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Avery Lark ✨

@thebisylarke.bsky.social

Poet / boyish entity / devoted dabbler in many a craft / self-appointed jester to my own court / lover of learning / cat owner & appreciator / enjoyer of art and stories and silliness / chronic convalescent (they/he/she) 🦌🐧❤️‍🔥✨🌊🐚🌲🌸🌻🪽👼🏻

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james o @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social · 19h ago

Another poem from Diane Seuss, which just makes me cry and cry 🐦‍⬛

ROMANTIC POET
You would not have loved him,
my friend the scholar
decried. He brushed his teeth,
if at all, with salt. He lied,
and rarely
washed his hair. Wiped his ass
with leaves or with his hand.
The top of his head would have barely
reached your tits. His pits
reeked, as did his deathbed.

But the nightingale, I said.

Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 24h ago

The task https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/20039

"The Task" by Remedios Varo portrays two ethereal figures weaving intricate strands of cosmic material within a pointed tower, embodying Varo's fascination with alchemy and transformation. The artwork, set against a backdrop of tall, otherworldly structures, evokes a dreamlike atmosphere characteristic of her signature surrealist style.

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · yesterday

of course i’ve already heard this but goddamn her album openers are so goddamn strong open.spotify.com/track/16vwSf...

After All

Carly Rae Jepsen · Day and Night · Song · 2026

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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · yesterday

#PoemsAbout #Strays @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will put a reading in the comments.

WHAT ARE WE

what are we a bullet
pulled out of the wall
or a plush bunny
after piercing
a random window
and the neck of a toddler
now paralyzed
or dead

what are we a chicken
liver soaked in cyanide
indiscriminate solution
to an imaginary problem
in the barren brain
of an insatiable industrial agrarian

what are we a coffee
urn with recycled grinds
staining single use forever cups
in cyo halls
for aa meetings
after intramural games
and felt banner pattern cutting soirées

what just what are we

headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 2d ago

i say this with zero moral weight whatsoever: the bluesky staff do not got that dawg in them

Sam Beck @sambeckdraws.bsky.social · 2d ago

held

illustration of a man on his knees leaning back. a green leafless tree cradles him.

bodaciou$@b0dacious.bsky.social · yesterday

happy gay guy new music friday to all who celebrate

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · yesterday

lately this thing keeps happening with my poems where i write like half of one but i hit a wall and struggle to piece it together or figure out where to take it. frustrating. maybe this is normal but it doesn’t often happen to me…

@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · yesterday

Gertrude Abercrombie , "The Dinosaur"

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · yesterday

this week has almost completely broken my spirit. but nope i have a new Carly Rae Jepsen double album to listen to. scorpio season arrives early this year!

Shabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social · yesterday

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). The Church at Auvers (1890, oil on canvas).

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 2d ago

i want to write more longform poems and more narrative poems. i am just now realizing this. i have held myself back from doing this for a while because i believed my penchant for everbosity needed to be kept in check—which was, maybe, true, when i was greener. but now, i’m gonna get wordy.

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 2d ago

having a customer service job where you have no breaks means that the Worst Customers On Earth will come in just when you are trying to eat, of course.

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 2d ago

real oldhead thing i’m doing lately is when a song comes on the radio or something i’ll be like “i literally used to own this CD” and i say this so much that i question it but it’s true i had SUCH a banging CD collection as a teen! i regret reselling most of them so much now!!

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 2d ago

A little bear carved from amber some 6,000+ years ago! 🐻❤️ A hole through the torso suggests it was worn or suspended from a cord. National Museum in Szczecin, Poland 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small figurine of a bear carved and polished out of a piece of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange in colour which is emphasised by the display lighting against a dark background which makes the amber glow. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear's torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord. Dimensions:
Length 10.2 cm, Height 4.2cm

I took this photo today at the Landesmuseum Halle in Germany where the bear is currently on loan from Poland for the excellent Shamaness exhibition.

