I just want A day where people feel like the world is on their side and they control their future while kindness abounds. If we try hard enough maybe we can shake off this old and make it go. Everyone can win when good comes around.

Echoes of the day linger with an ache that darkens the night. Prompt 169 Traces Evening Shadows #SenseWrds

The sparrow who hit my window now rests on my deck breathing deep and shaking off the deep red blood spilling from her head. Deciding she’s fine, she knows she has chicks to feed. Stretching her wings, she flies until she’s grounded once more. Falling, Scarlet, Sonder #SenseWrds

It’s hard to watch the world. Like a snake we coil. Like a feline we poise. The strike will come hard and fast. They should have seen it coming.

Every year we'd put that year's penny in our Christmas stockings. My husband and I joked that we were going for the whole roll (50). With the penny no longer be made, what am I supposed to do now, stop at 43?

Don't #parrot advice. Live life. #7syllablesentence

Love’s #embers smolder and you think they’ll stay but as you get older they grow colder till they’re gone one day. #BornBattleReady

Beth hated the bride almost as much as she loved the groom. He loved her as a best friend and asked her to be a groomsman. She wore the #cummerbund as if it were a bandeau. Her support wasn't an endorsement, it was an endowment. #vss365

I'm a terrible speller. When writing, I love doing a voice activated Google search on my phone for the word. Easy peasy.

Writing advice I heard. Throw away your first two manuscripts. Third time's a charm. And, if you want to improve your MS, don't edit, rewrite from scratch. Both were fools. I've grown since then. I get it now. Maybe I'm ready. Maybe I'm still the fool. Time is my friend. Not so, patience.

Thank you, #QuickQuill for another wonderful day of poetry prompts.

“Don’t worry, my heart will go on.” Well, good for you. But your answer will not suffice as you’re willing to let me die in the ice. I’m not willing to make such a sacrifice. #QuickQuill ERD 7

Psithurism is the sound trees make. Each species is different. No creak, groan or rustle is the same. Night after night, I listen to their secrets never expecting they would speak my name. #QuickQuill ERD 6

The freedom Americans praised, unabashed has been torn apart by callous brass. So now we’re stuck with this morass. #QuickQuill ERD 5

When I was a new mom, I was so tired that if I turned my head too fast, I would get the spins. I would see things that weren’t there. The only noise I couldn’t sleep through was the sound of my baby’s cry. Oh, I guess I’m not exaggerating. How's this-- even my yawns had yawns. #QuickQuill ERD 4

I am the moon. They say I’m a satellite but I don’t bounce back something as small as data. I’m better than that. I make the tides turn and the lovers swoon #QuickQuill ERD 3

It was just a plank worn and rough but it was enough. #QuickQuill ERD 2 bridge Photo: mine

I started at the beach then grew as I went along My shadow was long. The mountains loomed large and I struggled to climb only to find I had to leave something behind. Rain. #QuickQuill ERD 1

@carolinagrl7.bsky.social It could just be me, but I can't get the hashtag quickquill page to load.

When pressed, poets praise #QuickQuill for promoting poetry prompts and participation. People appreciate the preparation and persistence Of the presenters Thank you! RD 10

The low rumble assured me he was still on the job. That no matter how much his eyes were closed, he was still there, protecting the home. Protecting me. Beware the growl. #QuickQuill RD 9

The notes swirled around the strings creating a world where everything was enveloped into a moment everyone wished was real. Old men wept. Babies slept. Even dreams saw the light of day. #QuickQuill RD 8

What light by yonder window breaks? It’s facing east. Oh, the sun! Please, some hair of the dog, a Blue Moon. #QuickQuill RD 7

Every day the family gathers and eats what I created. “How was your day?” It’s ordinary. Expected. Comforting. I wear an apron, not a cape. I fight hunger and the pangs of loneliness. My favorite utensils a question and a smile. #QuickQuill RD 6

I touch the next tooth and the next. Round and round we go until finally we’re let go. Where every so dutifully I touch those teeth again We are the gears helping the clock keep time only until the next wind. #QuickQuill RD 3 wind (But I just had to be different.)

