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Eli Belt
@elibisme.bsky.social
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Writer, coauthor of Once Upon A Wave Of Witches with @whistberry.bsky.social, nature photography, #ActuallyAutistic, love Arthropoda, Iceland, poetry,fantasy, and Doctor Who. She/they. Lesbian. NO A/I

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Eli Belt @elibisme.bsky.social · Nov 24
#poem
Untitled by Eli Belt

Open a pot of paint,
Add two pinches of flower petals,
Stir in toasted marshmallow memories,
Sip until you feel uncontrollable fits of laughter closely associated with jumping in piles of leaves.
Soak in the aromas and textures of autumn…

The whole poem is in photo.
A collage of 15 photos: red leaf tree, dawn just before sunrise with the silhouette of trees in 2 photos, a pile of colored leaves, the fiery fingers of orange, red, and purple sunset, white sheet ghosts dancing around in a circle, a pathway among the golden trees, two photos of water with leaves of gold, red, brown, orange floating in them, two dewy spiderwebs, an orange pumpkin spider climbing up a tree trunk, a yellow orange mushroom lying next to a red leaf with yellow veins, red leaf with yellow veins, a yellow tree in the woods. Argiope Aurantia with a tier of three faces piled on top of each other like Halloween masks clinging to a screen door, a tiny red mushroom with a white stem surrounded by leaves, an orange monarch butterfly with black stripes and white spots on a pile of leaves, a brown mushroom with only a cap sticking up out of the leaves and grass, a green katydid, a red dawn and silhouette of a tree, a crescent moon in a red and purple dawn sky, red and purple roped curtains of clouds at sunset, white towers of clouds in a blue sky, a community of yellow orange mushrooms, dewy spiderweb at dawn, yellow leafed tree, brown gilled mushroom, and two dewy spiderwebs. Untitled by Eli Belt Open a pot of paint, Add two pinches of flower petals, Stir in marshmallow toasted memories, Sip until you feel uncontrollable fits of laughter closely associated with jumping in piles of leaves. Soak in the aromas and textures of autumn, From the crunch of leaves to the moist Nirvana in each mouth watering bite of pumpkin spice bread to the foggy dew that covers spiderwebs and delight their artistic flair displays. This is the most perfect time of the year.
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whistberry.bsky.social
Today's drawing is another abstract meditation doodle. I was thinking of trees and autumn leaves, but, as with all art, you may interpret it as you please 💜
Abstract drawing with a y-shaped gray object that suggests tree branches surrounded by small leaf shapes filling the rest of the image. The leaves start out a deep red near the center and transistion through orange to gold around the outer edges.
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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crockett.house.gov
I will continue fighting every single day to protect our kids, our rights, and our history. We should all recommit to honoring Ruby and her bravery by ensuring that all our children, regardless of background, have access to a fair, just, and equal education. (3/3)
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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februarygrace.bsky.social
Set my soul #alight
with intricate memories
of all that you were

#whistpr #alight
whistprword.bsky.social #Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 1d
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 14, 2025: #ALIGHT

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Stylized drawing of a green damselfly alighting on the leaf of a sunflower that is drawn entirely in black ink. The background is white.
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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februarygrace.bsky.social
though you’ve gone away
and though it defies #science
I still feel you here

#vss365 #prompt #science
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
elibisme.bsky.social
When my rooster crows nonstop at 3am I have to take it seriously and investigate. I saw nothing but heard other roosters crowing so guessing it’s the grapevine passing on a neighborhood warning. Saw this rising moon while I was out.
Waning crescent moon rising like a Cheshire Cat smile, mostly horizontal, with a faint outline of the rest of the moon encircled in an orange glow.
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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webanalyst.bsky.social
The Epstein coverup will go down as one of the greatest scandals and miscarriages of justice in U.S. history.

Everyone involved with Epstein’s victims or with the coverup needs to be prosecuted and go down in shame.

It does not matter if they are GOP or Dems!

Repost if you agree.

#BlueCrew
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
elibisme.bsky.social
#whistpr
She thought she was going for a bone fragment extraction,
By no #design of nature she passed out from a pain so excruciating nothing could have prepared her.
When she woke,
The dentist showed her not only the fragment but also beautiful pearls he removed.
If only…
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Marketing? Very well (sigh).

Big thread of all my art and books! (Most of my books are also illustrated!)

