Daniel Gene Barlekamp
@dgbarlekamp.bsky.social
Short story writer. Poet. Fan of ghosts, monsters, and local legends.
A reminder to switch ourselves from TRANSMIT to RECEIVE once in a while.
#poetry #nature #mindfulness
#poetry #nature #mindfulness
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A reminder to switch ourselves from TRANSMIT to RECEIVE once in a while.
#poetry #nature #mindfulness
#poetry #nature #mindfulness
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Can't wait to dive into the new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social!! Every issue is chock full of beauty and inspiration ✨ reminding me of all that is good in the world.
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Can't wait to dive into the new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social!! Every issue is chock full of beauty and inspiration ✨ reminding me of all that is good in the world.
Thrilled to have five #poems featured in the December 2025 issue of Borderless Journal:
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#poetrysky #poetrylovers
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#poetrysky #poetrylovers
Poetry by Daniel Gene Barlekamp
Daniel Gene Barlekamp TWO QUESTIONS AND AN ANSWERi“Which cloud is God on?”the boy asks.“I don’t know,”his mother says,fiddling with the radio.Outside the window,a cemetery rolls by.ii“What happens …
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December 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thrilled to have five #poems featured in the December 2025 issue of Borderless Journal:
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#poetrysky #poetrylovers
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#poetrysky #poetrylovers
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We are thrilled to announce our 2025 Larry Brown Short Story Contest Results! Judge @andrewporter01.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the winners:
1st: Anju Sharma
2nd: MC Schmidt
3rd: Cathy Adams
4th: Lyndsay Hall
5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)
Congratulations to all the winners:
1st: Anju Sharma
2nd: MC Schmidt
3rd: Cathy Adams
4th: Lyndsay Hall
5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We are thrilled to announce our 2025 Larry Brown Short Story Contest Results! Judge @andrewporter01.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the winners:
1st: Anju Sharma
2nd: MC Schmidt
3rd: Cathy Adams
4th: Lyndsay Hall
5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)
Congratulations to all the winners:
1st: Anju Sharma
2nd: MC Schmidt
3rd: Cathy Adams
4th: Lyndsay Hall
5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)
Have you always dreamed of seeing your 24-word masterpiece on a coaster? Enter Molecule's contest now, and you too can invite your friends and relatives to rest their drinks on your micro-poem or prose.
#writingcontests #microlit #microfiction #poetry
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#writingcontests #microlit #microfiction #poetry
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Molecule - a tiny lit mag
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December 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Have you always dreamed of seeing your 24-word masterpiece on a coaster? Enter Molecule's contest now, and you too can invite your friends and relatives to rest their drinks on your micro-poem or prose.
#writingcontests #microlit #microfiction #poetry
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#writingcontests #microlit #microfiction #poetry
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Winter from this sidewalk perspective, in the neighborhood where I used to walk my dog, CT. 6”x6” oil
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Winter from this sidewalk perspective, in the neighborhood where I used to walk my dog, CT. 6”x6” oil
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from Saturn by Helen Frankenthaler (Scottish Gallery of Modern Art)
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
from Saturn by Helen Frankenthaler (Scottish Gallery of Modern Art)
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a color study of sorts. interesting.
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #watercolor #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #watercolor #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
a color study of sorts. interesting.
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #watercolor #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #watercolor #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon
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December 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Geometric sculpture by Japanese glass artist Ikuta Niyoko #WomensArt
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Geometric sculpture by Japanese glass artist Ikuta Niyoko #WomensArt
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For #MementoMoriMonday and #OwlishMonday,
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
hvrd.art/o/259669
What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
hvrd.art/o/259669
What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For #MementoMoriMonday and #OwlishMonday,
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
hvrd.art/o/259669
What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
hvrd.art/o/259669
What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
Don't wait! Molecule is now open to #submissions. Get your tiny masterpieces in now. shorturl.at/yT1BX
#litmag #microlit #microfiction #poetry
#litmag #microlit #microfiction #poetry
Molecule - a tiny lit mag
Visit the post for more.
shorturl.at
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Don't wait! Molecule is now open to #submissions. Get your tiny masterpieces in now. shorturl.at/yT1BX
#litmag #microlit #microfiction #poetry
#litmag #microlit #microfiction #poetry
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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My very good friend @indigorue.bsky.social has a beautiful 💔 story out today. Go read it!
“You name each shape in sing-song, asking me to play along, but it’s the summer before seventh grade and I’m too old for make-believe.”
Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:
Read my contest-winning story, “Lee Aeronautics,” here:
Lee Aeronautics
On a lazy mayfly day, we sit on Grandpa Lee’s wrap-around porch, purple-tongued and sticky-fingered from the grape soda and teriyaki jerky he keeps in the pantry because they’re your favorites.&nbs…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
My very good friend @indigorue.bsky.social has a beautiful 💔 story out today. Go read it!
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Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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'Raven' collage by Lisa Morales, textile and mixed media artist #WomensArt
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
'Raven' collage by Lisa Morales, textile and mixed media artist #WomensArt
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Check out New Verse Review's Halloween issue!
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October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Check out New Verse Review's Halloween issue!
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October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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October 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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This is my favourite Langston Hughes poem. He says so much in 4 lines, and the weight of the word 'perhaps' in the last line does not go unnoticed.
Posting on the 1955th day since George Floyd was murdered. Little has changed, things are probably worse
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#BlackHistoryMonth
Posting on the 1955th day since George Floyd was murdered. Little has changed, things are probably worse
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#BlackHistoryMonth
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is my favourite Langston Hughes poem. He says so much in 4 lines, and the weight of the word 'perhaps' in the last line does not go unnoticed.
Posting on the 1955th day since George Floyd was murdered. Little has changed, things are probably worse
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#BlackHistoryMonth
Posting on the 1955th day since George Floyd was murdered. Little has changed, things are probably worse
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#BlackHistoryMonth
I'm proud to have a poem in IHRAM Press's anthology "America's Slide Towards Authoritarianism," in which 12 artists and 30 writers offer their take on the fragility of the values that once made America great. Preorder at a 30% discount before the Oct. 1 release date: shorturl.at/oFTcL.
New Release: America's Slide Towards Authoritarianism — International Human Rights Art Movement
America’s democracy is eroding—bold voices from the United States and Italy, to the UK and Iran, connect through their literary craft and artistry. Each story represents a segment of American society ...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm proud to have a poem in IHRAM Press's anthology "America's Slide Towards Authoritarianism," in which 12 artists and 30 writers offer their take on the fragility of the values that once made America great. Preorder at a 30% discount before the Oct. 1 release date: shorturl.at/oFTcL.