Broken I'm no model of high society I have not inherited great legacies If you cut me, I bleed profusely My tears sometimes fall incessantly My words don't always roll perfectly I still survive life's edge with an imperfect me. #poemsabout #imperfectMe @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Boomer for the win over tech! Yesterday I couldn't get past the CVS app location algorithms to schedule vaccines for my preferred CVS. Frustrated Today I pulled into their parking lot. Voila! App selected my preference as "nearest" & I'm scheduled. Stop shaking your heads Gen Zs

Laps around the sun, still loathed. #7SyllableSentence #loathe

when we are as far as the space between stars there are moments when I know you're there passing through my sight just a blur and both being with you and your absence happens together in an instant lingering and fleeting reaching as if it was just a matter of catching your arm #vss365

The fly on the wall knows nothing at all Has nary a clue despite total access to what goes on behind closed doors To this bug in the room all the secretive plans of scheming man is just a meaningless sonic #blur of jabbering self indulgent bores #inkmine #vss365 #poetry #poem

I'm honored by those who've taken part in my prompts. It is a grand community at #vss365 Many thanks to all! Let's welcome our new prompter. I turn over the reins to Paul @thedevilstuna on October 1. He will post at 10 am GMT Enjoy the new month!!

The meteorites Caused a huge catastrophe No one seemed to care #vss365 #scifaikusaturday

"Is that shiny thing your cat has a medal?" Nope ... cat has trophy. #vss365 #catastrophe #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Thank you !!!

‘Brooklyn Bridge Painters.’ #Photography by Eugene De Salignac (1914) #art

I never knew it before. But I kinda suspected it... The #arrival of The Summer And probably other factors Combined to #conspire against me I haven't created in months Neither poetry and microwriting Nor painting and drawing Who knew creating could be seasonal! #blueskyrelay #vss365 #AmWriting

I hold you there, a #benevolent sketch, rough hewn like my father's hands. It comforts me throughout the day. Yet I sense that it's ephemeral, as if etched in sand, soon to blow away. Then all I'll have is a fading memory of what you were to me. #RetroArtPrompt

Reeling Everything In Nicely #vss365 #rein #acrostic

8 Sep: Wordle 1,542 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got lucky with 2nd guess 🙂 #WordleArt

Be like a pineapple... wear a crown and be sweet on the inside 🫶 #FoodOnFriday #AbstractAug #Food #Scape #thelittlethings #ColorADay #photography #bekind #PhotographersUnited #PhotoOfTheDay #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #ArtYear #nature #EastCoastKin

As Disney wastes remarkable amounts of time and money trying to use AI in films like the new Moana and Tron movies, only to scrap it all b/c it's looks like shit...remember... You can't spell FAILURE without AI. #scriptsky #filmsky

‘I just found out that a #spider has 8 eyes.’ ‘Yep. 8 eyes and 8 legs. Creepy little buggers.’ ‘So, I’ve been spelling it wrong all this time?’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘It’s spiiiiiiiider?’ #vss365

I W H E R E T H E F O G S W A L L O W S N A M E S I Wanderers fade, not by time, but by silence. “Where the Fog Swallows Names” — an impressionistic portrait of solitude dissolving into memory. - The Asylum Art - Art and words by Yves #art #painting #expressionism #blueskyart #mood

When you need an #umbrella, but you can't quite reach one ... Taken this morning in the rain in the centre of #York, #England

Good Morning/Good Day #vss365 Community: Our July 29, 2025 #prompt word of the day is: #sapphire. Sapphire (noun): a transparent precious stone, typically blue, that is a variety of corundum (aluminum oxide). Have a great day & happy writing! #vss365 #prompt #sapphire

More lunchtime #urbansketching on the CIBC Sq Rail Deck on #toronto For the 2nd week in a row, I had a sketching buddy with me 🙂 #sketchbook #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #painting #pleinair

sailboats bruised by unbroken miles rest in a #sapphire zone heavy with seaweed & silt wavelets intoxicated by their own rhythm knock on lichened pylons measuring salt across eons beneath the surface memory rinses itself clean leaving only the ache of waiting #vss365 #inkMine #poetry

This week’s optional prompt words are: words that start with “M” ** Sun 7/27-melody Mon 7/28-miracle Tues 7/29-mindful Wed 7/30-majestic Thurs 7/31-merry Fri 8/1-meaningful Sat 8/2-magenta * Only rule-please use the hashtag #3wordspoet

Miracle, odds denied. #3WordsPoet #miracle #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #vss #micropoetry

Interest feigned Eyes tell tales! #7SyllableSentence #feign #WritingCommunity

I remember why I live where I do... the whole cacaphony of the city is mind blowing. Like a giant concert that never ends, just reverberates around inside til only a shell remains.

Twittering away Conversation is over The House Sparrow sings #vss365 #sparrow #haiku #PoetryCommunity #micropoetry

Good Morning/Good Day #vss365 Community: Our July 28, 2025 #prompt word of the day is: #sparrow. Sparrow (noun): a small Old World bird related to the weaverbirds, typically with brown and gray plumage. Have a great day & happy writing! #vss365 #prompt #sparrow

. yeah fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me ozzy promised us #vss365 #haiku

A #Promise A Pledge An Oath Empty words For an empty society Where words do not matter The fabric unravels Tattered and torn Truth becomes a mirage Where fools live The flowers die and wither And the cold night sets in #vss365 #resist #poetry #poem #writing

the clickety clack of the steam train in the track a mouth organ wails #HaikuFeels #haiku

Doodle Day 200! #art #doodle

Doodle Day 192 #art #doodle

If you were the sun, I’d be your lone sunflower, always turning home. #haiku #poetry #sunflower

Hello everyone The #7syllablesentence prompt for July 19 is #stones Thank you, Paula for a fun week! July 20-26 @jenratcliffe.bsky.social July 27-August 2 @allysonjoule.bsky.social August 3-9 Let me know if you want to host #7syllablesentence Thank you for your fabulous posts! Have fun!🐬🏝️🐳

enjoy the weekend said to the postman who gets on his bike some not welcomed letters some nice ones in the past we needed cardigans in summer then we didn't know that these were the better times #poetry

Kids learn through play, so could we! #7SyllableSentence #play

Took the high road, stunning views. #7SyllableSentence #road

Ancient thatched cottage White walls with lilac flowers Wisteria blooms #vss365 #Wisteria #haiku #micropoetry

Turn the noise into silence. #7syllablesentence #noise

Tales redesignated red. #3WordsPoet #tale #7SyllableSentence #red

Tall tales told. #3WordsPoet #tale

Red and green lights ... here it comes! #7SyllableSentence #red #green #Navigation #Sailing #Yachting

Red is port is always left. #7SyllableSentence #red #Navigation #Sailing #Yachting

Red giant dwarfs our orbit. #7SyllableSentence #red #Astronomy #SolarSystem

"Neighborhood Watch." This piece, painted during the lockdown days of the pandemic, will be at Studio Gallery starting Thursday as part of their "Flock" show. #sanfrancisco #art