Ogilvy Ottewell
@ogilvyottewell.bsky.social
OK Poet, Bad Artist, Failed Novelist.
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Leptis or Lepcis Magna was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya. Established as a Punic settlement prior to 500 BC, the city experienced significant expansion under Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193–211), who was born in the city. #RomanSiteSaturday
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Leptis or Lepcis Magna was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya. Established as a Punic settlement prior to 500 BC, the city experienced significant expansion under Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193–211), who was born in the city. #RomanSiteSaturday
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days unravel
like a bobbin of twine
through this long dark labyrinth
of our earthly time
and the Cardinal sin
that we dare not admit
is believing we chose every step of the way
when we just stumbled along, from day to day
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
like a bobbin of twine
through this long dark labyrinth
of our earthly time
and the Cardinal sin
that we dare not admit
is believing we chose every step of the way
when we just stumbled along, from day to day
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
days unravel
like a bobbin of twine
through this long dark labyrinth
of our earthly time
and the Cardinal sin
that we dare not admit
is believing we chose every step of the way
when we just stumbled along, from day to day
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
like a bobbin of twine
through this long dark labyrinth
of our earthly time
and the Cardinal sin
that we dare not admit
is believing we chose every step of the way
when we just stumbled along, from day to day
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Haiku #senryu #tanka
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across the graveyard
a lone magpie picks Insects
from epitaphs
a lone magpie picks Insects
from epitaphs
December 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
across the graveyard
a lone magpie picks Insects
from epitaphs
a lone magpie picks Insects
from epitaphs
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"Along The Street" - my oil painting, 12"x16"
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Along The Street" - my oil painting, 12"x16"
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Life dragged me under
Then you grabbed my hand, and
we danced in the waves
#haikufeels #under #haiku #senryu
Then you grabbed my hand, and
we danced in the waves
#haikufeels #under #haiku #senryu
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Life dragged me under
Then you grabbed my hand, and
we danced in the waves
#haikufeels #under #haiku #senryu
Then you grabbed my hand, and
we danced in the waves
#haikufeels #under #haiku #senryu
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Each time,
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.
Jane Hirshfield
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.
Jane Hirshfield
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Each time,
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.
Jane Hirshfield
the found world surprises
- that is its nature.
Jane Hirshfield
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moon maiden strolling
the dark side of her garden
Luna's second face
always veiled in shadow
silver silence's night bloom
#poetry #retroartprompt #poetrcommunity #tanka
the dark side of her garden
Luna's second face
always veiled in shadow
silver silence's night bloom
#poetry #retroartprompt #poetrcommunity #tanka
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
moon maiden strolling
the dark side of her garden
Luna's second face
always veiled in shadow
silver silence's night bloom
#poetry #retroartprompt #poetrcommunity #tanka
the dark side of her garden
Luna's second face
always veiled in shadow
silver silence's night bloom
#poetry #retroartprompt #poetrcommunity #tanka
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Time’s Tattoo
Remarkable footsteps,
A futile, charming chase
To fix time's fleeting grace.
Photos are time’s tattoo,
So dearly, sorely gained
Where memory is chained.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #art #blueskyart
Remarkable footsteps,
A futile, charming chase
To fix time's fleeting grace.
Photos are time’s tattoo,
So dearly, sorely gained
Where memory is chained.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #art #blueskyart
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Time’s Tattoo
Remarkable footsteps,
A futile, charming chase
To fix time's fleeting grace.
Photos are time’s tattoo,
So dearly, sorely gained
Where memory is chained.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #art #blueskyart
Remarkable footsteps,
A futile, charming chase
To fix time's fleeting grace.
Photos are time’s tattoo,
So dearly, sorely gained
Where memory is chained.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #Photography #bluesky #blueskypoetry #art #blueskyart
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December 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Memory's ribbon
curl, wrapping round the present
Door to Christmas past.
#BSPP48 #RibbonCurl
#haiku #senryu
curl, wrapping round the present
Door to Christmas past.
