there is a clown but no #trickery. there is a blob and a goblin and a living fossil - only a sampling of folk from #undersea #vss365 #poetry

he bows his dark head as cloth is placed 'round his neck. the mantle's heavy, the #hammer of judgement invisibly hung from it. the hood of #investiture the sepulchre for his past self #vss365 #poetry

he asked for a #word but he gave me a tirade too many to count #vss365 #poetry #senryu

" #Water?" he offered, minutes away from verbal evisceration #vss365 #haiku #senryu

on the street I pass a ghost from my past and I pray that they don't speak - a whisper would wound me, a shout startle, and if they started #singing - I just might join them #vss365 #poetry

we lived on the #banks of time dipping our toes in once in a while then laughing and dashing to smack one another with our newly wrinkled toes #vss365 #poetry

you struck me with indelible #ink staining your hand but painting my face with a clear sign of your cruelty. they still won't convict- the courts, that is. public opinion runs rampant #vss365 #poetry

all we found was an #arm lying in the sand its granite hand outstretched. was it still pointing the way? we didn't have the water or the wages to wager we left dreams of paradise in its palm #vss365 #poetry

a #pen in the #hand is worth hours of brainstorms get to writing, ya'll #vss365 #poetry #haiku (kind of)

in empty desert a #man stands tall. once a day he is alone but after that his shadow grows #vss365 #poetry

‘How long have you worked at this aquarium?’ ‘Forever.’ ‘You have a favorite?’ ‘There’s one species that I tend to #exalt over all the others. The dolphins.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Most people don’t know this, but they used to walk on land.’ ‘Really?’ ‘Yeah. Then evolution de-feeted the porpoise.’ #vss365

we #exalt the sun that gives us light to see. yet call our eyes #illusive when they view that which we can't believe. who truly makes this world, #conducts this symphony? #vss365 #poetry

detritus builds up your "friends" #revolve around you like you're a black hole #vss365 #senryu

One day I found A magic pen— Tall tales It would create Yarns spun and bound To please, confound, And always… #Fascinate I read With rapt attention In hopes one day I might learn To, like that pen, Write stories Whose own pages Yearn to turn #vss365

"Give me a hat to #fascinate!" I begged the harried hatter, "With hues of marv'lous scarlet red and on the top, a feather." Well, I got the hat I craved - it dazzled many a guy poor Harry could not move his gaze and ended up cross-eyed! #vss365 #poetry

I fill a #thimble with honey water and leave it for the sprites. I stay up all night just to see one kick it over, the rotter. Guess one of us wasn't sweet enough. #vss365 #poetry #thimble

I called her #tempest -uous so she called a storm down on me #vss365 #poetry

I will not force you to #endorse a show that you hate just know that it will #frustrate your fans to no end and make you look off-trend. Of your choices, not the greatest. #vss365 #poetry

I #waver over the #divide straddling the abyss need to choose my proper side as the gap stretches even wider, but I can't. Soon I won't be able to jump, and I'll be dumped into the pit. #vss365 #poetry

the rains #mediate between the heavens and sea tears are all the same #vss365 #poetry #haiku

#overcast, shadows grow like plants after the rain within them lurks death #vss365 #poetry #haiku

she #entreated me to partake of the cloud but I paused before chowing down, toying with strands of sugary thread then the sky opened overhead and rain licked down my festival treat before I got a chance to eat #vss365 #poetry

a trailing ribbon a mere balloon can't surpass fleeting happiness #vss365 #poetry #senryu

#precious metals wind through her hair, the flower crown of industry the root of greed is deep indeed, tucked behind her delicate ears #vss365 #poetry

if a #bonny bouquet leads to dismay then you’ve picked the wrong lass, I'd say #vss365 #poetry

the spheres sing in #harmony celestial crystal played by unseen hands the melody almost eerie to human minds, our ears tuned to nearer things, pressed against the ground #vss365 #poetry

He was #spellbound – had weighed the cost of the spell and been wrong, paid too much. They estimated it would be months before he could move again, the magic draining him of all energy except his life force itself to settle the debt. At least the dam still stood. #vss365

rain washes the wound #lightning cauterizes it thunder growls, warning #vss365 #poetry #haiku

Like a #magnanimous magpie, she gifts us back the things she's thieved - #jewelry and trinkets, compliments and happiness. I can't help but be mad AND relieved. #vss365

a fat bee lounges #lethargic, nectar-drunk on the #bountiful blooms #vss365 #poetry #haiku

our planet is merely a floater in the fading vision of a god, meanings swirling and blurring in the #cataract whirl of the universe #vss365 #poetry

the endless #splendor of thundering waterfalls will still fade with time #vss365 #poetry #haiku

the #timid witch conjured an image of my death, apologetic even with her knife at my throat - "apocalyptic prophecies tend to come true. gods be with you" #vss365 #poetry

I was #obsessed, possessed by the thought of a world without dreams. I fought through a forest of them each night, but when I was finally the one to wield the darkness, I could not escape the feeling that their roots would soon return. #vss365 #poetry

I circle him, drawn in by black hole charm, I must escape #orbital #velocity #vss365 #poetry #senryu (except that last line but it's on purpose)

winter window— plum branches ink the glass #haiku #poetry

#stellar confession the dark sky blinks #knowingly I am unburdened #vss365 #poetry #senryu

the #crazed crystal vase sits, full of water and rose I dare not touch it #vss365 #poetry #senryu

this #beastly weather it's raining cats and dogs - what's next, alligators? #vss365 #poetry #haiku

math #mystified my young mind, the numbers standing in for problems unseen, the question of how many cookies all cleaned up. nowadays, I know the numbers, and still get the wrong answers #vss365 #poetry

they #enchanted this lunch tray, so that it would never be empty - I will never be hungry, yet never satisfied #vss365 #poetry

Floaters #miniscule lifeforms dance before my eyes, shaped by slowly failing sight #vss365 #senryu

And should my fingers #kiss the keys coalescing memories into word and scheme and rhyme these echoes of a former time Can the brush of skin on skin the breath below the ache of sin condense again the we we were: a truer me a living her? #vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem #amwriting #writingcommunity

the #kiss is dead, saccharine sweet like a mouth full of spent Pop Rocks our #passion, boiled too long burnt and spoiled beneath the surface #vss365 #poetry

a mistake forms a gap, a #lacuna between expectation and reality in which my hands dither, vacantly reaching for what was there before #vss365 #poetry

More games should have a cowardly baby mode. More games should let me suffer less consequences for dying or mistakes. Should have a "I just want the story" mode. Games should not pride themselves on "look how difficult we are". I'm bad at video games and I wanna experience the good stories too :c

I’d rather sweat and #ache and bleed then let A.I. fulfill each need. #vss365

the moon #aches - growing pains, as light returns to the sky and human eyes torn butterfly wings with each #touch they slough off scales where'd the body go? #vss365 #poetry #haiku

"whalefall” a behemoth falls #pale worms make homes in the #bones the heart of a reef #vss365 #poetry #haiku

The sun is #lambent through the dusty windows. My breaths come quick and quiet, the ground beneath me watered with my #blood. This was a temporary building, like my body, broken open by the #wound. I don't know who to blame. It is getting so dark. I look for the stars. #vss365 #poetry