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Constellations translated into poetry weekly. polloscope.blogspot.com
Olympic landscape
from a mountain of hubris
Aquarius flees
refusing to pour for gods
who coward within chaos
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February 5, 2026
this weekโs prompt:
landscape
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As Capricorn swam
to the edge of Argo's pool
Taurus shook its head.
Schools of fish dared not approach
when they sensed the mighty bull.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 254
pages in her log
contain a heavenly map
of constellations
Andromeda sings stories
of her stellar memories
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January 29, 2026
this weekโs prompt:
page
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Deep in Argo's pool,
schools of Arcadian fish
flocked to Capricorn.
Following Dorado's lead,
they swam from southern waters.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 253
a frozen vessel
sealed with the Sculptorโs chisel
sleeps beneath Volos
resurrecting Gemini
open their eyes in darkness
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stay warm!
tanka weekly #poetry challenge
January 22, 2026
this weekโs prompt:
frozen
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false gods fear monsters
hiding within creation
the Argonauts rise
claiming night skies as their home
away from the earth below
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Oil painting called 'A field by the sea - summer'. Foreground dark grasses, scrubland and creamy thistledown. Beyond them, turquoise brightness of sea over sky. A feeling of opening out to seascape. In the background a reddish strip, perhaps a headland.
'The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.'
Kate Chopin, The Awakening
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๐จ Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley
The sky just now outside the city
here: cold, no-rain night
outside of the bright town
so many stars dance
far above the pond
and far above us
#DailyHaikuPrompt #rain #haiku #tanka #stars #sky #poem #poetry #photography
Archer's fire arrow
left her bow with grace and speed
at Atalanta,
whose arrow split in two
colliding with Archer's art.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 252
observe Capricorn
with speed and vitality
she treads the water
leave the hills for mountain goats
Argo floats on the cosmos
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drumbeat of the bard
Andromeda wins Corinth
playing her lute strings
a song to save her dragon
and liberate Terra too
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January 15, 2026
this weekโs prompt:
drumbeat
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Thank you for the beautiful picture and warm reminder, Eve! ๐ซ
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Vibrant moth orchid flower with magenta and brown speckled lip with white edge. Petals are brown with pale green edges. Green leaves can be seen rising from below.
Sending all who see this: Best wishes for a grand week. May your goals include kindness. Think about empathy. Explore empathy.๐ซถ๐ผ๐ซถ๐ฝ๐ซถ๐พ
Picture below shared from a 2018 trip to Panama. Our host had this moth orchid growing in her home.
#PhotoShareMonday My ๐ธ, pic from my iphone photo roll ยฉ๏ธ
Daughter of Creteโs tale
separated in the rain
of toxic water
Ophiuchus has Minos
hooked on his false promises
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Energy rippled
across Arcadian grass
when the wormhole closed.
The green leaves turned to ash as
Atalanta raised her bow.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 251
Hercules parried
Orion's club with his own
He laughed, "Only two?"
Perseus unsheathed her sword,
flying to face Cerberus.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 250
Perseus carried
Aries toward his crewmates.
Virgo stopped Polly
from attacking Perseus
by calming Celeris first.
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 249
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
โCharles Dickens
#quote
new constellations
free of yesterdayโs burdens
sharing their bright tales
comfort for the night sailor
and a lonely stargazer
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December 11, 2025
this weekโs prompt:
burden
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night flight
as a small bird
star by star
I wish wishes
becoming light
#DailyHaikuPrompt (star)
#TankaThursday (burden)
Standing by the rift,
Boรถtes said to Virgo,
"Forgive this old fool."
Virgo asked him, "What old fool?
I only see you, father."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 248
If yer wanna be free as a bird, Beach Crow tells me, try thinking like me.
All rules is bendy or breaky. And I don't do stripes. Good's mixed wiv mischief, truth wiv myth. I do irridescent.
Yeah, think inky thoughts luv, Beach Crow says. Bet yer've got a lickle bit secret radiance too.
#whistpr
Crossing Perseus,
Archer protected Aries
and readied her bow.
Archer commanded, "Don't move!"
Perseus said, "Look around."
- Excerpt from Polloscope, 247
Chironโs handiwork
an electrical machine
one single button
charge it full of arts and push
for instant transportation
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November 20, 2025
this weekโs prompt:
button
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