#vss365 The midwives cut their cords but I am #tethered to them still our links stretched by time but never broken.

#vss365 When I was little, growing up, On Friday we always ate fish, Since then I've loved the taste of it In whatever kind of dish. The trouble is, when I cook it, Herring or fish fingers, I have to open all the doors Or for days the smell will #linger

#vss365 #truestory The mean girls had a party And invited her along - Pleased to be asked, in innocence, She fell for their siren song. But Mum knew their evil #intent And turned down the invite. Another girl accepted And sobbed for hours that night.

Dare to Leave me #feral in the untethered Asunder I’d not survive you hope You forget We’re tethered till sun no more rises Where I go You’ll follow every step every way Test not Chords of true love the need none We are Vice and we are versa #vss365 #poem

#vss365 After he presses the Big Red Button one dementia-filled night, & our world becomes a #barren wasteland, people's true nature will emerge - human & caring or #feral & dangerous. Now is the time to choose sides - do so wisely.

#vss365 Another first!! With some coins in her fist And no little trepidation She ran to the corner shop alone And returned #luminous with elation!

#vss365 America, once the land of the free, Has yielded to an evil master - It's in the hands of fools, Where only Might rules, A #barren waste of disaster.

Everyone is rightly interested in Harborne’s monetary support for Nigel Farage. But GB News provides him with an annualised salary of over a million pounds a year, 500,000 shares and unaccounted for millions in terms of free political advertising for Farage’s Party

#vss365 At #eventide I go to bed Much earlier than of yore - Hip replacement surgery Is all a crashing bore. I can't sleep without their pills Which upset my tum And lying each night on my back Is not good for my bum. So I'll be glad when this month's done And my brain is back to normal.

#vss365 It is an anomaly to address as #dear sir the MD of a company that has done you wrong, And people I have never met use my first name in correspondence. I grew up not even knowing the give name of a good neighbour. #Dear God, I feel old!

#vss365 Diseased tooth or grinding hip, both need replacement, both procedures necessarily brutal. The pain is anything but #phantom - all one can hope is that it's transitory.

#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #prompt #WildWalkPrompt #caged @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

#vss365 I came home on Friday with a new hip Dtr and g/dtr cooked & stayed the night Saturday son did the same. Today g/sons popped in. Obvious proof of #affection, never taken for granted.

#vss365 Just because I took your #name does not make me your slave - in this #lion's den, females rule.

#vss365 Tomorrow my hip should no longer give pain, but even that thought's a bit frightening - what if, when I am allowed out again, the metal in me conducts #lightning?

#vss365 Sleepless and anxious I make tea and sit outside in #lunar light

The media is gonna act like they did after the Charlie Kirk shooting meanwhile most everyone else is like yeah. That was fake 😭

#vss365 I thought today's word #psychopomp Was one I didn't know But then I saw it was perfect For the potus's sh*t show.

#vss365 Wanton stretch exposes warm belly - a hand sneaks in to steal its warmth and a tongue rasps, sharp teeth bite - beware of the #cat.

Too many americans still don't understand the long term impact of this administration. Everything isn't just gonna "go back to normal" if dems win the next presidential election The entire world isnt only judging this administration, they're judging the entire political system for not stopping it

#vss365 My youngest son had an inventive way with words. On long car rides he'd look out for a #hungry shop, and we'd have to stop for snacks. Which the other kids would #wolf down too, so the phrase is now embedded in family lore.

#vss365 Water pressed a billion years makes #jade a stone you cannot choose - a gem of a myth.

“Farage rarely turns up to do his actual job. Yet he finds time to jet off around the world on his donor’s private plane and trouser half a million quid while families struggle. Reform are not on your side. They’re just in it for themselves” It’s so obvious, it hurts. www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/n...

#vss365 Diver's film of #undersea homes imagination blooms in nightmare of drowned lives

Hullo #vss365 and to #undersea #poetry

#vss365 The Holy Man's #investiture heralded a new dawn. He spoke the real #truth, revealing the #trickery behind fake assassinations and futile wars. The world held its breath, hoping for a change, hoping for peace.

#vss365 Mother's day gift from granddaughter - a book of crochet patterns. She wanted a cushion cover with a sloth. The other squares contain a pig, lion, sheep & highland cow, making use of a special #loop stitch. Delight is too mild a #word!

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How are we to take seriously a religious movement that is furious about Trump’s blasphemous AI jesus post but totally chill with all the pedophilia, all the genocide, all the fascism, all the extra judicial murders, all the ecocide, all the rape and blackmail?

#vss365 Love #letters from the past burnt before my wedding day become ashes of regret

Actual headline: “Britain must rejoin EU in anticipation of America leaving NATO”

#vss365 It's been one of those days - First, my g/daughter planted potatoes & flooded them with #water - they may grow! The tap on the #water butt sprang a leak Then my kitchen radiator started dripping. I hope the next prompt is 'win'.

You mean like… an “Iran Deal”? Like the one y’all tore up? Kind of like that?

#vss365 Went to a fair with my daughter She was gone before I could blink - A thousand people spread over a field I actually felt my heart #sink - As I yelled her name she grabbed my hand, 'I'm here, Mum, where did you think?'

#vss365 I was planning to write, but I've been #blind-sided by a friend's need for a cuppa. So I made cake instead - lemon Swiss roll.

#vss365 I worked in a #bank in my twenties In those days there were four to a town, But when I got married I had to resign And apply again. Yes, you may frown, But that was the situation back then - Different rules for women and men.

#vss365 #US America! He's got to go- We've waited far too long. He's caused the deaths of thousands Abroad as well as home. Surely there are enough of you To end this nightmare now? The #sands of time are running out, So stop DT's sh$t show!

Complicity is complicity.

#vss365 I bought a pen at the charity shop In a hurry, so I didn't spot That it came with a proper nib - A ball-point it was not! When I put pen to paper My script looked so good That I'll have to buy #ink As my writing's improved!

#vss365 Today was too beautiful to waste sitting at home so, with my bus pass in #hand, I went to #Brighton. Full of scampi & chips & ozone, I am now #armed against whatever the world throws at me this week.

I published my first books in my seventies - never too old, never give up. Friends on #vss365 #WritingCommunity #FromOneLine You've read my short fiction, why not try my novels? All available on Amazon.

Why many of is us here in Europe warned from his very first hate speeches + rallies! People conveniently forget that Ivana told us he had Hitler’s speeches by his bedside table! Was also clear he agrees with eugenics theory! US media failed it’s duty to inform on + probe this man + those behind him!

#vss365 #US America! He's got to go- We've waited far too long. He's caused the deaths of thousands Abroad as well as home. Surely there are enough of you To end this nightmare now? The #sands of time are running out, So stop DT's sh$t show!

#vss365 #WritingCommunity Many thanks to the two people who bought one of my books recently, one in UK and one in Australia. My spread, although meagre, is worldwide!

#vss365 She picked up her #pen to express her grief at losing the bloom of youth - her poems weren't great and brought her no fame, but they carried the #ring of truth.

#vss365 #CancelRoyalVisit Don't send Charles to America, The poor King can't say no, He has to follow orders When government says Go. But Starmer's wrong to ask him, Donald's a prat, a boor, And he will use the visit To validate his war. On top of that the #man's a prat!

#@FromOneLine #vss365 The fields were not as empty as he thought.as he walked away,corn stalks wavered & vanished,bayonets grew seemingly from the earth,& a silent army crept behind the hedge.They would soon catch him.

#vss365 Dance like no one's watching Is advice I used to take, Till Pa said 'twas unbecoming #conduct that seemed I was on the make. So that was me told, And now I'm too old, My body won't move The way that I loved.

#vss365 I woke up early when the boiler started up, The house is warming up before it should. It's 6.30 on bedside clock, 7.30 on my phone - What #sprite is interfering with my head? Cooker clock says 6.30, what's going on here? and then it dawns- yet again, it's that time of year!