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Appreciate that, Debra!

Thanks very much, Paul!

Thanks so much, Gary!

Thank you C! Very kind. 🙏🏻

Loving the juxtaposition of ephemera and authenticity in this vignette!👏

Jane, I’m glad you did decide to share this because it’s beautiful and wrenching and so recognizable! 👏👏

John, this falls like a hammer. The two tracks of this poem are so effective. That format is inspired. And the title!

Thanks so much, John.

Thank you, Karen!

Appreciate that! 🙏

Thank you, Samantha!

THIS. After re-reading and appreciating all you were doing I came to the title again and found a whole new level. 💥

proof #143 i snap a photo of the curves of my calves reflected in the metal sides of the elevator, on the way to work. a man asks if i’m new, and i stay quiet, smile. later, i scroll the reel, send the legs through the lines to a friend, tagged: me with a co-worker of eight years. he responds with a question mark. i don’t know what that means. you can see me, right? i type into the phone face. yeah, he says. but i don’t call him to be sure.

For this week's #PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera, I'm thinking about proof of visibility.

Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers.

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Shutter Stock What you are, but an image - that image, on repeat dress hair makeup pose – a doll, couturier création taken to the ball, red-lined – into the room, slippered an organza sparkling trinket – tight body sex outline decolletage, pussy cat – siren tamed arm candy a magnet, a bauble – frozen skinned perfection fame to more fame – icon to mere game, the chase media bloodsport pursuit – news to features to lies cutout for public dissection – curated distortion stories invented, extended – a label, shutter stoc a brand, commodity for sale – myth maker spoil your image no longer yours – dirty handed possession a fox, hunted to ground – destroyed, legitimate game. © Glenn Barker October 2025

Hello @thebrokenspine.co.uk and another Friday of #PoemsAbout. And hello @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social.
This week I #BurnForTheCamera with a slightly different format; the emdash found me.

Glenn, from the first we recognize where you will take us—and you do so very effectively. It's an important, powerful critique. The last line is sharp on multiple levels. 👏

Wonderfully gothic for October, Karen. And so well-drawn. What a great concept.👏🤌

This is so well-wrought and evocative, Jane. It invites re-reading and had me again and again. Thank you for sharing with us.

A poem for the @thebrokenspine.co.uk #BurnForTheCamera prompt. Camera as metaphor for both the voyeur and the 'performer'.
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Ross, the burn below the monochrome is palpable. And I agree, this is something we can see in the minds eye. Visceral and effective. Well done!👏

Paul, I love the emotional complexity below the compelling imagery. The phoenix cycle is so effective in this context. 👏✨

A Choka for #PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera with much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

On #PoemsAbout Friday we #burnforthecamera together. Thank you to our host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for another great one. @brokenspinearts.bsky.socia @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

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Thank you for the reposts!

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Thank you for the reposts!

Thank you, Julian!

Thank you, Alan!

‘a finely-wrought creature / from the flaming heart of god’ — that’s astonishing. This is something utterly primal. It feels both fallen & forged anew.
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Thank you so much. Very generous of you to say!

Would love to hear this at an open mic. It wants to be read aloud I think! Beyond this week's prompt its a wonderful dialog about resistance. 👏✨

Indeed, Karen, I am thinking about this idea of the "who" we are before and after are different and unknown to each other—with or without the religiosity. I will have to come back to that idea.