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
#quote
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12.03.2026 02:13
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thank you!
11.03.2026 18:45
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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
11.03.2026 15:45
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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:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
11.03.2026 18:44
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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
09.03.2026 14:09
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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.
09.03.2026 14:30
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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! 💪😠
09.03.2026 14:33
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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.
09.03.2026 14:51
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I would say yes. Cruelty beyond measure.
09.03.2026 16:41
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They built systems to measure everything.
No machine yet detects the moment
a strange poem begins rewriting the world.
09.03.2026 15:00
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#find the #kleekai #puppy
09.03.2026 15:01
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I am deeply honored.
09.03.2026 15:29
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the first signs of spring
the torch of the sporophyte
rekindles life's fire
#haiku. #spring2026
09.03.2026 15:59
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Delighted to have this silly new ditty in dadakuku today. Thanks so much to Editor @petrock.bsky.social
09.03.2026 16:13
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A fabulous door!
#doorway #history #heritage #architecture
09.03.2026 16:17
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new world order the irrelevance of decency
#monostich #monoku #senryu #SenryuSunday
09.03.2026 07:54
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underneath
a fresh blanket of snow
war crimes
#SenryuSunday #senryu #haiku
08.03.2026 15:37
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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
08.03.2026 15:31
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The #vssdaily #prompt for 3/9/26 is #awning
09.03.2026 00:00
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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! 🐬🦋🏝️🌊🐳
09.03.2026 10:19
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the dragon’s maw
#completethehaiga 141 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka
08.03.2026 23:32
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Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 09-MAR-26 is:
Stone & Stamp
#Prompt
09.03.2026 08:04
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8 15 23 4 25, 6 5 5 12 19 6 1 13!
today's #haikufeels #prompt is
decode
get it? 😏
09.03.2026 10:01
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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.
09.03.2026 15:05
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Iceland elf is a hero
#7syllablesentence
#elf
07.03.2026 20:25
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drone. up. from. concrete.
word. pattern.
image:
bird in a tree in the city.
homage a dobbs on the eve of spring.
08.03.2026 22:04
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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.
06.02.2026 15:21
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"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
18.02.2026 04:29
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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. 😢
09.03.2026 02:44
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