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Scott McConnaha

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Poet and grandpa. It’s taken too many years for me to finally say that out loud. (Not the part about being a grandpa.) Living in Wisconsin.

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Thanks for the repost @blindedbeatpoet.bsky.social! Much appreciated

20.11.2025 16:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Almost Dying on a Hill Overlooking Talisker Bay Beach A Poem by Scott McConnaha

Been tinkering with this one for a while. Need to get it off the WIP pile and move on.
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
open.substack.com/pub/hoppingo...

20.11.2025 16:18 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you!

20.11.2025 00:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Winter 2025 Door is a Jar is a print and digital literary magazine of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers.

Honored to have two of my poems in the Winter '25 issue of Door is A Jar Literary Magazine. Issue drops Dec. 1, pre-orders open now at www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winte...
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poem
@doorisajarmag.bsky.social

19.11.2025 15:00 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you! That’s been my experience so far, too

16.11.2025 17:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for the repost, @writingcommunity.bsky.social !!

15.11.2025 17:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks so much for the repost, Rod!

15.11.2025 15:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Excited to share that 24 of my poems have been picked up by Rockwood Press and will soon be published as a chapbook. Just made my first pass through the proof pages. rockwoodpress.com
#poetsofbluesky #poetry

15.11.2025 14:53 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0

"Love doesn't pay the bills." Love that. A bit of a shoulder-shrug and we move on with life.

12.11.2025 12:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you!

27.10.2025 16:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's awesome. Congratulations!

27.10.2025 16:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks, Roger! Means a lot. Cheers

23.10.2025 21:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Honored to have a handful of my poems appear on the Lothlorien Poetry Journal blog. Thanks, Strider! @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social
#poetry #poems #poetsofbluesky #skypoets

23.10.2025 20:20 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

Thanks so much, Roger. Really appreciate it!

20.10.2025 21:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thrilled to have my poem, Birdhouse, appear in the latest issue of The Avocet.
hoppingoffhere.substack.com/p/birdhouse
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #poem #skypoets

20.10.2025 19:05 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you, David

14.10.2025 10:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Restful. Thank you.

13.10.2025 18:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you, Emily!

13.10.2025 15:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love this. Your lovely poem evokes a huge sense of "finally!"

13.10.2025 15:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Let's listen in black and white. Love this!

13.10.2025 15:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Made me smile, and think of all the places I’ve stealthily left my spoor 😊

13.10.2025 14:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you!

13.10.2025 13:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Awww. Thank you!

13.10.2025 12:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The escape room. “Twin torments for hermit souls.” Love that!

13.10.2025 11:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Hello Fidel. Love this prompt. Thank you!
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social
#promptcombo #simplepleasures

13.10.2025 11:30 — 👍 20    🔁 6    💬 5    📌 0

Thanks, Emily! Totally agree.

12.10.2025 20:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you, Karen. So kind.

12.10.2025 03:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you, Jane! That is indeed what I was going for. If more people just stuck to their own honest work…

11.10.2025 19:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks so much, Alan. Really appreciate it!

11.10.2025 19:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A bit of a #WIP I've been working on just as #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe hit.
Thanks! @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

10.10.2025 13:21 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 5    📌 0

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