I am the sun You’ll never feel To the #dark #lacuna you run For any light~will kill I am the #RareDisease DNA chose you 1 in a million receive Only way out~is through I am the moon & stars In a vespertine garden you bloom Glowing from within~not from afar #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity

Remembering Dawn, Our Dear & Beloved Friend @DawnHosmer7 on X, Whom Touched & Will Always #Touch Our #vss365 Lives… My Love To Her Family As They Honor Their Beautiful Mom, Grandmother, & Wife On Her Birthday Tomorrow…🕯️🕊️ #RIPDawn #ForDawn #RestInPeaceDawn #RememberingDawn Love, Aspen #BraveWrite

🚨PLEASE WATCH & IF YOU HAVE ANY TIPS: ⬇️ 1-800-CALL-FBI ($50,000 REWARD) #NancyGuthrie #NancyGuthrieKidnapping #SavannahGuthrie Praying For 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie🙏 & All Kidnapped & Missing Souls My heart aches for the victims & families…💔 BE SAFE! #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity

Savannah Guthrie appeals to those who kidnapped her mom after alleged ransom letter: "We need to know, without a doubt, that she's alive and that you have her"

I dance with my ghosts the me of yesteryear’s hopes have all but vanished ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #KarenCarpenter #anorexia #ghost Not feeling well~ I hope to be back soon… #YouMatter I love you, Aspen🕊️🫂❤️‍🩹 👇 youtu.be/PjFoQxjgbrs?si…

The World Watched 2 American Citizens Be Executed By Ice… Gone Dark & Mourning The Lives Of #AlexPretti & #ReneeNicoleGood, As Well As Battling A Rare Disease Without Insurance Due To Our Healthcare Crisis. Beyond Tears-BBS L, A #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity 🕊️ youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si…

you are not immune history repeats itself is your city next? #LosAngeles #Marines #NationalGuard #NeverAgain #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #poetry #poet #NoHate 🕊️

👆Please Read Above🙏 Written only with love🕊️🌱 Per Museum of Tolerance: 👇 “Anne Frank's story continues to be relevant in contemporary society, as it serves as a reminder of the dangers of prejudice, discrimination, and the importance of human rights.” youtu.be/tdDpKvQbk4o?si…

“I don’t want to have lived life in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I WANT TO GO ON LIVING EVEN AFTER MY DEATH!” ~Anne Frank (I’ll be at the 🏥 tomorrow. I’ll reach back out to you asap! I love you, A🕊️)

We all know it The #onslaught of lies Hurling & spitting Playing “Lord of the Flies” They #disarm #Displace #disengage Dismantling alarms To enrage & persuade Petty distractions Sharpie scribbles gulf’s new name Larva of fascism Maggots’ Dangerous Game #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #Writing #Poem

👆PLEASE READ ABOVE🙏 I’m not waiting until they come for me while ignoring the plight of others… ⬇️ I am standing up with my voice & pen because IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO! -FOR HUMANKIND -FOR HUMANITY -FOR HISTORY Join Me… (A #NoHate Reply Zone) L, A🕊️ (BBS🤒~ 🏥 Today) 👇 youtu.be/wWsTq2y9gVs?si…

some things always loom fever is rising again crayon is sick, too (Live Video Feed of Me👇😉) #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #RareDisease #loom Still reading when I can❤️‍🩹 Love you all & your creativity🖍️, Aspen🕊️ (BBS🤒) 👇 youtu.be/HZq-G6wEH6k?si…

#BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity if lucky we’re what? a #slapdash illusion in time hold it grab it fight for it because it’ll vanish before you’re fully alive call hug love today’s it no guarantee only certainty: We Die… SO LIVE GIVE IT YOUR BEST TRY 👇BBS🤒~L, A youtu.be/igF3LP3Fsek?si…

isn’t #kooky fellow souls are being shot isn’t funny sovereign nations are threatened isn’t okay he’s playing war games isn’t acceptable to look other ways any longer isn’t courageous to let freedom of speech be in peril isn’t brave to not use your voice NOW #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity

DARK TODAY TO HONOR RENEE dropping off her child stuffed animals in car mom~poet~soul her blood floods the news many share one of her poems tears hit my screen #unmissable she was murdered I light a candle as our world screams RIP Renee Nicole Good 🕯️🙏🕊️ #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity #Poet

