“Hope is the feather that reminds us we have wings…” #WackyWednesdayArt #art #bnw #monochrome #classicmono #ECK #sensoryart #moments #photography

You never knew me never saw me never loved me; all I can hear is your voice all I can feel is your words; the us was not us it was you always you #poetry

frozen river bend / snow drifts like forgotten words / night swallows each sound #DailyHaikuPrompt #prompt snow drift swallow

like hell your suffering builds a prison nothing more, nothing less what you believe you see you see what you believe nothing more, nothing less your suffering builds a prison like hell #cinquain #doublecinquain #poetry

#SenseWrds #prompt158 It grips on the branch long after one's patience has been lost, skin holding like a held breath. #poetry

#inchoate #poetry #BlueSkyRelay It lives in half-sentences, unfinished poems, a tremor in my mouth before the language arrived.

I’m not just a doll that you stuck in your house, I’m not a brick you can lay, I’m not a trophy for your shelf; just stop talking this story is old, I’m the villain you’re the hero you’re number one I’m zero, just stop talking, put away your toys and grow the fuck up #poetry

i tried to make it #harmonious— the unfinished parts, #inchoate, the ache that would not resolve. #Emoetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social‬ @poetickunal.bsky.social #BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social

Divine Bats They fell sideways, not down missed hell entirely, slipped into the margins where light goes to pretend it isn’t curious. Upside down isn’t rebellion, it’s perspective… #poetry

bedhead open.spotify.com/track/5QMUnF... ben zank

stereolab open.spotify.com/track/3PgWoM... david hockney

the magnetic fields open.spotify.com/track/23EYpx... emanuela cau

galaxie 500 open.spotify.com/track/1z4gr7... daphne ghiz boder

Morning.

youtu.be/BOrwX11CbsY?... Wow it’s been so long since we had snow before Christmas! Or any snow at all really 🤷‍♀️

Not #alone with words and heat. #7syllablesentence December 14 #alone @poetguygabe.bsky.social @raymonds-towers.bsky.social

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squeezing the last of you from the thick of my blood while my heart is locked in winter frozen #cinquain #5lines #poetry

Prompt 157 #sensewrds They say magic is in the air a shimmer, a blessing, something that drifts down if you are worthy or lucky or quiet enough to receive it. But I’ve watched magic blister palms. #poetry #prompt

oh, love claim me with tones of lilted laughter paint me in hues of blushing gold hold me, love, hold me till even the sunrise grows to feel old #poetry

After almost 5 years I finally finished a painting that began as an ambitious light & reflection project in an adult education class. It's a 1980's Henry Moore toaster, my toaster. Each winter I return to this piece and now its complete there is a sense of relief and fatigue.

My heart beats your name. It only knows- 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. For countless years I have given it to others. But still, 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. ~Helaena Moon

In the Manner of Nin I have lived my life like a secret room with the door half-open inviting, yet trembling at every footstep that dares to cross the threshold… #MPPrompt #poetry #anaisnin

A #wisp of it not the thing itself, just the rumor left behind in its wake. Like breath on cold glass, a spark that fades it curls and thins, unwilling to stay but not quite gone. #poetry #BlueskyRelay

its silken Threads.. Binding not In restraint But in the Warmth.. Of a tender Promise.💫🖤

If you’re lonely you can talk to me youtu.be/3loZHihta1M?...

If ever it happens again... truth is, it doesn't matter with my walls built so high there's no "after" left to shatter. I used to fear the hurt of being abandoned now I'm just selective with people I let in. #moonmystic

my darling, I made you a metaphor again this time you are a bird and I am your every sky #poetry

Elated arrived abruptly, lit the room, then sat very still inside me, waiting to see what it would cost. #emoetry #prompt #elated

For this week's #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave, I'm thinking about gifts as mirrors of the giver. Thanks to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk. And thank you to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

perplexities true greed and joyful givers blend wintertime dashes #vssdaily #haiku #poet

a paradox unmasks the limits of human language... #MyTake

After the first day of finals, participating in a prescribed burn. Most people don't realize that ATX is nestled in a high-risk wildfire zone. As both wildfire/flood risks rise across the country, and wildfire season is growing longer, other cities are watching what we do here. #Academia #STEM 🤓🧪

#MusicThroughYears #MusicChallenge Day 11. 1984 - 1985 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now open.spotify.com/track/1YrnDT...

I never wanted to be hard. Softness was the one thing I kept for myself a quiet sanctuary, a place the world couldn’t inventory or steal. But mercy has teeth, and tenderness grows tired of being the first thing cut. #poetry

Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo crew. My late contribution for this week’s theme #memorial is a monument, a pyre rejecting the trappings of old age.

If you wonder why I am the way I am. Why I hate Christmas. There you go.

I don’t know how to say that grief fills me with lead somedays, that sadness swells my joints, fatigues my muscles, that fear clouds my mind and freezes me into a statue; I can only see myself and my failures, like ghosts haunting, most days, and those days it’s too much to try being #poetry

holding the weight alone carrying fire and softness in this state I am free sundown superstars glisten home front dancers grounding ashes to ashes #micropoetry #poet #writer

As an environmental scientist, and Master Naturalist, this work still applies today. 👩🏻‍🔬🧪🧐 #Academia #STEM #WaterIsLife

Who knew? 🤓 Humans are more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers. Researchers found that beavers had a monogamy rating of 72%, while humans clocked in at 66%, higher than meerkats’ score of 60%. #TheMoreYouKnow #NerdyDirtyInked #NerdLife #Science

This is a #winter poem which was written without using any winter words! A really great challenge from @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social over on X. #poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetrycommunity

#Magenta It arrives without asking a sudden warmth blooming just beneath the surface, half-confession, half-collision. #vss365 #poetry #magenta

What You Didn’t Hear There was a #soliloquy caught behind my breath a confession rehearsed but unspoken… #poetry #vss365

The #Consolation of Dying It is not a wish, not a yearning for endings, but a quiet recognition that everything-every bruise of the day, every unfinished sentence, every grief that keeps pulling up a chair will someday loosen its grip. #vss365 #poetry #dying

the #consolations of division inspired by #bemused #Emoetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social #consolation @sanjar.bsky.social #vss365 @vss365hq.bsky.social #split @ewiggins66.bsky.social #BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social

As my soliloquy dragged on about whether I should or should not message someone, I thought of Hamlet and wondered if that would be his modern quandary now- living our lives through likes loves reads unreads now we mire in what others think of us #blueskyrelay #vss365 #poetry

#FromOneLine is a fascinating writing prompt. I'm proud to have 3 pieces in Volume 7 and sit alongside some now familar names. Thanks for all your hard work @megwaf.bsky.social