Drawing life–keep your pencil on the page, one long line to encompass all that is you and you'll live forever. #FridayFling

I sometimes despair that the camera can never really capture just how amazing the natural world can be. But sometimes, just sometimes, the winter light hits those reeds and all those reflections pop... #birds #birdphotography #birding #photooftheday #photography #NatureIsAmazing

The #thrum of a beating drum off in the distance gives us the first indication something is wrong. Soon our own drummer joins in the rhythm, relaying the call for aid. Our warriors assemble themselves and prepare for battle, whatever the threat. #vss365

Circe stepped back from the smoking altar. She appeared in her prime rather than the first bloom of youth, but the expression in her eyes and a firmness about the mouth denoted an attitude to sorrows that only came with great age. The wolf had never known her to look any different. #Critterary

I take a breath— the mountain keeps it #haiku #poetry

if someone says ‘storm’ I will never not think of these two reading Rumi while a storm raged outside♥️

Pesky cat twitches an ear. He's under the hedge, paws folded like a mandarin with hands tucked in kimono sleeves. His smile is inscrutable. #ThingsToWriteAbout

Open letter to Basho A #haibun by Michael Rehling #haiku

At the edge of the verge of the brink— beside the threshold, proximate to the precipice closest to the #cusp— there lies something. Beyond that? Who knows. My fingers couldn’t keep up with my edgy, erstwhile thought. #vss365 #poem #poetry #prose #writing

His adopted brother slept soundly. His calm breath gently stirred the fur of the monkey curled up beside him. The glitter of the little animal's eyes told Kal that one of them at least, was not asleep. It seemed a shame to disturb them for what might be no more than his imagination. #Critterary

Slip of the thread Needle pierces the finger Draws blood from art #slip #haiku #vss365

"You took an oath to uphold the law and defend the citizens without fear or favor,” said Vimes. "... You're an officer of the law, not a soldier of the government" - Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

England's dream weavers did not spin threads of gold—they wove fine Lancashire cotton. They worked in the grim mills through all of their waking hours and dreamt through most of their sleeping ones. They dreamt of simpler lives, lives before the #loom, when skies and lungs were clearer. #vss365

She danced to the music in her head under the moon and the winter trees, until the turning of the world made her giddy. #ThingsToWriteAbout

The cliffs were so steep and the bends in the road so sharp that it was easy to believe this was the world's end, and one false step could plunge her over the edge. #vss365

The wind is a song, Everything dances, Music through the trees, A hum through the leaves, A whistle in the gaps, She is a melody, A maestro, Unaccompanied, Songsmith to seasons. #thingstowriteabout music

Every bead she weaves onto the loom is like a word in an ancient language. Fluently, she creates intricate stories, defying her illiteracy. #vss365 #vss #loom

People whispered: what sorrow caused her tear-filled eyes? She rejected their hugs. She was allergic to wool. #ThingsToWrtieAbout

"We should #veer off the path more often." I glared at her, muck up to my knees, sweat running into my eyes. She smiled back, hair curling in humid spirals, twirling a blossom between her fingers. "It's how you get past fear, see something wondrous. It's how new paths are made." #vss365

A wee poem about what the land remembers (and we too often forget to hear) for #PromptCombo #subtext. Thanks @victoriaspires.bsky.social for a tricky prompt and apologies for not being brave enough to tackle the terza rima! #poems #poetry #writingcommunity #decolonisation

#vss365 #veer #poetry Mondays, amiright?? Anyways, here is a #poem about not having a #poem, which I have totally done before as well

follow dreams, don't #veer second star to the right, go straight, morning is near #vss365 #haiku #prompt Image: Greg Rakozy on unsplash

He wanted to shake the calm out of Benno. He stooped, picked up one of the few pots that Rozalia had not broken, and threw it as hard as he could against the wall. #vss365

It’s hard being a background character. I’m in crowd scenes, cheering for the hero, or I sit on my #stoop and watch them run off to save the world. But I always wonder, why not me? So when I saw your magic cape, I just had to take it. You can be a hero later, kid. It’s ol’ Stu’s turn now. #vss365

january grey uphill and down greens faded to watercolours #DailyHaikuPrompt (winter grass) #inkMine (colour) 🎨 Eric Ravilious, Cuckmere Haven

