Don't be dejected You are enough Perfection isn't a bar You need to meet You work hard Do good deeds Grow and fly where Others do not Lift your chin up See yourself as I do It's all true You are the most wonderful you #Emoetry #dejected #writingcommunity #poetry #blueskypoets #vss365 #skypoet

I watch your soft lips The keys to my undoing I'm transfixed I check myself Protect my space Project my resilience We both know How this goes But I'll not fall u n d e r No #vss365 #charmed

Warm hands Papery skin Tidy nails Hold my face Firmly but gently Lifting me out of my fug @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #fragmentsFriday #WritingCommunity #Poetry #vss365 #blueskypoetry #skypoet #writing

I miss being blind to your flaws My golden boy My hero Through older eyes I look now You still twinkle Just a little #vss365 #blind #blueskypoetry #skypoets #writingcommunity #Poetry #writing

An old ache A hidden bruise Shame prickles Sweat pools A private memory Relinquished Relished Picked apart Laid bare He leaves the table To howls and whoops Her jester Her clown Doing the dishes Staring at the wall He wonders at it all When did she become so cruel? #Emoetry #wounded #writing #poetry

My daughter left a sock on the end of my bed. When I woke up, I fancied the cat had shed a layer of skin in the night. #blackandwhite #blueskycats #cats #blueskypets

She sits on the front step Open door behind her Dark street ahead of her Cheeks damp, hands shaking He calls her name She stands, adrenaline rushing Eyes darting, she chews her lip Fat, lumpy, bloody Nowhere to go, no-one can know Stay or go? #Emoetry #undecided #writing #poetry #blueskypoets

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

I see you, my ex Eyeing me through the undergrowth Stroking a gentle finger across my boundaries Inviting me to play Sneering Seething Sultry Sexy Exey I see you #Emoetry #threatened #writingcommunity #poetry #blueskypoets

Oh Easter Sunday morning DIY neighbour Why must you toil so Fervently grinding and drilling While we try to savour our joyful and rare peace Smug hero Twot Please stop. #blueskywriting #Easter #diy #mood #neighbours #art #poetry #peace #new #writing

We catch up two and a half years later. I try not to meet your eye. Not to lean into you across the coffee shop table. I sneak tiny mental snapshots of the bits of you that still take my breath away. Your eyes, your beard, whiter now, the way your clothes hang on your long frame. My last, lost love.