Jenny Gaitskell
@jennygaitskell.bsky.social
Small and/or speculative fictions. Old dictionaries. Shingle beaches. Everyday magic.
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Pinned
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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squinting against rain
flooded ruts in the lane shine
like silver headlights
flooded ruts in the lane shine
like silver headlights
February 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
squinting against rain
flooded ruts in the lane shine
like silver headlights
flooded ruts in the lane shine
like silver headlights
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sports day
I watch the gold
silver bronze
of the sparrows
I watch the gold
silver bronze
of the sparrows
February 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
sports day
I watch the gold
silver bronze
of the sparrows
I watch the gold
silver bronze
of the sparrows
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QRP with your skull art
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
QRP with your skull art
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Monday February 9th is #castle but if you want a challenge why not try #axolotl 😉 #thingstowriteabout
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Monday February 9th is #castle but if you want a challenge why not try #axolotl 😉 #thingstowriteabout
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February 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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So pleased to have my poem The Other Face of Goddess published with @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social for their latest challenge 🌟 You may read it here if you wish...👇🏽
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#freeversepoem #theekphrasticreview #publication
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#freeversepoem #theekphrasticreview #publication
The Other Face of Goddess
We Are All Eve, © Monica Marks, 2023 She spreadsher navel-gazing selfacross sky and plane. Airborne she is elixirgestating, carnival of magenta, seascape and uproariousfemmescap…
sunrarainz.wordpress.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:38 PM
So pleased to have my poem The Other Face of Goddess published with @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social for their latest challenge 🌟 You may read it here if you wish...👇🏽
sunrarainz.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/t...
#freeversepoem #theekphrasticreview #publication
sunrarainz.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/t...
#freeversepoem #theekphrasticreview #publication
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Where the stories come from and why we need translations, more than ever.
lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
February 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Where the stories come from and why we need translations, more than ever.
lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
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February 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Today for Sunday February 8th the prompt is #door #thingstowriteabout
February 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Today for Sunday February 8th the prompt is #door #thingstowriteabout
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garb for midwinter;
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
garb for midwinter;
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
left in a pocket, last year’s
crumpled paper crown
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Just imagine. They're already poisoning the earth to power generative AI. The least useful tech tool developed in ages. It's like extinguishing the sun so that vampires can walk around all day.
February 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Just imagine. They're already poisoning the earth to power generative AI. The least useful tech tool developed in ages. It's like extinguishing the sun so that vampires can walk around all day.
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The wildest dream of a Cormorant🫧
#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The wildest dream of a Cormorant🫧
#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
#bird #birdart #illustration #digitalart #fish #bitterling #animalart #creature #artist
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February 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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But you can write, you said.
I don't have your address.
But you can write.
And so I wrote. About deciduous trees. Of bare branches dripping with winter.
An expectation of returning, bright as beech, leaves.
Bare feet, taking root. Memories of gold russet. Bare branches, dripping with winter.
I don't have your address.
But you can write.
And so I wrote. About deciduous trees. Of bare branches dripping with winter.
An expectation of returning, bright as beech, leaves.
Bare feet, taking root. Memories of gold russet. Bare branches, dripping with winter.
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 AM
But you can write, you said.
I don't have your address.
But you can write.
And so I wrote. About deciduous trees. Of bare branches dripping with winter.
An expectation of returning, bright as beech, leaves.
Bare feet, taking root. Memories of gold russet. Bare branches, dripping with winter.
I don't have your address.
But you can write.
And so I wrote. About deciduous trees. Of bare branches dripping with winter.
An expectation of returning, bright as beech, leaves.
Bare feet, taking root. Memories of gold russet. Bare branches, dripping with winter.
You have a window installed in your chest so I can see what you mean.
Peeping between ribs like blinds at your fist of a heart, pale- knuckled pounding.
Wants to be free, you say. But my guess is, your heart is knocking for better luck than me.
#vss365 (pale)
#ThingsToWriteAbout (window)
Peeping between ribs like blinds at your fist of a heart, pale- knuckled pounding.
Wants to be free, you say. But my guess is, your heart is knocking for better luck than me.
#vss365 (pale)
#ThingsToWriteAbout (window)
February 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
You have a window installed in your chest so I can see what you mean.
