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My most-used words in 2025 were: 1. "apoemaday" (238×) 2. "universe" (169×) 3. "poem" (121×) 4. "reminder" (110×) 5. "vast" (100×) I also talk about my brain quite a bit, I see. See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for December 4, 2025: #WATERFALL cascade water falls through me, over me, around me I am not drenched nor do I drown I am an island of my own a respite, a comfort, a rock wrapped by seas of fire. 12-04-2025

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This is the cutest mushroom of all time! 100% mushroom, loved by Seelie Fae, Wild Fae, Unseelie Fae, Aliens, and other mushrooms. Because they are just so cute, especially when carrying snow on their heads!

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for December 3, 2025: #SNAIL Slugs make me recoil But if they don homes of shell I love a dear snail. 12-03-2025 Bonus artwork courtesy of three-year-old Jenny

#Haiku4U “Few words. Infinite light.” translucence I filter the past like frost upon a window subtle light shines through 12-03-2025 #APoemADay

#Haiku4U #blizzard #Senryū away from the silence shaken like a globe forever lost in your words I face the blizzard 12-02-2025 #APoemADay

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. #whistpr Word for December 2, 2025: #PERCH waiting on the highest shelf perched atop cherished treasures your heart lies open 12-02-2025

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A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for December 1, 2025: #MASK from the recent archive... lullaby you wear a mask and I lean away ever so close with nothing left to say 2025.11.04

#haiku4u #festival #tanka advent like carefree childen we whisper innocent prayers anticipating the festival in the air the moment we get to share 12-01-2025 My first time playing with tanka...then some rhyme inadvertantly happened. Then tried to make it advertant. Not sure I liked how it landed

Ha! I knew most of my haiku wasn't actually haiku. I even looked it up once to see what it actually is, then promptly forgot. Thanks to @arwashington.bsky.social's prompts, I am reminded that most of my haiku is actually senryu.

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Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1590: marbled #haikuhorrorprompt. statuesque her legs are marbled with varicosities earned from standing her ground 11-25-2025

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. #whistpr Word for November 30, 2025: #HOME The poem is from 1984 (originally 1982, I believe, as I first drafted it in high school). The border, however, took me all afternoon to figure out how to get the tiling and layer to cooperate.

Unseelie Fae. As Luke said, he is a nice enough fellow...but he will kill you. It's just what he does.

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Adding this to my list of prompts for poetry inspiration for December:

#APoemADay Just a bit more polish: encounter They stand over my shoulder, cloaked in shadows spun from webs. Tears drawn from the mermaid's well fail to fill this cleft within. No one hovers in solemn silence. I stand awestruck by emotions I do not feel. 11-29-2025/1984

Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1588: rats #haikuhorrorprompt this is not horror the best of all rats, mr. guy templeton lives in my memory 11-29-2025

I forgot that @profanity.accountant was a thing. Let's see if I have a potty mouth.

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A #SŌLSËËD Joint 🌻 #PoetryCommunity “A prompt, a pulse, a purpose of the soul —to water a seed. Time for something a bit lighter than the horror prompts! Join #December #HolidaySeason #Monthly #Prompter Use word or theme to post: #poetry #art #photography #writing Tag: #Prompt + #Solseed

No poems today, folks! I might play catch-up tomorrow...or I might just pick and choose between the prompts available and go with those, I dunno. Time will tell!

‪Horror Writing Prompt no. 2017: execrate #horrorprompt as per merriam-webster execrate defined: to declare to be evil or detestable 11-27-2025 #unconventionalHaiku

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen. 1. The Monkees Reunion Tour 2. Jimmy Buffett 3. New Edition 4. Tori Amos 5. Sting And every high school and middle school concert my children were a part of: chorus, band, jazz ensemble, orchestra...I think that's all.

As God as my witness... youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?...

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. #whistpr Word for November 27, 2025: #MURMURATION flying home It's not a whispered susurration; it's a gather, a murmuration. They fly together, in formation, this ancient practice of migration. 11-27-2025 #APoemADay

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Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1586: wish #haikuhorrorprompt adding injury to insult wishing for your fall, I request another boon: I wish that you knew 11-27-2025

I dunno...I might be skipping this one. I'll come back to it later.

#haikuhorrorprompt no. 1585: urn abiding we hold your remains not within an urn of stone. you are in our hearts 11-26-2025

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. #whistpr Word for November 25, 2025: #VALIANT From the archives: legend when it flew it carried dreams in golden flight. though the quest was unanswered, the wizard granted the hero Wings. 1987 My sister Kris always loved this one.

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I never found what I was looking for. While I searched, I realized that my past-me journal (a word document) was formatted in the most horrible of ways, so I started to revise it, instead of looking for what needed to be found.

Maybe not the breakfast sandwich the Universe wants me to be, but it is quite cozy. It feels rather New England to me, but that's because I'm using my Grandma's dishes for the oatmeal and toast.

Why yes, yes I do know this!

I'm pretty sure that I have something in my archive that I wanted to revise that would fit this prompt, but I can't find it now. I guess I'll let it stew for a bit then come back to it.

Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1584: shred #haikuhorrorprompt. irreparable damages you left me in shreds, severed from my dignity, blinded to all hope. 11-25-2025 #APoemADay

Horror Writing Prompt no. 2016: drenched #horrorprompt drenched caught in the current of the waves of your anger, I falter; I drown. 11-25-2025 I'll probably be retitling this later. While inspired by the prompt, I'm not comfortable with the title. I'll figure it out later.

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#whistpr Daily Word‬ A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Word for November 24, 2025: #DASH unbreakable This woman has no standing, and yet she stands her ground. You cannot dash her spirits-- her spirit won't be bound. 11-24-2025

Prompt no. 1582: grizzled Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with #haikuhorrorprompt. shadowfest ancient, grizzled beast hungers in the darkest shade waiting for his feast 11-24-2025 #APoemADay

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for November 23, 2025: #WINDY

My last two brain cells:

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