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Sheila Burpee Duncan
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Second Rounder @austinfilmfest. Penguin Random House Canada Student Award for Fiction. Stories in @blankspacesmag @AgnesandTrue. Words & photos all my fault.© 🇨🇦
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organic process
editing literature;
decomposition

#literature #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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by restructuring
every letter of the law
he created wealth

#law #anagram
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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watch your language!
why, what’s it doing?
having intercourse

#language
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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don’t let the facts
get in the way of a
good history

#history
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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tectonic shifts
render geography
subject to change

#geography
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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famous novelist
shuns pens and keys for whiteboards
they’re remarkable

#famous
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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too busy learning
to get an education
matter of degree

#education
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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domestic bliss
beating my husband
at wordle

#domestic
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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pig-like creature calls
himself “horse of the river”
that hippo critter

#creature #SenryuSunday
November 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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halloween business
supply treats and demand tricks
billions of bones spent

#business #halloween
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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tbr pile grows
higher as you bag some rays;
carver and chandler

#ray
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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thought experiment:
without sounding uppity
say argent out loud

#argent #experiment
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Creep too close to sun
Yielding heliacal splat
Ick “R” Us

#heliacal #creep
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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condemned haunted house
slated for demolition
that’s a terror down

#terror
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Intelligent life?
“Attention K-Mart shoppers!”
K-Martians freeze.

#martian #vss365
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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grave doubt
remains to be
unseen

#unseen
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Pyrenees gives off
main character energy
always leading man

#energy
Pyrenees pulls on lead. Credit: @sheilabduncan
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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dish under pressure
cracked, “your honour, I saucer
‘twas cup spilt the tea”

#saucer
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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atom
big fission
small pond

#atom
October 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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hover over keys
make inroad into android
weather arid spell

#hover #android #arid #SenryuSunday
October 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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dark side of the moon
hydroponic gardener
breeds unearthly blooms

#unearthly #haiku
October 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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former beetle paul
delivers deluxe pizzazz
with a side of wings

#Beetle #deluxe
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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turn that siren down,
captain warns in undertones;
mermaid murmurs threat

#undertone
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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piranha in trench
exhibits sense of verve, but
raincoat is slicker

#piranha #raincoat #verve
October 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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steamy rendezvous
libertine librarian
orders wanton soup

#libertine #haiku #senryu
October 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM