elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs
@pleides.bsky.social
Poetry, Micro-poems, Nature, Walking, Reading. East Coast Canada. No DMs. Banner Photo by me.
Pinned
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What’s in your luggage? Regrets or ideas, maybe a dream that you never quite took the wrapper off. The shine still remaining for a one-day, a maybe, a sometime soon. Do you still pick out sorrows, ask if they deliver? Leave your address so they can find you…
#vssdaily luggage
#vss365 delivery
#vssdaily luggage
#vss365 delivery
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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the winter beeches
sing their lives to each other
pale roots underground
sing their lives to each other
pale roots underground
January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the winter beeches
sing their lives to each other
pale roots underground
sing their lives to each other
pale roots underground
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Fact: Chimpanzees are not pets, and they are not here for our entertainment.
Images and content that suggest otherwise are dangerous – because they increase demand for the illegal wildlife trade, which poses an enormous threat to chimpanzee populations and other great apes.
Photo: Fernando Turmo
Images and content that suggest otherwise are dangerous – because they increase demand for the illegal wildlife trade, which poses an enormous threat to chimpanzee populations and other great apes.
Photo: Fernando Turmo
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Fact: Chimpanzees are not pets, and they are not here for our entertainment.
Images and content that suggest otherwise are dangerous – because they increase demand for the illegal wildlife trade, which poses an enormous threat to chimpanzee populations and other great apes.
Photo: Fernando Turmo
Images and content that suggest otherwise are dangerous – because they increase demand for the illegal wildlife trade, which poses an enormous threat to chimpanzee populations and other great apes.
Photo: Fernando Turmo
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Grey January
every kitchen becomes
a soup kitchen
#DailyHaikuPrompt (soup) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
every kitchen becomes
a soup kitchen
#DailyHaikuPrompt (soup) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Grey January
every kitchen becomes
a soup kitchen
#DailyHaikuPrompt (soup) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
every kitchen becomes
a soup kitchen
#DailyHaikuPrompt (soup) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
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There are so many wonderful poets here, & it was a pleasure to feature some in this post from Literary Revelations Publishing! 💖 @ireneaddie.bsky.social @sarahhina.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @pleides.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social
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January 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
There are so many wonderful poets here, & it was a pleasure to feature some in this post from Literary Revelations Publishing! 💖 @ireneaddie.bsky.social @sarahhina.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @pleides.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social
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January 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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winter solitude
sound of snow
carrying me home
#Scape #winter #ForestFriday
#haiku #imageandverse #poem
#bspp49 #blue #puremichigan
sound of snow
carrying me home
#Scape #winter #ForestFriday
#haiku #imageandverse #poem
#bspp49 #blue #puremichigan
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 PM
winter solitude
sound of snow
carrying me home
#Scape #winter #ForestFriday
#haiku #imageandverse #poem
#bspp49 #blue #puremichigan
sound of snow
carrying me home
#Scape #winter #ForestFriday
#haiku #imageandverse #poem
#bspp49 #blue #puremichigan
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
#beetle
crunching
under your shoe...
blackpat
(Blackpat was the word used for a cockroach in Maesteg, where I come from ... horrid things!)
#beetle
crunching
under your shoe...
blackpat
(Blackpat was the word used for a cockroach in Maesteg, where I come from ... horrid things!)
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#beetle
crunching
under your shoe...
blackpat
(Blackpat was the word used for a cockroach in Maesteg, where I come from ... horrid things!)
#beetle
crunching
under your shoe...
blackpat
(Blackpat was the word used for a cockroach in Maesteg, where I come from ... horrid things!)
