Just try to be careful and steady Extract, nice and slow when you're ready Now this comes as a shock Gone and pushed the wrong block Alas, it has fallen already #acrostic #limerick The #vssdaily #prompt for 11/12/125 was #block

I felt the spirit lift me And that feeling grew and grew The urge began to shift me As I danced along the pew The stained glass sun, it moved me With an energy not solar And as this thing improved me I became a holy roller The #vssdaily #prompt for 11/11/125 was #roller

It was not done on purpose So there's no ill will nor bile Don't want to make this worse Although I sit here in denial My guilt, it will not let me be I've never been that Zen And I certainly can't guarantee I won't screw up again The #vssdaily #prompt for 11/10/25 was #oops.

I’m giving up searching for the right words they’ve been out drinking with the wrong ones and come home without remorse

To summon the power of the moon I start in the late afternoon The spell that I cast Well, I'm not very fast I finish the third week of June

Complete and utter lunacy Is no more than a craze You light the night And guide the tide While going through a phase

𝙸 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢, 𝚍𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐

Watch me as I take a ride So round and oh so cute Affinity for cheese aside I'm technically a fruit

People consider I'm struck by a curse Poisoned internal by something adverse They think I'm depressed, my "affliction" is scary As every full moon I get awfully hairy 1/3 The #vssdaily #prompt for 11/1/25 was #blessing

Armed and aggressive Criminal yobbery Wildly impressive Pure daylight robbery

Poor Johnny died by "model boat" Stabbed hard into his neck That's why the local CSI They had to swab the deck Melissa, crushed with giant cards, By her magician ex This fatal trick was over quick He'd really stacked the decks The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/31/25 was #deck

'Twas the night before Halloween To my surprise Promiscuous teens neighbors Were saying goodbyes This time tomorrow They all would be dead By a knife in the throat Or an axe to the head As this was the year That they'd lost their virginity Which attracts psycho killers To their general vicinity

Both sharp and sweet, that first, brief kiss It's still so clear, I won't forget Felt so complete, such utter bliss Oh Cherry, dear, I've no regrets 1/2 The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/30/25 was #cherry

My first try at merging was scary Experienced drivers are glary Rookie mistake: Gunned the gas, not the brake Ended up, uʍop ǝpısdn, in a dairy #limerick #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/29/25 was #merge

And frightened cats inflate Raising hackles, arching back Causing foes to hesitate Hoping that they won't attack #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/28/25 was #arch

Thoughtlessly I heard you mention Rumors that got my attention As I do not know you Say more and I'll throw you Headfirst to another dimension #limerick #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/27/25 was #trash

Monty Murray was charmingly caddish His fashion sense bordered on faddish Made a pass at a witch Then called her a bitch And now he's a small purple radish #limerick The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/26/25 was #pass

"Let sleeping dogs lie", they say "Don't poke the bear" But nobody warns you off Waking the hare Do not disturb them, friend Don't even jest Please leave them dreaming Let leverets rest

A sock full of quarters When wielded just right Will quickly and violently Finish a fight The sibling to this sock That makes up the pair Lies under Jack's bed And we do not go there The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/25/25 was #socks

Setting a trap for some food Notably rustic and crude And rabbits, they scoff Ridicule and hop off Escaping is def'nitely rude #limerick #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/24/25 was #snare

A path through this place I must scout Mappable? I have no doubt! A route found with ease Zoning here is a breeze Except… I can't find my way out #limerick #acrostic

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The mist, it starts to thicken And unconsciously I quicken Oh so nervously I swallow As my path gets hard to follow Visibility is failing When I thought it was plain sailing As I fear that I'm now lost And about to pay the cost The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/23/25 was #fog

Neverending dentistry The little witch decidin' The remainder of her life will be Flossing old Poseidon Rummaging between the teeth Removing all things odd Supplying oral pain relief To this salty god

Quickly they twisted the ring Unscrewed it and emptied the thing Expelling the poison Ending life with no noise 'n' No one knew who killed the king #limerick #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/22/25 was #king

