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Maria Carvalho
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"Hamster in Space!" author ☆ Multi-genre writer/reader ☆ Snap-happy nature gal (my 📸) ☆ Words: @rfpress.bsky.social• @metastellar.bsky.social• @freeflashfiction.bsky.social• @scifansat.bsky.social•Literary Revelations, etc.☆ https://shorturl.at/RYKzk
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The sky as theater.
A sea of clouds, some almost black, glow orange in the sunset.
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frosted dawn moon
my dream
of cherry blossoms
survives another
harsh winter night

#Photography Maria Carvalho
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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no place
holds the moon
for long

#Photography Lane Billings
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November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The frosting arrived 🍂 …
In wonderful contrast to the hardy greens of Fall aging brown leaves are iced with morning frost.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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late afternoon light
out of a coppiced willow
gold bones of winter
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Forever beauty
Long after it fades away
Echoes in the light

#haikufeels #Fade #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Haiga #ImageAndVerse #BlueskyPhotography #Flowers #Iris #Nature #GardenLife #Memory #Beauty
A pale purple iris in contrasting light, ruffled petals glowing against a black background.
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Another one of the Alps from the archives for #Stunday
Mountains and clouds intertwined above village clusters in a green valley.
#Mountains
#Clouds
#Alps
#Switzerland
Mountains and clouds intertwined above village clusters in a green valley.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I’m honored to be featured in Issue 10 of the First Frost journal amongst so many gorgeous #haiku poems.

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A photo of my published haiku featured in the First Frost journal that reads, “funeral procession pocketful of black jellybeans” Front cover of First Frost haiku journal which shows a wide view of a landscape at nighttime with a softly lit horizon under a starry sky
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The sky as theater.
A sea of clouds, some almost black, glow orange in the sunset.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
immcarvalho.bsky.social
So thrilled and honored to receive this Pushcart Prize nomination! 🎉 Thank you @g-marie-milton.bsky.social! ❤️
The list of 2025 Literary Revelations Publishing House Pushcart Prize nominees: Hikari, Naoki Kimura, Lauren Scott, Maria Carvalho, Cindy Georgakas
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I once met myself
beneath the banyan shade
where hungry ghosts
and angry demons
kept me company

#Photography The Wild Images
@thewildimages.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Just a Canadian author & her chemo revenge bangs dropping off 15 signed copies of her murder mysteries at Munro’s Books on this rainy Saturday morning! #ovariancancersurvivor #yyj #cancer #bookstagrammer
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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the measurable distance
between poems

one maple leaf falls
then another

one Canada goose calls
then another

one snowflake drifts
then another

one memory arrives
then another

one lifetime
then another

and another

#vss365 #measurable
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Excited to have a flash in the beautiful latest issue of The Maine Review.♥️

www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
The Wing - The Maine Review
The morning Nadine’s feathers sprouted, a light snow fell. She was standing outside, watching Meg board the school bus, noticing how the little girl’s hair, frizzy like her own, glistened with snow, m...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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I want the courage and patience of this little oak. Two bright leaves in cold sand, still reaching up. Spring’s a promise far off, yet it still makes its stand. Even as slumber edges close, it stays rooted, not unafraid, but brave enough.

#trees #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #photgraphy
A tiny red oak seedling stands alone in pale sunlit sand, its two bright leaves glowing against the soft, blurred background of the trail I ran. It caught my attention and stopped me in my tracks.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
A turkey is fenced in behind a sign on a post reading “LLAMA.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The morning starts with sparkles. ✨
Frost spikes over dried grasses while the sun rises over the trees.
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Blue page,
Unwritten sky,
A plane smudges a line,
Unknown souls travelling,
I send love upwards in a flight of crows,
Too small to be noticed,
My heart an instrument,
Lost beneath trees.

#blueskyrelay blue
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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She arrived with a gentle tap on the shoulder …
The terrain along the river was painted with pastel hues.
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I captured and processed my favorite object, the Rosette Nebula, with my new filters to render it in a Hubble palette. The total integration time was 22 hrs.

My Portfolio:
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#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #photography
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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the Big Dipper
resting on the treetops
a string of twinkle lights

#haiku
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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A fallen leaf, free, fresh, and unafraid Shines brightly, ruby radiance displayed

#ColorADay #ColourADay #RedWed

Southern California, this Monday
A bright red leaf fallen from a sweetgum tree shows its radiant hues on a bed of brown leaves before its ruby shades fade away. Both the red leaf and brown leaves show some sheen from recent rain. A lime-green blade of grass also appears on the right. Raw, ridding refresh Releasing radiant red Richness remembered
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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ravenbranhard.bsky.social
come softly
like the first ray
of dawn
before the world learns
how to wake

#Photography Maria Carvalho
@immcarvalho.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Dark forces at work—
Promoting hate over love
They won't block our light—
We will rise above

(My 📸) #vss365 #promote #poem
Tall, fluffy grass waving in the wind. Above is a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. One of them is partially blocking the sun; its glowing disk and escaping rays are visible.
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Check out this pincushion protea I found growing on the other side of the lake! It almost looks like something microscopic you'd find growing IN the lake.

The 2026 calendar is looking great and I'm excited to share, but had to take a time out to photograph this beaut first.

#flowers #photography
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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another go
with the zen garden rake
untangling today

#DailyHaikuPrompt (rake) #haiku
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM