Halfeti by #Penhaligon’s is such a sublime fragrance, I adore it

Washed my face with the hand wash instead of the face wash…yay Mondays

Happy Sunday, BlueSky 🖤 #writingcommunity

a walk through bluebell woods spring tide (The Cicada’s Cry) #haiku

She was born to rule👸 He trained to burn🔥 The world will be devoured⚔️ Nothing‘s safe from the wrath of the sea🌊 ⚔️sibling rivalry 💘fake courting 🖤slow burn hate-to-love 🧜‍♀️👑🪽 Read the first 3 chapters of this series at the end of this FREE standalone story: books2read.com/CTTK #booksky #fantasybooks

Yum ❤️

spring thaw the birdbath spills starlings and sparrows (The Cicada’s Cry) #haiku

wheat field ablaze— joy asking for a body #haiku #poetry

spring thaw the birdbath spills starlings and sparrows (The Cicada’s Cry) #haiku

crab legs in the sea foam my oldest enemy #haiku written for #completethehaiga prompt 137. Art by Josiah. #senryu #poetrysky #micropoetry #poetsofbluesky #crab #ocean #haiga #poetrycommunity #poets

If I told you the ferocity of wanting you, how it prowls my ribs and names you home, your lips would still make that small, surprised O as if desire were a gentle thing. #emoetry #writingprompt #ferocity

Got my poke bowl fix

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

Here's a silly retelling of a snippet of the Odyssey that could - maybe - possibly - connect up to snowdrops. Jury's still out as other plants are available, but this one's most seasonal. 😊💚🤍 Double interesting that snowdrops have also been used in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research.

I just added more wildflower heart prints to the Ko-fi shop! 🌻🌸✨️ ko-fi.com/s/e2e7f83b92

New #poetry from Lauren Frey: "“If Your Eye Is On the Sparrow, Then Your Heart Is On Me”".

my meager offering a tiny flickering LOVE in the darkest dread of hate my tears aching solidarity whispered truth KIND against cruelest evils #micropoetry #poetry #writerslife

Experimenting by releasing a short story on Kindle & KU. Rider in the Widow Lands is a 25 page sword & sorcery tale. Available now! Mybook.to/widowlands

I’m surprised people in the UK haven’t started getting trench foot 😏🌧️ #rain

We’ve gathered 11 novellas by Black authors that we guarantee will haunt your nightmares.

low tide a sideways thought for #completethehaiga prompt 137. Art by Josiah #haiga #micropoetry #poetry

Ah, Bad Bunny left you with questions about power outages, storms, and our hatred of colonialism? Don’t worry, I got you. I’ll show you the aftermath of a storm, take you to the beach, show you what hides under the waves. I’ll show you our magia… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

I know this is going to sound really woo-woo but I had a premonition this morning and I swear it came true 😩

“serves 5” as if 😂

And here’s a small piece in this month’s Post. Many thanks to Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social for including this piece. 🙏 #Oulens

His face lit up when he saw me…made me go all mushy

I spent 2 hours rewriting a paragraph that didn’t seem right in my WIP then got fed up and deleted it only to realise the entire chapter is better without it. Yay editing #writingcommunity

Rujina and Zakaria from marriageWIP are on a short trip to Turkey for Valentine’s Day✨ #WIPsnips prompt: ‘airport’ #writesky #romancebooks #booksky

Her alabaster skin is #pale blue in the moonlight, her blood red nails sharpened into thorns. I should be afraid. I know what she is. I know about her craven desires. Hell, I should be running, but she has her dark hooks in me, and I cannot move. She descends for a kiss. #vss365

Beneath a tree with leaves like blood, I watched our army leave for the Dark Realm. 70 days and 70 nights they were gone. Then, beneath the tree with leaves like blood, I watched them return. But they were not our men. Their aura spoke of the Dark. Of their deaths, and of ours to come. #vss365

The walls were stained with long dried blood, with every inch being covered However, that handy work had been done years prior and the house grew hungry for more It's sole resident was all too happy to satisfy with as many bodies as needed #vss365 #vsshorror

You love to see (and hear) it.

all winter Venus shone brilliantly only now do I see her note on the pinboard (Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest, 2025, Honourable Mention) #tanka #poetry

all winter Venus shone brilliantly only now do I see her note on the pinboard (Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest, 2025, Honourable Mention) #tanka #poetry

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

To poke bowl or not to poke bowl…decisions decisions

I still see people saying "self-published" like it's a dirty word. Something you should only admit to with shuffled feet and muttered shame. Something Less Than, a last resort, a sign of failure. And to those people I say...

Avery Mann, 25, really, really wants colleague Mac Wheatley, 34, to like her, despite him universally being considered a colossal douche by everyone he encounters. Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/129512...

We are back and with more #haibun and returning to our fab #haiku course for #monoku / #monostich versions! www.callofthepage.org

Yes. #cheese

Money? For a poem?? What insanity is this??? 🥹

Houses stand where our crooked orchard once breathed. At night the #ghost trees return, pressing through floorboards, hanging small red apples in the dark. Their sharp-sweet scent wakes the tongue; yellow flesh remembers every vanished hand. By morning, bloated brown fruit sours the rooms. #vss365

when Rumi foreshadows the different parts in your book

evening commuter train a keen folded into breath books rise like small walls #7syllablesentence #prompt #keen #haiku

A word for dappled light, moving through trees. #words #wordoftheday thecuriouswordemporium.substack.com/p/komorebi?r...

‘Our Desire Is’ ~ Farah Ali (Tokyo Poetry Journal vol.14) #poetry

‘Ichijiku’ and ‘Shunga’ (Tokyo Poetry Journal vol.14) #poetry

Kavi’s at her first party and she‘s the opposite of today’s #WIPsnips prompt ‘confident’ #writesky #romancebooks #booksky #YA #YAlit

Ash drifts on dusk wind sere fields remember the fire green shoots test the rain #7syllablesentence #prompt sere #haiku