Ups and downs. Sometimes you have to say “Enough” #poetry #enough

Okay but where is the hilarious night out?

Mother to us all, And how we repay her, she Dies before our eyes. #vssmagic #mother #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @vssmagic.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#vss365 #evenfall #poetry #blueskypoet The #prompt made me think of sunset, and that made me want to play with sunsets. Which leads to change, which leads to here, and here is a #poem.. (Also are these 'process' blurbs enjoyable or are they pretentious and I should just post the damn things?)

What is left of me, Either to buy or to sell, What value this soul? #BraveWrite #value #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @bravewrite.bsky.social

A bit weird this one. Not sure where it came from. Me I suppose.

This one a wee bit more serious. As my dear father in law would say “It’s no very cheery”. #notescapril #endure #poetry

Oh dear. Escapril may have started the motor. And now I can’t find the break… #notescapril #slow #poetry

Just squeezing the last one in on time. Well it’s been a blast. Thank you to all who read, commented and reposted. I may do this again in 2027! #escapril2026 #last #poetry

Seems appropriate I’m late for the penultimate one. Strange weather here. #escapril2026 #sit #poetry

kindness has a shape it looks just like someone’s hand left open for yours #haikufeels #Shape #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets

Nip and tuck once more. But who’s keeping score? Another random one. #escapril2026 #truth #poetry

she speaks in sparks and soliloquies her lips taste of tangerine and sunlight birds nest in the glory of her hair and the wind [oh the wind] presses its air into her luscious lungs #poetry

Not before time. Another left fielder. #escapril2026 #this #poetry

Good grief and it’s not even the afternoon! A bit out of left field this. Not sure why. #escapril2026 #other #poetry

Another on time. Not so easy a day today. But the weather was nice. #escapril2026 #sun #poetry

Went to the baths today. Not been for a while. Loved it! #escapril2026 #swim #poetry

Playing catch up again! This cheeky wee (sort of) haiku prompted by mistakenly reading a news article. #escapril2026 #trump #poetry

S i l e n c e, pure silence is the tonic I need silence like a dormouse curled up on a leaf, fast asleep silence like a harp in a bog, buried deep silence like a stone on the moon, all alone a silence so profound, so vast— my weary soul can s c r e a m at last. #sensewrds 211

An entire life of Strife, would argue with the gods, Itching to provoke. #2WordPrompt #Entire/Argue #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social

Been traveling today. Hence the prompt. #escapril2026 #train #poetry

Saw Tracy Emin’s retrospective today. Hence the prompt. And @rayhourigan.bsky.social splendid haiku providing the form. #escapril2026 #bed #poetry

Getting back on track…. #escapril2026 #art #poetry

This getting to be a habit! Wandered about in a bluebell wood yesterday. So the prompt is obvs. #escapril2026 #bluebells #poetry

Late AGAIN! Reasons appear in the verse. As does the reason for the prompt. #escapril2026 #dad #poetry

Just about on time. A random word generator for the prompt again. #escapril2026 #year #poetry

*NEW: spotted by: performative_middle_class_parent; 56.004116,-2.514801; 1803 14/3/26

Best excuse yet for my tardy posting. Yesterday my Bluesky crashed. All day. Honest! Saw four different kinds of butterfly yesterday. So obvs. #escapril2026 #butterfly #poetry Oh this one’s a bit age specific. IYKYK.

Random word generator for the prompt today. But the words come from a lovely day spent in good company. #escapril2026 #hand #poetry

Another on time? Even though there may have been wine? I don’t know. #escapril2026 #idk #poetry

Ok. This is taking the urine just a little. But what’s the point if you can’t have fun? #escapril2026 #trains #poetry

Been avoiding this prompt, but really after yet another catch up it feels like it’s inevitable. #escapril2026 #late #Poetry

Does it matter if it’s just a little after midnight? I’m no Cinderella. So here it is. #escapril2026 #poetry #clean

After doing the domestic chores this morning, there can be only one #escapril2026 prompt: “Clean” That’s it.

Another one on time? Madness. Prompt after a certain person’s unprompted speech. Apologies haiku dudes again. #escapril2026 #weird #poetry

Almost. So near. And yet. Anyway here’s another…. #escapril2026 #poetry #cancelled

So bad so bad. Well that’s made the prompt easier. #escapril2026 #poetry #absent Apologies to all haiku masters.

Good grief. Must be my worst Escapril yet for punctuality. Binge watching a certain tv show this time. So the culprit becomes the prompt. #escapril2026 #poetry #thislife

I wrote a poem

What’s this? Another one on time? #escapril2026 #poetry #twig

Escapril2026 continues. And today there’s a prompt in advance! Cos I looked outside and saw a tree as if for the first time and was consumed by beauty of its architecture. So here’s the prompt: Twig That’s it.

Good grief! On time this time. Prompt courtesy of a random word generator. #escapril2026 #poetry #hide

And oopsies once again! Too much socialising! Meant for yesterday so an obvious prompt again. Yes, I am THAT old. #escapril2026 #inthenameoflove #poetry

Ooopsies! Forgot to post yesterday. (There may have been Negronis) Any hoo here it is. Prompt is fairly obvious. #escapril2026 #poetry #snore

#escapril2026 #poetry #iron Random word prompt. Unsure how it relates to the wording. In a number of ways I guess. Anyway….

Here we go again. Escapril 2026! And on this day what other prompt would do? #escapril2026 #poetry #fool

Don’t usually post this sort of thing, but by heck Clive tells it like it is here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Today is a bottomless pot of tea and this absolute stunner by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social…

Haji-Daoud Nabi (d. 2019) from "Last Words" - a sequence of poems each starting with the last words (sometimes apocryphal) of a well-known person. #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #lastwords #hajidaoudnabi #lastwords