Whenever someone says “I can think of few things worse than” my immediate impulse is to help them think of all the worser things and this is one of many reasons why it’s best that I am not a people person.

“Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly…”🎶 #scape #seascape #photography #monochrome #classicmono #b&w #photographersofBluesky #ECK youtube.com/watch?v=PZ59...

harm announces itself quietly, as pattern— #precursor. what comes before is the thing that hunts, that circles, that learns your habits. harm doesn’t arrive suddenly. it watches first. @poetguygabe.bsky.social #BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social

alone with a choice #liberated #Emoetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social @mother-poet.bsky.social ‬

encouraged my weakness, devoured my soul, misused my magic, turned to pieces of a whole #foxprose #micropoem #poetry

You are the night the night that never ends, a hollow that seeks to fill; I’m an empty cup, the day the day that brings the light, a star muted that will burn bright #poetry

In the darkest of times theirs a beacon, a light that shines and sees me through I am seen I am loved I am blessed by all of you @ignorantfairy.bsky.social @yeehawpoems.bsky.social @mother-poet.bsky.social @bundtkake.bsky.social @dreamcatalyst.bsky.social @anntigone.bsky.social

Words jumpy anxious scared terrorized endangered nervous uneasy a daily unknown of what’s next- how much further can we sink? further further into loves abyss #emoetry #poetry

A time to reflect, inspire…spread kindness and compassion. 🤍🖤 #UrbanGaze #Urban #Melbourne #classicmono #monochrome #b&w #photography #EastCoastKin

“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