I am planting in the garden whispering to the plants as I put them in the ground. “You’re going to like it here. You're so beautiful.” My old knees groaned their displeasure. They never did before. And now I know why my MIL had me plant her annuals with a whisper of her own. #QuickQuill RD 2

"That dress makes your butt look perfect. You should get it." (And so did he.) #QuickQuill RD 5 truth and a lie

He gobbled everything in sight. Pastries, meat, and bread, oh, God, the bread which he ate by the handful ripping through the crust. Never mind the children With their faces pressed against the window. #QuickQuill RD 4

After dropping off the #luggage, my husband said he had something to tell me. He waited until we were in our cramped seats next to a stranger. "I'm leaving you." Tired of it always being my fault, I refused to ask why. That was baggage I wasn't about to claim. #vss365

He petted my head and covered my face in soft kisses “I love you,” he murmured, wiping my tears. His sweet nothings continued, easing the pain. The words were a #lullaby all on their own and they soothed me until I could sleep in his safe arms. #vss365 (lullaby)

Read the following list. Then realize that it's a partial list of grievances not about Trump, but about the King of England. In 1776. The list is in our Declaration of Independence. This is our "course of human events." What will we do?

When wanting to write #QuickQuill is a win I whisper in wonder “Thanks again.” #QuickQuill ERD 10

Old radio shows Rubbed cellophane to simulate rain and snapped their fingers in place of the crackle of the fire. But tears? They’ve always known those you must create on your own. #QuickQuill ERD 9

#QuickQuill ERD 8 #Migraine

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them…. it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. We should do so. #QuickQuill ERD 7

After the camera showed the delivery person left, she crept to the door opening it just enough to grab the envelope. Locking the door behind her, she opened the letter with trembling hands. No one signed it. All it said was, I know what you did last summer. #QuickQuill ERD 6

Parenting: Where the minutes seem like hours the hours are like days and the days are like years. But the years pass by in a minute. #QuickQuill ERD 5

Person, woman, man, camera, TV He’s so smart he only hires the best people. Never has there been a smarter person who has an uncle at MIT. #QuickQuill ERD 4 hyperbole of "intelligence"

I am an oak but they call me The Old One. Forever I’ve stood near the river in the sun. I spread my roots further each year to share a drink with the saplings, and warn them of fires. I tell them to welcome the birds and embrace the squirrels who spread the acorns far and wide. #QuickQuill ERD 3

A deep river is silent. A shallow one splashes over the rocks and debris The sun shines through it as it hurries along accommodating my paddle with the greatest of ease. #QuickQuill ERD 2

I hide my secrets in a pocket where they will never see the light of day. The worst that can happen is that I forget to take them out on washday and they litter the load like Kleenex and I have to deal with them all over again. #QuickQuill ERD 1

Sigh. I have to run. Thank you. #QuickQuill

Instead of a quick staccato of angry words popping out I sigh. There are sighs from the mouth And sighs from the nose. Sighs that come in quick, staccato puffs of their own. And that’s when you know no words are needed but you’d better run. #QuickQuill RD 9

Standing firm in our beliefs we reach but never find the middle ground. #QuickQuill RD 8

You’re in danger, Will Robinson. You’re in danger, Girl. Grave danger? Is there another kind? “You are under the... delusion that simply because you run away from danger you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom,” said the wizard. And I? I just want to go home. #QuickQuill RD 7

My novel is unwritten, the chapbook is unsold. I thought I’d get to it. Instead, I grew old. #QuickQuill RD 6 an unexpected expense/bill

The rich syrup will still pour. It’s pancakes for dinner not because it’s all we had like with mom and dad. It’s pancakes. because of the memories I have. #QuickQuill RD 5

Even her name is whispered if mentioned at all. Is it madness or evil? Her darkness a fog. Its tendrils seeping If you’re not careful it’s your soul she’ll be keeping. #QuickQuill RD 4

Left wanted to take it slow Right laughed and kept her in tow. “You, Sir, aren’t doing what you ought.” Right stepped in front, tripping her. “Don’t get your laces in a knot.” #QuickQuill RD 3