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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸

@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social

#poetry #pnw #poems I write many forms of poetry, and I also love design, illustration, and the outdoors. I enjoy sharing my work and that of other poets with you. 🌸 elliemariejohnson.kit.com

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

where she fell to her knees, this pot brimming with pink roses Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero does not deserve to be lost in the news cycle. He deserves to be remembered as a loving father and husband. #haiku #poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #memorial

An image of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was created and left at the corner of Hill and Pool streets in Biddeford on Tuesday. (Daryn Slover/Staff Photographer) The Portland Press Herald.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In Little Village, Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo signs

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

dark entryway a scent of pink daphne drifts through my door Ellie Marie Johnson Wales Haiku, Spring 2026, p.43 Discover the rest of their issue: www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring26 #waleshaiku #bloom #haiku #nature #micropoetry #photography #poetrycommunity #poetry

A few pink daphne blossoms surrounded by bunches of yellow-edged leaves, dripping with fresh rainwater.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A small collection of my micropoems about the Artemis II mission 💙 Thank you to Lit Up for publishing them! medium.com/lit-up/beyon... #NASA #ArtemisII #micropoetry #photography #poetry #poetrycommunity #haiku #senryu

Beyond the Dark Side of the Moon

Micro Poems

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

braid of hair spun from clouds astronaut gazes back #micropoetry #NASA #haiku #poetry #Integrity #Orion #ArtemisII #ChristinaKoch

NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon.
Image Credit: NASA

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The astronauts are currently being praised for such good communication throughout the flight—Isaacman said they were "almost poets." 💙 So happy they splashed down safely. Thank you #NASA.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

edge of a button holds us in black velvet crescent earth #haiku #NASA #space #photography #poetry #ocpoetry #micropoetry #ArtemisII @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

(April 4, 2026) A thin arc glowing in the darkness of space. Sunlight traces the curves of the ocean and clouds, while the rest of the planet fades into shadow. Credit: NASA

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

lunar palette empty paint wells dabbed in Earth light #moon #NASA #ArtemisII #haiku #poetry #ocpoetry #micropoetry #photography

(April 6, 2026) – The lunar surface fills the frame in sharp detail, as seen during the Artemis II lunar flyby, while a distant Earth sets in the background. This image was captured at 6:41 p.m. EDT, on April 6, 2026, just three minutes before the Orion spacecraft and its crew went behind the Moon and lost contact with Earth for 40 minutes before emerging on the other side. In this image, the dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime, while on its day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater shows terraced edges and a relatively flat floor marked by central peaks — formed when the surface rebounded upward during the impact that created the crater.
Image Credit: NASA

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

mint halo of light spring shivers behind dark side of the moon #NASA #ArtemisII #space #photography #haiku #poetry #ocpoetry #poetrycommunity #Orion

The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Photo credit: NASA.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

shower curtains shed condensation red quince after rain #nature #photography #haiku #spring #flowers #poetrycommunity #poetry

Red quince flowers covered in droplets against a background of pine trees, a bit of sun on the horizon.

Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

chocolate bunny gazes from a wrapper I struggle to bite Does anyone else feel this way, or is it just me? #haiku #Easter #poetry #ocpoetry #blueskypoetry

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I'm from a younger generation than this film, but it still gives me so much nostalgia. Rankin/Bass created such imaginative and timeless art. I just discovered the full movie online . . . 🐇 Happy early Easter, everyone www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2_Z... #Easter #art #stopmotion #movies

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Seymour S. Sassafrass, an eccentric, yet friendly peddler, and inventor, tells the tale of Peter Cottontail, a young Easter Bunny who lives in April Valley, where the Chief Easter Bunny supervises…

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This one hurts when you know it www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... #poetry #relationships #poetrycommunity #poem #writingcommunity

The Egg and the Stone

Love is a slope the egg mused while tumbling down the minute distance that kept them apart rolling in effect to its doom Just brushing against the stone…

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A new favorite of mine—this poem contrasts two different perspectives so simply, concisely, and beautifully. #poetry #poetrycommunity #relationships #joysullivan

MERCY

Once, we were grilling zucchini
from the garden. It was summer time
and I was about to leave you.
A praying mantis landed on the grill.
He was bright and beautiful
even as he fizzled and I burned
all my fingertips trying to save him.
You can't tell when an insect is in pain
but he must have been and you put him
in the grass so softly
where I found and stomped him.
And I think it surprised us
what we each defined as mercy.

