I opened a book And the sun flooded my soul Never more alone. #bridahaiku #haiku #poetry #poem #book

Good morning! I suppose I've continued last week's theme into this week's #PoemsAbout #NeverForget Thank you once again @alanparry83.bsky.social and @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for this forum. I will be back in a bit to read--depending on how severe the storms are coming our way!

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For this week's #PoemsAbout #NeverForget an old poem in memory of my Dad, but new to here, and fitting, I hope. With thanks to @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and all those taking part. Will catch up with others later.

For #PoemsAbout #NeverForget here is a piece called Summer Fade, a rework of an old poem of mine. Looking forward to reading others work throughout the day. Thanks to @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for cultivating this community of writers 🙏

#poemsabout #neverforget Fantastic theme with a brilliant multiplicity of responses @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #NeverForget Something on the stove, not yet cooked. But I must re-share this, 1st published @asylummagazine.bsky.social, about my Mum's Alzheimer's, when, like Persephone, she was still in and out of the world rather than gone away💔🙏 @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social

My #poem for the #PoemsAbout theme #NeverForget is Come Back, a version of a piece first published in The Cannon's Mouth. #poetrycommunity #booksky #vss365 @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

For @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #poemsabout #neverforget a poem about my grandmother. I wrote this a while back but edited it a bit for today as short on time this week. Hope it works ok. @alanparry83.bsky.social Alt included. #poetsonbluesky #prompt #poetry #poems

Memorial #poem #poetry #writing

A haiku as submission 2, for #PoemsAbout #NeverForget @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social #Haiku #senryu #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poetry #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writing #inspiration

Here’s a contribution to #PoemsAbout #Don’tForget @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Thank you for reading 💫

Waiting to Return (Revised Version) - this was actually a poem I wrote in high school that I revisited and revised a couple of years ago. #poetry #poet #poem #poems #revision

sunset over the sea a streak of auburn in her hair #haiku

bouquet of lilies gifted to my valentine fire in my hearth #DailyHaikuPrompt (hearth, lily) #haiku

at the bird feeder the comings and goings of precious migrants #dailyhaikuprompt (gleaner) #micropoetry #haiku

His scent was sweet #Vellichor infused And she couldn’t get enough; His spine was the binding Of a hundred days, lost at sea His lips still salted with mystery And a lingering thrill That her teeth itched To bite into And she could read all his life From the parchment Fluttering in his gaze #vss365

After the exorcism, she didn’t vanish No blaze, no cry—only quiet She lingered, soot-stained and hollow, fingers ghosting where the blaze had carved its name in bone Yet her heart—defiant, unbeholden—kept beating Not for penance, nor mercy, nor grace, but for the chance to begin again #BlueSkyRelay

Some say you can lose your heart but don't lose your head, but my head is nowhere to be found when my heart is madly in love with someone or some thing. I say lose your head open your #heart get it broken again and again pick up the pieces and put yourself back together one more time #blueskyrelay

In swansong, elegy of effigies, Masked visages that carry Eulogies through entropy's seas, Terrible lovers, unable to marry, Too melancholic for dread, All hail the victorious dead. #vss365 #elegy #writing #writingcommunity #verse #poem

✨️🌿💧🤍💧🌿✨️ Droplet-Locket Love's droplet-locket Banishes all doubt and fear Pearl-White Bleeding Heart #Vssmagic Droplet #EastCoastKin #Photography #haiku #俳句 #3lines #Poetry #Micropoetry #PoetryCommunity #NaturePhotography #Macro #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport #NationalPoetryMonth

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∴ karma coils sunwise latchkin teases sedge-braid picks hares cough out cunning · fern-fletched, a crow shrugs leaflust clues sense moss-stitch clefts sly briars unlock ∴ #vss365 #haikufeels #PoemsAbout #Green @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #writingcommunity

When we suppress who we truly are, our minds sense the disconnect and register it as a threat. That’s why people who pretend often feel drained; it takes far more energy to be someone we’re not than to simply be real. Remember, you don’t need to perform for the world. Just be.

in the morning light a wish comes unbidden soon lost faint hopes lost dreams beating on the windows of a night so dark the ghosts of time

I dreamed of a song shaped like spirals 1 note wide 9 colors deep, just lines of space wrapping sound ~~~~us~~~~ like a voice \folded/ into a __________waterfall and your name, breathing just beneath it. #poetry #photography #poem

She's a girl Of hummingbird hues Climbing up Through clouds Into Land of rainbows Yet She wept Such bitter Heartfelt Tears As Once The grass So spangled With daisy Now cut Their little souls Bled yellow Into darkest green And Her tears Did little To bring them peace

vanished magically the sun that went rolling under a tree #haiku

Lana Del Ray plays faintly In distance of mind Rather than sense; Broken #echolalia Like the sound of a parent Calling When no-one is home Their presence stuck In a shadowed doorframe — She knows the song Heard it on repeat several times Vinyl crackling Beneath the thin needle Of her pulse #vss365

fog cannot dissipate a brilliant fire orange poppies #HaikuSaturday #Haiku

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For #PoemsAbout #Green here is my piece titled Eostre. Dont think I’ve shared this for previous prompts. @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social pleased to be part of this ever growing community 🙏 🌿🌱🌳

For today's #poemsabout #green with @brokenspinearts.bsky.social, a brutally short poem for a friend whose life was cut brutally short. Had we not known each other as kids, I'd probably still not know about granny-pop-out-of-beds ...

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Patterned in ink, I Put pen to paper again, Words like forest fires. #vsspoem #AmWriting #WordedArt #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity

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A very literal interpretation this week. #Green #PoemsAbout It’s been so beautiful out there at 6am. Thanks @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and @alanparry83.bsky.social Happy Friday!

Dappled in verdant Hues, canopy sways, whispers, Leaves happily dance. #PoemsAbout #Green #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

The Most precious Colour This poem was originally written for my daughter, though it is also for the imperishable innocence within all of us. #PoemsAbout #Green #poetry @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

This weeks #poemsabout #green was rich with inspiration and here’s my contribution with thanks to @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

Today's offering for #poemsabout #green is both a lament and celebration: many thanks @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for the prompt #poetrycommunuity #BlueSkyPoets