𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ whiteness settles on the plains⁣⁣ from wagon trains and leather boots⁣⁣ and certainty in holy books⁣⁣ the greatest land theft dream⁣⁣ with each one dressed as sole trader⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #vss365 #sole #poem #poetry #5lines

. do houseplants struggle dreaming of the dregs of tea or a loving prune like we pine for just another like or two ? #response #vss365 #struggle #poem #poetry #tanka #5lines

. = copout thirty = speech balloons to hot air and words hollowed jet engines whining #vss365 #air #senryu #poem #poetry #cop #copout #copout30 v3

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Google Gemini Pro: please generate a map of the western united states showing cities of over 250K population

. our first love was nature then we had that fling with iron that struggle with outright certainty now Mother casts us out with dinner and our everythings in the oven #vss365 #struggle #poem #poetry #cherita

40. "Journalism". from "Hard Graft on the Half Shell", a sequence of poems grown around one-line grafts taken from other poets' poems. #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #hardgraft @kolatubosun.bsky.social

Mirror mirror on the wall who of the fairest fool of all? AI promised to make men rich so some survive the coming switch from human art to slavery But darkness falls and none are free A hollow puppet wears the crown and mankind dies without a sound #vss365 #survive #poem #poetry #AI

trump incensed insane desires for gold in mirrors flattered #poem #poetry #senryu #soundslike #soundalike #christmas #nativity #wisemen #snowWhite

our little wordfish swimming in the stream they dream of being caught without regret #response #poem #poetry #tanka #5lines #vss365 #survive 😉

Hey Alexa? How long can a poem survive? It appears a poem can survive for as long as it is being read. But, Alexa? What happens to an unread poem? It appears an unread poem is simply an egret, alone and still, seeking nourishment to sustain her. #vss365 #survive

a star falling from the east wise men in bunkers #vss365 #survive #poem #poetry #senryu

christmas day the inn is full of shrapnel silent night #vss365 #survive #poem #poetry #senryu

. 𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘌𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘣⁣ ⁣ first ⁣ shoot the watchdogs⁣ gag the wise men⁣ ⁣ swamp the mountain farms⁣ - drawn in and drowning - then⁣ turd reich⁣ ⁣ orange is the new black⁣ ⁣ #vss365 #shoot #poem #poetry ⁣

Winter thoughts I wish a star light in the dark a silver fish a leap too far a fiery spark dawn in my hands a kiss love keeps a cry a breath of forest green where one deer stands as still as death then leaps the sky a star I wish. #poetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoets

#vss365 #jump #poem #poetry #sfpoetry

saturn's rings total solar eclipses and us in the same fancy dresses each wanting something different catching the same bus #vss365 #saturn #poem #poetry #cherita #coincidence

𝟑𝐜𝟐𝟕𝟑-#𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 ⁣⁣ looking back⁣⁣ towards time equals zero⁣⁣ the big redaction intervenes⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ and everywhere we circle⁣⁣ hearts of blackness⁣⁣ hunger for our everything⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ yet all the living stars⁣⁣ still shine in deeper puddles⁣⁣ and briefly flirting eyes⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #poem #poetry #smallpoemsunday ⁣⁣

reaching for that manufactured truth pretending freedom #poem #poetry #response #senryu #micropoetry

the nights have dawn in a wash of carbon black and rain with tears of ocean salt scattered on the sky gathering the last of light #poem #poetry #tanka #5lines #vss365 #micropoetry #solstice #art #watercolour #imagist #imagism

cold war machines measuring the length of days with a steel ruler #poem #poetry #senryu #vss365 #micropoetry #solstice

near the shortest day and the sun is still unreachable #poem #poetry #haiku #vss365 #micropoetry #solstice

magpies gather laughing as i cross the lawn new boots like anchors eventually to drag me under #tankapoem #5lines #Tanka #TankaThursday boot #poem #poetry

in that future time the virus was rebranded Regret two oh one nine and loss became another chance to learn as though a special offer passed us by #vss365 #regret #poem #poetry

i watch my neighbours shovelling regret into piles as big as no-men and look - the melting sun will wash them all away #vss365 #regret #poem #poetry #blueskypoets #tankathursday #tanka #5lines

two blue stripes an emptiness of white between them whether bones or concrete dust we can't recall #vss365 #recall #poem #poetry #blueskypoets #bluedkypoet #tankathursday #boot #5lines

= recalling napalm = we love the songs of birds as they sing not of saints nor sinners nor call upon the sun to burn their enemies to a crisp do they hear the sound of bells or napalm in the morning to wonder at our tonal range and why our mating dance destroys the nest? #vss365 #poem #poetry

He seems to be constantly fighting 'wokeness' these days...

