When the Torch Goes Out by Silvia Passiflora Even festivals end. The torches dim, someone sweeps the petals. I leave a blessing quietly on the threshold — no banners, no return. Winter keeps the secret. Spring will know where to find me.

#1742 Saturnalia Saturn’s Roman Fest — masks worn, masters served their slaves, a sanctioned turning #vss365 #Saturn

#1741 Winter Storms Eyes of winter storms Lips of summer fields in rain I live your seasons #BedroomEyesPrompt #WinterStorms

#1740 After Thresholds If the wedding is thunder, the marriage is dishes. If the performance is lightning, the drive home is quiet. If the door opening is mythic, the hallway smells like old shoes. If the confession is seismic, the next morning still wants to sleep in. #Haikufeels #threshold

#1739 Dusty Rebel Picture perfect day dusty rose bridesmaids dresses one rebel exempt #2WordPrompt #Dusty/Rebel

#1738 Déjà Vu Déjà Vu Hotel — you can check in any time but can never leave #blueskyrelay #déjàvu

#1737 Twinkling Smiles Crooked twinkling smiles preschool holiday chorus adoring fans beam #BSPP48 #TwinklingSmiles

#1736 Robin Color so distinct luminous Robin’s-egg blue named after the bird 🪺 #WildWalkPrompt #robin

#1735 Lengthy Interaction Having a baby — a lengthy interaction with belly button umbilical cord original interface living data cord #firewords280 #LengthyInteraction

#1734 Snowy Merriment Snow globe shopping mall everyone wants to shake one snowy merriment #WeirdMicro #SnowyMerriment

#1733 Quiescent Vapour Quiescent vapour human excess greenhouse gas diss-regulated #WeirdMicro #QuiescentVapour

#1732 Esoteric Tracings Fluorescent tattoos esoteric tracings tag QR code bodies #WeirdMicro #EsotericTracings

#1731 Overwhelmed Overwhelmed by shares Bluesky hosts with the most-est Thank you, when words fail 💙 #emoetry #overwhelmed

#1730 Logical After Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress the logical conclusion inevitable? #OurPoetryX #logical

#1729 Buck Symmetry The buck and rival stopped, in symmetry ready to lock horns The buck and his doe stopped, in symmetry ready to lock horns #vssdaily #buck #whistpr #symmetry

#1728 @malformed-poetry.bsky.social #MPPrompt

#1727 By the Fireplace Eternal love vows exchanged by the fireplace, flames as their witness. #BedroomEyesPrompt #ByTheFireplace

#1726 Basement Blizzard Basement blizzard weighs generational relics belly of the beast #haikuhorrorprompt #basement

#1725 Perched Enchanting Kinship First time Mom met Dad — sitting on her bed in dorm her roommate my Aunt #SenseWrds #Prompt162

#1724 Fight Rural island stakes backwoods cockfight stealth gambling selfies not allowed #vss365 #fight

#1723 Nonchalant Then: Nonchalant attempts at date interrogation like job interview Now: Nonchalant gestures shared glances skip the questions coffee brought with cream #emoetry #nonchalant

#1722 Guardian Crone The Guardian Crone new Marvel superhero prophet who kicks ass #vssmagic #crone

#1721 Raucous Intrusion Raucous intrusion squawking in barnyard commons settles down quickly #firewords280 #RaucousIntrusion

#1720 Sugar Dusted Joy Warm malformed cookies Gingered hippopotami Sugar-dusted joy #WeirdMicro #SugarDustedJoy

#1719 Under the Tree Love’s consenting rites like old roots under the tree held furrowing deep #BedroomEyesPrompt #UnderTheTree

#1718 Epiphany A shuddering bliss face-to-face epiphany this braided moment #OurPoetryX #epiphany

#1717 Vine Late afternoon start weekend fingers intertwined deep sleep’s tender vine #Haikufeels #vine

#1716 Hinge Day The winter solstice shortest day and longest night at the hinge of time #Haikufeels #winter

#1715 Sparked Memory Crackle at the stove sparked memory of tiny apartment kitchen #BSPP48 #SparkedMemory

#1714 Solstice The solstice lovers their time both too long, too brief and already gone #DailyHaikuPrompt #solstice

#1713 Homesick Strange to miss a place while still standing inside it homesick — lovers’ lair #blueskyrelay #homesick

#1712 If only I could bottle this moment. This mirror contains multitudes of us. Reality is a flower vase he turned — with the flowers facing me. #RetroArtPrompt #IfOnly_ThisMirror_Reality

#1711 Float Flower petals float amidst candles and prayers The lovers’ puja #whistpr #float

#1710 Redacted Oh I heard you. ⬛️⬛️don’t believe ⬛️⬛️⬛️ eyes ⬛️⬛️⬛️ hour ⬛️⬛️ door. I still have your ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ If anyone asks ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ Our safe ⬛️: ⬛️⬛️⬛️ X⬛️ #MPPrompt

#1709 Hearth Hearth holds the quiet hands warming without a rush Night leans in closer #PennedReveries #Hearth

#1708 Lanterns Consenting to the Dark Her attention moves a lantern ahead of her lighting what she holds His listening waits like a lantern in the dark showing where to stand #Haikufeels #lantern

#1707 Icy Breath North wind’s icy breath transformed trees into glass men numbed in winter’s bite #BSPP48 #IcyBreath

#1706 Sleet / Blooming In the driving sleet, loyalty blooming amongst the weary soldiers. #DailyHaikuPrompt #Sleet/Blooming

#1705 Shared Laughter Lip readers summoned questioning the shared laughter from ventriloquists #WeirdMicro #SharedLaughter

#1704 Spruce Forest sentinel now travels the world sounding a spruce-top guitar #WildWalkPrompt #spruce

#1703 Dodged Avalanche Dodged avalanche from senior parent’s hoarding need, choreography #firewords280 #DodgedAvalanche

#1702 Peculiar Delicacies Study Abroad tests peculiar delicacies tongue’s foreign language #WeirdMicro #PeculiarDelicacies

#1701 Soapy / Concept Doggie spa concept warm soapy massage and treats lap of luxury Piled soapy dishes concept of “soaking” evades who does final rinse #2WordPrompt #Soapy/Concept

#1700 Fractured Language In fractured language babies and grandparents laugh through the centuries #WeirdMicro #FracturedLanguage

#1699 I see my profile The infinite bold musings Dreams within the Dream

#1698 Transcribe Ornithologists toiled to transcribe bird calls birdsong marks on page #OurPoetryX #transcribe

#1697 Vice Tasting committee vice president deciding vote: chocolate swirl #whistpr #vice

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