It's Friday, and #PoemsAbout. Welcome all who write, read, like, comment, share. I went down a dark path this week for #Undressed, the outcome of watching a documentary series about propaganda; vulnerability from the wrong angle. After a hasty Thursday rewrite something more mellow emerged.

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Daylight undressed in Twilight layers, revealing Midnight skin beneath. #PoemsAbout #undressed #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Intriguing #PoemsAbout prompt today #Undressed, so it will be fascinating to see what the #PoetryCommunity makes of it. Here's my response, a sideways take on the oldest story of all. Many thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #Undressed

For #PoemsAbout #Undressed with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Here I am, over here! Some good ones this week! @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #undressed

The second of the two I wrote this week for #poemsabout #undressed. I believe it also incorporates a #horrorprompt from earlier this week of #silentrage, if I'm not mistaken. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #skypoem #skypoetry

Another current events poem for #PoemsAbout #Undressed written after I listened to Rep. Pramila Jayapal discuss Bondi's disgusting performance at the oversight hearing. Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Another one of those weeks when we've all written about exactly the same thing for #PoemsAbout, right? Ah well. #Undressed @thebrokenspine.co.uk #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry

@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Undressed A bit oblique on the prompt, but it's what came out!

Another school day learning of whale falls-such a moving , amazing process!🙂 A last dignity When a whale falls who sees? One life gives so much... @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday

...and I thought this prompt was beyond me. A late clarity of mind saved the morning for #PoemsAbout #Mouths. I'll get back to you later today... @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoetsOnBluesky

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Mouths, I'm thinking about things that don't explain themselves. It is inspired by a piece i wrote for @daveashleypoet.bsky.social's #FreeVerseFebruary #prompt. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers.

Needed a bit of poetry time at the end of a crazy week so enjoyed writing to this week's #PoemsAbout prompt #Mouths. Inspired by some fave lyrics, from The Kills' song Baby Says. Happy Friday (night) poets! And thanks as ever to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk 💜🙏

For #PoemsAbout #Mouths With much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Afternoon Friday here’s my little throwaway’ poem for #PoemsAbout #mouths And thank you to @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poems #poetry hope everyone everywhere has a lovely weekend and stays dry from a very wet Sheffield 🛋️🦉

A small entry but tis mine own! @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #mouths

Like so many, I have a train poem or two in the locker. Here's a rare foray into rhyme from around 5 years ago. For @hool415.bsky.social and #promptcombo #tracks

For @hool415.bsky.social Ju’s #PromptCombo #tracks this week I’m sharing this wee #poem. Hope you like the bonus photo Ju, of the west Highland line near Plockton. Thanks to the crew.

Here's one I made earlier! 😃 @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday Happy Sunday everyone!🌿🌿

Truth wears no veil, but truthfully, everyone loves an unveiling. Grief, however, insists on coverage. Death has a dress code, and some fabrics prefer the dark. Etiquette asks nothing further, except for the name of a good tailor. #poem #poemsabout #prose #BlackVeils #writing #poetry

For #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for #vss365: #thrum #soothe @blsamaddar.bsky.social & for #inkmine : #affirmation Thanks for reading! 🙏🙏 #Oulens #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry

Here's what came to mind for me for @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Blackveils Back to read and comment tomorrow

Had a go. Brain hurts! 🙄 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #blackveils#poemsabout

A modest attempt??🙂 @rfsmith.bsky.social #promptcombo #moment

Hullo @tomsnarsky.bsky.social and to #smallpoemsunday #poetry

Remembering our old garden! #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Good morning! Today's poem for #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns. It's difficult to think about much else these days. Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #TimeSlips A Crack in the Snow Globe

#PoemsAbout #Timeslips for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Still in a bit of a lull in inspiration. Had a go so here it is!! Cheers and a HNY! 🎉 #poemsabout #timeslips @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A poem that started last night as I lay awake with a migraine brewing. For #PoemsAbout #Timeslips @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry

Today's winter observation- how is yours!?? 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ Observe the Sunday birds They catch your eye through ice-glass panes The coal-tit flits itself crazy Then gone like none were ever there... #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

In a misty morning shadows call out in soft, jittery voices. Footsteps creep, never breaking the stillness. All is blanched, faded in a dream. #moonmystic in_a_misty_morning

And , at times, the silence....😑

I'm a bit of a day late, because It took longer than I expected to write this... also i broke the rules a bit.. 🤣 But this is for #AcrosticJanuary #Gentle and #promptcombo #nightfall. (And a new form I've never tried called Virelai, because i hate myself and acrostic isn't hard enough apparently 😅)

Hey Fidel @dragonslayerma.bsky.social I just remembered I have this wee #nightfall #poem which I can share for this week’s #PromptCombo I’ll see if I can write something new too. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous poem and for hosting.

Fidel, @dragonslayerma.bsky.social I loved your prompt poem for #PromptCombo #Nightfall and I was sure I had one somewhere that was on topic. I finally found it, from back in summer 2021, though I have reformatted it to share here. Happy New Year to the #PromptCombo community

Yay- #promptcombo is back! Here is one I prepared earlier! #nightfall @dragonslayerma.bsky.social The Day Blades

For #smallpoemsunday and @tomsnarsky.bsky.social a new poem for 2026 – 'Even after grace'. Thank you so much for reading 🩶 #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity

some Linda Pastan for #smallpoemsunday

For #smallpoemsunday, “Winter” by Samuel Menashe from To Open.

Today for #smallpoemsunday, I offer #clueless. @tomsnarsky.bsky.social Thanks to the #prompt words for inspiration: #glowing #Emoetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social #clueless @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social #vss365 @vss365hq.bsky.social

1st of the year! Tis mine own! #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social Green Tanka

A Lessening ~ David Gate #SmallPoemSunday

Two poems today for #smallpoemsunday A perfect Franz Wright 🖤 @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Two "small paragraph" poems for #smallpoemsunday - one by me and one by Czeslaw Milosz! Cc @tomsnarsky.bsky.social