Peculiar Julia
@peculiarjulia.bsky.social
#Writer, #Editor, #Poet, #Dog Servant, #Cake Eater. #Poetry #MagicalRealism #BizarroFiction #CNF and most #Words written well. Lean #Buddhist when #meditating Find me #writing, #editing and #boost nominating on Medium https://linktr.ee/peculiarjulia
Pinned
Staircase
a late-night phone call
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"...I hunched at the bottom of the staircase in the shadows, whispering shaky questions into the phone..."
#micromemoir #memoir #creativenonfiction
Staircase medium.com/flashbacks/s... in Flashbacks #litpub for #TinyTrueTales
#micromemoir #memoir #creativenonfiction
Staircase medium.com/flashbacks/s... in Flashbacks #litpub for #TinyTrueTales
"At last the Kraken awakes in waves
of towering seas and air that breaths
the never-ending pull of tides..."
Because everyone loves a #seamonster
The Scylla by John E Marks medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#legendary #poetry
of towering seas and air that breaths
the never-ending pull of tides..."
Because everyone loves a #seamonster
The Scylla by John E Marks medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#legendary #poetry
The Scylla
a legendary, man-eating monster that lives opposite her counterpart, the sea-swallowing monster Charybdis.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"At last the Kraken awakes in waves
of towering seas and air that breaths
the never-ending pull of tides..."
Because everyone loves a #seamonster
The Scylla by John E Marks medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#legendary #poetry
of towering seas and air that breaths
the never-ending pull of tides..."
Because everyone loves a #seamonster
The Scylla by John E Marks medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#legendary #poetry
"...Beneath his skin,
a thread of light trembled,
as if the sun had left a secret in him by mistake..."
When the Deep Sea Met Light by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/when-...
#poetry #depression #healing
a thread of light trembled,
as if the sun had left a secret in him by mistake..."
When the Deep Sea Met Light by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/when-...
#poetry #depression #healing
When the Deep Sea Met Light
A myth on what happens when the voice that holds you down learns to let go
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"...Beneath his skin,
a thread of light trembled,
as if the sun had left a secret in him by mistake..."
When the Deep Sea Met Light by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/when-...
#poetry #depression #healing
a thread of light trembled,
as if the sun had left a secret in him by mistake..."
When the Deep Sea Met Light by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/when-...
#poetry #depression #healing
"...To be liberated from the remnants of
dying stars-turned-flesh,
only love knows the secret
to the unravelling of
a ribcage..."
Oversoul by Ruth Boukhari medium.com/p/oversoul-9...
#poetry #oversoul #soc #transcendentalism
dying stars-turned-flesh,
only love knows the secret
to the unravelling of
a ribcage..."
Oversoul by Ruth Boukhari medium.com/p/oversoul-9...
#poetry #oversoul #soc #transcendentalism
Oversoul
Stream of Consciousness Poetry
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November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"...To be liberated from the remnants of
dying stars-turned-flesh,
only love knows the secret
to the unravelling of
a ribcage..."
Oversoul by Ruth Boukhari medium.com/p/oversoul-9...
#poetry #oversoul #soc #transcendentalism
dying stars-turned-flesh,
only love knows the secret
to the unravelling of
a ribcage..."
Oversoul by Ruth Boukhari medium.com/p/oversoul-9...
#poetry #oversoul #soc #transcendentalism
"...She is delighted splashes of paint, sad blues, yellow horizons, scraps of cloth stuck on with sequins..."
Third Grade Art Project medium.com/lit-up/third...
#PoeticProse #MicroMemoir #Childhood #Bullying #tinytale #shortread in Lit Up #litpub
Third Grade Art Project medium.com/lit-up/third...
#PoeticProse #MicroMemoir #Childhood #Bullying #tinytale #shortread in Lit Up #litpub
Third Grade Art Project
Aren’t we all works of art in progress?
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November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"...She is delighted splashes of paint, sad blues, yellow horizons, scraps of cloth stuck on with sequins..."
Third Grade Art Project medium.com/lit-up/third...
#PoeticProse #MicroMemoir #Childhood #Bullying #tinytale #shortread in Lit Up #litpub
Third Grade Art Project medium.com/lit-up/third...
