the statue spoke to me told me all the tales from 1949 since she was born a hard life being a statue all the sun snow and rain at night in all its darkness no one cared to put a lamp for her not another statue next to her to talk to someone who understands what its like #Vss365

I called it a statue, but it was only a weather-beaten stone, its human features an accident of nature. I still brought it food and treated it like my only friend. One day, it spoke. "Run home," it said. That night, they found a dead man. His phone had pictures of me. His blood stained my statue.

At 13, I made countless Beatles mixtapes. Organizing their songs into orderly categories made me feel safe. One night, as I played my tapes, I heard a voice under the music. I put my ear to the speaker. “I’m in your closet,” it said. “Open the door.” Somehow, finding the closet empty scared me more.

My brother was always broke, but he had an enviable music collection. For gifts, he lovingly created mixed tapes — a small cost. When I bought a Eurail pass to explore Europe solo, my favorite travel tape from him included The Pretenders, which I listened to over and over and over and over and …

I was mistaken to think that the house next door was abandoned. When raccoons peered through a hole in the roof, I knew I had neighbors. There, they had a Birds Eye view of their world.

floating down the toxic river of love hoping to find someone #vss365 #haiku

they need to bring back the cassete tape and player as vintage play stuff for the kids they need to experience what we had it was fun- we could record stuff bring it backkkkk

@halfbakedprompts.bsky.social #hbp150

My ol' mixed memoirs: Synced layered beats from those times.. Yesterday's fusion taped over protection tab. Now replaced with app playlist.. #hbp146 #tanka #music #vss365

Reflections of the abyss.. (Playful journal writing brought back to life from some combo #prompt ideas @inkmine.bsky.social & @halfbakedprompts.bsky.social Thx! 💜🙏😊🌻 All #art & #pics ©️ me #inkMine #hbp134 #vss365

(Step by step protocol) Lift off & exit self. Switch mode to neural channel recalibration. Let hidden scripts begin to unfold old letters contained... #hbp134 #tanka #HallucinogenicReprogramming

my heart, it still wants me to know that I enjoyed every minute #haiku #poem #hbp150

#UnchainedSymphonies #thepenflows #hbp150 The Beginning Euphoria is now just Embers, but It Was Fun While It Lasted HansLinde pixabay.com #writingprompt

winter - farmers market I sell potatoes, turnips & my health a frozen memory of my cool student life #tankathursday #tankapoem #market #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #vssdaily #health #inkmine #life #2wordprompt #job #depend #snow #vss365 #ice #vsspoem #winter #waleshaikujounal #hbp146 #frozen #memory

#hbp134 #WIPwordsearch #vssfantasy   Hallucinogenic Reprogramming was Pushed by the Robotic Clairvoyance. It was intended to Quell the population's unrest. It caused an Everlasting Stalemate DeltaWorks pixabay.com #writingprompt #scifi #microfiction

There. In the darkness of our buried dreams and visions The black of the inner conscious In our bones and memories: We find ways to remember who we are. And we etch our names there. #hbp67 #poetry #skypoets #poetrywriting #poetrycommunity

subway morning suddenly at my shoulder a sleeping child #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #vss365 #dream #sleep #vsspoem #gently #fantaiku #writingcommunity #scifaiku #sff #2wordprompt #rest #shoulder #hbp142 #small #vssdaily #child #inkmine morning #shift #subway #underground #tube

spring - screaming each other in the face falling in football love not war #blueskyrelay #wrath #poetry #haikufeels #spring #tanka #2wordprompt #hot #match #sff #moonmystic #gamesyouplay #hbp19 #theyhatedeachotheratfirst #vsspoem #final -ly falling in #love #inkmine #flower power #vssmagic #lover

the end is not your only friend my friend, the end #hbp150 #songku #thedoors #theend #haiku #homage #poetry #sff #dadaku #fantaiku #friend #senryu #senryusunday #2wordprompt #rest #answer #vssmagic #death #inkmine #life #dailyhaikuprompt #nirvana #moonmystic #wanderingintime

They stood in front of a tall, thin, square-arrow of a Tower: a stalwart 4-year-old girl in cargo shorts and purple & white stripped T, and a 68-year-old woman, a broad purple stripe at the back of her white haired head.🧵

'Tis a mistake to think one knows where the road will go. For there may be chaos at the crossroads Engendering an abrupt turn, directionless, to escape. #hbp112 #2wordprompt #poetry #poetrywriting #writingcommunity #poetrysky

#hbp137 #366FF #BlueSkyRelay #CrowCalls #DailyPrompt They ask me, "Y are U on the roof?" I just stare Enraptured N Reverence @ the Plethora of Stars Drifting above. Y answer when it should B obvious? EvgeniT pixabay.com #writingprompt #pixabayimage #microfiction #WritingCommunity #naturelovers

dandelion the feline flower shines bright like cat eyes by night & day I sit next to her & purr #poetry #tanka #tankathursday #caturday #inkmine #flower #haikuchallenge #yellow #dailyhaikuprompt #catkin #vsspoem #dazzle #gold #fantaiku #sff #hpb149 #youfoundme #moonmystic #alongtheedgesofyou

when your parents are divorced& poor you had no opportunity for a proper education had to stop school at sixteen you have no other prospect but to work at a low wage job late at night at the donut factory but she has a dream one day she will have her own donut business bigger than dunkin #Vss365

Mmmmm. One bite with fresh glaze, soft donut and then sip of hot coffee. Black. Alive. Time savored. Flavor. (Then back to work.)

Once I chose a hill to die on, I cast the spell to raise trees around it. My forest gave me all I’d need. Wood for a hut, game to eat, a barrier to keep the witch hunters (and everyone else) out. The woods asked only one thing: my life on a day of their choosing. Each night, I watch for the flames.