#BSPP48 #RibbonCurl
#haiku #senryu
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Memory's ribbon
curl, wrapping round the present
Door to Christmas past.
#BSPP48 #RibbonCurl
#haiku #senryu
curl, wrapping round the present
Door to Christmas past.
#BSPP48 #RibbonCurl
#haiku #senryu
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December bruises /
cherries rise in my mouth’s dream /
winter tastes of want
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#prompt cherries December
#haiku
cherries rise in my mouth’s dream /
winter tastes of want
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#prompt cherries December
#haiku
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
December bruises /
cherries rise in my mouth’s dream /
winter tastes of want
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#prompt cherries December
#haiku
cherries rise in my mouth’s dream /
winter tastes of want
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#prompt cherries December
#haiku
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December 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Final Cut
Excise notes, the past is clean.
All marks are now unseen.
The revision complete.
The judging is complete,
With history made neat,
The shaping complete.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyart #art
Excise notes, the past is clean.
All marks are now unseen.
The revision complete.
The judging is complete,
With history made neat,
The shaping complete.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyart #art
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Final Cut
Excise notes, the past is clean.
All marks are now unseen.
The revision complete.
The judging is complete,
With history made neat,
The shaping complete.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyart #art
Excise notes, the past is clean.
All marks are now unseen.
The revision complete.
The judging is complete,
With history made neat,
The shaping complete.
#poem #poemoftheday #poetry #poems #bluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskyart #art
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shaved ice in moonlight /
gnawed edges of the woodpile /
something feeds
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#prompt shaved ice
#haiku
gnawed edges of the woodpile /
something feeds
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#prompt shaved ice
#haiku
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
shaved ice in moonlight /
gnawed edges of the woodpile /
something feeds
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#prompt shaved ice
#haiku
gnawed edges of the woodpile /
something feeds
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#prompt shaved ice
#haiku
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In the dark spaces
of every day there is your
light shining on me.
#pennedreveries #everyday
#haiku #senryu
of every day there is your
light shining on me.
#pennedreveries #everyday
#haiku #senryu
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
In the dark spaces
of every day there is your
light shining on me.
#pennedreveries #everyday
#haiku #senryu
of every day there is your
light shining on me.
#pennedreveries #everyday
#haiku #senryu
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Some 1,900 years ago a child was buried with an array of terracotta figurines in the #Roman town of Arae Flaviae, #Rottweil: 2 pigeons, 2 dogs, 2 roosters, a chicken, a duck, and a female figure, commonly identified as Iuventas, the personification of youth. Rather than....🧵1/2
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December 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In the maple's blush
A soft wind stirs the leaves,
Winter's breath is here.
--- O.Ottewell
#poetry #poems #haiku #winterpoetry
A soft wind stirs the leaves,
Winter's breath is here.
--- O.Ottewell
#poetry #poems #haiku #winterpoetry
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In the maple's blush
A soft wind stirs the leaves,
Winter's breath is here.
--- O.Ottewell
#poetry #poems #haiku #winterpoetry
A soft wind stirs the leaves,
Winter's breath is here.
--- O.Ottewell
#poetry #poems #haiku #winterpoetry
Birds twitter away
As I walk through the garden-
All that bloomed is dead.
---- O.Ottewell
#poetry #haiku #poems #winterpoem
As I walk through the garden-
All that bloomed is dead.
---- O.Ottewell
#poetry #haiku #poems #winterpoem
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Birds twitter away
As I walk through the garden-
All that bloomed is dead.
---- O.Ottewell
#poetry #haiku #poems #winterpoem
As I walk through the garden-
All that bloomed is dead.
---- O.Ottewell
#poetry #haiku #poems #winterpoem
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Pair of vases, Made by Kawade Shibataro, Early 1900s. Copper alloy, silver, enamel; carved wood (stand). Height: 31.3cm © 1998 - 2016 The State Hermitage Museum.
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Pair of vases, Made by Kawade Shibataro, Early 1900s. Copper alloy, silver, enamel; carved wood (stand). Height: 31.3cm © 1998 - 2016 The State Hermitage Museum.