#PoeticProse #MicroMemoir #Childhood #Bullying #tinytale #shortread in Lit Up #litpub
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Fading to tomorrow
a day spent clutching minutes
from the clock’s hands
#DailyHaikuPrompt #fading #haiku #micropoetry #blueskypoets
©Gerry White, 2025
a day spent clutching minutes
from the clock’s hands
#DailyHaikuPrompt #fading #haiku #micropoetry #blueskypoets
©Gerry White, 2025
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Fading to tomorrow
a day spent clutching minutes
from the clock’s hands
#DailyHaikuPrompt #fading #haiku #micropoetry #blueskypoets
©Gerry White, 2025
a day spent clutching minutes
from the clock’s hands
#DailyHaikuPrompt #fading #haiku #micropoetry #blueskypoets
©Gerry White, 2025
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🌿🌷🌿'The Halloween Of No Return' by Neil K. Henderson 🌿🌷🌿
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🌷Support #authors, #creators, #artists, #poets, #writers #WritingCommmunity #readers
#readingforpleasure #flashfiction #poetry #art
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🌷Support #authors, #creators, #artists, #poets, #writers #WritingCommmunity #readers
#readingforpleasure #flashfiction #poetry #art
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🌿🌷🌿'The Halloween Of No Return' by Neil K. Henderson 🌿🌷🌿
www.flashfictionnorth.com/recentfiction
🌷Support #authors, #creators, #artists, #poets, #writers #WritingCommmunity #readers
#readingforpleasure #flashfiction #poetry #art
www.flashfictionnorth.com/recentfiction
🌷Support #authors, #creators, #artists, #poets, #writers #WritingCommmunity #readers
#readingforpleasure #flashfiction #poetry #art
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ICYMI today we're featuring Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICYMI today we're featuring Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
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How Dominique Got Their Glass Eye by Nina Miller
A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy!
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror
https://blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-moments/how-dominique-got-their-glass-eye-by-nina-miller
A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy!
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror
https://blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-moments/how-dominique-got-their-glass-eye-by-nina-miller
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
How Dominique Got Their Glass Eye by Nina Miller
A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy!
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror
https://blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-moments/how-dominique-got-their-glass-eye-by-nina-miller
A Dark Moments drabble. Enjoy!
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity #drabble #microfiction #FREEfiction #writerslife #bookblogger #bookblast #Horror
https://blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-moments/how-dominique-got-their-glass-eye-by-nina-miller
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tudo bem?
today's #haikufeels #prompt is
jarring
👉 currently accepting donations of gently used halloween candy
today's #haikufeels #prompt is
jarring
👉 currently accepting donations of gently used halloween candy
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
tudo bem?
today's #haikufeels #prompt is
jarring
👉 currently accepting donations of gently used halloween candy
today's #haikufeels #prompt is
jarring
👉 currently accepting donations of gently used halloween candy
ecopoetry?
Morning, consumers -
Could we interest you in more?
Waste won’t buy itself.
#Senryū #poetry? #words
#consumerism #thoughts
Could we interest you in more?
Waste won’t buy itself.
#Senryū #poetry? #words
#consumerism #thoughts
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
ecopoetry?
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Celebrate creativity!
#booksky #books #fiction #novel #literature #ai #artificialintelligence #sciencefiction #scifi #writingcommunity #nonfiction
#booksky #books #fiction #novel #literature #ai #artificialintelligence #sciencefiction #scifi #writingcommunity #nonfiction
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Celebrate creativity!
