Botanic Gardens, Glasgow. Pic: Catriona Duggan

yay and nay sit on my shoulders, screaming their gospel in to each ear, like an egg with pressure on all sides i sit still, unable to move find me in equilibrium as outsiders push their ideas into my mind, their words destined to be forgotten - mind brings its own chatter to drown them out #poetry

I hope something good happens to you today ✨💕☀️🫶

black light is shining again, down the hall i sense its buzzing the bulb has dimmed but not dead yet, it has more posters to illuminate it will take some time to reach the fixture, electrical housing behind painted drywall is what we grasp for, let it begin with this one step #poetry #blueskypoet

fragmented by you, my limestone crumbles beneath the weight of your gaze, as my dust burns in the afternoon sun watch it ruminate to ash, only to drift away in passing wind, yes, destroy all that i am as i stand here, fragmented by you #poetry #dailyverse #creativewriting #poem

become entrapped in willing arms, the kind who search for you, who’ve been sifting through hot sand where eagles fly and find their precious shiny things, where they find you and suddenly become satisfied #poetry #poem #creativewriting

you somehow always find me, scratching around the back of my mind, cluttered and full of dusted ideas, take me now to your lush meadow, where i can air out my diamonds before they turn to coal #poem #poetry

reprehend shadows and give them accommodations; they’ve earned your anguish if you look deeper at their features, the face you carry will begin looking back at you #poetry #blueskypoet #shadow

infinite witness of toiling breath can you find compassion’s path? leap in paisley patterns, represent ancient philosophy crawling thru clocks as time can’t exist, step outside this breaking chain, earth hasn’t found independence, if you begin others follow, strap boots and pack rucksacks #poetry

i’m here, looking at sky’s dictionary with all of its cloudless definitions, those jail-room bars that hold meanings against their will, when do these muscular walls of separation dissolve? blend meanings of all things together and you will find they simply point to nothing #poetry #poem #writing

i’ve just confronted you there, in the mirror the one who is running me off the tracks don’t you see there is smooth pavement only a few feet away? #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #dailywriting

what more could be seen after the sun has set? rats may behind the controls but i have chosen them, they have an uncanny ability to fit into small holes, all of which lead to the center of my heart. #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #creativewriting #dailyverse

disperse your feelings let ride the notion of lock and key; day can fit in your pocket while night runs errands, we won’t see her for a while - until then visit yourself in bloom, photosynthesize all you encounter in day’s hallway #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #dailyverse #creativewring #poeticvibes

languid persuasion stands before any directional path, take a seat while you make your choice, do you paint yourself to lay in bed, or do you face the day in naked agony? #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #creativewriting #dailyverse

family deliberation falls on a tiger’s shoulders, a true quest through a jungle destined to kill you, to wrap around your neck its spiny veins unquenched thirst for breath tiny mule deer or charging boar have bested us again, leaving tiger hungry for tomorrow #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #writing

sing me to your twilight golden doves still radiate in the dark i spelled my soul to you shrouded in dimness, in return your crow brought the spirit of the night yes, sing me to your twilight find me wrapped in essences of feather and unlit dust #poetry #blueskypoet #moodyverse #poem #mystery

time moves to a standstill as the clock ticks on batteries haven’t run out just yet i feel no change, no additional age has come to greet me, spend its time with me weighed down under the warying sighs of discontent it brings can life’s grandeur ensure smooth transitions? #poetry #poem #blueskypoet

rollers press down on time, thinner and thinner it becomes nearly transparent now but the naked eye can still make out detail once-native daily scenarios have become skewed and stretched further from descendent memory, to retain full experience is to force the world to rest on any axis #poem #poetry

one thing a dragonfly cannot stand is the buzzing of the bees they crowd the skies with festering pollen no choice left but to raise altitude here the lungs work harder for oxygen, wings overextended, compound eyes squint for a hint of some landing place soon winter will save us #poetry #poem

why has rock fallen on thanks? it came tumbling without warning, flicking our giving nature like wet paper, but what if we wanted to revisit those crumpled lines and their captive musings, they encapsulate a mood of some particular evening and offer its knowledge to any glancer #poetry #blueskypoet

maybe i’ll pop in, why not? i felt the wind, just like yesterday it’s already promising to kiss me tomorrow the birds have given me their choir, just as they have with many others i am no different, then i will flock to the value in showing my face day by day in any facet #poetry #blueskypoet

feet to the sky, hands in the dirt watch as i appear quietly dissipation subsides to reveal the heart of a sapling, home to feather and scale, home to the wonder that lives behind my eyes #poetry #blueskypoet #dailywriting #verse #spokenword

standing with my eyes bathed in blue filtered light, at the foot of bed, wife snoring, child still awake despite the time, why do these things swallow me whole, treat me like a small tomato, slice and divide me to garnish your tender salad all i see has come with me from last time #poetry #poem

yes the dreams we hold inside can melt to the nearest fresh spring, but that does not allude to wallowing in the swamp leave that for the hungry alligators, the ones who swim endlessly without finding satisfaction, no happiness can come from a hungry mouth #poetry #poetsofbluesky #poem #words #day

amused with approaching notion, seething for attention in my pocket, lovely with unfamiliar stride but welcome to bestow customs beneath shifting feet, i wonder what this visit brings, will we meet often or only briefly? leave me to contemplate the shadow you drag #poetry #dailywriting #poem #writer

Orion shining through the clouds in the early hours of this morning 😀 #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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Fall colors in my #zone9b garden 🌱

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the walls have fallen, brick by brick sky has opened to reveal a mushy center, pure corpse wrapped in pumping blood, light my fire in the dream of day and meet me where the sun begins to shine #poetry #poem #blueskypoets

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The Kubu stare . . . Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens’ impressive male Sumatran tiger in freezing Norfolk today. Sumatran tigers live only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and with fewer than 400 individuals remaining in the wild and numbers declining, they are listed as Critically Endangered.

Du Tiger! Rawr! (Sumatra-Tiger)

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Things I Buried in My Body #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

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sore suckers of the world are aching their tongues today more than ever, belligerent with ideas and reckless in their stride, you wonder where they claim audacity, such boldness escapes those with palpitate heartbeats, severance offers an outlook which bathes in mud but hardens in golden air #poetry