JOY SULLIVAN.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"....Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth." —Naomi Shibab Nye Shared with me recently, and I wanted to pass it on—highly recommend her full poem: poets.org/poem/kindness #poem #poetrycommunity #poetry

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

eightieth birthday an orchid hoop even from her hairdresser #haiku #blueskypoetry #poetry #bloom #dailyhaikuprompt #orchid This one is about my grandmother 💐

A hoop of bright magenta purple orchids in a white pot on a table.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

before March rains my mother's nose between blossom clouds #haiku #micropoetry #nature #walk #bloom #photography #poetry #poetrycommunity

Branches of pale cherry blossoms in March against a blue sky and evergreen trees.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Alex pretti was a Va nurse and a dog owner

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Renee Nicole (Macklin) Good's poem, in memoriam: poets.org/2020-on-lear... #poetry #reneenicolegood #poem #poetrycommunity #reading #readingcommunity #blueskypoetry

2020 Academy of American Poets Prize

On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

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Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

From "There will come soft rains" by Sara Teasdale "...Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done." poets.org/poem/there-w... #sarateasdale #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading

Sara Teasdale, in a sepia portrait photo from around 1910. She is looking to the side, wearing a brimmed white hat.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

brittle ice cracks like a car window— Wednesday’s bullet. #haiku #poetry #originalpoetry #poem

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A dove sails over smothering blue fog— New Year's Eve. I spotted an all-white bird soaring across the trail that looked like a dove. Shortly after, I found this ornament hanging from a nearby fir tree. #haiku #newyear'seve #writing #poetry #poetrycommunity #nature #poem

A dove ornament on a branch of a fir tree along the trail. The fog lies in the background.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

tiny Christmas tree breathes life into our living room after hospitals. This year, we visited family at the hospital. Wishing everyone a happy holiday and a wonderful new year. May 2026 treat many of us better. 🎄 #haiku #Christmas #writing #poetry #micropoetry #originalpoetry #blueskypoetry

A small Christmas tree in a living room with glowing rainbow lights and a few red glass ornaments. Blue and white star lights hang in the window.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

seven years in leaves— my steps trickle over stones merging in koi ponds. #haiku #waterfall #waterfallwednesday #poetry #poem #originalpoetry #writing #nature #garden

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Enjoying this so far. Each chapter brings unexpected twists. Having seen the second book, I wish they had kept the same design style. I love this cover. #booksky #books #bookrecommendations #readingcommunity #fantasy #bookrecs #bookdesign

A photo of the book "The Will of the Many" by James Islington—the dark blue cover with bronze foil columns.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Perfect as winter nears — like slipping into a snowy dream. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading #poem #MaryOliver

In winter
all the singing is in
the tops of the trees
where the wind-bird

with its white eyes
shoves and pushes
among the branches.
Like any of us

he wants to go to sleep,
but he's restless—
he has an idea,
and slowly it unfolds

from under his beating wings
as long as he stays awake.
But his big, round music, after all,
is too breathy to last.

So, it's over.
In the pine-crown
he makes his nest,
he's done all he can.

I don't know the name of this bird,
I only imagine his glittering beak
tucked in a white wing
while the clouds—

which he has summoned
from the north—
which he has taught
to be mild, and silent—

thicken, and begin to fall
into the world below
like stars, or the feathers
of some unimaginable bird

that loves us,
that is asleep now, and silent—
that has turned itself
into snow.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

gold dancers on screen— Thanksgiving chatter like stars bright as the parade. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 🥧 ⭐ #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

dog leaps— scrubs off sand fleas saves sticks from the sea's bite kicks against swells of cold comforts courage. 🌊 #cinquain (follows a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern) #poetry #dogs #originalpoetry #nature #photography #blueskypoetry #ocean #PNW

Photo of a cloudy beach with a line of golden sun over the Olympic mountains. A dog paddles in the bright ocean near the sandy shore, with a few passersby.

Ellie Marie Johnson 🌸@elliemariejohnson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

blushing red mushrooms grant fairytales in freckles— beauty in moon spots. #haiku #micropoetry #writing #originalpoetry #photography #nature #mushroom #flyagaric #shroomscroll #night #mushroommonday #fairytale #poetry

A red fly agaric mushroom from the side at night among bright green leaves. A few dead leaves lay scattered in the surrounding grass.