#booksky #books #fiction #novel #literature #ai #artificialintelligence #sciencefiction #scifi #writingcommunity #nonfiction
#booksky #books #fiction #novel #literature #ai #artificialintelligence #sciencefiction #scifi #writingcommunity #nonfiction
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memory of loss
this brittle experiment
colonized by fear
#haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #writingcommunity #haikucommunity #BlueSkyPoetry #blueskypoets #haikufeels #TheResistance #ResistanceUnited #VetsResist #GeneralStrike #Resist #FatHitler
this brittle experiment
colonized by fear
#haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #writingcommunity #haikucommunity #BlueSkyPoetry #blueskypoets #haikufeels #TheResistance #ResistanceUnited #VetsResist #GeneralStrike #Resist #FatHitler
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
memory of loss
this brittle experiment
colonized by fear
#haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #writingcommunity #haikucommunity #BlueSkyPoetry #blueskypoets #haikufeels #TheResistance #ResistanceUnited #VetsResist #GeneralStrike #Resist #FatHitler
this brittle experiment
colonized by fear
#haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #writingcommunity #haikucommunity #BlueSkyPoetry #blueskypoets #haikufeels #TheResistance #ResistanceUnited #VetsResist #GeneralStrike #Resist #FatHitler
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"...Promethean, your fire
will ever be my light
although the human heart expires
into this stormy night..."
To Percy Bysshe Shelley by @ulfwolf.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/to-pe...
#poetry #elegy #Shelley #poetrycommunity
will ever be my light
although the human heart expires
into this stormy night..."
To Percy Bysshe Shelley by @ulfwolf.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/to-pe...
#poetry #elegy #Shelley #poetrycommunity
To Percy Bysshe Shelley
My elegy to the great poet
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November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"...Promethean, your fire
will ever be my light
although the human heart expires
into this stormy night..."
To Percy Bysshe Shelley by @ulfwolf.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/to-pe...
#poetry #elegy #Shelley #poetrycommunity
will ever be my light
although the human heart expires
into this stormy night..."
To Percy Bysshe Shelley by @ulfwolf.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/to-pe...
#poetry #elegy #Shelley #poetrycommunity
"Pardon the maples
on moving day, red
coats emptied from suitcases
spattered
like imperfect travelers..."
The Drop-in by Michelle Lauren
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#AutumnVibes simply gorgeous #poetry #poetrycommunity
on moving day, red
coats emptied from suitcases
spattered
like imperfect travelers..."
The Drop-in by Michelle Lauren
medium.com/lit-up/the-d...
#AutumnVibes simply gorgeous #poetry #poetrycommunity
The Drop-in
Free Verse
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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Pardon the maples
on moving day, red
coats emptied from suitcases
spattered
like imperfect travelers..."
The Drop-in by Michelle Lauren
medium.com/lit-up/the-d...
#AutumnVibes simply gorgeous #poetry #poetrycommunity
on moving day, red
coats emptied from suitcases
spattered
like imperfect travelers..."
The Drop-in by Michelle Lauren
medium.com/lit-up/the-d...
#AutumnVibes simply gorgeous #poetry #poetrycommunity
"Nothing happens unless we dream it
poetry is the sea mammal who loves the land..."
HYPERAROUSAL by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/hyper...
#poetry in Lit Up #litpub
#poetrycommunity
poetry is the sea mammal who loves the land..."
HYPERAROUSAL by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/hyper...
#poetry in Lit Up #litpub
#poetrycommunity
HYPERAROUSAL
flight and fight and fright
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November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Nothing happens unless we dream it
poetry is the sea mammal who loves the land..."
HYPERAROUSAL by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/hyper...
#poetry in Lit Up #litpub
#poetrycommunity
poetry is the sea mammal who loves the land..."
HYPERAROUSAL by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/hyper...
#poetry in Lit Up #litpub
#poetrycommunity
"The city smelled of blood behind the calm mask of Lisa Williams..."
The Priests’ Ring by Lay Low Magazine
#fiction #flashfiction #retribution medium.com/lit-up/the-p... in Lit Up #litpub
The Priests’ Ring by Lay Low Magazine
#fiction #flashfiction #retribution medium.com/lit-up/the-p... in Lit Up #litpub
The Priests’ Ring
Whom shall I send?
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November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"The city smelled of blood behind the calm mask of Lisa Williams..."
The Priests’ Ring by Lay Low Magazine
#fiction #flashfiction #retribution medium.com/lit-up/the-p... in Lit Up #litpub
The Priests’ Ring by Lay Low Magazine
#fiction #flashfiction #retribution medium.com/lit-up/the-p... in Lit Up #litpub
"I was already kneeling on the kitchen tiles with my arms inside the wall when I realized I was listening for a heartbeat..."