I found a you You found a me Together~ With G-d’s Joy A Special #Delivery We Became Three Blessed With Our Boy Had the picket fence Couldn’t keep out divorce Yet no matter what Together~ We’ll Always Be A Family #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity Love you My Tribe🧸 youtu.be/nSDgHBxUbVQ?si…

expectations loom all day long in human minds while some roses bloom with pain from many a thorn others wither crowns they adorn ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #PoetryCommunity #adorn🌹 #tanka #RareDisease 🥀 #healthcare #HealthInsurance #PassTheBill youtu.be/nkqVm5aiC28?si…

so there’s water under our bridge let’s go skinny-dipping high time to forgive your pen’s out desiring to give bathe me in poems come~get in our rhythmic rocking into climactic rhymes scribing a #symphony for infinity lives inside ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity youtu.be/kPa7bsKwL-c

if you are not spooked by colonialism then time to wake-up ©️Aspen 🪶Colonialism Is NOT Democracy #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #PoetryCommunity #spooked #colonialism #democracy #NativeAmerican

sea of lupine caught in depression’s net bluer than blue perennial moods entwined will we breakthrough to the sky or leave me alone to sort through an #oddball of bones of a life died give me dormancy not a stone drowning in #clueless hues of I’m fine #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #tanka #Poetry

#BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity dismissed shamed ignored put away for what? a day month year as sand trickled what was left unsaid memories scrapped a hope my writing wasn’t what? #balderdash you tried to wipe off your floor? maybe if you’d read even one word you could’ve seen our world

my way to conceal pain let my life appear to be one more abstraction paint on a smile with an “I’m fine!” a distraction so they’ll all fly free ©️Aspen 🕊️ #BraveWrite #vss365 #tanka #haiku #PoetryCommunity #PalliativeCare #RareDisease #abstraction 👇 youtu.be/pKrxD1hZb5E?si…

delight in your dreams for they are tomorrow’s seeds in which you will bloom …into a rose 🌹 ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #delight #dream #haiku #PoetryCommunity #Poet Thank you for your holiday & New Years’s wishes! Here’s to all of us blooming in 2026, Aspen🕊️ 🌹 youtu.be/IlkXoZUALbY?si…

travel far and wide it’s the Everest within that is the real climb ©️Aspen Thank you for all of your love & friendship🎉Here’s to our new chapter in 2026! 💗 Happy New Year!🥳 I love you, A🕊️ (BBS) #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #travel #Poetry #PoetryCommunity & All… 👇 youtu.be/GfCUQtTttoQ?si…

Dear #BraveWrite #vss365 & All: We Are Now Also Soaring #Delightfully Across The Blue Skies! bravewrite.bsky.social BraveWrite Thanks so much to so many of you who made this possible by using the hashtag here since it began! #HappyNewYear On behalf of the all, I thank you, A🕊️

travel far and wide it’s the Everest within that is the real climb ©️Aspen Thank you for all of your love & friendship🎉Here’s to our new chapter in 2026! 💗 Happy New Year!🥳 I love you, A🕊️ (BBS) #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #travel #Poetry #PoetryCommunity & All… 👇 youtu.be/GfCUQtTttoQ?si…

she knows not of #Mars ancient Roman god of war whether near or far her #struggles will again be ignored by a world who is still sending bombs this poet prays you #survive sweet goddess of undeserved scars ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #ChildrenOfWar #Poet 👇{Please Watch🕊️} youtu.be/_EY0tej63bA?si…

👆PLEASE READ ABOVE🙏 ➡️The above poem is dedicated to all the #ChildrenOfWar 🧸 ➡️I’m having internet connectivity difficulties. I’ll gladly read & spread hearts & reply to all of your deeply meaningful holiday comments…asap. Love & thanks, Aspen🕊️🖍️🪶 #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity #Poetry

🗣 #BraveWrite Prompt Words 1/1-1/7/26:🐧 Jan. 1: Portal Jan. 2: Voyage Jan. 3: Quiver Jan. 4: Mirror Jan. 5: Cream Jan. 6: Wild Jan. 7: Mint 🕊️ “The Bravest Thing You Can Be Is Yourself!”©️ ➡️ #HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2026 #BeBrave 🤟 (You Are Encouraged To Post Your Brave-No Prompt Required)

🗣 #BraveWrite #bravewrite PROMPT WORDS: 1/1-1/7/26🐧 “The Bravest Thing You Can Be Is Yourself!”© 🫶❤️🥳 🕊️Prompt Optional Or Share Any Writing, Photos, Music,etc✍️ #AmWriting #PoetryCommunity #micropoetry #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Poet #Poem #Writing #photography #haiku #tanka #AmWriting

she knows not of #Mars ancient Roman god of war whether near or far her #struggles will again be ignored by a world who is still sending bombs this poet prays you #survive sweet goddess of undeserved scars ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #ChildrenOfWar #Poet 👇{Please Watch🕊️} youtu.be/_EY0tej63bA?si…

Dear #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #tanka #PoetryCommunity #MyCub #WritingCommunity #Friends #Family #MyTribe & All, I know there is magic & love in this world: YOU ARE THE PROOF! Thank you for the gift of being you! Happy Holidays!❄️ I love you, Aspen🕊️ 🪶 youtu.be/mer6X7nOY_o?si…

