take the road
but leave
the map

#Photography Jackie Jones
@mookyshi91.bsky.social

she keeps
her hands
clean—
makes prunes
of them

until they
hardly remember
how to hold
anything
at all

#poetry

Flowers or Nothing At a small bookstore in Mexico City, I found a little poetry book, Flores o Nada (Flowers or Nothing), by Laura Cecilia Cárdenas. Nice, and just at my Spanish level. What I noticed most was the ebb…

#poetry #latinapoets #mexicanwriters #chapbooks #literarycriticism #writingcommunity
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lightning crashes hourly thunder rolls endlessly buildings detonate next to me -- I wish for magic © Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree

lightning crashes hourly
thunder rolls endlessly
buildings detonate next to me
-- I wish for magic

-
#WritingCommunity #poetry #vss365 #vssmagic #15WordPoet #thingstowriteabout

Now in New York and Online Worldwide Have a look. Pass it on. Free e-copies for a limited time if you want one and can post an honest Amazon review. (drggautier@gmail.com). * * * Click covers for links * * *                           …

Now
#newfiction #shortstories #independentbookstores #newyorkbookstores #kindledeals #literaryfiction #writingcommunity #garygautier #twodreamsandtwohollows
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after nirvana
everything still
to do

#haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (nirvana)

Another painting of parrot tulips, this time a pastel. These are in a favourite vintage glass jug which is a bit wonky and I like that. This was framed and sold and I think I probably pastelled out the white blank area top right

Another painting of parrot tulips, this time a pastel. These are in a favourite vintage glass jug which is a bit wonky and I like that. This was framed and sold and I think I probably pastelled out the white blank area top right.
#pastel #flowers #tulips

The Disappearing Bookstore Remember those old used bookstores with rambling aisles and hidden gems? Here’s one in Mexico City, where there is still a strong culture for physical books, but it is getting harder to find …

#oldbooks #usedbooks #oldbookstores #nostalgia #mexicocity #CDMX shakemyheadhollow.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/t...

Now in Cleveland and Online Worldwide Have a look. Pass it on. Free e-copies for a limited time if you’d like one and can post an honest Amazon review. (drggautier@gmail.com). * * * Click covers for links * * *                   …

#writingcommunity #newfiction #literaryfiction #shortstories #kindledeals #independentbookstores #clevelandbookstores
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oh, to be a frog
and think each croak
an aria

#haiku

🌕

Dear moon
I cannot protect you
from asteroids

☄️

Dear moon
I feel the gravity
of your imprisonment

🌕

Dear moon
apologies in advance
for space invaders

🛸

#senryu #scifaiku #poetry

Jazz Drummer Javier Cabrera Jasso Jazz drummer VIP and amigo mio from Xalapa is here in Mexico City promoting his book, ‘La música en el corazón’. Listen to a bit of Javier HERE. * * * Click covers for links * * *            …

#latinjazz #jazz #xalapa #mexicanculture
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Two Dreams and Two Hollows Amazon.com: Two Dreams and Two Hollows eBook : Gautier, Gary: Kindle Store

99c here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBZHL8SP

Gary Gautier - Bestselling Author of Literary and Visionary Fiction Explore Gary Gautier's world of literary and visionary fiction, delving into countercultural narratives, metaphysical journeys, and Southern regional tales.

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#kindledeals #booksales #newfiction #shortstories #literaryfiction #writingcommunity

Meeting Opal’s Mother Let’s skip a bit and continue from HERE with the lovely post-apocalyptic adult hippie fairy tale, Alice. . . . Crossing the threshold into Opal’s mother’s house was like stepping across time …

#newnovels #adultfairytale #utopian #literaryfiction #speculativefiction #kindledeals #alice #writingcommunity

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apple blossom
a poem unfolds
petal by petal

#Photography muttnik
@muttnik.bsky.social

🪨

a boulder
it’s only dream
rolling down the hill

#haiku #micropoetry

In Chicago and online worldwide
#newbooks

MOON JUMPING COW AND THE REST OF THE GANG BY ARTHUR RACKHAM #art

Nice Write-Up Nice write-up on Two Dreams and Two Hollows in LatinosUSA, including some short samples. Many thanks to Nolcha Fox and the editors. Linked HERE. If you like the short samples, I can send a free e-c…

#bookreviews #newfiction #shortstories #kindledeals #writingcommunity #literaryfiction
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a #minuscule gleam—
the air barely stirred,
pressed into the seam of night,
the dark shifted,

rewriting the hour

#vss365 #poetry

Day’s End (var. 2) many cobblestone paths ahead paved with light and sweet simplicity kitchen windows, coffee and lavender a clatter of hoof against stone over and over the mystery of the other but all paths peel bac…

#poetrybooks #garygautier #writingcommunity #poem
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Two Dreams and Two Hollows Amazon.com: Two Dreams and Two Hollows eBook : Gautier, Gary: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBZHL8SP

Realism and anti-realism, seekers and bums, epiphanies great and small, in a tapestry of stories by Faulkner-Wisdom Prize finalist Gary Gautier.

#newbooks #literaryfiction #shortstories #kindledeals #writingcommunity

It's starting to get out

ice rising
full moon, with werewolves
and the rain

#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry

In Honor of Mr. Trump In honor of Mr. Trump’s obsession with suppressing black and brown people at home and denigrating them abroad, it’s time to proudly post another edition of POSTCARDS FROM A SHITHOLE COU…

#travel #mexicotravel #trump #politics
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A little girl tentatively ventures into one of the rock pools that appear when the tide goes out at Hunstanton in Norfolk. We used to take our child when small and he loved it there.

A little watercolour and ink sketch from long ago of people enjoying Hunstanton beach and its rock pools. You can glimpse the brightly-coloured helterskelter in the distance.
#Hunstanton #Norfolk #pleinair #watercolour

One Question for Writer Gary Gautier Many thanks to Francisco Bravo and editors at LatinosUSA for the recognition linked here: * * * Click covers for links * * *                                     BOOK CLUB/group events arranged for …

One Question
#literaryfiction #authorquotes #bookreviews #literaryblogs #writingcommunity #newbooks
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