= an unsympathetic magic = which of your clan and treasured sweetmeats will you hang upon a tree to guarantee another year another harvest for the lords and ladies #PromptCombo #dilemma #poem #poetry

𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ that monotonous cry⁣⁣ the canceler weeping⁣⁣ conspiring the world to be flat⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ set full sail for the edge⁣⁣ of oblivion⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ three sheets to the windup⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #vss365 #monotonous⁣⁣ #poem #poetry #cherita ⁣⁣

success or fame two sides of the same shovel #response #poem #poetry #senryu #micropoetry #vss365 #successor 😢

neither dumb nor bewitched all pink-footed geese scorn US migration fat trigger fingers twitch scan walled horizons #vss365 #bewitched #poem #poetry #tanka #5lines v2

neither dumb nor bewitched the pink-footed goose avoids US migration #vss365 #bewitched #poem #poetry #senryu

#BigBrother ? now #BigBadUncle NY Times: "(The US) plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children." #oppression #fos

= poor consolation = these apartments are cheap but in debasement the landlord feeds monsters on half truths and plastic virtues #vss365 #consolation #poem #poetry #soundslike

= after autumn = so who will remember but the flowers i watered the birds that i fed the black dog that followed to the garden shed though never a sigh for the words that i wrote in blood on autumn leaves #PromptCombo #Memorial #poem #poetry v3

not just another teacher … #vss365 #magenta #poem #poetry #imagination

= invasion of the body snatchers = the SUVs arrived in 1994 from god or ford knows where now they point and scream with loud magenta tongues if you should crawl the streets in less than several tons #vss365 #magenta #suv #poem #poetry #invaders

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where were you when the world ended nobody asked

= blunt auguries of thongs to come = someone is stealing unstained steel from ocean graves untainted by atomic sin while cybertrucks with full immoral plating glow in the dark like fallen angels #vss365 #augury #poem #poetry

𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ hardly ill defined⁣⁣ but ill⁣⁣ a vespertine delusion⁣⁣ to welcome light's ⁣⁣ fall ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ skaters on a moonlit pond⁣⁣ believing it was frozen⁣⁣ by words of power⁣⁣ drowning in disappointment⁣⁣ pulling at us all ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ dragging us under⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #vss365 #poem #poetry

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐦 tried⁣ to spin a poet for you to love⁣ alas, the timing ever bad,⁣ ⁣ each line soon frayed and broke ⁣ you turned and swam away⁣ ⁣ another aching summer's day⁣ ⁣ #promptCombo #ThisPoem #poem #Poetry

on the ridge lead characters zoom in and out of plausibility annoyance peaks attempting poetry instead patch me if you can #promptCombo #ThisPoem #review #poem #Poetry #cherita

𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬⁣ ⁣ the future is bright⁣ the future is orange ⁣ the sweet taste of rust⁣ tinged with madness and spite⁣ ⁣ new slavers on mars⁣ will reach for the stars⁣ while the last dolphin drowns⁣ in nurdles⁣ ⁣ #PoemsAbout #NoFuture⁣ #poem #poetry

christmas polar bears sneaking into scottish glens mint spies #vss365 #learning to adapt #poem #Poetry #senryu 😉 #blueskypoets

Or that silent o in mirror #vss365 #learning #poem #poetry #blueskypoets

"Wuppertal". One of a series of poems responding to the work of Emmy Klinker (1891-1969), a German artist born in what's now Belgium, dubbed a degenerate artist by the Nazis. #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #wuppertal #emmyklinker #klinker

nearly seasonal , but certainly Entropic for #promptcombo #onroofs #poem #poetry #blueskypoets