10 mile run run yesterday Slow, steady, hit stride .5 miles left Sprint #vss365 #sprint

#sprint feel the loss of momentum as I climb up the hilltop one final push, no breadcrumb trail to sweeten the full pot once the summit is crested inhaling scents of peat moss I sprint down, feeling rested there's no time to feel the loss #vss365 #AeFreislighe (This form is deceptively hard!)

#vss365 #sprint I have imagined the beat of your heart And mine slowly in sync, But this time is like the world has shifted its axis Like we’re hurled headlong And my heart beats on a #sprint for some finish line Only we’re kissing In slow motion And the world sails right on by And we let it.

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is a fierce performance of Descartes by #Sprints from their most recent album All That Is Over. youtu.be/FOeDjp10w54?... #MusicSky

darting martins the sprint of summer transcends #vss365 #sprint

#vss365 For most of us, our #vss365 writing has become a marathon rather than a #sprint. It’s an art of continuing - step after step - until sustained effort ripens into joy.

At the start your heart sprints Full of energetic love Starry eyes see perfect rainbows Thinking we've arrived in heaven Pulses slow over time I gulp my tea too loud Always track mud onto the hallway carpet You think too much The steady beat carries us towards The finish line #vss365 #sprint

The race consisted of three parts. A horse riding section, a swimming section and a #sprint to the finish. The prize was pathetic, but it was all part of a greater quest. A chance to get some braggart to give Rory information if he lost. Of course, Rory could ride his mount through water. #vss365

Emerging from the System Gate, Dylan had a #sprint to make to reach the planet named ‘Houston’ and, again, no matter how fast they travelled, it was still days away. There were no shortcuts in space, only dynamics ships needed to adhere to or they could overshoot out into the infinite black. #vss365

the mind's #sprint toward borrowed glimmers empty palms #vss365 #haiku #senryu #blueskypoets 🖼️ Pinterest

Hullo #vss365 and to #sprint #poetry

Here’s one for today’s #vss365

Occasionally, we are either willingly or unwillingly thrust into intense bursts of maximum physical effort or speed. The scenes or settings of such efforts are as varied as we are. Our ride continues, and the #vss365 #prompt for July 19, 2026 is #sprint.

Excellent prompt, thank you Andy ! #Headwind inspired me to write this poem from the midst of an historic moment with outcome uncertain but purpose and focus clear. #vss365 #prompt #kyiv #fedorov #weShallOvercome

#vss365 I feel a #momentum stirring, urging me toward the face beneath my face softly insisting that my true self come forward and claim its place in the world

physics flourishes in love your gravity bent space and time your electricity gave me charge every collision with you moved me a perfect transfer of momentum and your magnetism brought me back such happy oscillations but then you broke me and nature resists a reversal of entropy #vss365

I'm getting started; force, #momentum, inertia— it'll be a quick nap. #vss365 #headwind #HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #prose #emoetry #poets #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry

What I craved Was #momentum So I jumped Off of this cliff Acceleration’s Heady… But my joy’s Gone end real quick I really shoulda’ Thought this thru But thinking Ain’t my schtick Tho I aimed For the ocean, Rocky shore I’m gonna’ hit— #vss365

lotus blossom the invisible current gaining #momentum #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365 #blueskypoets #nature #photography

Flooded engine no momentum no doubt, stalled out time to go touch grass #vss365 #momentum

#momentum legs pump and create momentum battling the hill #vss365 #Lune #AmericanHaiku

From darkness, reluctantly to light. The crack of an eye, soft filtered sunshine through drapes. In the kitchen the coffee maker has started to brew, the smell slowly permeating the morning gloom. Feet to floor, shuffle to a walk, momentum builds. Hand to mug, let the day begin. #vss365 #momentum

Gone Fishing lake life momentum floating to obscurity full steam ahead #vss365 #momentum #haiku #poetry #ECK #photography #lake #steam #fog #nature #NaturePhotography #scape #Michigan

He knew and she knew. The momentum was invisible. But their internal worlds had expanded. #vss365 #momentum