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January 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM
morning's half moon
contrail's spoon in sky's blue bowl
making stone soup
#dailyhaikuprompt (soup) 🌗
#haiku #folkstory
--perhaps a stretch too far but it's what
I thought of :-)
contrail's spoon in sky's blue bowl
making stone soup
#dailyhaikuprompt (soup) 🌗
#haiku #folkstory
--perhaps a stretch too far but it's what
I thought of :-)
January 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
morning's half moon
contrail's spoon in sky's blue bowl
making stone soup
#dailyhaikuprompt (soup) 🌗
#haiku #folkstory
--perhaps a stretch too far but it's what
I thought of :-)
contrail's spoon in sky's blue bowl
making stone soup
#dailyhaikuprompt (soup) 🌗
#haiku #folkstory
--perhaps a stretch too far but it's what
I thought of :-)
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burrowing
through a treacherous time
snowsquall warnings
#DailyHaikuPrompt (time) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
through a treacherous time
snowsquall warnings
#DailyHaikuPrompt (time) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
January 8, 2026 at 11:41 PM
burrowing
through a treacherous time
snowsquall warnings
#DailyHaikuPrompt (time) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
through a treacherous time
snowsquall warnings
#DailyHaikuPrompt (time) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
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always just ahead
the little muntjac stepping
my path before dawn
the little muntjac stepping
my path before dawn
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
always just ahead
the little muntjac stepping
my path before dawn
the little muntjac stepping
my path before dawn
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January 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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birth year penny
resting in the wishing well
out of circulation—
so many wishes
growing old with me
#dailyhaikuprompt #time
#tanka #TankaPoem #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine
resting in the wishing well
out of circulation—
so many wishes
growing old with me
#dailyhaikuprompt #time
#tanka #TankaPoem #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
birth year penny
resting in the wishing well
out of circulation—
so many wishes
growing old with me
#dailyhaikuprompt #time
#tanka #TankaPoem #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine
resting in the wishing well
out of circulation—
so many wishes
growing old with me
#dailyhaikuprompt #time
#tanka #TankaPoem #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine
social small talk
week's everchanging weather
reliable topic
🌡️🌦️🌨️🌤️
#thingstowriteabout #weather
#senryu
week's everchanging weather
reliable topic
🌡️🌦️🌨️🌤️
#thingstowriteabout #weather
#senryu
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
social small talk
week's everchanging weather
reliable topic
🌡️🌦️🌨️🌤️
#thingstowriteabout #weather
#senryu
week's everchanging weather
reliable topic
🌡️🌦️🌨️🌤️
#thingstowriteabout #weather
#senryu
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#DailyHaikuPrompt
#time
#senryu
time is the name
of the silent spectator
at every game
time sits
on my shoulder
like a hooded crow
(A couple of old ones.)
#time
#senryu
time is the name
of the silent spectator
at every game
time sits
on my shoulder
like a hooded crow
(A couple of old ones.)
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#time
#senryu
time is the name
of the silent spectator
at every game
time sits
on my shoulder
like a hooded crow
(A couple of old ones.)
#time
#senryu
time is the name
of the silent spectator
at every game
time sits
on my shoulder
like a hooded crow
(A couple of old ones.)
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January 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Today’s prompt is a little raincloud I made years ago..it’s also because I am feeling under the weather today..so the prompt is #weather #thingstowriteabout
January 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Today’s prompt is a little raincloud I made years ago..it’s also because I am feeling under the weather today..so the prompt is #weather #thingstowriteabout
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January 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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January 6, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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pine wind
needles falling on the water's
cool sound
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1692-1694
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
needles falling on the water's
cool sound
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1692-1694
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
pine wind
needles falling on the water's
cool sound
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1692-1694
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
needles falling on the water's
cool sound
#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho, 1692-1694
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
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this morning the snow
hosts of impossible bees
light in their white wings
hosts of impossible bees
light in their white wings
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
this morning the snow
hosts of impossible bees
light in their white wings
hosts of impossible bees
light in their white wings
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Did you get the new cellphone you were looking for? Make sure you recycle your old one!
"There are hundreds of thousands of cellphones lying around. They have coltan in them. Coltan is often illegally mined," Dr. Jane said, "leading to the destruction of the rainforests."
Photos: Fernando Turmo
"There are hundreds of thousands of cellphones lying around. They have coltan in them. Coltan is often illegally mined," Dr. Jane said, "leading to the destruction of the rainforests."
Photos: Fernando Turmo
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Did you get the new cellphone you were looking for? Make sure you recycle your old one!
"There are hundreds of thousands of cellphones lying around. They have coltan in them. Coltan is often illegally mined," Dr. Jane said, "leading to the destruction of the rainforests."
Photos: Fernando Turmo
"There are hundreds of thousands of cellphones lying around. They have coltan in them. Coltan is often illegally mined," Dr. Jane said, "leading to the destruction of the rainforests."
Photos: Fernando Turmo