The figurine was discovered in Stupsk during peat mining in 1887. According to the National Museum in Szczecin "Shortly after its discovery, the figure underwent conservation work to restore its original appearance as it was covered with a layer of dull patina from the exposure to the minerals contained in the peat. Already at that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was assumed the restoration had gone too far. The figure was stripped entirely of patina, the anatomical features of the animal were emphasised, the eyes and nostrils were sharply drawn, and the amber was carefully polished".

In 2013, a competition was organised by the Education Department of the National Museum in Szczecin, for children to choose a name for the bear. The winning name was 'Stupcio', an affectionate diminutive meaning 'little guy from Stupsk'.

USAGI 🐇@usagiboots.bsky.social · 2d ago

Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 2d ago

Embroidering the Earth's mantle https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19539

"Embroidering the Earth's Mantle" by Remedios Varo portrays ethereal figures meticulously stitching the world from a secluded tower, reflecting Varo's fascination with magic and the intersection of science and spirituality. The dreamlike composition, with its intricate details and surreal architecture, captures a sense of enchantment and meticulous craftsmanship, characteristic of Varo's unique artistic vision.

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 2d ago

oh i don’t think i shared my new tattoo yet so let me do that!! first pic is when it was fresh, the second pic i took yesterday (five days later)

new tattoo i just had done in black ink — it is placed on my lower thigh above the knee and about six inches tall and four inches wide. the tattoo depicts two decaying maple leaves with a rosary draped over top. along the rosary starting by the cross, a lyric is written “I’ve lost my fear of falling.” in old medieval manuscript style font. this photo was taken right after the artist finished it so it is fresh and the skin around it is a bit pink.

Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 2d ago

This playlist slaps. Kudos to its creator

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 2d ago

now watching for peter falk day

criterion collection cover for wings of desire (1987) directed by wim wenders

columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 3d ago

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and the moone daunsinge above, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a flawed honest worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 4d ago

big tummy ache survivor vibes right now… open.spotify.com/album/2EqGHG...

Stomachaches - Album by Frank Iero | Spotify

Frank Iero · album · 2014 · 12 songs

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦@deonandan.bsky.social · 5d ago

Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 5d ago

Cher’s outfit reveals on The Cher Show (1975) designed by BOB MACKIE — who passed away today at the age of 87.

columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 5d ago

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 5d ago

lately i realized that usually when i think i'm in a slump with writing it's just that i don't have the energy or foresight to appreciate my own work as i usually do... hopefully this is the case yet again! (i'm feeling so burnt out right now but i want to keep working so badly too!)

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 5d ago

In the mood to share, so here is something seaonal and timely that I wrote during my time in undergrad, and my earliest attempt at writing a sonnet. #sonnet #poetry

A Sonnet for Summer Corn

I hope that I will dream of bright kernels
As I fall asleep with the autumn breeze
Its faint thrumming tickling my windowpane
The sweet fruit of summer, just out of reach
Your stalks that grow tall above rural roads
Grass that blocks the view from a windshield
If only I’d enjoyed your sacch’rin taste
When I flew west to bask in the Indiana sun
I would struggle to floss your kernels out
But now I crave syrup sticky on teeth
The stalks of summer have been cut down
And I cannot see you behind their ghosts
But still I hear your voice, at early dusk
Though all that’s left of you is empty husk

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 5d ago

there is always a typo in my posts its a mysterious feature of my presence here. poetry doesn’t wait for orthological or syntactical standards

Avery Lark ✨@thebisylarke.bsky.social · 5d ago

highly recommended album for this particular moment in time ?! (if u have any older lbums that feel relevant for this moment share in comments) thttps://open.spotify.com/album/7gd57Ics8NX1LGdGgvYZ0t?si=5LivvUJKTJOKyPIV-Uc6Xg&utm_source=copy-link a

War All The Time - Album by Thursday | Spotify

Thursday · album · 2003 · 11 songs

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