The Bees of Quiet Mercy by Ani Eldritch
#fiction #grief #transformation medium.com/lit-up/the-b...
The Bees of Quiet Mercy by Ani Eldritch
#fiction #grief #transformation medium.com/lit-up/the-b...
The Bees of Quiet Mercy
On what we choose to keep alive
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November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"I was already kneeling on the kitchen tiles with my arms inside the wall when I realized I was listening for a heartbeat..."
The Bees of Quiet Mercy by Ani Eldritch
#fiction #grief #transformation medium.com/lit-up/the-b...
The Bees of Quiet Mercy by Ani Eldritch
#fiction #grief #transformation medium.com/lit-up/the-b...
"... only birds looked down as I fell —
fragile bodies I never thought could hold me that well..."
Growing Anxiety by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/growi...
#poetry #anxiety #trauma #hope
fragile bodies I never thought could hold me that well..."
Growing Anxiety by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/growi...
#poetry #anxiety #trauma #hope
Growing Anxiety
A coming-of-age story nobody asked for.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"... only birds looked down as I fell —
fragile bodies I never thought could hold me that well..."
Growing Anxiety by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/growi...
#poetry #anxiety #trauma #hope
fragile bodies I never thought could hold me that well..."
Growing Anxiety by Arion Vox medium.com/lit-up/growi...
#poetry #anxiety #trauma #hope
"why do you glare at me so bright
that blank stare of a dare to
express myself on hallowed white..."
If It Were True by Richard Grahn medium.com/lit-up/if-it...
#poetry #writing #poetrycommunity
in the Lit Up press #litpub
that blank stare of a dare to
express myself on hallowed white..."
If It Were True by Richard Grahn medium.com/lit-up/if-it...
#poetry #writing #poetrycommunity
in the Lit Up press #litpub
If It Were True
On the horizon, a ship of fools
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November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"why do you glare at me so bright
that blank stare of a dare to
express myself on hallowed white..."
If It Were True by Richard Grahn medium.com/lit-up/if-it...
#poetry #writing #poetrycommunity
in the Lit Up press #litpub
that blank stare of a dare to
express myself on hallowed white..."
If It Were True by Richard Grahn medium.com/lit-up/if-it...
#poetry #writing #poetrycommunity
in the Lit Up press #litpub
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"Anchors Aweigh
my muse and I
make love on the placid page
soon drenched
as Hokusai’s great wave
breaks on our shore..."
Anchors Aweigh by Richard Grahn medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#tanka #poetry #haibun
my muse and I
make love on the placid page
soon drenched
as Hokusai’s great wave
breaks on our shore..."
Anchors Aweigh by Richard Grahn medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#tanka #poetry #haibun
Anchors Aweigh
All aboard
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November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Anchors Aweigh
my muse and I
make love on the placid page
soon drenched
as Hokusai’s great wave
breaks on our shore..."
Anchors Aweigh by Richard Grahn medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#tanka #poetry #haibun
my muse and I
make love on the placid page
soon drenched
as Hokusai’s great wave
breaks on our shore..."
Anchors Aweigh by Richard Grahn medium.com/the-mad-rive...
#tanka #poetry #haibun
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"Plants, on the other hand, rarely move, so when they do — when they bloom, when they grow a new leaf — it feels special. Like it deserves a celebration..."
Those No One Comes to See at the Zoo
Utterly charming #fiction from Takeshi Chin
medium.com/lit-up/those...
Those No One Comes to See at the Zoo
Utterly charming #fiction from Takeshi Chin
medium.com/lit-up/those...
Those No One Comes to See at the Zoo
I work at a zoo — not with the animals, but the plants, which are never the stars. Or so I thought — until I met her.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Plants, on the other hand, rarely move, so when they do — when they bloom, when they grow a new leaf — it feels special. Like it deserves a celebration..."
Those No One Comes to See at the Zoo
Utterly charming #fiction from Takeshi Chin
medium.com/lit-up/those...
Those No One Comes to See at the Zoo
Utterly charming #fiction from Takeshi Chin
medium.com/lit-up/those...
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R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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November 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM