margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
@fhaedra.bsky.social
📤 645
📥 510
📝 1255
Creative.
https://margaretlonsdale.ca
🎶Hold Steady. Stay in the Light.🎶
Slowly with Pure Intentions
margaretlonsdale.ca/2026/01/01/s...
loading . . .
Slowly with Pure Intentions
beneath snow packs somewhere water purifies all already past a few drops a trickling new routes in terra weave listen your tranquil heart life’s rhythmic drum beats eternal glimpse rainbow reflecti…
https://margaretlonsdale.ca/2026/01/01/slowly-with-pure-intentions/
about 1 month ago
0
1
0
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
anne
4 months ago
feelsfam, when I get scared i simply remember my favourite things: your haiku! today's
#haikufeels
+
#OneLineOctober
#prompt
is relic 👉 check my pinned post for more info
54
67
13
cryer’s rancor missing the moon
#haikufeels
(rancor)
#OneLineOctober
#monokuattempts
4 months ago
0
1
0
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
anne
4 months ago
Looking for a challenge this spooky season,
#haikufeels
fam? Why not try
#OneLineOctober
? 🎃 There's nothing to fear—the haiku spirit is alive in one-liners! And if you want more info before getting started, check out this post:
https://buymeacoffee.com/anneapart/OneLineOctoberReturns
20
100
31
She calls it a term of endearment. Really? Shouldn’t I feel all warm and special when she utters it then? Words have effect. I keep reminding her. She smirks and points to her new red dictionary. Chill, my soft Puplet
#Pulp
Poo, she puffs. I hear barking. My life needs rearranging.🪶
#vss365
(pulp)
4 months ago
2
7
3
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
TheDevilsTuna
4 months ago
Good morning poets/writers/authors, it's day 3 of our magical musical mystery tour. It's another giant of Britpop, we're sorted for E's and Whizz because today's
#vss365
#prompt
, 03/10/25 is
#pulp
. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️ Also tell me about your favourite song of all time in the comments.
17
64
31
I stopped for corn. Found a pumpkin patch. A small boy told me he’s going to find his perfect pumpkin somewhere out there. Autumn.
4 months ago
2
41
9
fetid is the strawberry of September
#haikufeels
(fetid)
#monoku
#OneLineOctober
4 months ago
0
3
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
anne
4 months ago
👻 boo! it's the spooky season, feelsfam & that means themed prompts & the return of
#OneLineOctober!
🎃 join in by writing monoku...if you're not too scared! 🧟 today's
#haikufeels
+
#OneLineOctober
#prompt
is fetid 👉 check my pinned post for more info
70
73
23
I read an article beginning with ‘oh we know you probably won’t read this’. Kinda cheap, I thought, then read on. Attention span stuff. Encouraging to read with more pause/depth/investment. Yes, ok. Then it declared ‘for Gen X’ and I don’t know the boundaries. An invitation into exclusion.🪶
#vss365
4 months ago
1
4
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
GeneVatow
4 months ago
Good morning writers and friends.. Something we all confront, from time to time I leave you with one final puzzle, it's been fun! 30 September 2025
#vss365
#prompt
word, is
#conundrum
My final prompt. I hand over now to Paul @thedevilstuna with wishes of luck!
12
68
25
Yes, we do need a new
#FromOneLine
Anthology. Come the writers to the call. 🔔✍🏼📝📥📕
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
0
1
1
His name was Christian or was it Lou? I no longer recall, do you? A mighty presence, but expiration none among us breaks through. He shone bright. His
#weight
light. A magenta amid black and blue and white. A friend to all the yearning. A
#firefly
on final flight.🪶
#2wordprompt
(weight & firefly)
4 months ago
1
6
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
Jason H. Abbott
4 months ago
Write. Create. Be inspired. The
#2WordPrompt
for 25-SEP-25 is: Firefly & Weight
#Prompt
0
21
12
they were hot to touch fingers long talk talk too much never heeding reason reach reach it’s autumn season colour earth in rhythm found things belong to mystery heat the wind and try to fly underbreath will never satisfy keep the rhythm of your heart plant high seeds in your art🪶
#FromOneLine
391
5 months ago
1
1
2
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
FromOneLine
5 months ago
#FromOneLine
391 Where can we go with just one connecting
#prompt
line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point! Start your poem/vss with the opening line : They were hot to touch
#FromOneLine
391
#prompt
2
15
9
Early morning sounds can seem imaginary. And I was thinking of that soggy hike in Ireland. It was near home though and the purple bell was around the neck of a friendly brown dog. Apparently I carried the password so the
#bellwether
licked his ok. I followed him up and around.🪶
#vss365
(bellwether)
5 months ago
0
4
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
GeneVatow
5 months ago
Welcome writers, and friends to this Tuesday. Take the lead, lift your story from imagination to ink 23 September 2025
#vss365
#prompt
word, is
#bellwether
1
63
30
save me! everyone’s mouths open wide no one hears the pleas though they all feel deep inside the murmurs needle threads hard messages everyone needs someone looking out for the harming parts
#LuaViEr
Day 1076 (sentinel)
#acrostic
#ff
#poems
5 months ago
1
3
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
Luana Giunta
5 months ago
#LuaViEr
Day 1076 Write a line (even one word) for each letter! Bonus if you write something connected to the word. Sentinel: A sentry, watch, or guard. ⬇️ S E N T I N E L
#poetry
#flashfiction
#prompt
#Acrostic
0
8
8
Another week passed. The doors were locked. The shades drawn. The clock stopped. Another memory took form. The shadows grew tall. The music played low. The sound was clear. The woman lay still. The end drew near. The big drum beat. She felt her feet. And she danced her blues away.🪶
#FromOneLine
390
5 months ago
0
1
0
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
FromOneLine
5 months ago
#FromOneLine
390 Where can we go with just one connecting
#prompt
line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point! Start your poem/vss with the opening line : Another week passed
#FromOneLine
390
#prompt
2
14
10
Saturdays, Bill and Marie enjoy Family Hour. It’s important to gift kids tools to grow up ready, Bill believes. Stand tall. Poker face. Take your blows without a whimper. Arthur learns quick there are rewards to compliance. Extra meat on his plate. Nips of rye. No
#flinching
, he tells Ann.~
#vss365
5 months ago
0
8
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
C.S. Voll
5 months ago
When fear surprises us. On 14 September, the
#vss365
prompt is: Flinching. “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without
#flinching—they
are your family.” (Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty) Image: Ron Lach (Pexels)
#prompt
#flinching
3
59
23
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
5 months ago
Writers of poetry, prose and everything in between—tomorrow’s your day.
#WednesdayWIPs
is back. Share your scraps, sparks, doubts, and drafts. One line. One photo. One step forward.
#PoemsAbout
#PoetsOfBluesky
#BlueskyWriters
#AmWriting
0
16
5
There are lights on Mars. I saw them one night when I stood talking with Moon. The lights look weak but it might be only that I compare them to stars. Now I am distracted from my sewing. I no longer scratch out scenes beneath the willow contentedly. I eat raisins and I wonder who.🪶
#FromOneLine
389
5 months ago
1
5
2
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
FromOneLine
5 months ago
#FromOneLine
389 Where can we go with just one connecting
#prompt
line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point! Start your poem/vss with the opening line : There are lights on Mars
#FromOneLine
389
#prompt
1
12
10
Early mornings I almost feel a trembling from northern winds. Of course I know the difference between real and phantom! Our game is over, you don’t have to adjust your collar. But I was a
#doorway
once and I’ll not forget. Affix another trellis against my bricks. Still I see you.~
#vss365
(doorway)
5 months ago
0
9
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
C.S. Voll
5 months ago
A new path appears. The
#vss365
prompt for 7 September is: Doorway. “Flowers you can get every year, but only with time the tree that shades your
#doorway
and grows into the house with each year's sun and rain.” (Mary Renault, The Last of the Wine)
#prompt
#doorway
2
70
28
half moon morning new magnolia opening best two day promise~
#haikufeels
(best)
5 months ago
0
4
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
anne
5 months ago
tudo bem, feelsfam? today's
#haikufeels
#prompt
is best ~~ half a lifetime spending, saving the best for last
50
69
17
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
5 months ago
Writers of poetry, prose and everything in between—tomorrow’s your day.
#WednesdayWIPs
is back. Share your scraps, sparks, doubts, and drafts. One line. One photo. One step forward.
#PoemsAbout
#PoetsOfBluesky
#BlueskyWriters
#AmWriting
1
28
12
the thing that (say again) the thing that voice on pause or am I stuttering the thing that mind reroutes message returns again pillow on my head turn off the radio cancel my newspaper (sorry kid) the thing that
#eludes
is a way out shipwreck reality designing us our numb humanity~
#vss365
(eludes)
5 months ago
2
13
2
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
Molly Thapviwat
5 months ago
Maybe
#closure
is just an
#illusion
we invent for
#comfort
🫂
#micropoem
#dailyhaikuprompt
#poetryprompt
#poetrycommunity
#poetry
#writingcommunity
#emotionaltruth
#bookysky
2
10
2
The grass goes quietly. We honour it with ceremony. I am strong and my red wheelbarrow has good tires. Dirt is cheap, like lies. I bury my failures in the new front garden. Surrender is fertile. Who knew? The wandering night deer, that’s who. And that nibbling rabbit.🪶
#2wordprompt
(front & garden)
5 months ago
0
11
2
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
Gemma Wiseman
5 months ago
never ending tale our life's still being written still more blank pages perhaps inner wisdom means avoid repeating the
#past
#vss365
#tanka
#writingcommunity
#poetry
0
7
2
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
Jason H. Abbott
5 months ago
Write. Create. Be inspired. The
#2WordPrompt
for 02-SEP-25 is: Front & Garden
#Prompt
1
16
8
Ben’s the only one on his team fluent in cursive. He handwrites everything. Fen and Clarke call him The Instruments Man, taking turns hurling pen jokes. Ben feels sad for that whole generation but especially them. Clarke can’t even spell archives. The
#past
before yesterday is dead.🪶
#vss365
(past)
5 months ago
0
4
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
C.S. Voll
5 months ago
Books from my past will provide the prompt words. So it’s fitting that today, 1 September 2025, the
#vss365
prompt word is: Past. “Anyone can create the future but only a wise man can create the
#past
.” (Vladimir Nabokov, Bend Sinister) Image: lux werk (Pexels)
#past
#prompt
3
107
32
this wasn’t what she wanted she made a list and this would not be on it what chaos would rise in any future if this sneaked in just to spite her maybe this meant to be playful she ought hawhaw and not be scornful yet time is time and she impatient this is bad news and best avoided~
#FromOneLine
388
5 months ago
0
2
0
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
FromOneLine
5 months ago
#FromOneLine
388 Where can we go with just one connecting
#prompt
line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point! Start your poem/vss with the opening line : This wasn't what she wanted
#FromOneLine
388
#prompt
2
17
9
When birds leave, I know absence most in mornings. Soon though the mundane duty of farm ritual sweeps off my awareness. The pond still reflects first light of day and wind still stirs limbs of the grand willow near the porch. The
#pungence
of loneliness arrives with the moonrise.🪶
#vss365
(pungent)
5 months ago
1
17
2
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
David Atkinson
6 months ago
So grateful for his insomnia...
#poetry
#poemoftheday
4
86
10
He said the light shone through it. She should know better than to wear something so revealing. Who was she anyway? Or who did she think she was? What the hell, Maria? She thought she looked good. Felt good too. She was fit and tan. It was the moon made him like this, she thought.🪶
#FromOneLine
387
5 months ago
0
2
0
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
FromOneLine
6 months ago
#FromOneLine
387 Where can we go with just one connecting
#prompt
line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point! Start your poem/vss with the opening line : He said the light shone through it
#FromOneLine
387
#prompt
2
9
9
Cheryl stuck the note to his desktop with a pink wad of gum. Should she wait around the corner to see his reaction? Maybe. Better to imagine him there, probably accompanied by Ham or Joker. They could read it together. Guffaw. Pretend her away. Pump up his tough guy
#malignance.🪶
#vss365
(malignant)
5 months ago
0
5
1
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
Bowen Greenwood
5 months ago
#VSS365
#prompt
#MALIGNANT
The VSS365 prompt word for Aug 28, '25 is MALIGNANT - harmful, dangerous, or evil in nature or effect. "The cancer is malignant" or "his malignant gaze settled on a new victim."
1
41
22
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
5 months ago
Writers of poetry, prose and everything in between—tomorrow’s your day.
#WednesdayWIPs
is back. Share your scraps, sparks, doubts, and drafts. One line. One photo. One step forward.
#PoemsAbout
#PoetsOfBluesky
#BlueskyWriters
#AmWriting
0
8
4
reposted by
margaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦)
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
6 months ago
Stop dressing memory in metaphors.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
’s third free piece in his savage series cuts nostalgia at the throat. It’s time your poems got real. 👉
loading . . .
How to Write Memory Like It Hurts: A Workshop in Fragments, Prompts, and Brutal Honesty - The Broken Spine
This isn’t about nostalgia. This is about unearthing what memory actually does, and crafting poems that make readers flinch. Prompts included.
https://thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/08/03/how-to-write-memory-like-it-hurts-a-workshop-in-fragments-prompts-and-brutal-honesty/
0
6
4
Load more
feeds!
log in