What a #conundrum Shall I give you belly rubs, Or keep my hands safe? #vss365 #haiku

To encourage you I try to #sublimate tasks To better your care #vss365 #haiku

"Don't know why ya puttin ma expenses unda #scrutiny," Riz pouted. "Because you seem to get away with a lot...like this, £200 on a rat special?" "Dats da best deal ma stylist cud do!" "You have a stylist!" "Well, duh, lookin dis fine is 'ard work." #vss365 #riztherogue

Like an #escutcheon You guard the path to my heart And stop the heartache #vss365 #haiku

Under #scrutiny When ever I open your Favourite kibble #vss365 #haiku

Concerned My nosy neighbor Keeps parading By my house Think he’s up To something sneaky Just what— Ain’t figured out Might be acts Nefarious, Or maybe He’s just nosy When confronted He stutters— His cheeks Grow red & rosy His #sonorous “Mea culpa” Is kind As on he moseys #vss365

Rory knew where he was with a good, underground, cult temple. The #sonorous chanting echoing through the half-empty hallways, the furtive looking cultists in dark, hooded robes who attack at the first sign of someone not being suitably brainwashed. This sort of thing made games special. #vss365

Is the noise you make A #sonorous oration Or do you want food? #vss365 #haiku

We’re at your mercy Of every whim and #caprice That you wake up with #vss365 #haiku

Being ready for An #eventuality Like a crazy cat #vss365 #haiku

We battle each day To be the #bellwether of The humans at home #vss365 #haiku

"Ahh, isn't da smell of gold so #reinvigorating?" Riz asked as he clutched the chest. "Wouldn't know as I'm still caught in this trap you set off!" I replied. "Sumtimes ya have ta make sacrifices in orda ta win." "And how are you getting home again?" "Bugga." #vss365 #riztherogue

Kitties zoomies show How reinvigorated You can be, today #vss365 #haiku

Did I really see The tide turn in my favour? #Perhaps I was wrong #vss365 #haiku

One catastrophe After another, cascade Into savagery. #vss365 #catastrophe #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

My diaphanous shroud of red silk Adorns my alabaster skin As I walk the lonely chapel To my doom A #catastrophe Forever to remain agelast The wife of a monster Am I alive or dead I don’t know Trapped in his bloody gloom #vss365 #satsplat

Like many cargo runs from before The Enemy came, this was a slow, boring process of flying outside the accepted shipping lanes, away from watching eyes. Long and tedious routes circuiting the system. When Magpie came into orbit around the moon, #catastrophe was very apparent. The colony! #vss365

Warning signs abound A #catastrophe beckons Rise to stand against #vss365 #riztherogue

Missing your treat time Causes a #catastrophe With kitty tantrums #vss365 #haiku

Like a hoover, you Lapped up the paste #extrusion And demanded more!

I thought you’d forget But you kept #stock of my wrongs Until the right time #vss365 #haiku

The spiral begins Own thoughts #conspire against me Leaving me alone #haiku #vss365

You stare at your toy A perfect #synthesis of Predator and child #vss365 #haiku

My sharp senses #conspire Against me as I Traipse to the door on The other side of A murky hallway My fingers shake when A light flashes and a Scream pierces the air #vss365

You #conspire to win The ultimate prize while you Look so innocent #vss365 #haiku

You’ve taken my #reins And captured my heart so that You can get more food #vss365 #haiku

You trusted me. The #vss365 prompt for 15 September is: Rein. “You gave too much #rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” (Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles) #prompt #rein

I #flinch as you dive Towards your toy while my feet Lie across your path #vss365 #haiku

You ooze sassy #style Walking like a catwalk queen Towards your next treat #vss365 #haiku #Caturday

#emoetry Abhorred I #abhorred the thought Hate generates in the world Peace is love, not fear #haiku #poetry

She showed #potential Until she opened her mouth And let out a yawn #vss365 #haiku

Our future selves whisper in our ears. The #vss365 prompt for 12 September is: Potential. “For a mind to even approach its full #potential, it needs cultivation by other minds.” (Ted Chiang, The Lifecycle of Software Objects) #prompt #potential

When you keep going Though #exhausted, it feels like A vicious cycle #vss365 #haiku

On 11 September, the #vss365 prompt is: Exhausted. “You do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly #exhausted you are, until somewhat stands behind you and says, “It’s OK, you can fall down now...” (Taylor Jenkins Reid) #prompt

The passing of time, locked in a relatively small ship, could have sent others mad, and frequently did so whenever anyone felt the yawning understanding of the very great distances involved out in the black. It was #bearable for Dylan, though. He’d suffered it before. It wasn’t a big deal. #vss365

Midweek’s #bearable When we see we have two days Until the weekend #vss365 #haiku

Chocolate #wrappers Spread like a mystical path From my hidden stash #vss365 #haiku

I wake up today Far from your kitty #power To keep me at home #vss365 #haiku

Look into my eyes To see an open #doorway Into the abyss #vss365 #haiku

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

One #chance to prove that Like a read news #article Loves goes forgotten #vss365 #haiku

Flip a coin. On 6 September 2025, the #vss365 prompt is: Chance. “Almost all the people who’ve had the most effect on me I seem to have met by #chance, yet looking back it seems as though I couldn’t but have met them.” (W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge) #prompt #chance

Are we #conscious of Just how wonderful it is When we have a cat #vss365 #haiku

Your awareness grows. On 4 September 2025, the #vss365 prompt is: Conscious. “I was not wholly #conscious of myself, but was more keenly alive to the fire within.” (Zitkala-Ša, American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends) #prompt #conscious Image: Oscar Steiner (Pexels)

#Arbitary laws Meant for our own good and yet We suffer the most #vss365 #haiku

Time passes quickly Yet your face #eludes aging With your timeless smile #vss365 #haiku

They say "you're #past hope" I say this is a process Of being refined #vss365 #haiku

#vss365 I #yearn To know Every inch of you The wrinkles From every laugh Every frown The scars Childhood left behind The flesh Of being an adult Every damn day To hear your story To know the stars That guide Your dreams To feel your fingers Slip down my jaw And your lips On mine

#VSS365 #prompt #YEARN The VSS365 word for Aug 31, '25 is YEARN - to deeply, emotionally desire something lost or unattainable. "Hobbits in Mordor yearn for the Shire." With that, I yield the floor to C. S. Voll (@stephlepht.bsky.social) who will post prompts beginning 1 Sept. at 6am GMT

I #yearn for summer As I see the weather change On this month's last day #vss365 #haiku