The giant's cry beat like a drum With fe and fi and fo and fum No chance to flee, no way to barter Poor Jack will be a sourdough starter With limbs to rend and bones to crunch I fear Jack's end will be as brunch The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/21/25 was #crunch

On the tip of my tongue At the back of my mind Scared of getting it wrong 'Cos it is so hard to find Now it's all so absurd As the thought has receded But I'll remember that word Once the damn thing's not needed The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/20/25 was #tongue

She loves me! She loves me! It feels like I'm bragging But, if I had a tail, It would surely be wagging Her love is the purest And, if she could talk, She'd ask for her leash And we'd go for a walk The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/19/25 was #tail

This was such a pleasant division And each soldier was a practiced musician. So musically devoted And soon to be promoted Corporal Pepper had just had a vision #limerick The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/18/25 was #band

Now Jane's ordinarily mellow But protective of her latest fellow When some local musicians Gave him wild propositions Well, she beat them to death with a cello The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/16/25 was #fellow

And now, the end is near And so I face the final circus My friends, I'll say it clear I'll state my case, of which I'm nervous I've lived a life unsure I paused by each & every doorway But more, much more than this I did it your way (sorry, Frank) The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/15/25 was #doorway

My heart can't hold your passion Like a hearth could hold a fire It may leave me burnt and ashen But it's all that I desire Your love will devastate me I accept without a thought And nobody could debate me As without you, I am naught The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/14/25 was #hearth

Speeding away from the crime Police make the car chase sublime I feel my tires rip Kissed a stupid spike strip Ending up feeling flat, doing time #limerick #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/13/25 was #spike

Successfully plays guitar Practically debtless Confident in fingering Playng basslines fretless The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/12/25 was #fret

They're showing movies in the park So that's the place for me I sense a movement in the dark A hand upon my knee I feel his breath upon my face I shut my eyes real tight My fragile heart begins to race I'm going back tonight The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/11/25 was #knee

We buried Old Jed with his boots on As the leather had fused to his sole And the bad dynamite That so ruined his night It had already dug us a hole 1/3 The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/10/25 was #leather

My earring got caught in my headphones They threaded right in there it seems The headphones got snagged on my necklace While I was suppressing my screams 1/2 The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/9/25 was #earring

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"Genie, now please hear my wish Re: a flat that's both shiny and swish. A really big plaice… No, wait, why that face?" Too late - he was crushed by a fish #limerick #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/7/25 was #grant

Pontificating from their tower Oligarchs want us to cower We should all resist Ending up on a list Refuse to submit to their power #limerick #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/6/25 was #power

Barry used to wear a hat And thought that it looked good Lately, though, he shaves his head Damn, Barry, you're a stud! #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/5/25 was #bald

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Arm yourself and hold your tongue The enemy's in sight As, if we play this moment wrong, We won't survive the night There's ravens circling the blimps There's gas within the trenches And we're beset by rabid chimps And robot Judy Denches The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/4/25 was #arm

Geraldine, my faithful friend You sweet and lovely cow The meadow filled with drifting snow You cleared it like a plow But even though you're frozen now It's better than it seems It sounds a bit disturbing but Your udders make ice cream The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/3/25 was #cow 🐮

Dot dash, dot dot dash No, wait I got that bit wrong I'll have to re-morse #haiku The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/2/25 was #remorse

Chapter and verses I know what the curse is As bad as it looks I'm addicted to books It's a sentence absurd Though I'm lost for the word I'm snared by their hooks So addicted to books The #vssdaily #prompt for 10/1/25 was #book

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So she "combined harvested" Fred His wife really wanted him dead Remanded for 15 to 20 Evidence? Well, there was plenty Definitely more than a shred #limerick #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 9/30/25 was #shred

World Wide Web, cobweb Either is a trap for me Blundering face-first #haiku #acrostic The #vssdaily #prompt for 9/29/25 was #web

Eric Adams