#hbp142 As the storm raged and the waves pounded the coast, the only thought I had was, "I never felt so small." Michael Dam unsplash.com #writingprompt #unsplashimage #WritingCommunity #microfiction #naturelovers

“One glazed bar,” I told the raccoon who owns the night bakery. The doughnut was so moist and yet crispy. “What’s your secret?” I asked. “Trash!” The owner cried. “Trash! Trash!” The employees said. As the customers took up the chant, I took another bite. Yeah, I tasted trash, but it blended well.

"Someone put a lot of time and effort into this painting." "Huh?" "LOOK at it! Look at the detail: the ideas, thoughts, emotions raging, buried in the background. You can almost fancy yourself in some character's backstory, as if..." "Hey! Where'd you go!?" ... #hbp69 #writingcommunity

The child stood at the Tower's base, facing a heavy door. They knew inside were nearly endless stairs. Secrets and Mysteries clung to the treads and walls. At the top was the biggest secret of all: how to soar and see. #hbp82 #writingcommunity

"I didn't think I'd ever find you again." He enveloped her in a crushing embrace; their tears mingled together as they kissed. "What a strange yet magical journey we had," she said softly. "It was fun while it lasted. Let's go home, my landscaper husband." #hbp150 #finalhbp #mindtheatremusings

It had been centuries since anything floated down its currents. The river knew how to keep its secrets -it buried all of them at the bottom. The day will come when its banks will recede and the river runs dry. When everything there’s to know, good and bad, will be exposed for all to see. #hbp89

the river to which the water flows the forgotten love only time would heal thats what they all say i am waiting for time to heal me from my pixie love #vss365 #halfbaked

Armed with swordfish and the sigil of a lionfish painted on their shields, the penguins hopped on the log, and floated down a river to war. They did not ask for this conflict, nor did they desire it, however they would sow destruction on those who would tariff their home.

Kids today would never understand how hard creating the perfect mixed tape was. Timing the two cassettes perfectly, having to record sound bites live. One missed button press and it would be ruined. No wonder we are a wreck.

What's the worth of living there If your Spirit gets eaten and your Soul withers? A lot... for I know what not to do in the future. #hbp113 #prompt #poetry #poetrycommunitu ##writingcommunity

#hbp89 #excerpt #horrorstory #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompt

Welcome the nameless seventh season, and its unique sense of play When the thaw is finally underway but there's still a blizzard every other day Me, I had more fun when it was winter, eh?

When Nickelodeon announced the sweepstakes, I couldn’t believe they’d really makeover your room however you wanted. So when I won, I had them turn my room into a deep sea aquarium. That night, needle-toothed creatures tapped at my glass walls. Weirdly, they made eye-contact. Then the glass cracked.

Watching this night of unending rains Caught in a net of unbreakable chains. Tied, so they think in thick, hempen rope Here's one thing they missed: She has a deep hope. Silently singing dark, magical words Shrinking herself into narrow thin chords... She slips free. #hbp107 #poetry #writing

I knows all about the goats on top the tourist stop, yes'm. Sure, ye can take the ferry, spend all yer hard-earneds at the market, get an ice cream & a little peep at the ol' horns 'n hooves. But I can do ye one better. A tenner & yer tiptoes will getcha yer fill of me woof up on me roof! #hbp137

Sorting diaries: is it necessary to keep 40+ years of angst, anger, and pain? There are loose pages, torn from a missing journal, stapled together: Who the hell wrote this nightmare scenario of a baby brother, smothered, then buried in a garden? The handwriting is unfamiliar... #hbp75 #writing

I spent hours, painstakingly sorting every piece by color and shape, a Lego Earth Set. It took me weeks or toil and arthritis, but I did it, I built the Earth, only for it to fall off the table..yes my whole world collapsed

until the wake hibernating in her heart her inner heroine #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #hbp149 #youfoundme #2wordprompt #girl #forward #fantaiku #scifaiku #sff #vss365 #hibernation #waleshaikujournal #vssmagic #death #inkmine #life #haikuchallenge #nascent

#hbp121 #loveletters Behind a Waterfall lies Glimmering Crevasses. Places for Midnight Escapes Jackson Simmer unsplash.com #writingprompt

The queen’s eulogy for her lord husband brought the chapel to tears. Little did she know, in his bunker in the catacombs, the king wept too. He’d survived her attempt on his life and bore her no grudge. Watching his funeral online, he smiled. The queen’s face was full of doubts, but she’d do fine.

my whole world collapse when mum in the hospital bed ridden donno if she would ever have the strength to walk again you get old and brittle and you become this heavy luggage no one could carry and left forgotten #vss365 #Halfbaked

#WritingPrompts #hbp #writesky #writingcommunity "The statue spoke to me." Seth can sense the girl's eyes staring at him through the black canvas sack covering her head: two burning pinpricks that make his skin prickle. "Which one?" he asks. Chillingly, she starts to laugh. "All of them, sir."

The Midway barker called, "Custom glassware! The choice is yours- how do you want to portray your life? Turquoise, red, green, clear, burgundy. Genie bottle, beaker style, Mason jar, tea cup, whiskey bottle, vase? Souls included." #hbp111 #prompt #customglassware #soulinc

‪ #hbp150 "Welp," Ren says with a grim smile, looking down at the red-slick meat-thing that used to be their chief, "it was fun while it lasted." Mark lets out a noise that sounds like he's spitting seeds. "Fuck." "Indeed." "What do we do?" "Lie." "I...I can't." "Then it was nice knowing you."