Hullo @janpsolivagant.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social Tag me @hool415.bsky.social #promptcombo #free40 Post anything but 40 WORDS MAX! It’s micro-write week!Everyone is doing it these days! (Till 4pm Friday)

Evening @hool415.bsky.social - thanks for this nudge of a prompt. Here is a bit of silliness from two mates I see on my dog walk everyday. 😊 #PromptCombo #free40

My advertising algorithm is trying to convince me, Buy bulletproof backpacks for my preschool-aged boys. See the lightning design, bogo while supplies last. That's the poem, that's it... Bulletproof backpacks. #free40 #promptcombo #vss365 #lightning #poem #poetry #micropoem #micropoetry

@hool415.bsky.social #PromptCombo #free40 Hi Jools, I couldn't resist a little contribution

@hool415.bsky.social My contribution to #PromptCombo #free40 Trying I tried to shower again today. To get up, clean up, wake up. Instead I stayed down. Chased prompts and planned what I'll do tomorrow.

Heya, Ju. @hool415.bsky.social Here's my contribution to your fab❤️u❤️lous #free40 Post anything but 40 WORDS MAX! It’s micro-write week for #PromptCombo 36 words including the title!! Big ❤️ Love to everyone.

My #promptcombo #free40 for @hool415.bsky.social could almost bookend @dragonslayerma.bsky.social lovely poem. Written early when the noisy pigeons woke me up.

A late Friday entry. @rfsmith.bsky.social‬ #PromptCombo #Powerless

@rfsmith.bsky.social‬ #PromptCombo My #Powerless for Thursday.

For @rfsmith.bsky.social Ronnie and your excellent #Promptcombo #Powerless

Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for hosting this week's #PromptCombo #Powerless My thoughts veered into femininity, perception & misdiagnosis of powerless. I couldn't choose one so here are both responses.

@rfsmith.bsky.social #promptcombo #powerless.

Once it's in you, it's not going to leave. You have no say. #PromptCombo #powerless #poetry #writing #mentalillness @victoriaspires.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social

@rfsmith.bsky.social‬ #PromptCombo #Powerless on Wednesday offering

Blue. Just blue. Not periwinkle nor forget-me-not. Not Prussian, nor sapphire, nor cerulean. Just beautiful blue-ness on a sun soothed day.

nerve endings screaming overloaded mind — shutdown nothing left to spare neuronal sparks misfired mental batteries drained #promptcombo #powerless #tanka #poetry #poetrycommunity @rfsmith.bsky.social

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay some simple suggestions for how you can help the wildlife in the UK. #nature substack.com/@drnaturegir...

When it feels as if dark swathes separate us especially then I hear our song swaying on the wind, as if to say— there is nothing that can truly keep us apart since a thread of light & hope connects our hearts— singing always even in the dark. #sensewrds 192

Hi @rfsmith.bsky.social, here's my second for your great #promptcombo #Powerless

A slightly literal haiku for #PromptCombo #Powerless on this gloomy wet Monday. Thanks for the excellent prompt, @rfsmith.bsky.social #poems #poetry #writingcommunity

For @rfsmith.bsky.social's #promptcombo on the theme of #powerless, a surprisingly literal interpretation from me. This was written after a power cut that took out all the electricity in our cul-de-sac about 12 years ago.

I can see from a brief skim (I'll be back soon to read properly) that my take is far from unique. Still attempting brevity. For @rfsmith.bsky.social #PromptCombo #powerless

Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for this week’s #promptcombo #powerless. Here’s one about the powerlessness that comes with an aging body.

Thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social. For #Powerless I am thinking about energy in relationships. #PromptCombo #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

Morning, Ronnie @rfsmith.bsky.social and the rest of the crew, thanks for this week’s #PromptCombo #powerless This was what came to mind and as you can tell I’ve not spent any time working on it. #poetrycommunity #poetry

@rfsmith.bsky.social‬ #PromptCombo My #Powerless for Tuesday.

These times can make us feel #powerless confronting the human tendency, acutely exhibited by the populist grifters & felons, to give in to base impulses & reprise old error. It moves me to reshare my poem Magdeburg for @rfsmith.bsky.social’s timely #promptcombo theme #poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity

I have friends who are hurting, and all I can do is offer them my words. @rfsmith.bsky.social #promptcombo #powerless #Poetry

It's my 60+..birthday today! Here's one for this week's prompt I made earlier for elsewhere! @rfsmith.bsky.social #promptcombo ##powerless

I've never posted twice in one week to #promptcombo, but I think this one fits the theme of #powerless and the times we live in. @rfsmith.bsky.social

Once again I thank the incomparable @victoriaspires.bsky.social for last week’s faultless leadership. This weeks #PromptCombo theme is #Powerless Love to all. @victoriaspires.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Please tag Paul.

Once again I thank the incomparable @victoriaspires.bsky.social for last week’s faultless leadership. This weeks #PromptCombo theme is #Powerless Love to all. @victoriaspires.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Please tag Paul.

Hi @victoriaspires.bsky.social Vic. Here's my third response to your great #promptcombo #Rupture. Its a sonnet from my titular sequence "Hedgerow of Voices":

My offering for Tuesday Human Zoos #promptcombo #AChangeOfUse @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social

Thank you Fidel for last weeks stunning stint. The #promptcombo for this week is #AChangeOfUse All can contribute. Please use the above hashtags and tag me @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social

My fears about the moon on a Monday morning #promptcombo #AChangeOfUse @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social

@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social thanks for a doozy of a #promptcombo this week. Here is my offering (and I've been told not to apologise for my long poems, so I'm not going to!) #AChangeOfUse @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social

#glescabuddhism If ye huv’nae anything sensible tae say then sit at peace wae yer mooth shut and just listen.

#glascabuddhism Just try tae be kind. But if ye cannae be kind, gie yersel a shake!

For #PromptCombo this week, it's #ecstasy. Use the hastags & tag me to get involved. ❤️ This video of me reading my poem "My Man" is from a series of poetry videos Julie & I did during Covid. @victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social

Books told us that everyone would step aside when Nobles passed. Would share their daughters at a Noble’s command. Would give their produce to Nobles as rent. Would answer the Nobles’ call to war, would die for their Noble. Now we don’t need books. ©️February 2026

In all honesty, it kind of fits the 'steal valuable stuff then present it in decontextualised bits in a queasily sterile manner' modus operandi of centuries.

For @rfsmith.bsky.social and your #PromptCombo #Moment, thought you might like this. Victoria Chang from 'The Trees Witness Everything'.

Hi @rfsmith.bsky.social. Here's my fouth contribution to your superb #promptcombo #moment. It is the second poem from my "Old Gent Trio" from my workplace collection: "Please Take Change": Screenshot is from "iamb":

@rfsmith.bsky.social #PromptCombo #Moment Late to this one, but here's mine 🙏🙏 ************* RIP/Silence They stand for a moment's silence - in his local supermarket - For a good man. They don't know the half of it.

A modest attempt??🙂 @rfsmith.bsky.social #promptcombo #moment

With apologies for my late post to this wonderful prompt from @victoriaspires.bsky.social for #promptcombo #moment