 haiku posts for 2027 have already been filled! (Visit the Petals Page to find out who will be appearing here in 2027!) You have until 2359 UK time on 31st October…

purehaiku.wordpress.com33 out of 45 haiku posts now filled!So far this month I've received a total of 49 submissions of haiku on the theme of ANGEL FISH. 33 haiku posts for 2027 have already been filled! (Visit the Petals Page to find out who will be appearing here in 2027!) You have until 2359 UK time on 31st October 2026 to submit your ANGEL FISH haiku. Please visit…

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Ian Brownlie
@ianbrownlie.bsky.social

Well, I'm not entirely sure what this is...but it's what I wrote for the prompt (via a circuitous route) so I may as well share it! #PoemsAbout

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EveryHeron 𓅣
@everyheron.bsky.social

Beautiful #HeronPoetry a past unremembered, the present, a river, a fish

Merril D. Smith@merrildsmith.bsky.social

Good morning! Happy Friday! This was another tough one for me for #PoemsAbout #Hollow Thank you as always @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I guess I should have found a blue-sky photo, but I liked this one. 😊

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John Chmura
@johnchmura.bsky.social

Here we go #PoemsAbout #Hollow @thebrokenspine.co.uk I think of this as a posthumous collaboration with my good friend Ward who passed a few years ago. Also attached is a screenshot of a typical late night conversation. I still don’t know if he was messing or serious.

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Sue Ibrahim
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A new poem which may fit #PoemsAbout and #PromptCombo themes this week. #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky

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Andy Williamson
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Been a busy few weeks so pleased to have found the time to write something new for #poemsabout #hollow. 'Mo chraobhan' (the trees) is Gàidhlig but I was thinking of the old Welsh saying 'to return to my trees' (dod yn ol at fy nghoed)... @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Dawn Mclachlan
@deemclachlan.bsky.social

A #fridaypoem for the #poemsabout #poetryprompt from @thebrokenspine.co.uk On the #hollow feeling of returning to a childhood home. This poem is in my book #junesomewhere Link in bio #poetrycommunity #poets #poetry #poetsofbluesky #poemsaboutlife #alttext #poemAltText

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La Reine des Metaphores
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@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Hollow Before they fluttered her into enemy territory they hollowed out one tooth, filled it with the sharpest metal of all. Use this if you know that the truth - they said - will destroy Us They said. Her silence. Her hollowness. Survives.

The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)@thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #Hollow is live. Find the empty space and make it speak. Post from today through Thursday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché Read 3+. Repost. Reply.

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #Hollow starts Friday. Write the empty centre. The abandoned room. The promise with nothing behind it. The body carrying an absence. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.