I’ve got an appointment in half an hour, you guys - what do I do?? 😸 😻
Francesca Leader
@mooninabucket.bsky.social
Winner of Southeast Review’s 2023 World’s Best Short-Short Story Contest, 2025 BSF.Pun Perpetrator/ Montana Expat. Happily coupled w. someone not on Bsky. Words in HAD, Wigleaf, Stanchion, Five South, etc. https://mooninabucket.com
For #smallpoemsunday, the first poem I ever published (Haiku Journal, 2021). Good for a cloudy day like this one 😊 Thanks, as ever, to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social 🙏 🌧️
Poetry on the radio - what a concept! 😊 On today’s broadcast of “There Is a Life After Life,” you can hear me read my poem “Apology to a Bird,” first published in Nixe’s Mate. Thanks to curator/emcee Damon Thomas. Link to listen below 👇 🙏
You guys, my son made a forktopus at camp, and I’m kind of in love with it 🐙 😆 💕
If you sit next to me on a plane looking like this, I WILL talk to you 😂
Found this in my teen daughter’s bedroom— should I be worried? 😅
From "Note on Two Napkins," published in Wigleaf, 2016.
Elated to have three (3!!) pieces accepted by the lovely @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for two upcoming releases in the @bulbregion.bsky.social ! Çok teşekkür ederim, Sarpcim! 🤗 🤗
Poeming for the Haikuists in my $10 thrifted Karl Lagerfeld last night. This job really does take me to some of the nicest clubs—and, more importantly—the best bathrooms, in the city 😆 💕
Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "Thoughts, in the Bath, on Trees & Bears" by Francesca Leader (@mooninabucket.bsky.social) stonecirclereview.com/thoughts-in-...
Thoughts, in the Bath, on Trees & Bears by Francesca Leader – Stone Circle Review
Thoughts, in the Bath, on Trees & Bears — a poem by Francesca Leader in Stone Circle Review.
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For @tomsnarsky.bsky.social’s #smallpoemsunday, a 1000+ year old poem by Ono no Yoshiki, from the kokinshuu, that still slaps. (Arthur Waley translation) It was, in fact, this poem—discovered in middle school—that set me on the path to studying Japanese as well as (eventually) writing
Bluesky launched in February 2023 as an invite-only platform. As of June 2026, we have 45 million users. For reference, that's almost the population of Argentina. Thank you for being here with us 💙 Here’s to the next 45 million accounts.
Been a while since I nabbed a fiver 😊 I wasn’t feeling very well on last evening’s walk, but I kept going, and finding this on the way back was my reward 5️⃣ 🍀 💕
My parents never photographed me with a frog when I was little, but I can assure you that I’ve been making amphibians late for things since the ‘80s 😂 🐸 (P.S. - No animals were harmed in the making of this image - only momentarily startled, and perhaps lastingly annoyed 😉)
Summer arrives with its usual swagger: everything loud and bright and hot. For something cooler, dive into the latest wave of @iamb.uk. You'll find 45 poems by 15 poets – written and read by their authors. Enough to see you through the driest season. iamb.uk/index/wave/26
wave twenty-six | summer 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2026 .
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Proud to have three of my favorite poems both seen and heard in the newest wave of Iamb UK. Link to read and listen below ⬇️ 🙏
Happy Birthday, Francesca! May this new year bring you joy and peace:) Sidenote: I just read Lost Dog, Beagle vibes the other day. Loved it passionfruitreview.com/lost-dog-bea...
'Lost Dog, Beagle Vibes' by Francesca Leader - The Passionfruit Review
I could take you, and maybe I should— it’s dark outside; the next car might crush you. I could save a life, but what would it cost mine, you sweet needy soft-eared thing? A puppy, but you’ll grow. And...
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47 years old today. Mother of one adult and two soon-to-be adults. I’ve written and published some things I’m proud of. I’ve held onto my job in a time of extreme duress. I’ve found a partner who loves me the way I always deserved. So many reasons for gratitude.
Delighted to be part of an international Best Small Fictions reading next weekend. It will be at 5:30 pm EST on Saturday, June 13th, if you’re in my part of the world. Look below for the link to YouTube channel where event will be live-streamed 👇
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"The first time we have sex after the baby, my husband tells me, 'I’m not attracted to big girls.'” - from @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social's story, "Circe," in our May/June issue:
Circe
The first time we have sex after the baby, my husband tells me, “I’m not attracted to big girls.” When I tell him I’m not attracted to assholes, he makes a face, tells me I shouldn’t take it perso...
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On your birthday, you are allowed to write as many bird poems as you please.
For Small Poem Sunday, something published in @miniskirtmag.bsky.social in December 2024, with thanks, as always, to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social 🩵
Former Twitter users, your abandoned accounts are being hacked in large numbers. If you no longer use Twitter, please close your account so it can’t be exploited by fraudsters 😔 🙏 Either that, or maybe just come back sometimes? Those of us still hanging in there really miss you #writingcommunity
For @tomsnarsky.bsky.social’s Small Poem Sunday, a monostich of mine that never landed anywhere (though it did get a nice-ish rejjie from Only Poems 😊)
Found out my poem is a semi-finalist in the only contest I entered last year 😃 🤞
