Eve Castle

Ultimately literature is nothing but carpentry. Both are very hard work. Writing something is almost as hard as making a table. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. Both are full of tricks and techniques. Basically very little magic and a lot of hard work involved. Gabriel García Márquez quote from The Paris Review interview conducted by Peter H. Stone. García Márquez's then-teenage sons translated his answers into English.

“Ultimately literature is nothing but carpentry. Both are very hard work. Writing something is almost as hard as making a table. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.”

Gabriel García Márquez
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All 66 Democrats in Colorado’s legislature sign letter urging Jared Polis not to shorten Tina Peters’ prison sentence The letter warned that clemency would be a gift to conspiracy theorists and risks undermining the safety of future elections

All 66 Democrats in Colorado’s legislature sign letter urging Jared Polis not to shorten Tina Peters’ prison sentence

thank you!

Circle of profile pictures

Haven't looked at one of these in a while. Wanted to give thought hugs to everyone I chat with, follow, follows me, etc. You make life fun. Best wishes 🤗

skircle.me/skircle (If you want to see your own, check it out. Tags incoming!)

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poets #writers

Tanka Society of America Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our print journal, Ribbons, our membe...

tanka weekly #poetry challenge

March 12, 2026

this week’s prompt:

watch

write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

#tanka resources to develop your practice:

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Posted 13 hours ago, Credit @makegoodchange.bsky.social

makegoodchange: To all the radical women who have made the world better, especially those women who radicalized me, thank you. Happy International Women’s Day. #women

#InternationalWomensDay #Moms #RadicalWomen

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of it? Love is for the ones who love the work. —Joseph Fasano

All I can say is the last line isn't about homework.

2 weeks ago

"nomadicallyryan: Germany warns the US citizens to resist and fight fascism"

My thoughts:
#Germany knows about Fascism firsthand, so when Germany issues a dire warning, it should be taken seriously!

We must FIGHT BACK & #RESIST! 💪😠

Stemma By nightfall's rubber stamp, I'm filed next to you.

The thickness of the
paperwork hurts,
but by nightfall's rubber stamp,
I'm booked.

I would say yes. Cruelty beyond measure.

They built systems to measure everything.

No machine yet detects the moment

a strange poem begins rewriting the world.

#find the #kleekai #puppy

I am deeply honored.

the first signs of spring
the torch of the sporophyte
rekindles life's fire

#haiku. #spring2026

Delighted to have this silly new ditty in dadakuku today. Thanks so much to Editor @petrock.bsky.social

A fabulous door!

#doorway #history #heritage #architecture

new world order the irrelevance of decency

#monostich #monoku #senryu #SenryuSunday

underneath
a fresh blanket of snow
war crimes
#SenryuSunday #senryu #haiku

softly yielding
to the sharpened knife-tip
was it easy
to drain me of my sweetness
like this perfect summer pear

—Michelle L. Harvey, USA
Waka Society of America, 2025 Premier Edition, #Waka in English

#micropoetry #tankapoem #poetry

The #vssdaily #prompt for 3/9/26 is #awning

Hello everyone.

The #7syllablesentence prompt for March 9 is #action

Thank you, Mollie @msfulofgrace.bsky.social for hosting.

Thank you, Raymond @raymonds-towers.bsky.social for the graphic.

Let me know if you want to host #7SyllableSentence

Thank you for your fabulous post! 🐬🦋🏝️🌊🐳

the dragon’s maw

#completethehaiga 141 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 09-MAR-26 is:

Stone & Stamp

#Prompt

8 15 23 4 25, 6 5 5 12 19 6 1 13!
today's #haikufeels #prompt is

decode

get it? 😏

not sure if anyone else replied this . . . but you can enter -AI (minus sign AI) in the search box after what you are searching for and you’ll get the old search results.

Iceland elf is a hero

#7syllablesentence
#elf

drone. up. from. concrete.
word. pattern.
image:

bird in a tree in the city.

homage a dobbs on the eve of spring.

The Lovers II (1928) by Rene Magritte, is an oil on canvas depicting two individuals locked in an embrace. The figures are kissing one another through veils. This painting is referenced in the 2025 movie Anniversary.

The Anniversary (2025) on netflix was a beautifully written and delivered movie. It was, as intended, tough to watch, but I loved the subtle peppering of issues that plague so many of us and are met with "you are just overreacting". It didn't need to be in your face to make you feel deeply.

"The Anniversary" is the most depressing movie I've watched in years

On this poster is says The Change- but that's the Project 2025 book that changes... everything

It needed better directing and editing but MAN, if you want to see Trumpy dystopia, this captures THAT FEELING in SPADES

I watched this movie tonight. It hits hard. Anniversary — movie 2025. Apple TV and Prime. Dystopian but believable. Families torn apart. Neighbors who turn against neighbors. Thanks @couragenow.bsky.social for posting about it. 😢