Just a moment....um Im sure the words will come Need a sec to build some speed Give y'all some shit to read Undam the prose. It grows no slow low melancholic flows Only one foot, then the other Gather steam, no trot, gallop Accelerate til im done #momentum #vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

writing poetry we always leave getting drunk for much much later but later is always way way too late so we let the momentum gather as we sip some words spill some thoughts and tumble into the pages we call life #vss365 #momentum #poetry #art 🎨Heather A. French

Clustered under leaves Promising late summer wine Grapes find #momentum #vss365 #taketwo #SaturdayHaiku #Haiku #haiku #WritingCommunity #halfbadpoetry #BlueSkyArtShow #growing

Momentum has come Conundrum of life and death Solved in your last breath #vss365 #momentum #haiku 📸 Pixabay

We all search for a sign that we are making progress and that we are building to something perhaps better than now. With gratitude, I’m feeling it this week as your host. The #vss365 #prompt for July 18, 2026 is #momentum.

When Life Throws us #headwinds And we must Tack back and forth The seeming Lack of progress Can leave us Out of sorts But it’s crucial We carry on— That we Stay the course For success Sometimes requires We flex In face of force #vss365

Buffeted by a Relentless headwind, feeling Small before the squall. #vss365 #headwind #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

Riding the #headwind To rise above life’s problems And soak in the sun #vss365 #haiku

Friday morning run Undeterred by summer clouds Glorious headwinds #vss365 #headwinds

Capture this rushing #headwind And turn it back from whence it came For dreams are made alive in calmer seas than raging waves And love a kinder version of itself When life goes its way But then love won me over What is the sweetness of this love If not for the headwind That makes it so? #vss365

When do the headwinds end I turn and turn and turn again Yet they're always in my face Every straight and every bend It's not fortitude I lack But please let the wind be at my back #vss365 #headwind #poetry

The self-created headwinds of humanity perpetuate our tumultuous world because we thrive on conflict yet tell ourselves we love peace while tolerating chaos that sabotages everything we could be. We keep blaming someone else for the chaos we've tolerated for thousands of years. #vss365 #headwind

I had a basic idea for the opening line of this poem and just went from there. I will say it's more surreal them my usual stuff (which I guess is saying something) and I kinda dig it, tbh. #poetry #vss365 #headwind #writer #writers #writing

a gentle stroll to clear my head but there you are again the #headwind ever pushing against me forever on my mind #vss365 #poetry

strong headwinds a lone feather changes course #vss365 #haiku #senryu

I made that mistake one day Wanting an easy start Cycling off into the east Downhill Downwind Screaming into the smiling sun Too fast Too far And I never made it home Now too tired Too little time Beaten back by the rising #headwind By ever increasing gradient of adulthood #Vss365

#poetry #BskyPoets #departure #vss365 #writingcommunity

I like how it arrives but it is so impolite when it departs like being thrown off a train before your destination my feet are sore after walking back to the station I sit I wait trains keep going by nothing stops I look for your face in the windows maybe I could know where you're going #vss365

We stay within space for we never truly leave. All is infinite. #vss365 #spiritual #haiku #depart

Autumn trees do not mourn their departed leaves Look how gently the branches open their hands How in love they must be to send kisses to the ground #vss365 #depart #blueskypoets #poetry #sunset #photography #orangesky #autumn

Headwind blows Thoughts pass like dark clouds Then the sun shines #vss365 #headwind

Okay! We are fully under way now! It’s so great to be sharing this ride with you all. The roads aren’t only crowded, there are many other challenges that we’ll face and undoubtedly, overcome together. The #vss365 #prompt for July 17, 2026 is #headwind.

Here’s my response to the prompt #depart - thanks and welcome to Andy, the incoming #vss365 host @aperrincycling Photo by Illiya Vjestica on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

That time You stroked my heart And bade the darkness To #depart… Is moment That my walk with love Began its Nascent start There’s rational Part of me Sees chemical Reaction But that part Grows smaller As the magic gains Its traction A fraction Of me learns to trust Wisdom Of my actions #vss365

Morning run Clouds dancing Fears depart #vss365 #depart