Peeping between ribs like blinds at your fist of a heart, pale- knuckled pounding.
Wants to be free, you say. But my guess is, your heart is knocking for better luck than me.
#vss365 (pale)
#ThingsToWriteAbout (window)
Peeping between ribs like blinds at your fist of a heart, pale- knuckled pounding.
Wants to be free, you say. But my guess is, your heart is knocking for better luck than me.
#vss365 (pale)
#ThingsToWriteAbout (window)
terraforming glitch
each night this undead planet
whispers in darkness
crazed hiss like secrets
our desires, greed and hubris
bloodiest curses
we rise as ghosts
can't believe in ourselves
or this next world
#ScifaikuSaturday (glitch)
#inkMine (craze)
#vss365 (bloody)
each night this undead planet
whispers in darkness
crazed hiss like secrets
our desires, greed and hubris
bloodiest curses
we rise as ghosts
can't believe in ourselves
or this next world
#ScifaikuSaturday (glitch)
#inkMine (craze)
#vss365 (bloody)
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
terraforming glitch
each night this undead planet
whispers in darkness
crazed hiss like secrets
our desires, greed and hubris
bloodiest curses
we rise as ghosts
can't believe in ourselves
or this next world
#ScifaikuSaturday (glitch)
#inkMine (craze)
#vss365 (bloody)
each night this undead planet
whispers in darkness
crazed hiss like secrets
our desires, greed and hubris
bloodiest curses
we rise as ghosts
can't believe in ourselves
or this next world
#ScifaikuSaturday (glitch)
#inkMine (craze)
#vss365 (bloody)
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Thankyou for those who follow my hodgepodge of prompts! Todays February 7th prompt is #window #thingstowriteabout
February 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Thankyou for those who follow my hodgepodge of prompts! Todays February 7th prompt is #window #thingstowriteabout
Quick read! On treating yourself as an experiment - trial those writing rituals until they work for you.
(I recommend giving lucky writing socks a go)
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #craft
electricliterature.com/you-dont-hav...
(I recommend giving lucky writing socks a go)
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #craft
electricliterature.com/you-dont-hav...
You Don’t Have to Write Every Day to Be a Real Writer - Electric Literature
I write; I am a writer. My qualifications are that I say so
electricliterature.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Quick read! On treating yourself as an experiment - trial those writing rituals until they work for you.
(I recommend giving lucky writing socks a go)
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #craft
electricliterature.com/you-dont-hav...
(I recommend giving lucky writing socks a go)
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #craft
electricliterature.com/you-dont-hav...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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It’s such a place where plot happens. Incredibly cursed rest stop.
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 AM
It’s such a place where plot happens. Incredibly cursed rest stop.
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@ekphrasticreview.bsky.social
Special Announcement: Two Anthology Calls
The Metaphor Tree: an anthology of ekphrastic poetry
Blood Dance: an anthology of dark ekphrastic flash fiction
#writing #ekphrastic #poetry #flashfiction
www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...
Special Announcement: Two Anthology Calls
The Metaphor Tree: an anthology of ekphrastic poetry
Blood Dance: an anthology of dark ekphrastic flash fiction
#writing #ekphrastic #poetry #flashfiction
www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...
Special Announcement: Two Anthology Calls
Announcing two anthology calls! The Metaphor Tree: an anthology of ekphrastic poetry Blood Dance: an anthology of dark ekphrastic flash fiction
www.ekphrastic.net
February 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
@ekphrasticreview.bsky.social
Special Announcement: Two Anthology Calls
The Metaphor Tree: an anthology of ekphrastic poetry
Blood Dance: an anthology of dark ekphrastic flash fiction
#writing #ekphrastic #poetry #flashfiction
www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...
Special Announcement: Two Anthology Calls
The Metaphor Tree: an anthology of ekphrastic poetry
Blood Dance: an anthology of dark ekphrastic flash fiction
#writing #ekphrastic #poetry #flashfiction
www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...
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a pothole puddle
crossed by a crow’s reflection
the deeps of the sky
crossed by a crow’s reflection
the deeps of the sky
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
a pothole puddle
crossed by a crow’s reflection
the deeps of the sky
crossed by a crow’s reflection
the deeps of the sky