Was a man Who 1-by-1 Replaced dreams With #regrets Then he dreamed Of darkness For there was Not one thing left He found that Without a dream There is No call to live So he gathered His lost dreams That one more try He’d give And in Winter Of his life He found What living is… #vss365

After meeting Michele, Rob Reiner changed the ending of “When Harry Met Sally”to a happily ever after…He had fallen in love. On behalf of all writers, #RIPRobReiner #RIPMicheleSingerReiner No words, Aspen✍️ #BraveWrite #vss365 #WritingCommunity 👇 youtu.be/ovkiChacfc8?si…

rise reality time to raise your little heads bewitched by unspoken words that still cry themselves to sleep let my love turn you into poems where your collective voice is heard and can finally risk to reach ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #bewitched #PoetryCommunity youtu.be/nA2k79EGHbc?si…

#BraveWrite #vss365 melting dripping into your mold solidifying as one our bond unbreakable yet perhaps you could not see an inevitable #augury within me love grows wild no matter the ending our once upon a time survived to fly free to fly free ©️Aspen youtu.be/kPa7bsKwL-c?si…

stripping off my skin you try to vanquish again while I smile & starve my pen pretends run sweet soul into the light there you’ll be free of a burden you call me shadows I write tried to carve a legacy yet languish as I lose what #matters my fight for life #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity

soon a final bow life’s tribe is from womb to tomb your #health is your arrow 🪶 On this #NativeAmericanHeritageDay , I think of my ancestors, and I am humbled and honored to be their #MemoryKeepers… Love, Aspen🕊️ #BraveWrite #vss365 #RareDisease #PoetryCommunity #haiku 👇 youtu.be/lbjZPFBD6JU?si…

Dear #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity & ALL, I’m #learning #Thanksgiving  isn’t one lone day. It’s every priceless moment we have the privilege to grace this earth, risk it all for love, be a poet against all odds… I thank you for being here!🪶 Love you, Aspen🕊️ 👇 youtu.be/_d_OdqErMsc?si…

Running to escape time How insane Humankind Turning Churning Burning For what? A dime Chained to a clock Tick-tock Tick-tock One #number after another All in Death’s circle Line up Fill your cup Life starts Uh, where? A place few ever go That breath called Now #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity

braiding autumn’s wind November knows it cannot measure hopelessness hides under December’s blanket will we see Spring bloom and ascend #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #measure #PoetryCommunity #tanka #haiku #BlueSkyPoet Under the weather🍁BBS Miss & love you, Aspen🕊️ 👇 youtu.be/suBmE6AxwnE?si…

Dear #BraveWrite #vss365 #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #BlueSky & All, I hope you’ll join my #domestic tribe in celebrating what would’ve been my beloved Mom’s birthday🎂 by listening to her favorite song~ “Happy” 👇 youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs?si… 🫂#RIPMommama 🕯️ 🕊️ 🪽 (I Love & Miss You, A) ❤️ XO, Aspen🤟

You Matter! MANY OF US ARE NOT ‘FINE’… The #business of not being able to afford health insurance or food is real today… Know, you aren’t alone: -I hear you -I see you -I am you WE ARE ENOUGH AS IS… L, Aspen🕊️ BBS #BraveWrite #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #Poet 👇 youtu.be/oofSnsGkops?si…

#BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity Take me into your arms Let me burrow my head Next to your heartbeat I need to let go Cry Scream Shake While someone I trust Holds me up Doesn’t judge A You Willing To be Next To me As I try To Brave A Way Through Another #Arid Day That’s Lost Almost All Hope

Standing on my sky Chance hangs in our atmosphere Slipping through time Dimension’s doorways Revolving evolving dissolving Walls that held a we Until #unearthly urges undulating Your rhythm with my rhymes Such surreal sexual syncopation Now Coming As One #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity

“Fireflies are bioluminescent #beetles. Like my #RareDisease & me~they’ll die~too~if exposed to most light. While you twirl in the sun~we sleep~but come dusk~I say what I do to you, ‘Thanks for lighting up my life with your shine~now fly free & thrive’…” ✨ #BraveWrite #vss365 #WritingCommunity ✨

I am the bolt Of lightening Striking jolt So frightening I am the you #Undertone of me ‘Tis true Time to set free I am the light No longer there Be brave & write to fight Soar Freebird from shame’s lair I am the We One voice To be Or not to be Our Choice #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #Poem #Poet

Friends thought she was brave by not flinching when they made up ghost stories~talked of creatures like #piranhas lurking in the water~or being afraid of monsters under their beds. They’d think she was a coward if they knew why she shook after piano lessons. #BraveWrite #vss365 #BlueSkyWriter

remember always you matter more than you know to this fellow soul #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #verve #senryu #poetry #poet #poem #WorldMentalHealthDay Braving life together~ I so love & thank you all, Aspen🕊️ 👇 youtu.be/lwgr_IMeEgA?si…