Static in the air, Charged atmosphere raising hairs, Before the lightning. #OurPoetryX #InTheAir #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - A kiss amongst friends grew love - beauty's grace A petal-slick drift in the air of Spring As we navigate this distinctive weald You lay me down neath luminous tree tops For me to receive you entirely ... 1/3

Dreams #unfolding into unexpected shapes childhood fancies fade into grown ambitions shine just as bright as a brilliant diamond and just as hard #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Pollen #intheair a yellow blanket over windows good for the flowers bad for my sinuses #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX Prompt for 17 May -Unfolding- This can mean many things, but I like the sense of something developing, releasing in layers, slowly, revealing what’s inside or hidden. From the vault: Scarlet

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - Barren Rarity in clarity cleaves as collected acumen of fertile hollows collimates in the calm flame of a tea light. Its glow is unfolding towards the shelf with my dreams on it, building a bridge of... 1/3

Unfolding before Our very eyes, catalyst Of catastrophe. #OurPoetryX #unfolding #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

I still see her standing there at the bus stop in her wellies and holding her #redumbrella over her head with white knuckles on the first day of school #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Spinning in the rain, Red umbrella flicking off The tears of the day. #OurPoetryX #RedUmbrella #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - With sylvan gumption, the vinework strangles hidden matters married to recondite undercurrents. It extrudes a single drop of sap, sweeter than cream at tongue's tip - if it was ever tasted. Instead, the... 1/3

He always does things #bythebook if it is not exactly right he complains directly and loudly not his fault that life does not go how he expects #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

A cleaning shower #Spring #refresh stand outside and breathe the clean air the pollen washed out my lungs rejoice #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - How To Love Me Come as you are and be present with what is and me not to seek discomfort to be soothed by luring innocence at night Let innocence lure you to entwine Today is a good day to try Let... 1/4

While Spring refreshed, the Summer smouldered, promises Of fire and fury. #OurPoetryX #SpringRefreshed #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX Prompt for 14 May -By the book- Improvising isn’t for everyone. They prefer to do things by the book, exactly as instructed. I’m not always like this, but there are times when we all should be… power tools come to mind. From the vault: Continual

Playing it safe, by The book, ticking boxes off A rigorous list. #OurPoetryX #ByTheBook #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

Her dresses and cosmetics #outlandish makes a statement the pundits complain but secretly admire her willingness to just be herself despite all matters of polite convention #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX Prompt for 13 May -Outlandish- “Strikingly out of the ordinary” says the dictionary. What more needs to be said? I like that it can apply to so many things from ideas to fashion sense. From the vault: Amorous

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - Two destinies joined by love. What are you hiding from? - I wondered, while the crescendo of the morning birds' organic fugue filled the dewy air. It released an outlandish turbulence. Grasping tendrils... /1

Making outlandish Claims, selling snake oil, charming Local ignorance. #OurPoetryX #outlandish #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

I feel so #desolate in the middle of a crowd I might as well be on a desert island in the middle of the ocean with the bare minimum for survival. #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - The best thing I never knew I needed was disillusionment. It freed me from wanting to be someone else. Instead of playing the game of ruminating virtue that agilely sweeps aside my values for another... 1/4

Desolate times called For desperate measures, the Plug could still be pulled. #OurPoetryX #desolate #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

#Investigate all causes follow all the clues gather all the evidence will it be enough to convince the ones who are willingly blind or the ones who are willingly ignorant to the truth? #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - "The end rarely comes in a welcoming manner," you said. These words haunted me like a loon's cloistered wistlore. Not keen on investigating any endings, I wouldn't even begin anything, ever. Instead, I... 1/4

Interesting to Investigate investments, Corrupt lobbyists. #OurPoetryX #investigate #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

Scales #unbalanced tip one way or the other slide to the left or the right tumble over the edge the heart found unworthy a life not so righteous such is the divine judgment. #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Unbalanced by the Fog of bigotry gripping The hateful masses. #OurPoetryX #unbalanced #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - Bad Hare Day I had followed the white hare with the blue eyes into the thorn-heavy blossoms of a sloe bush. A doe yearling jumped out of it towards me, slightly unbalanced, and kicked me in the face... /1

#Vss365 #Bravewrite #OurPoetryX #Poetry

Some events are too #onthenose the irony of it all is not lost on the people on whom fate touches no matter how much history is debated it is all dependent on the decisions made #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - Earth Citizen Concert Hall The matrix cracked when we met in life's maelstrom. Moonbeams mirrored in dewdrops spoke of the sun gracing humming bramble fields. While the world waited for help from the... 1/3

Acne on the nose, Awkward and lanky, teenage Woes, hating it all. #OurPoetryX #OnTheNose #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

a #lingering dream not quite fades with the morning light cling to the threads that unravel quickly when you open your eyes but will that story continue whenever the night falls again? #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Lingering long past Laughter's end, memories of Glee, echoes of joy. #OurPoetryX #lingering #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

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Failing at trying To operate, glitches and Twitches, systems fall. #Haikufeels #operate #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

#Everyday I slowly walk step by step not knowing what is ahead but I try to navigate the best I can with the light of just a candle. #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

The trees in my front yard prostrate in the wake of a #breezy wind like subjects of a royal king they are flexible enough not to be broken as nature rushes by. #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

There's also something spooky about castle walls. Such walls might hold sinister secrets and harbor ghastly ghosts. At least, that was the idea behind my dark speculative poem "The Haunted Castle". #poem #poetry #castle #haunted

Immersed myself in Everyday occurences, To avoid the strange. #OurPoetryX #everyday #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

We live with pressure everyday only at night do we feel released from its burden #OurPoetryX #everyday #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX Prompt for 6 May -Breezy- I like that breezy can mean things are moving freely and loosely or that the wind is up. There’s a casual sense to both that feels enriching. From the vault: Sunny day

#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BSPP53 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - The war of needing the world to validate his self-perception was something the wielder of stone walls had always been able to avoid realising. Until he met her. Her curves a scripture of anima mundi, he got... 1/3

Breezy sigh, the day Exhales in relief, the heat In need of release. #OurPoetryX #breezy #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social

I solved the 5/06/2026 New York Times Mini Crossword in 1:11!

#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX Prompt for 5 May -Counterpoint- Often musical, this can also be used more broadly. I love that it can mean opposite or complementary. Even when there are differences, the mix of ideas can generate a greater harmony. From the vault: Invest

#WritingCommunity #FromOneLine 412 #vss365 @darkxfer.bsky.social @ourpoetryx.bsky.social - They waited patiently for the handmade paper to dry, after petals and pages had wed. A palette of pink shades on off-white with tiny sprinkles of gold jutting out. Hearts open, spirits free, they... /1

Argument #Counterpoint Evidence Sit patiently as data presented manipulated There is proof here in the numbers of course they don't lie Logic versus emotion supposedly more valid such goes my love #OurPoetryX #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Counterpoint met with A riposte, parrying words, Debate like swordplay #OurPoetryX #counterpoint #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @ourpoetryx.bsky.social