She fled, stumbling from the room, not caring that her sobs and jerky movements sent shockwaves bouncing off the walls. She ran down the narrow road oblivious of the decorated houses lining her path and all else save the need to escape. #ThingsToWriteAbout

#vss365 half-baked recipes for disaster kook book #kooky

Dear #Alarm Clock, is it already time again to take the morning by the scruff of the neck and make it my own? A moment ago, I was still talking with my dolphin friends. My punctual friend, just 5 minutes more, ok? Then I will seize the day. #thingstowriteabout

Today’s prompt for Sunday January 11th is #caring #thingstowriteabout

Hello lovelies. I've been time travelling via a dictionary of Victorian slang. Here's a tiny blog about my trip. Hope you enjoy. 2 mins read #logophile #WritingCommunity #blog www.jennygaitskell.com/single-post/...

The physiotherapist asked what outcome I hoped for. I said: "I'd like to be able to ride a horse." That way, maybe I wouldn't fall off again. #ThingsToWriteAbout

Every week, a handwritten letter is #delivered, addressed to the previous occupant who died years ago. Curiosity wins this week. “Dear Rose, Thank you for writing back. Your lodger sounds awful, throwing your letters away! Don’t do anything rash. Unless she opens one…” #vss365

to be a snowflake unique, alive in moments no expectations #senryu #haiku #micropoetry #vss365 #blueskypoetry #snowflake

For some, the rain is cold, wet noise, for others, it's a fertile symphony of droplets. The same weather can be different for different individuals. - #KBFZen #WritingCommunity #vss365 #thingstowriteabout

365 Challenge No.2 2026 - Publish a photo each day on a weekly topic Week 1 (Differing Perspectives) - Day 7 - pedestrian bridge, Amsterdam #fotosbyfaj #fajweeklychallenge2026 #perspective #perspectives #photography #blueskykin more at fotosbyfaj.com

Watching the weather forecast~always wondering what it will be like tomorrow instead of enjoying the sun today. #ThingsToWriteAbout

in the cold field a gusty wind and crows dance together #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt

"Ya know, it's jus like da great Chumbawamba sang, ya get knocked down den ya get up again," Riz said poetically. "Listening to britpop again, I see," I replied with an eye roll. "All I'm doin is turnin dis bittersweet #symphony in ta a champagne supa nova!" #vss365 #riztherogue

#WIPSnips Jan 7: In which Lycus really *wants* this inconvenient attraction to be the stars' fault rather than his own.

The magic pills were not a miracle cure, but enabled her to make the unwanted parts of her life disappear. #ThingsToWriteAbout

Are you looking for magic? Have you put it down somewhere, placed common sense on top of it by accident. Do you remember how it hummed, if it shone for you and beckoned? Can you think of a happy thought? It can be the smallest thing, like stars balanced on your fingers… #thingstowriteabout magic

"You know who pushes society forward? It ain't the squares, man. It's the weirdos, nutters, and #oddballs. The creatives who tell rules to stuff it. And that ain't you, brother. Go balance a spreadsheet or something. We have real work to do." #vss365

She has the ups and down of an elevator with all the buttons pressed. An oddball pretending to be serious but secretly hiding a pocket unicorn. She is a polite nod and a how are you today but in her mind she is a trapeze artist balanced far above pleasantries… #vssdaily elevator #vss365 oddball

One life-giving planet, one oddball in the mundane universe. #vss365

The baby woke, drowsily opening unfocused sapphire eyes, then gave a small sigh and settled. The tension left Ro's arms as a feeling of real peace swept aside her willed calm. Here was a bond. Was this what the others felt? Reluctantly she gave the baby back. #WIPSnips

sun on brick an alley cat curls into it #haiku #poetry #caturday

#vss365 #balderdash #poetry Anyone who can move like that in those boots deserves to be feared and respected 😉

Every sorcerer knows the power of nonsense words. Working #balderdash into an incantation double its potency. Claptrap trebles it, and bunkum increases it five-fold. Other, far riskier words exist, but only the mightiest spellcasters dare employ flapdoodle or codswallop. #vss365 #microfiction

The #WIPSnips word for January 3rd is "calm" #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Happy New Year to everyone, and thank you to all those who made the Smashwords End of Year sale such a success for me. I can start the year with a bit more confidence.