Cool t-shirts and other merch with my art available in my threadless shop:

whistberry.threadless.com
Photo of a light blue tshirt with an illustration of a red crab holding up a chocolate cupcake with pink frosting in each front claw. It is standing on a beach with blue waves behind it and the caption beneath the image reads I come in peace. Black tshirt with an illustration in white of a raccoon standing on its hind legs with its front paws raised above its snarling face. The words Fix Your Heart are spread between its paws in the blue, white, and pink colors of the trans flag. Photo of a black tshirt with an illustration in white of a fantastical-looking squid with red eyes and tangled arms. It is holding a large white pearl in one tentacle. Pink tshirt with circular image of a small tropical frog with black legs and pink and blue coloration meant to evoke the colors of the trans flag. It is sitting amidst large tropical green leaves that have white and pink patterns on them.
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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whistprword.bsky.social
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 14, 2025: #ALIGHT

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Stylized drawing of a green damselfly alighting on the leaf of a sunflower that is drawn entirely in black ink. The background is white.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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whistprword.bsky.social
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 15, 2025: #DESIGN

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing in white against a black background of a horseshoe crab drawn with shapes that emphasize the design of the patterns on its shell.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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conniemenefee.bsky.social
Elegant bullfrog of the day!
Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025
Sitting on pond muck margin, small bullfrog in profile with brown, green face, and some nicely placed duckweed
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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whistprword.bsky.social
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 12, 2025: #MANTIS

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Digital painting of 7 burgundy and cream striped tulips with long pointy green leaves that are a lighter green along the edge. There are some tiny baby praying mantises perched around on the flowers.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
elibisme.bsky.social
#whistpr #lavender
She loved lavender flowers but was allergic to them.
Lavender colored flowers on long green stems with a bumblebee gathering pollen.
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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whistprword.bsky.social
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 10, 2025: #CURLY

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of curly green ferns with delicate white flowers and one tiny red ladybug.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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whistprword.bsky.social
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 11, 2025: #LAVENDER

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of purple lavender blooms with frilly green stems. There are gold and black bees flying around and landing on the plants.
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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gailsimone.bsky.social
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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megwaf.bsky.social
#FromOneLine 395

Where can we go with just one connecting #prompt line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point!

Start your poem/vss with the opening line :

Last night I saw

#FromOneLine 395 #prompt
#FromOneLine 395 Where can we go with just one connecting #prompt line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point! Start your poem/vss with the opening line : Last night I saw #FromOneLine 395 #prompt This prompt is borrowed from a friend - an exceptional songwriter and musician, and a genuinely kind and wonderful soul. May they rest in peace. Much love.
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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whistprword.bsky.social
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 8, 2025: #STARRY

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of a quoll, a small marsupial with dark fur and white spots that look like stars against a night sky.
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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whistprword.bsky.social
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for November 9, 2025: #SIP

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Drawing of small white butterfly sipping nectar from fanciful looking blue flowers with orange centers.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Drew a Least Weasel because the name always makes me chuckle...

"Thou art the very least of weasels!"

Yet ounce per ounce, probably one of the most vicious and terrifying predators on the planet (but also deadly cute!)

#art #SciArt
Digital painting of a Least Weasel standing amidst some purple and white crocus flowers which are nearly as big as it is. The weasel is mostly covered in reddish brown fur with white under its chin and along its chest and belly. It has a bit of black at the very tip of its tail. It looks alert and ready for action.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
Photo a sitting Black woman with square blue glasses dressed in and surrounded by vividly coloured patterned fabric in red, blue yellow, purple and white
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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christoptomus.bsky.social
You weirdos like trees?
Bright yellow leaved small trees absolutely lit up with the slanting sun. Sun is low but strong. It is glowing up an orange leaved tree like embers in a fire. It is in a city park.
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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kristalerista.bsky.social
I usually like to put pictures of the lizards I'm working on in my presentations, but I think I might get a code of conduct violation for showing Monopeltis.

📷 M. capensis, Alex Rebelo
📷 M. sphenorhynchus, Vanessa446
a legless lizard that looks like a penis. it is pink, ribbed, erect at a 45 degree angle, and has an eyeless head with a broad shield on its forehead. if you look for more than a second, you'd notice it does have a mouth and its little tongue is sticking out. a top down view of a legless lizard that looks like a penis. it is pink, tube, shaped, and has a head the shape of a rounded triangle. the forehead has a shield covering it that makes the head a little more orange. The lizard is pink because its skin has no pigment and in order to use its head to dig, it has two ligaments on the back of its neck tht look like a frenulum.
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Sometimes you make a drawing you love, but it is an extremely awkward and impractical shape 🤷🏻‍♂️
Drawing against a stark black background of an aged looking human skeleton covered in red flowers and various flying and crawling insects.
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM