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Amy Borgman

@amyborgman.bsky.social

To cross an ocean You must love the ocean Before you love the far shore. — Suzanne Buffam All photos I’ve taken with my iPhone unless I’m reposting others’ lovely work.

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Nicole @nb23.bsky.social · last wk.

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere." -Vincent Van Gogh #stunday #imageandverse

a tree frog clinging to bark on a tree stump

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · last wk.

#smallpoemsunday #poem #poetry @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #writingcommunity I love this small yet immense poem by Irk Irwell…

Bell
Irk Irwell
He practices the sentence on the way over, cuts it twice — once for length, once for the word sorry.
Their light is on. Behind the glass the telly talks to itself.
His finger learns the cold of the button, its little O, the give it would take.
He carries the sentence home the long way, still cut to size, past the postbox, posting nothing.

Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 4w ago

My painting LOWCOUNTRY

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · last wk.

Friday night— Bob Vila and I dim the lights #senryu #senryusunday #DIY

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy #caturday … My weekly sweetness from the local farm stand. the farm cat — a soft bale of straw #haiga #haiku

A tawny gray farm stand cat (Frankie) sleeps on a bale of straw under a display table holding various organic herbs.

pm gibbs @pmgibbs.bsky.social · 2w ago

#BlueSkyArtShow #glass

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 2w ago

a crow at home among the snags #haiku #nature #haiga #haikusaturday #LakeMichigan

A crow has settled into the snags on a windy day at Lake Michigan shoreline. The sky is blue and expansive. The crow faces out toward the lake. It doesn’t notice me, noticing.
Esch Road Beach

Mike Hargis @miketakespics.bsky.social · 2w ago

Go beyond reason to love: it is safe. It is the only safety. ~ Thaddeus Golas Be the light. Be the love. ❤️

Branacos @branacos.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hareshaw Linn in July #nature #naturephotography #wildflowers #woodland #northumberland

Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿@sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 2w ago

This week’s Fallen Petals commentary post, featuring poets: @jennfel.bsky.social @ireneaddie.bsky.social @asurashaiku.bsky.social @cinnatus.bsky.social @orakdubwa.bsky.social @hinterlands.bsky.social Coughing up Camellias open.substack.com/pub/thesehai...

Coughing up Camellias

A Fallen Petals Post

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy to have these two poems published in the 30 year anniversary edition of Snakeskin! www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk

David @haikubycrane.bsky.social · 2w ago

summer meadow spirited in the shadowing of wings #haiku #butterfly

A spicebush butterfly landing on a monrovia flower. Picture taken on an iPhone by David O. Cranmer.

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 2w ago

#poem #poetry #writingcommunity She’s a Bit Much - Lyndsay Rush

She's a Bit Much
You mean like a bonus french fry in the bottom of the bag?
Like a champagne shower? Like triple texting good news?
Like buying coffee for the person behind you in line? Or did you mean 'a bit much' like an unexpected upgrade to business class / or theme parties / or the band pretending to go off stage and then coming back for an unforgettable encore?
Perhaps you were referring to that thing of being astonished by a sunset / or how puppies flop around when they learn to run / or the way some people take karaoke really seriously?
Maybe you just meant sprinkles / confetti / balloon drops / witty comebacks / generous tips / fireworks / waterslides / serotonin / cherries on top / and the fact that maybe we were put on this planet simply to enjoy ourselves? Then yes, I agree—she is a bit much. Aren't we so lucky she's here?
-Lyndsay Rush l

Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” ― A.A. Milne

Bird eggs in a nest surrounded by leaves and branches.

Michael Aaron Harrington | Cinnatus @cinnatus.bsky.social · 2w ago

garage sale— he offers a quarter for mother’s doilies #senryu #senryusunday #haiku #micropoem #poem

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 2w ago

a fawn through the ninebark fading blooms #haiga #poetry #poem #imageandverse #haiku

A fawn behind a ninebark shrub with fading blooms, adjacent to the deeper woods that begin beyond a split rail fence. The fawn’s spots are also beginning to fade.

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 2w ago

insomnia the vet prescribes hunt kill eat groom sleep #senryusunday #senryu

Branacos @branacos.bsky.social · 3w ago

Meet a Tree : Tree of the Day : Bull Crag Peninsular : Kielder Forest : Summer #tree #treephotography #supportourtrees #protectourwoodland #lovetrees

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 2w ago

#poem #writingcommunity #smallpoemsunday #poetry @tomsnarsky.bsky.social Another poignant one from Andrea Cohen

Pastime
As a child I made things out of clay—a pig who
could not be eaten, a mule who refused to carry
anything other than a pig who could not be eaten.
They were companion pieces. They kept each
other company, and me.
We kept each other's
secrets: what flesh can do with clay, what clay
can do that flesh can't.
I was a small child who made
small decisions. I made big people angry. I made them
confused. I refuse, I refuse.

The Mighty Athena @mightyathena.bsky.social · 4w ago

refusing sleep in a coastal meadow – cape weed #DailyHaikuPrompt | meadow, hibernate #mobilephotography #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #haiku

Winter 2025. A close-up of a solitary Arctotheca calendula (Cape Weed). Whilst exploring an interior path parallel to Long Bay Beach, I was rewarded with all these sweet, tucked-away meadows sparsely dotted with flowering things. I think of Wintertime in my hometown in the Northern hemisphere and grin at how this cheeky bloom refuses to sleep even in chillier moments. Pale-yellow petals dance about a dark brown centre. The surrounding turf is a softened green. One lone blade of grass has decided to lace through part of the petals, joining her in defiance of sleep. Ah, from such quiet strength do these small voices sing out! Viva la Résistance!

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refusing sleep
in a coastal meadow –
cape weed

#DailyHaikuPrompt | meadow, hibernate
#mobilephotography #photography
#bloomscrolling #flowers #haiku

jen 💙🤍🕊️@jenzsky.bsky.social · 2w ago

With quiet strength Lighting up the darkest hour Yellow embers of hope… #bloomscrolling #Sundayyellow #flowersonSunday #photography #imageandverse #macro #flowers #macrophotography #stunday #artyear #minimalism #nature #eck #photographersofbluesky

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 3w ago

another downpour— when rain was just rain #haiku #senryu #haikusaturday

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 3w ago

wildfire smoke— not even the crow #haiku #haikusaturday

Branacos @branacos.bsky.social · 3w ago

Watercolour Poem #art #abstractart #abstractpainting #watercolour #watercolourart #watercolourpainting

Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Not sure that this meets the criteria for #PalacesandGardens #SeasonalShift but here’s my local farm stand in summer (yesterday) and autumn. It’s not the same scene, but it’s the same place, same cat, same hometown sweetness!